³Ô¹Ï51±¬ÁÏÍø Cork & Seal Completes Sale of Danish Metal Closure Assets

Friday, May 3, 2002

PHILADELPHIA, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ³Ô¹Ï51±¬ÁÏÍø Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced that it has completed the sale of the metal closure assets of its Danish subsidiary, ³Ô¹Ï51±¬ÁÏÍø Cork Company Scandinavia A/S, located in Taastrup, Denmark to Pelliconi Scandinavia A/S.

³Ô¹Ï51±¬ÁÏÍø Cork Company Scandinavia A/S manufactures, sells and distributes metal closures (crowns) for glass bottles to the brewery and soft drink industries in Scandinavia. Revenues for the business, which employs approximately 40 people, were approximately 8 million euros in 2001. The subsidiary also sells and distributes plastic closures on behalf of ³Ô¹Ï51±¬ÁÏÍø Obrist AG, based in Switzerland. In the future, the plastic closure activity will be handled directly by ³Ô¹Ï51±¬ÁÏÍø Obrist from Switzerland.

³Ô¹Ï51±¬ÁÏÍø Cork & Seal is a leading supplier of packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world. World headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

SOURCE ³Ô¹Ï51±¬ÁÏÍø Cork & Seal Company, Inc.
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CONTACT: Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President - Finance of ³Ô¹Ï51±¬ÁÏÍø Cork & Seal, +1-215-698-5100