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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000849869-18-000040
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180928

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SILGAN HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000849869
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL CANS [3411]
		IRS NUMBER:				061269834
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 LANDMARK SQ
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06901
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2039757110

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 LANDMARK SQUARE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06901
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Silgan Holdings Inc.<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><u>VIA EDGAR</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Office of Global Security Risk</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Division of Corporation Finance</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">100 F Street, N.E.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Re:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Silgan Holdings Inc.</font></div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">Filed March 1, 2018</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">File No. 0-22117</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Dear Ms. Blye:</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On behalf of Silgan Holdings Inc. (the "Company"), set forth below is the Company's response to the comment contained in your letter, dated September 18, 2018, to Anthony J. Allott, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, regarding the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the "Form 10-K"), filed on March 1, 2018.&#160; For ease of reference, we have repeated the comment contained in your letter in bold italicized text preceding our response.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><u>General</u></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">You indicate on page 10 of the 10-K that your customer Nestl&#232; accounted for approximately 11% of your consolidated net sales in 2017. The Nestl&#233; website indicates that a Nestl&#233; subsidiary headquartered in Cairo, Egypt covers Sudan, and we are aware of a news report indicating that this subsidiary exports products to Sudan. Additionally, Nestl&#233;'s 2017 Annual Report indicates that Nestl&#232; imports products into Syria. In a letter to the staff dated December 12, 2014, you discussed your subsidiaries' sale of metal closures and containers to customers in Syria. Sudan and Syria are designated by the Department of State as state sponsors of terrorism, and are subject to U.S. economic sanctions and/or export controls.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Mr. Cecilia Blye, Chief</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Division of Corporation Finance</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">September 28, 2018</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><u>Response</u></font>:</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">The Company has reviewed its records and, based on such review, the Company hereby confirms that it has not identified any past, current or anticipated contacts with Sudan, or any such contacts with Syria since 2011 as described in the Company's letter to the staff dated December 12, 2014, including contacts with their governments, whether through subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, partners, customers or other direct or indirect arrangements.&#160; As described in the Company's letter to the staff dated December 12, 2014, non-U.S. subsidiaries of the Company engaged in limited permissible business activity in Syria in 2011 consisting of only immaterial sales of $661,333 by such subsidiaries of packaging products that were not exported from the United States and were not U.S. origin goods.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">For the last three fiscal years and the interim period since the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the "Current Period"), neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has had any revenues, assets or liabilities associated with Sudan or Syria.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">In addition, the Company advises the staff that, although the customer identified by the staff in its comment has operations in Egypt that may cover Sudan as noted by the staff, the Company abides by the legal prohibitions on doing business in Sudan.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt">The Company understands that investors have expressed a desire to divest from, or to take similar initiatives with respect to, companies that have operations associated with U.S.-designated state sponsors of terrorism.&#160; Given that the Company has no contacts with Sudan and Syria and has had no sales associated with Sudan or Syria (except with respect to Syria to the limited extent mentioned above), the Company does not believe that these initiatives have had or will have any impact on the Company.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Mr. Cecilia Blye, Chief</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">If you have any questions regarding this letter, please feel free to contact me at (203) 975-7110.</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 387pt">Very truly yours,</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 387pt">Senior Vice President, General Counsel </div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 387pt">&#160; and Secretary</div>

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