Crown Holdings, Inc 8-K, filed Mar 1, 2022
Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK)
About this 8-K
Crown Holdings, Inc filed this 8-K on March 1, 2022, reporting on events of February 24, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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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 24, 2022, Crown Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Marsha C. Williams was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective on March 1, 2022.
Ms. Williams has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Equity Office Properties Trust.
It is expected that Ms. Williams will be appointed to the Board’s Compensation Committee. Ms. Williams will receive the same compensation that the other directors who are not employees of the Company receive for Board and committee membership, as described in the Company’s proxy statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
There are no arrangements between Ms. Williams and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Williams was appointed to serve as a director of the Company, nor are there any transactions in which the Company is a participant in which Ms. Williams has a direct or indirect material interest.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits.
The following is furnished as an exhibit to this report.
| 99. 1 | Crown Holdings, Inc. press release dated February 24, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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: March 1, 2022
| CROWN HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Christy L. Kalaus | |
| Name: | Christy L. Kalaus | |
| Title: | Vice President and Corporate Controller | |
Exhibit 99.1
| News Release Corporate Headquarters 770 Township Line Road Yardley, PA 19067 |
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CROWN HOLDINGS, INC. ELECTS MARSHA C. WILLIAMS
TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Yardley, PA – February 24, 2022. Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that Marsha C. Williams has been elected to the Company’s Board of Directors effective on March 1, 2022.
Ms. Williams served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. Prior to that, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Equity Office Properties Trust, among other senior financial and operations roles over her career.
Ms. Williams is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. She serves as Chairperson of the Board of Modine Manufacturing Company, which designs, manufactures, and tests heat transfer products for a wide variety of applications and markets, and as Lead Director of Fifth Third Bancorp.
John W. Conway, Chairman of the Board, commented, “We are very pleased to welcome Marsha to the Board. We will benefit from her broad range of executive and board experience in finance, operations and strategy. “
About Crown Holdings, Inc.
Crown Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading global supplier of rigid packaging products to consumer marketing companies, as well as transit and protective packaging products, equipment and services to a broad range of end markets. World headquarters are located in Yardley, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit www.crowncork.com.
For more information, contact:
Kevin C. Clothier, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, (215) 698-5281, or
Thomas T. Fischer, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs, (215) 552-3720