SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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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, PA | 19154-4599 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 215-698-5100
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders |
On December 7, 2006, Crown Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the successful completion of its consent solicitation and the execution of a supplemental indenture dated as of December 6, 2006 (the “Supplemental Indenture”) with respect to certain amendments to the indenture dated as of September 1, 2004 relating to the 6¼% First Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2011 of Crown European Holdings SA, a subsidiary of the Company.
The amendments effected by the Supplemental Indenture increase the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur indebtedness and liens and to make restricted payments, including without limitation the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of shares of the Company’s common stock, by conforming certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture to the corresponding terms and conditions set forth in the Company’s other senior debt agreements.
The press release and a copy of the Supplemental Indenture are filed as exhibits to this Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits | ||
(d) | Exhibits. | ||
4.1 | Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 6, 2006, among Crown European Holdings SA, as issuer, the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. | ||
99.1 | Press Release. |
Signature(s)
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. |
Date: December 11, 2006 | By: | /s/ Thomas A. Kelly | |
Thomas A. Kelly | |||
Vice President and Corporate Controller |
Exhibit No. | Description | ||
Ex-4.1 | Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 6, 2006, among Crown European Holdings SA, as issuer, the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. | ||
Ex-99.1 | Press Release. |