FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   BURNS KEVIN R 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/22/2009 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC [AWI] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TPG CAPITAL, L.P.,, 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) FORT WORTH, TX 76102 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) No securities are beneficially owned (1) 0 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BURNS KEVIN R C/O TPG CAPITAL, L.P., 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300 FORT WORTH, TX 76102	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Clive D. Bode, on behalf of Kevin R. Burns (2)		09/24/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Kevin R. Burns is a partner of TPG Capital, L.P., which is affiliated with Armor TPG Holdings LLC ("Armor"), which, as of the date hereof, directly holds 7,000,000 shares of common stock of Armstrong World Industries, Inc. ("Common Stock") and an economic interest in an additional 1,039,777 shares of Common Stock underlying a prepaid share forward transaction (collectively, the "Investments"). Mr. Burns disclaims beneficial ownership of the Investments that are or may be beneficially owned by Armor or any of its affiliates. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), this filing shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Burns is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any equity securities of the Issuer directly or indirectly held by Armor or any of its affiliates.
  Remarks: (2) Clive D. Bode is signing on behalf of Mr. Burns pursuant to the authorization and designation letter dated September 1,  2009, which is filed as an exhibit herewith.

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