Going from FCP to Adobe Premiere

Hello,
I am ending a job with a company that works with all PC based programs. I have done a lot of work in FCP for them. As I leave the graphic designer of the company requested that I give her all the project files so that she can modify them if needed. Is there anyway to convert the Final Cut Project File into something that will open in Adobe Premiere? If I sent her all the capture scratch and the project files would this work?
Anything to helps.
thanks,
Johnny

Premiere Pro (CS4 and CS5) can open Final Cut Project XML files .... export your projects using the XML option in the File > Export menu, then send her those together with the Capture Scratch media.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WSd9957a95a81082eb6c225fcd126718bfe7 0-8000.html

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