-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TV0ayS1KM5Ed2P9SN/GnrnHoOFJWMpRPuERaAyioqg2MTTm3jbK2R4kWaHKhyAXj BQ8J2hFTzfXk4h+b9zStIg== 0001219601-06-000053.txt : 20061211 0001219601-06-000053.hdr.sgml : 20061211 20061211145831 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001219601-06-000053 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061206 ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20061211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061211 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CROWN HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001219601 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL CANS [3411] IRS NUMBER: 753099507 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50189 FILM NUMBER: 061268150 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CROWN WAY CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19154 BUSINESS PHONE: 2156985100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CROWN WAY CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19154 8-K 1 supplementalindenture8kdec06.htm CURRENT REPORT, DATED DECEMBER 6, INDENTURE AMENDMENT Form 8-K for Supplemental Indenture - December 2006






UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549


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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): December 6, 2006



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, PA 19154-4599
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)




Registrant’s telephone number, including area code      215-698-5100

_________________

(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:

   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.13e-4(c))

















       
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.





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Exhibit 4.1





SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of December 6, 2006

to Indenture

Dated as of September 1, 2004

Among

CROWN EUROPEAN HOLDINGS SA, as Issuer,

the GUARANTORS named therein

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee














SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE



         THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) is dated as of December 6, 2006, and is between CROWN EUROPEAN HOLDINGS SA, a French société anonyme (the “Company”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as trustee under the indenture referred to herein (the “Trustee”).

         WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee have heretofore duly executed and delivered an indenture dated as of September 1, 2004 (as supplemented or amended prior to the date hereof, the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company issued €460,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6¼% First Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2011 (the “Notes”);

         WHEREAS, Section 8.02 of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may, with certain exceptions, amend the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees (as defined in the Indenture) or any provision of any Security Document (as defined in the Indenture) or the Proceeds Sharing Agreement (as defined in the Indenture) with the consent of the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes;

         WHEREAS, Crown Holdings, Inc., a Guarantor and the parent company of the Company (“Crown”), has distributed a Consent Solicitation Statement dated November 21, 2006 (the “Statement”) to the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes in connection with certain proposed amendments to the Indenture as described in the Statement (the “Proposed Amendments”); and

         WHEREAS, the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes have approved the Proposed Amendments;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company hereby covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:

  1.      Capitalized Terms. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

  2.     Amendments to Section 1.01 of the Indenture.

                   (a)     The definition of “Consolidated Net Income” is hereby amended as follows: (i) by replacing the phrase “the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary” at the beginning of clause (4) with the phrase “the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person”; (ii) by deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (6); (iii) by replacing the period at the end of clause (7) with “; and”; and (iv) by inserting the following as a new clause (8):

  “(8) (a) the amount of any write-off of deferred financing costs or of indebtedness issuance costs and the amount of charges related to any premium paid in connection with repurchasing or refinancing indebtedness shall be excluded and (b) all non-recurring expenses and charges relating to such repurchase or refinancing of indebtedness or relating to any incurrence of indebtedness, in each case, whether or not such transaction is consummated, shall be excluded.”



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                   (b)     Clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Collateral Liens” is hereby amended by replacing “$2,300,000,000” with “$2,500,000,000”.

  3.     Amendments to Section 4.10(b) of the Indenture.

                   (a)     Clause (4) of Section 4.10(b) is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

  “(4) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of Parent held by employees or directors of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement or similar agreement or the acquisition of Equity Interests of Parent in open market purchases, or otherwise, for matching or other contributions to its employee stock purchase, deferred compensation, 401(k) and other employee benefit plans in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such purchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed the sum of (a) $25,000,000 in any twelve-month period plus (b) the aggregate cash proceeds received by Parent during such twelve-month period from any issuance of Equity Interests by Parent to employees and directors of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;”

                   (b)     Clause (9) of Section 4.10(b) is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: “(9) [Intentionally omitted.]”

                   (c)     Clause (11) of Section 4.10(b) is hereby amended by replacing “$100,000,000” with “$200,000,000”.

  4.     The Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture is expressly made supplemental to and shall form a part of the Indenture and is made subject to all the conditions, covenants and warranties contained in the Indenture. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture is intended to or shall provide any rights to any parties other than those expressly contemplated by this Supplemental Indenture. Each reference in the Indenture to “this Indenture”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, and words of like import referring to the Indenture and each reference in any other transaction document relating to the Indenture shall mean the Indenture as amended hereby.

  5.     Legend. There shall be stamped, overprinted, typed or otherwise noted on Notes authenticated and delivered after the date hereof the following legend:

  “THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE HAS BEEN AMENDED BY A SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF DECEMBER 6, 2006. REFERENCE IS MADE TO SUCH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE FOR A STATEMENT OF THE AMENDED RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY AND HOLDERS OF THE NOTES.”



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  6.     Trustee. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture as hereby supplemented, or the due execution hereof by the Company, or the recitals and statements contained herein, all of which recitals and statements are made solely by the Company.

  7.     Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, the United States of America, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws.

  8.     Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

  9.     Severability. If any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

  10.     Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Company, the Trustee will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Supplemental Indenture.



[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]







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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date and year first written above.


  COMPANY:

  CROWN EUROPEAN HOLDINGS SA

  By:   /s/ John W. Conway  
    Name:  John W. Conway  
    Title:  Directeur General Delegue  


  CROWN EUROPEAN HOLDINGS SA

  By:   /s/ Alan W. Rutherford  
    Name:  Alan W. Rutherford  
    Title:  Directeur General Delegue  


  TRUSTEE:

  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

  By:   /s/ Jeffrey T. Rose  
    Name:  Jeffrey T. Rose  
    Title:  Vice President  








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EX-99 4 ex99amendment-dec2006.htm PRESS RELEASE - INDENTURE AMENDMENT Exhibit 99.1 - News Release for Amendment of First Lien Note Indenture - December 2006

Exhibit 99.1




News Release
Corporate Headquarters
One Crown Way
Philadelphia, PA 19154-4599




CROWN HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES AMENDMENT OF

FIRST LIEN NOTE INDENTURE



Philadelphia, PA – December 7, 2006.  Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCK) today announced the successful completion of its consent solicitation and the execution of a supplemental indenture with respect to certain amendments to the indenture dated 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 generally conform certain provisions of the indenture to comparable provisions of the Company’s senior secured credit facility. Among other things, the amendments allow the Company to incur an additional $200,000,000 of indebtedness secured by the collateral securing the notes and to make $100,000,000 of additional restricted payments of any type, including restricted payments for the repurchase or other acquisition of shares of Company common stock.

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.

For more information, contact:
Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President – Finance, (215) 698-5088, or
Edward Bisno, Bisno Communications, (212) 717-7578.

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