Crown Holdings Schedules First Quarter 2005 Earnings Conference Call

Thursday, March 31, 2005

PHILADELPHIA, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 18, 2005. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter results at 9:30 a.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, April 19, 2005.

The dial-in numbers for the conference call are (210) 234-0001 or toll- free (888) 820-8951 and the access password is "packaging". A replay of the conference call will be available for a one-week period ending at midnight on April 26. The telephone numbers for the replay are (203) 369-1374 or toll- free (866) 463-2176 and the access passcode is 1483. A live web cast of the call will be made available to the public on the Internet at the Company's Web site, http://www.crowncork.com.

Crown Holdings, Inc., through its affiliated companies, is a leading supplier of packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world. World headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

SOURCE  Crown Holdings, Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  Crown Holdings Corporate Communications, +1-215-698-5351/
    /Web site:  http://www.crowncork.com /
    (CCK)

CO:  Crown Holdings, Inc.
ST:  Pennsylvania
IN:  ENV FOD
SU:  MAV CCA

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