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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

Owens-Illinois Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ý    No o

        Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

        Owens-Illinois Group, Inc. $.01 par value common stock—100 shares at October 31, 2004.

Part I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.    Financial Statements.

        The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements presented herein are unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments necessary to present fairly such information for the periods and at the dates indicated. Since the following unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation S-X, they do not contain all information and footnotes normally contained in annual consolidated financial statements; accordingly, they should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto appearing in the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. On October 7, 2004, the Company announced that it had completed the sale of its blow-molded plastic container operations in North America, South America and Europe. As required by FAS No. 144, the Company has presented the results of operations for the blow-molded plastic container business in the Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 as a discontinued operation. As such, results for the prior periods have been reclassified to conform to this presentation. At September 30, 2004, the assets and liabilities of the blow-molded plastic container business were presented in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as the assets and liabilities of discontinued operations.

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OWENS-ILLINOIS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in millions)

See accompanying notes.

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OWENS-ILLINOIS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in millions)

See accompanying notes.

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OWENS-ILLINOIS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in millions)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS—continued

See accompanying notes.

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OWENS-ILLINOIS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
(Dollars in millions)

See accompanying notes.

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OWENS-ILLINOIS GROUP, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Tabular data dollars in millions

1.     Basis of Presentation

        The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc. ("OI Inc."). Although OI Inc. does not conduct any operations, it has substantial obligations related to outstanding indebtedness, dividends for preferred stock and asbestos-related payments. OI Inc. relies primarily on distributions from its direct and indirect subsidiaries to meet these obligations.

2.     Stock Options

        The Company participates in three nonqualified stock option plans of OI Inc.

        The Company has adopted the disclosure-only provisions (intrinsic value method) of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (FAS) No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." All options have been granted at prices equal to the market price of the Company's common stock on the date granted. Accordingly, the Company recognizes no compensation expense related to the stock option plans.

        If the Company had elected to recognize compensation cost based on the fair value of the options granted at grant date as allowed by FAS No. 123, pro forma net income would have been as follows:

        The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

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3.     Long-Term Debt

        The following table summarizes the long-term debt of the Company:

        In the first quarter of 2004, the Company's subsidiary borrowers entered into the Second Amended and Restated Secured Credit Agreement (the "Agreement"). At September 30, 2004 the Agreement provided for up to $2.7 billion of U.S. dollar borrowings and 52 million of Euro borrowings.

        At September 30, 2004, the Company's subsidiary borrowers had unused credit of $448.6 million available under the Agreement.

        The weighted average interest rate on borrowings outstanding under the Agreement at September 30, 2004 was 4.83%. Including the effects of cross-currency swap agreements related to borrowings under the Agreement by the Company's Australian and European subsidiaries, as discussed in Note 10, the weighted average interest rate was 5.10%.

        On October 7, 2004, in connection with the sale of the Company's blow-molded plastic container operations (see Note 16), the Company's subsidiary borrowers entered into the Third Amended and Restated Secured Credit Agreement. The proceeds from the sale were used to repay C and D term loans and a portion of the B1 term loan outstanding under the previous agreement. The Third Amended and Restated Secured Credit Agreement includes a $600 million revolving credit facility and a $380 million A1 term loan, each of which has a final maturity date of April 1, 2007. It also includes a $275 million B1 term loan, a $230 million C1 term loan, and a 52 million Euro C2 term loan, each of which has a final maturity date of April 1, 2008. The Third Amended and Restated Secured Credit Agreement eliminated the provisions related to the C3 term loan that was cancelled on August 19,

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2004. The Third Amended and Restated Secured Credit Agreement also permits the Company, at its option, to refinance certain of its outstanding notes and debentures prior to their scheduled maturity.

        As part of the acquisition of BSN Glasspack (see Note 14), the Company assumed the senior subordinated notes of BSN. The 10.25% senior subordinated notes are due August 1, 2009 and have a face amount of 140.0 million Euros and were recorded at the acquisition date at a fair value of 147.7 million Euros. The 9.25% senior subordinated notes are due August 1, 2009 and have a face amount of 160 million Euros and were recorded at the acquisition date at a fair value of 168.0 million Euros.

4.     Supplemental Cash Flow Information

        Interest paid for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 included $12.6 million related to the repurchase of approximately $263.5 million of the $300 million 7.85% Senior Notes due 2004.

5.     Comprehensive Income

        The components of comprehensive income are: (a) net earnings; (b) change in fair value of certain derivative instruments; (c) adjustment of minimum pension liabilities; and (d) foreign currency translation adjustments. Total comprehensive income is as follows:

6.     Inventories

        Major classes of inventory are as follows:

        At September 30, 2004, the assets and liabilities of the blow-molded plastic container business were presented in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as the assets and liabilities of discontinued operations and are not included in the September 30, 2004 inventory amounts above.

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7.     Contingencies

        OI Inc. is one of a number of defendants in a substantial number of lawsuits filed in numerous state and federal courts by persons alleging bodily injury (including death) as a result of exposure to dust from asbestos fibers. From 1948 to 1958, one of OI Inc.'s former business units commercially produced and sold approximately $40 million of a high-temperature, calcium-silicate based pipe and block insulation material containing asbestos. OI Inc. exited the pipe and block insulation business in April 1958. The traditional asbestos personal injury lawsuits and claims relating to such production and sale of asbestos material typically allege various theories of liability, including negligence, gross negligence and strict liability and seek compensatory and in some cases, punitive damages in various amounts (herein referred to as "asbestos claims").

        As of September 30, 2004, OI Inc. has determined that it is a named defendant in asbestos lawsuits and claims involving approximately 35,000 plaintiffs and claimants. Based on an analysis of the claims and lawsuits pending as of December 31, 2003, approximately 92% of the plaintiffs and claimants either do not specify the monetary damages sought or, in the case of court filings, claim an amount sufficient to invoke the jurisdiction of the trial court. Fewer than 4% of the plaintiffs specify the maximum of their damages claim to be between $10 million and $33 million, while approximately 4% of the plaintiffs claim specific damage amounts ranging between $6 million to $122 million. A single suit pending since 1991 involving fewer than 0.1% of the plaintiffs and approximately 60 defendants, claims damages of $11 billion.

        As indicated by the foregoing summary, modern pleading practice permits considerable variation in the assertion of monetary damages. This variability, together with the actual experience discussed further below of litigating or resolving through settlement hundreds of thousands of asbestos claims and lawsuits over an extended period, demonstrates that the monetary relief which may be specified in a lawsuit or claim bears little relevance to its merits or disposition value. Rather, the amount potentially recoverable for a specific claimant is determined by other factors such as the claimant's severity of disease, product identification evidence against specific defendants, the defenses available to those defendants, the specific jurisdiction in which the claim is made, the claimant's history of smoking or exposure to other possible disease-causative factors, and the various other matters discussed further below.

        In addition to the pending claims set forth above, OI Inc. has claims-handling agreements in place with many plaintiffs' counsel throughout the country. These agreements require evaluation and negotiation regarding whether particular claimants qualify under the criteria established by such agreements. The criteria for such claims include verification of a compensable illness and a reasonable probability of exposure to a product manufactured by OI Inc.'s former business unit during its manufacturing period ending in 1958. Some plaintiffs' counsel have historically withheld claims under these agreements for later presentation while focusing their attention on active litigation in the tort system. OI Inc. believes that as of September 30, 2004, there are approximately 21,000 of such claims which have been filed against other defendants and which are likely to be asserted some time in the future against OI Inc. These claims are not included in the totals set forth above. OI Inc. further believes that the bankruptcies of additional co-defendants resulted in an acceleration of the presentation and disposition of a number of these previously withheld preexisting claims under such agreements, which claims would otherwise have been presented and disposed of over the next several years. This acceleration is reflected in an increased number of pending asbestos claims and, to the extent disposed, contributed to additional asbestos-related payments.

        OI Inc. is also a defendant in other asbestos-related lawsuits or claims involving maritime workers, medical monitoring claimants, co-defendants and property damage claimants. Based upon its past experience, OI Inc. believes that these categories of lawsuits and claims will not involve any material

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liability and they are not included in the above description of pending matters or in the following description of disposed matters.

        Since receiving its first asbestos claim, OI Inc., as of September 30, 2004, has disposed of the asbestos claims of approximately 313,000 plaintiffs and claimants at an average indemnity payment per claim of approximately $6,200. Certain of these dispositions have included deferred amounts payable over periods ranging up to seven years. Deferred amounts payable totaled approximately $88 million at September 30, 2004 ($87 million at December 31, 2003) and are included in the foregoing average indemnity payment per claim. OI Inc.'s indemnity payments for these claims have varied on a per claim basis, and are expected to continue to vary considerably over time. As discussed above, a part of OI Inc.'s objective is to achieve, where possible, resolution of asbestos claims pursuant to claims-handling agreements. Under such agreements, qualification by meeting certain illness and exposure criteria has tended to reduce the number of claims presented to OI Inc. that would ultimately be dismissed or rejected due to the absence of impairment or product exposure evidence. OI Inc. expects that as a result, although aggregate spending may be lower, there may be an increase in the per claim average indemnity payment involved in such resolution.

        OI Inc. believes that its ultimate asbestos-related liability (i.e., its indemnity payments or other claim disposition costs plus related legal fees) cannot be estimated with certainty. Beginning with the initial liability of $975 million established in 1993, OI Inc. has accrued a total of $2.7 billion through 2003, before insurance recoveries, for its asbestos-related liability. OI Inc.'s ability to reasonably estimate its liability has been significantly affected by the volatility of asbestos-related litigation in the United States, the expanding list of non-traditional defendants that have been sued in this litigation and found liable for substantial damage awards, the continued use of litigation screenings to generate new lawsuits, the large number of claims asserted or filed by parties who claim prior exposure to asbestos materials but have no present physical impairment as a result of such exposure, and the growing number of co-defendants that have filed for bankruptcy.

        OI Inc. has continued to monitor trends which may affect its ultimate liability and has continued to analyze the developments and variables affecting or likely to affect the resolution of pending and future asbestos claims against OI Inc. OI Inc. expects that the total asbestos-related cash payments will be moderately lower in 2004 compared to 2003 and will continue to decline thereafter as the preexisting but presently unasserted claims withheld under the claims handling agreements are presented to OI Inc. and as the number of potential future claimants continues to decrease. The material components of OI Inc.'s accrued liability are based on amounts estimated by OI Inc. in connection with its comprehensive review and consist of the following: (i) the reasonably probable contingent liability for asbestos claims already asserted against OI Inc., (ii) the contingent liability for preexisting but unasserted asbestos claims for prior periods arising under its administrative claims-handling agreements with various plaintiffs' counsel, (iii) the contingent liability for asbestos claims not yet asserted against OI Inc., but which OI Inc. believes it is reasonably probable will be asserted in the next several years, to the degree that an estimation as to future claims is possible, and (iv) the legal defense costs likely to be incurred in connection with the foregoing types of claims.

        The significant assumptions underlying the material components of OI Inc.'s accrual are:

a)

the extent to which settlements are limited to claimants who were exposed to the Company's asbestos-containing insulation prior to its exit from that business in 1958;



b)

the extent to which claims are resolved under OI Inc.'s administrative claims agreements or on terms comparable to those set forth in those agreements;



c)

the extent of decrease or increase in the inventory of pending serious disease cases;



d)

the extent to which OI Inc. is able to successfully defend itself at trial;

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e)

the extent of actions by courts to eliminate, reduce or permit the diversion of financial resources for unimpaired claimants and so-called forum shopping;



f)

the extent to which additional defendants with substantial resources and assets are required to participate significantly in the resolution of future asbestos lawsuits and claims;



g)

the number and timing of co-defendant bankruptcies; and



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the extent to which the resolution of co-defendant bankruptcies divert resources to unimpaired claimants.

        OI Inc. expects to conduct a comprehensive review of its asbestos-related liabilities and costs in connection with finalizing and reporting its results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2004. If the results of this review indicate that the existing amount of the accrued liability is insufficient to cover its estimated future asbestos-related costs, then OI Inc. will record an appropriate charge to increase the accrued liability. While the results of this review cannot be estimated at this time, OI Inc. expects that an increase of the accrued liability will be required in order to cover estimated indemnity payments and legal fees arising from asbestos personal injury lawsuits and claims filed in the next several years.

        In April 1999, Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation ("CCS") filed suit against Continental PET Technologies, Inc. ("CPT"), then a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that certain plastic containers manufactured by CPT, primarily multi-layer PET containers with barrier properties, infringe CCS's U.S. Patent 5,021,515 relating to an oxygen scavenging material. In connection with the initial public offering of Constar International Inc. ("Constar"), CCS contributed to Constar the patent involved in the suit against CPT. As a result, Constar was substituted for CCS as the plaintiff in the suit.

        In November 2004, the Company finalized a settlement of this litigation. The settlement involves the grant of a license to the Company and to CPT of the technology in dispute, in return for a payment to Constar of $25.1 million, which approximated the amount accrued by the Company for this expected resolution. The Company believes it has meritorious third party reimbursement claims relating to a substantial portion of this settlement and intends to pursue such claims.

        Other litigation is pending against the Company, in many cases involving ordinary and routine claims incidental to the business of the Company and in others presenting allegations that are nonroutine and involve compensatory, punitive or treble damage claims as well as other types of relief. The ultimate legal and financial liability of the Company with respect to the lawsuits and proceedings referred to above, in addition to other pending litigation, cannot be estimated with certainty. However, the Company believes, based on its examination and review of such matters and experience to date, that such ultimate liability will not have a material adverse effect on its results of operations or financial condition.

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8.     Segment Information

        The Company operates in the rigid packaging industry. The Company has two reportable product segments within the rigid packaging industry: (1) Glass Containers and (2) Plastics Packaging. The Glass Containers segment includes operations in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, and South America. Following the sale of a substantial portion of the Company's blow-molded plastic container operations which was completed on October 7, 2004, the Plastics Packaging segment consists of two business units—Healthcare Packaging and Closures and Specialty Products.

        The Company's measure of profit for its reportable segments is Segment Operating Profit, which consists of consolidated earnings from continuing operations before interest income, interest expense, provision for income taxes and minority share owners' interests in earnings of subsidiaries and excludes amounts related to certain items that management considers not representative of ongoing operations. The Company's management uses Segment Operating Profit, in combination with selected cash flow information, to evaluate performance and to allocate resources.

        Operating Profit for product segments includes an allocation of some corporate expenses based on both a percentage of sales and direct billings based on the costs of specific services provided. For the Company's U.S. pension plans, net periodic pension cost (credit) has been allocated to product segments. The information below is presented on a continuing operations basis, and therefore, the prior period amounts have been restated to remove the discontinued operations. See Note 16 for more information. Certain amounts from prior year have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

        Financial information for continuing operations for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 regarding the Company's product segments is as follows:

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        The reconciliation of Segment Operating Profit to earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and minority share owners' interests in earnings of subsidiaries for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 is as follows:

        Financial information for continuing operations for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 regarding the Company's product segments is as follows:

        The reconciliation of Segment Operating Profit to earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and minority share owners' interests in earnings of subsidiaries for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 is as follows:

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        As discussed further in Note 14, the Company acquired BSN Glasspack on June 21, 2004. The total assets by segment at September 30, 2004 reflect the addition of the BSN assets, based on preliminary fair values, to the Glass Containers segment.

9.     Other Revenue and Other Costs and Expenses

        During the second quarter of 2004, the Company completed the sale of certain real property and a warehouse in the United Kingdom. The resulting gain of $20.6 million ($14.5 million after tax) was included in other revenue in the results of operations for the second quarter of 2004.

        Also during the second quarter of 2004, the Company recorded a charge of $14.5 million ($9.1 million after tax) for an increase in the estimated probable liability for the resolution of certain intellectual property litigation in other costs and expenses. This charge was included in discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. See Note 7 for additional information on this intellectual property litigation.

        On July 11, 2003, the Company received payments totaling 100 million British pounds sterling (US$163.0 million) in connection with the sale to Ardagh Glass Limited of certain long-term notes receivable. The notes were received from Ardagh in 1999 by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, United Glass Limited, in connection with its sale of Rockware, a United Kingdom glass container manufacturer obtained in the 1998 acquisition of the worldwide glass and plastics packaging businesses of BTR plc. The notes were due in 2006 and interest had previously been paid in kind through periodic increases in outstanding principal balances. The proceeds from the sale of the notes were used to reduce outstanding borrowings under the Agreement. The notes were sold at a discount of approximately 22.6 million British pounds sterling. The resulting loss of US$37.4 million (pre tax and after tax) was included in other costs and expenses in the results of operations for the second quarter of 2003.

        In August 2003, the Company announced the permanent closing of its Hayward, California glass container factory. Production at the factory was suspended in June of 2003 following a major leak in its only glass furnace. As a result, the Company recorded a capacity curtailment charge of $28.5 million ($17.8 million after tax) in the third quarter of 2003. See Note 11 for additional information.

        During the fourth quarter of 2003, the Company completed the sale of its assets related to the production of plastic trigger sprayers and finger pumps. Included in the sale were manufacturing facilities in Bridgeport, Connecticut and El Paso, Texas, in addition to related production assets at the Erie, Pennsylvania plant. As a result of the sale, the Company recorded a loss of $37.4 million ($23.4 million after tax) in the third quarter of 2003.

10.   Derivative Instruments

        The terms of the Third Amended and Restated Secured Credit Agreement require that borrowings under the Agreement be denominated in U.S. dollars except for the C2 term loan which allows for 52 million Euro borrowings. In order to manage the exposure to fluctuating foreign exchange rates created by U.S. dollar borrowings by the Company's international subsidiaries, certain subsidiaries have

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entered into currency swaps for the principal amount of their borrowings under the Agreement and for their interest payments due under the Agreement.

        At the end of the third quarter of 2004, the Company's subsidiary in Australia had agreements that swap a total of U.S. $455 million of borrowings into 702 million Australian dollars. These derivative instruments swap both the interest and principal from U.S. dollars to Australian dollars and also swap the interest rate from a U.S.-based rate to an Australian-based rate. These agreements have various maturity dates ranging from April 2005 through March 2006.

        The Company's subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and several other European countries have also entered into short term forward exchange contracts which effectively swap additional intercompany and external borrowings by each subsidiary into its local currency. These contracts swap both the interest and principal amount of borrowings in excess of amounts covered by the swap contracts described above.

        The Company recognizes the above derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value, and the Company accounts for them as fair value hedges. Accordingly, the changes in the value of the swaps are recognized in current earnings and are expected to substantially offset any exchange rate gains or losses on the related U.S. dollar borrowings. For three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, the amount not offset was immaterial.

        In the fourth quarter of 2003 and the first quarter of 2004, the Company entered into a series of interest rate swap agreements with a total notional amount of $1.25 billion that mature from 2007 through 2013. The swaps were executed in order to: (i) convert a portion of the senior notes and senior debentures fixed-rate debt into floating-rate debt; (ii) maintain a capital structure containing appropriate amounts of fixed and floating-rate debt; and (iii) reduce net interest payments and expense in the near-term.

        The Company's fixed-to-variable interest rate swaps are accounted for as fair value hedges. Because the relevant terms of the swap agreements match the corresponding terms of the notes, there is no hedge ineffectiveness. Accordingly, as required by FAS No. 133, the Company recorded the net of the fair market values of the swaps as a long-term liability along with a corresponding net decrease in the carrying value of the hedged debt.

        Under the swaps, the Company receives fixed rate interest amounts (equal to interest on the corresponding hedged note) and pays interest at a six month U.S. LIBOR rate (set in arrears) plus a margin spread (see table below). The interest rate differential on each swap is recognized as an adjustment of interest expense over the term of the agreement.

        The following selected information relates to fair value swaps at September 30, 2004 (based on a projected U.S. LIBOR rate of 2.5178%):

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        The Company also uses commodity futures contracts related to forecasted natural gas requirements. The objective of these futures contracts is to limit the fluctuations in prices paid for natural gas and the potential volatility in earnings or cash flows from future market price movements. The Company continually evaluates the natural gas market with respect to its future usage requirements. The Company generally evaluates the natural gas market for the next twelve to eighteen months and continually enters into commodity futures contracts in order to hedge a portion of its usage requirements through the next twelve to eighteen months. At September 30, 2004, the Company had entered into commodity futures contracts for approximately 75% (approximately 4,500,000 MM BTUs) of its expected North American natural gas usage for the last three months of 2004, approximately 72% (approximately 17,280,000 MM BTUs) for the full year of 2005 and approximately 22% (approximately 5,280,000 MM BTUs) for the full year of 2006.

        The Company accounts for the above futures contracts on the balance sheet at fair value. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated as, and meets the required criteria for, a cash flow hedge is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income ("OCI") and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the underlying hedged item affects earnings. Any material portion of the change in the fair value of a derivative designated as a cash flow hedge that is deemed to be ineffective is recognized in current earnings.

        The above futures contracts are accounted for as cash flow hedges at September 30, 2004. Hedge accounting is only applied when the derivative is deemed to be highly effective at offsetting anticipated cash flows of the hedged transactions. For hedged forecasted transactions, hedge accounting will be discontinued if the forecasted transaction is no longer probable to occur, and any previously deferred gains or losses will be recorded to earnings immediately.

        At September 30, 2004, an unrealized net gain of $13.7 million, after tax of $7.4 million, related to these commodity futures contracts was included in OCI. The ineffectiveness related to these natural gas hedges for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 was not material.

        The Company's international subsidiaries may enter into short-term forward exchange agreements to purchase foreign currencies at set rates in the future. These foreign currency forward exchange agreements are used to limit exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates for all significant planned purchases of fixed assets or commodities that are denominated in a currency other than the subsidiaries' functional currency. Subsidiaries may also use forward exchange agreements to offset the foreign currency risk for receivables and payables not denominated in, or indexed to, their functional currency. The Company records these short-term forward exchange agreements on the balance sheet at fair value and changes in the fair value are recognized in current earnings.

11.   Restructuring Accruals

        In August 2003, the Company announced the permanent closing of its Hayward, California glass container factory. Production at the factory was suspended in June of 2003 following a major leak in its only glass furnace. As a result, the Company recorded a capacity curtailment charge of $28.5 million ($17.8 million after tax) in the third quarter of 2003.

        The closing of this factory resulted in the elimination of approximately 170 jobs and a corresponding reduction in the Company's workforce. The Company expects to save approximately $12 million per year by closing this factory and moving the production to other locations. The Company anticipates that it will pay out approximately $15 million in cash related to severance, benefits, lease commitments, plant clean-up, and other plant closing costs. The Company expects that a substantial portion of these costs will be paid out by the end of 2005.

        In November 2003, the Company announced the permanent closing of its Milton, Ontario glass container factory. This closing was part of an effort to bring capacity and inventory levels in line with

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anticipated demand. As a result, the Company recorded a capacity curtailment charge of $20.1 million ($19.5 million after tax) in the fourth quarter of 2003.

        The closing of this factory in November 2003 resulted in the elimination of approximately 150 jobs and a corresponding reduction in the Company's workforce. The Company eventually expects to save approximately $8.5 million per year by closing this factory and moving the production to other locations. The Company anticipates that it will pay out approximately $8.0 million in cash related to severance, benefits, plant clean-up, and other plant closing costs. The Company expects that the majority of these costs will be paid out by the end of 2005.

        In December 2003, the Company announced the permanent closing of its Perth, Australia glass container factory. This closing was part of an effort to reduce overall capacity in Australia and bring inventory levels in line with anticipated demand. The Perth plant's western location and small size contributed to the plant being a higher cost facility that was no longer economically feasible to operate. As a result, the Company recorded a capacity curtailment charge of $23.9 million ($17.4 million after tax) in other costs and expenses in the results of operations for 2003.

        The closing of this factory in December 2003 resulted in the elimination of approximately 107 jobs and a corresponding reduction in the Company's workforce. The Company expects to save approximately $9 million per year by closing this factory and eventually moving the production to other locations. The Company anticipates that it will pay out approximately $10 million in cash related to severance, benefits, plant clean-up, and other plant closing costs. The Company expects that the majority of these costs will be paid out by the end of 2004.

        Selected information related to the above glass container factory closings is as follows:

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12.   Pensions

        The components of the net pension expense (credit) for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were as follows:

        The components of the net pension expense (credit) for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were as follows:

        The pension expense above for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 reflects the additional pension expense of the BSN operations acquired on June 21, 2004.

        The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2003, that it expected to contribute $33.9 million to its pension plans in 2004. As of September 30, 2004, $23.0 million of contributions have been made. The Company presently expects its contributions for the full year of 2004 to be approximately $36 million. The increase is principally a result of the acquisition of BSN.

13.   Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions

        The components of the net postretirement benefit cost for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were as follows:

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        The components of the net postretirement benefit cost for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were as follows:

        The postretirement benefit costs above for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 reflect the additional expense of the BSN operations.

        Effective July 1, 2004, the Company amended its U.S. salaried postretirement medical plan to align benefits with those of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. The effect of the amendment will reduce the full year of 2004 expense by approximately $5.3 million.

14.   Acquisition of BSN Glasspack, S.A.

        On June 21, 2004, the Company completed the acquisition of BSN Glasspack, S.A. ("BSN") from Glasspack Participations (the "Acquisition"). Total consideration for the Acquisition was approximately $1.3 billion, including the assumption of debt. BSN was the second largest glass container manufacturer in Europe with manufacturing facilities in France, Spain, Germany and Holland. The Acquisition was financed with borrowings under the Company's Second Amended and Restated Secured Credit Agreement (see Note 3). In an agreement with the European Commission, the Company committed to divest two plants (located in Barcelona, Spain, and Corsico, Italy) as part of the transaction.

        The acquisition was part of the Company's overall strategy to improve its presence in the European market in order to better serve the needs of its customers throughout the European region and to take advantage of synergies in purchasing and costs reduction that will allow the Company to significantly improve the earnings contribution provided by the entire European operations. This integration strategy should lead to significant improvement in earnings by the end of 2006. Certain actions contemplated by the integration strategy may require additional accruals that will increase goodwill or result in one-time charges to operations. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating its capacity in relation to the overall market demand in Europe and may decide to reduce capacity based upon this evaluation.

        The total purchase cost of approximately $1.3 billion will be allocated to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities based upon their respective fair values. Such allocations will be based upon valuations which have not been finalized. Accordingly, the allocation of the purchase consideration included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2004, is preliminary and includes $773.5 million in goodwill representing the unallocated portion of the purchase price. The Company expects that a substantial portion of the valuation process will be completed by the end of 2004 and the balance will be completed no later than the second quarter of 2005. The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations for the nine month period ended September 30, 2004, included three months and ten days of BSN operations. The BSN operations were included for the entire three month period ended September 30, 2004.

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15.   Pro Forma Information—Acquisition of BSN Glasspack S.A.

        Had the Acquisition described in Note 14 and the related financing described in Note 3 occurred at the beginning of each respective period, unaudited pro forma consolidated net sales and net earnings would have been as follows: