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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): July 18, 2012

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:

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

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Item 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

SIGNATURE

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EX-99 PRESS RELEASE

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On July 18, 2012 Crown Holdings, Inc. issued a press release announcing its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Report shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (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 of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following is furnished as an exhibit to this report.

99. Crown Holdings, Inc. press release dated July 18, 2012.

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.



	CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.






	By:	/s/ Kevin C. Clothier
		Kevin C. Clothier
		Vice President and Corporate Controller

Dated: July 18, 2012

INDEX TO EXHIBITS



Exhibit Number		Description

99		Press release, dated July 18, 2012, issued by Crown Holdings, Inc.