UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 11, 2011
CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Pennsylvania
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0-50189
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75-3099507
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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One Crown Way
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154-4599
(215) 698-5100
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02.
(b) Departure of Directors.
On January 11, 2011, Alan W. Rutherford, a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Crown Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company that he will not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and his term of office as a director of the Company will expire at the completion of his current term. Mr. Rutherford retired from the Company at the end of March 2009. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Rutherford served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and as the Vice Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Rutherford’s decision was not a result of any disagreement with the Company. The Company is grateful for Mr. Rutherford’s many years of dedicated service.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Dated: January 14, 2011
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CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Kevin C. Clothier
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Name: Kevin C. Clothier
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Title: Vice President and Corporate Controller
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