Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
HENNESSEY WILLIAM E
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Graham Packaging Co Inc. [GRM] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
VP,Corp. Contr. & Treasurer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2401 PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/08/2011
(Street)

YORK, PA 17402		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Options to purchase limited partnership units (right to buy) $ 8.68 09/08/2011   D     56,721   (1) 09/30/2017 Limited partnership units (2) 56,721 $ 16.82 0 D  
Options to purchase common stock (right to buy) $ 10 09/08/2011   D     20,797   (3) 02/09/2020 Common stock, par value $0.01 per share 20,797 $ 15.5 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
HENNESSEY WILLIAM E
2401 PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD
YORK, PA 17402		       VP,Corp. Contr. & Treasurer  

Signatures

 /s/ Michael Korniczky, as designated signatory   09/09/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) To the extent not previously vested, fully vested pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Holdings Merger Agreement"), dated as of July 15, 2011, among Graham Packaging Company Inc., Graham Packaging Holdings Company, BCP/Graham Holdings L.L.C. (solely for the purposes of Section 3.07 thereof) and GPC Merger LLC.
(2) The limited partnership units of Graham Packaging Holdings Company were, subject to certain restrictions in a Management Limited Partnership Unit Exchange Agreement, exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of Graham Packaging Company Inc. common stock, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications.
(3) To the extent not previously vested, fully vested pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of June 17, 2011, among Reynolds Group Holdings Limited, Bucephalas Acquisition Corp. and Graham Packaging Company Inc.
 
Remarks:
Options to purchase limited partnership units disposed of pursuant to the Holdings Merger Agreement. Options to purchase common stock disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

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