PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that Tropicana has capped off its exciting new 1.75-liter PET carafe for Pure Premium(TM) orange juice with the innovative IDEAL(TM) Closure supplied by Crown's Metal Closures division. This technology combines the characteristics of metal and plastic to offer barrier performance and accommodate easier opening. The IDEAL(TM) Closure is...

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PHILADELPHIA, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that it has refinanced $450 million of first priority term loans and reduced the interest rate from LIBOR plus 4.25% to LIBOR plus 3.00%. The term loans were refinanced with the proceeds from new first priority term loans on substantially the same terms except that the new term...

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Crown Holdings Wins Four Starpack Awards

Publish Date
Thursday, July 31, 2003
PHILADELPHIA, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that several of its affiliated companies (Crown) have been recognized by the prestigious UK Starpack Awards. A Silver Award was given to Crown's European Beverage affiliate for the dynamic 24-ounce Heineken Keg Can™, which employs Crown's patented blow molding shaping technology. A second Silver Award went to Crown's...

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PHILADELPHIA, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2003 before trading begins on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, July 17, 2003. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 11 a.m. (EDT) the same day. The dial-in numbers for the conference...

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Crown Holdings Announces Second Quarter 2003 Results

Publish Date
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Please see the Company's Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the second quarter of 2003 (filed on August 18,2003) which amends certain financial information contained in this press release. PHILADELPHIA, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2003. For the second quarter of...

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PHILADELPHIA, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Risdon-AMS, an affiliated company of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), has won the FiFi award for its innovative packaging system designed for CRAVE(TM) CALVIN KLEIN. The award was presented in the `Technological Breakthrough of the Year' category. Steve Pearlman, Risdon-AMS president, accepted the FiFi, accompanied by Jim Bigham, director of sales and marketing for closures...

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Crown Holdings Comments on New Texas Asbestos Law

Publish Date
Thursday, June 12, 2003
PHILADELPHIA, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) noted today that the Texas Legislature has passed and Governor Rick Perry of Texas signed into law general tort reform legislation intended to protect defendants against unfair lawsuits. The bill includes a provision that limits the asbestos-related liabilities of companies such as Crown's wholly-owned subsidiary, Crown Cork & Seal Company...

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PHILADELPHIA, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. (Topeka, KS) has launched Hill's Science Plan cat food in a single-serve, easy-open 85 g (3 oz.) package in Italy. Available in specialty pet stores, the new size responds to growing consumer demand for convenience, and marks the company's first entry into the...

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Crown Holdings Reports First Quarter 2003 Results

Publish Date
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
PHILADELPHIA, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003. The Company reported a net loss of $34 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $1,068 million, or $8.50 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2002. The 2002 first quarter...

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PHILADELPHIA, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003 before trading begins on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, April 17, 2003. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 11 a.m. (EDT) the same day. The dial-in numbers for the conference...

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PHILADELPHIA, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that John W. Conway, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and Alan W. Rutherford, Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will speak to the investment community at the Deutsche Bank Basic Industries Conference at The Grand Hyatt in New York City on...

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PHILADELPHIA, March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced that Peter C. Collier has been named Vice President of the Company's European Metal Closures Division. Collier has worked in the packaging industry for 20 years, all of which have been with Crown Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. Previously, Collier served as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions...

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Crown Holdings Successfully Upholds SuperEnd(TM) Patent

Publish Date
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
PHILADELPHIA, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that the European Patent Office ("EPO") upheld Crown's European SuperEnd(TM) beverage end patent (EP 0 828 663 B1), with slight modification, against an opposition lodged by a competitor. The EPO Opposition Division upheld claims covering Crown's commercial SuperEnd(TM) beverage ends and its proprietary seaming technology. This decision reinforces...

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PHILADELPHIA, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced that today marks the 25th anniversary of Federal regulations prohibiting the further use of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants in almost all aerosol products manufactured and sold in the United States. Despite this environmental achievement most Americans aren't aware that it happened. Twenty-five years after the Federal regulation took effect, 60%...

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PHILADELPHIA, March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., has accepted for purchase and payment, pursuant to its offer to purchase, all of the notes which were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the expiration of the offers at 12:01 a.m., New York City...

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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that it has completed its previously announced comprehensive refinancing plan and formed a new public holding company. The $3.2 billion refinancing consists of the sale of $1.085 billion of 9-1/2% second priority senior secured notes due 2011, euro 285 million of 10-1/4% second priority senior...

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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that it has priced $2.1 billion of senior secured notes, which was upsized from an original announced deal size of $1.75 billion. The $2.1 billion consists of $1.085 billion of 9-1/2% second priority senior secured notes due 2011, euro 285 million of 10-1/4% second priority...

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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that it has commenced concurrent tender offers for any and all of the outstanding notes of the Company and its subsidiaries described in the table below. The tender offers comprise part of the Company's recently announced comprehensive refinancing plan. The series of notes subject to...

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