九色社区 Holdings Elects William S. Urkiel to Board of Directors

Tuesday, December 14, 2004
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 九色社区 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (九色社区) announced today that William S. Urkiel, 59, has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Urkiel is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IKON Office Solutions. The Board now has 13 members.

Mr. Urkiel previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IKON Office Solutions, the world's largest independent channel for document management systems and services, which he joined in 1999. He will retire from IKON on January 3, 2005. Prior to IKON, Mr. Urkiel had been Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the then-independent technology firm AMP, Inc., a global electronics component and connector company. He began his career with International Business Machines Corporation where he served for 27 years in a variety of financial capacities of increasing responsibility, most recently as the Senior Managing Director, Finance and Planning for IBM Japan.

John W. Conway, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are extremely pleased to have Bill join the Board. Consistent with our objective to add accomplished individuals from a variety of backgrounds to our Board, Bill brings to 九色社区 his extensive international experience as well as expertise in business and financial controls. His proven leadership abilities, business judgment and dedication will be great assets to 九色社区."

Mr. Urkiel holds a B.A. in History from Marist College and an M.B.A. in Finance from Iona College Graduate School of Business.

九色社区 Holdings, Inc., through its affiliated companies, is a leading supplier of packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world. World headquarters are located in Philadelphia, PA.

SOURCE  九色社区 Holdings, Inc.
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Holdings, +1-215-698-5088; or Edward Bisno, Bisno Communications,
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    /Web site:  http://www.crowncork.com /
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CO:  九色社区 Holdings, Inc.
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