<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-19-013462.txt : 20190617
<SEC-HEADER>0001567619-19-013462.hdr.sgml : 20190617
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20190617160642
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-19-013462
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190613
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190617
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190617

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SILVER R PHILIP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001199502

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22117
		FILM NUMBER:		19901485

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 LANDMARK SQUARE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06901

ISSUER:		

	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

	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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    <periodOfReport>2019-06-13</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000849869</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SILGAN HOLDINGS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SLGN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001199502</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SILVER R PHILIP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>4 LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 400</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>STAMFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06901</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-06-13</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3676</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>55191</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>12744274</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4494156</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
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            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These securities are restricted stock units that were granted on June 13, 2019 pursuant to the Silgan Holdings Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, and become fully vested on the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders of Silgan Holdings Inc.  These restricted stock units will be settled in shares of Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis upon vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Since the reporting person's last report, 12,744,274 shares of Common Stock, which were directly beneficially owned by the reporting person, were transferred by the reporting person to a revocable family trust of which the reporting person is the trustee with sole voting and dispositive power over the shares and are now included in the amount of securities indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person through such trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Since the reporting person's last report, 12,744,274 shares of Common Stock, which were directly beneficially owned by the reporting person, were transferred by the reporting person to a revocable family trust of which the reporting person is the trustee with sole voting and dispositive power over the shares and are now included in the amount of securities indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person through such trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These shares of Common Stock are owned by a revocable family trust of which the reporting person is the trustee with sole voting and dispositive power over the shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">These shares of Common Stock are owned by a family trust of which the reporting person's spouse is a trustee with voting and dispositive power over the shares, and as a result of which the reporting person may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power over the shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Frank W. Hogan, III, Attorney-in-fact for R. Philip Silver</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-06-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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