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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, DC 20549 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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  COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>CURRENT REPORT
  </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></FONT></P><P
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  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;&nbsp;February 4, 2003 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000"><B>Crown Cork &amp; Seal Company, Inc. </B></FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Pennsylvania</B></FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>1-2227</B></FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>23-1526444</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(State or Other Jurisdiction</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
  ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Commission File Number)</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center">
  <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>One Crown Way </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(215) 698-5100 </B></FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P><P
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  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1"
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Item
  5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Other Events</U>. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000">On February 4, 2003, Crown Cork &amp; Seal Company, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release announcing that, in conjunction with its comprehensive refinancing plan, it has commenced concurrent tender offers for any and
  all of certain series of the outstanding notes of the Company and its subsidiaries. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Financial Statements and Exhibits</U>. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Exhibits. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Press Release dated February 4, 2003. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  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. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">CROWN CORK &amp; SEAL COMPANY, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="2%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;T<SMALL>HOMAS</SMALL> A. K<SMALL>ELLY</SMALL></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas A. Kelly</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President and Controller</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Press Release dated February 4, 2003.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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text: Form 8-K   Crown Cork and Seal
  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 4, 2003
  Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.
  (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Pennsylvania
  1-2227
  23-1526444
  (State or Other Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation or Organization)
  (Commission File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  One Crown Way
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154
  (215) 698-5100
  (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  Item
  5.
  Other Events
  .
  On February 4, 2003, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that, in conjunction with its comprehensive refinancing plan, it has commenced concurrent tender offers for any and
  all of certain series of the outstanding notes of the Company and its subsidiaries.
  A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and incorporated herein by reference.
  Item 7.
  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  .
  (c)
  Exhibits.
  99.1
  Press Release dated February 4, 2003.
  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 CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.
  By:
  /s/    T
  HOMAS
  A. K
  ELLY
  Name:    Thomas A. Kelly
  Title:      Vice President and Controller
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Number
  Exhibit
  99.1
  Press Release dated February 4, 2003.