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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.
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.
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.