UNITED STATES
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): February 6, 2017
 
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)
 
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Item 5.02 .      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 6, 2017, Crown Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Gerard H. Gifford, 61, would assume the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective April 1, 2017. Mr. Gifford currently serves as the President of CROWN Europe. Prior to his current position in Europe, he led CROWN Beverage Packaging North America for four years. 

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Gifford and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as an officer. Mr. Gifford does not have any familial relationship with any director or other executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer, and there are no transactions in which Mr. Gifford has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.


 
Item 7.01.
 
Regulation FD Disclosure

The Company issued a press release on February 6, 2017 announcing the changes described under Item 5.02, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.



Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
     
Exhibit
  
Description
99.1
 
Crown Holdings, Inc. press release dated February 6, 2017.









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SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: February 6, 2017
CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ David A. Beaver
 
 
David A. Beaver
 
 
Vice President and Corporate Controller























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EXHIBIT INDEX

(d) Exhibits:
 
 
 
Exhibit 99.1
 
Crown Holdings, Inc. press release dated February 6, 2017.






























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