UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549


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FORM 8-K
 
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2015
 
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)
 
Not Applicable
(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:
 
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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a)
Crown Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 23, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”). As of March 3, 2015, the record date for the meeting, 139,181,151 shares of Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) were issued and outstanding. A quorum of 125,034,187 shares of Common Stock were present or represented at the meeting.

(a)
The following individuals were nominated and elected to serve as directors:

Jenne K. Britell, John W. Conway, Arnold W. Donald, William G. Little, Hans J. Löliger, James H. Miller, Josef M. Müller, Thomas A. Ralph, Caesar F. Sweitzer, Jim L. Turner and William S. Urkiel.


At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the four matters below as follows:

1)
Election of Directors.

Directors
 
Votes
For
 
Votes
Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Vote
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jenne K. Britell
 
117,744,027
 
1,071,847
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John W. Conway
 
116,271,172
 
2,544,702
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arnold W. Donald
 
116,124,801
 
2,691,073
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William G. Little
 
117,285,127
 
1,530,747
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hans J. Löliger
 
117,256,535
 
1,559,339
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James H. Miller
 
118,258,406
 
557,468
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Josef M. Müller
 
118,637,891
 
177,983
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thomas A. Ralph
 
117,558,826
 
1,257,048
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Caesar F. Sweitzer
 
118,631,415
 
184,459
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jim L. Turner
 
118,157,345
 
658,529
 
6,218,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William S. Urkiel
 
118,311,384
 
504,490
 
6,218,313

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2)
Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.     

Votes
For
 
Votes
Against
 
Votes
Abstaining
124,342,514
 
564,040
 
127,633


3)
Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the of the resolution on executive compensation as described in the Company's 2015 Proxy Statement.

    
Votes
For
 
Votes
Against
 
Votes
Abstaining
 
Broker
Non-Vote
113,541,723
 
3,573,014
 
1,701,137
 
6,218,313
    
    
4)
Approval of the 2015 Annual Incentive Bonus Plan.

    
Votes
For
 
Votes
Against
 
Votes
Abstaining
 
Broker
Non-Vote
116,879,945
 
1,738,642
 
197,287
 
6,218,313
    
    


    

    

















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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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated: April 27, 2015
 
CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/    David A. Beaver
 
 
Name:
 
David A. Beaver
 
 
Title:
 
Vice President and Corporate Controller
 




































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