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

                                   FORM 10-K/A
                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1

              (Mark one)

          [X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                   For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002

                                       OR

          [ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                       ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               DELAWARE                                   59-3417812
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    (State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

  ONE ANCHOR PLAZA, 4343 ANCHOR PLAZA PARKWAY, TAMPA, FL       33634-7513
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      (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

         Registrant's telephone number, including area code 813-884-0000
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           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
                                      NONE
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           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                                      NONE
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                                (Title of class)

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     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 [X] No [ ].

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]

         Number of shares outstanding of common stock at March 20, 2003:
                                9,000,000 shares

                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
                                      None

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      Item 14 (a) (3) of Part IV of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K is hereby amended to replace in its entirety, Exhibit 10.2:

     Exhibit 10.2+  Glass Bottle Agreement between Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated
          and Anchor Glass Container Corporation.

     +   Portions of this document have been omitted and filed separately with
         the Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment in
         accordance with Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act.



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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                   ANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER CORPORATION


Date:  June 20, 2003               /S/ DARRIN J. CAMPBELL
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                                   Darrin J. Campbell
                                   Executive Vice President and
                                   Chief Financial Officer
                                   (Principal Financial Officer and
                                   Duly Authorized Officer)