Form 8-K

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): November 7, 2005

 

 

CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Pennsylvania   0-50189   75-3099507

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

   (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

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)

 

 

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to the report are selected portions of information that the Company expects to disclose to prospective investors in connection with the previously announced refinancing plan. There can be no assurance the such plan will be completed as described or at all.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits.
99.1  

Selected portions of information that the Company expects to disclose to prospective investors in connection with the previously announced refinancing plan.

 

The information in this Item 9.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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.

 

    CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated: November 7, 2005   By:  

/s/ Timothy J. Donahue

        Timothy J. Donahue
        Senior Vice President - Finance

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

   

Description

99.1    Selected portions of information that the Company expects to disclose to prospective investors in connection with the previously announced refinancing plan.