May 5 (Reuters) - Crown Americas LLC and Crown Americas
Capital Corp II, subsidiaries of Crown Holdings Inc (CCK.N: Quote, Profile, Research), on
Tuesday sold $400 million of eight-year senior notes in the
144a private placement market, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters
service.

The size of the deal was increased from an originally
planned $250 million.

Deutsche Bank, Bank of America and Citigroup were the joint
bookrunning managers for the sale.
BORROWER: CROWN AMERICAS LLC/CROWN AMERICAS CAPITAL CORP II
AMT $400 MLN* COUPON 7.625 PCT MATURITY 5/15/2017
TYPE SR NOTES ISS PRICE 97.092 FIRST PAY 11/15/2009
MOODY'S B1 YIELD 8.125 PCT SETTLEMENT 5/8/2009
S&P BB-MINUS SPREAD 522 BPS/ PAY FREQ SEMI-ANNUAL
FITCH N/A MORE THAN TREAS NON-CALLABLE 4-YEARS**
* FACE AMT:400 MLN. PROCEEDS:$388.368 MLN.
** NON-CALLABLE 4-YRS THEN AT 103.813, 101.906, 100.

EQUITY CLAW: 3YR 35% AT 107.625.