SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

HORRIGAN D GREG

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.

4 LANDMARK SQUARE - SUITE 400

(Street)

STAMFORD

06901

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SILGAN HOLDINGS INC [ SLGN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/08/2010

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	06/08/2010		A		1,799	A	⁽¹⁾	5,994,249⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock								3,000,000⁽³⁾	I	By GRAT⁽⁴⁾
Common Stock								616,792⁽⁵⁾	I	Horrigan Family Limited Partnership⁽⁶⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. These securities are restricted stock units that were granted on June 8, 2010 pursuant to the Silgan Holdings Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, and become fully vested on June 8, 2011. These restricted stock units will be settled in shares of Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis upon vesting.

2. Since the reporting person's last report, the reporting person contributed 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock to grantor retained annuity trusts, of which the reporting person and his spouse are co-trustees with voting and dispositive power over the shares. On May 3, 2010, a two-for-one stock split of the Common Stock of Silgan Holdings Inc. in the form of a stock dividend was effected, resulting in the reporting person's direct ownership of 2,996,225 additional shares of Common Stock of Silgan Holdings Inc.

3. Since the reporting person's last report, 1,500,000 of these shares, which were previously reported as being directly beneficially owned by the reporting person, were contributed in June 2009 by the reporting person to grantor retained annuity trusts, of which the reporting person and his spouse are co-trustees with voting and dispositive power over the shares. On May 3, 2010, a two-for-one stock split of the Common Stock of Silgan Holdings Inc. in the form of a stock dividend was effected, resulting in the reporting person's indirect ownership through grantor retained annuity trusts of 1,500,000 additional shares of Common Stock of Silgan Holdings Inc.

4. These shares are owned by grantor retained annuity trusts of which the reporting person and his spouse are co-trustees with voting and dispositive power over the shares.

5. On May 3, 2010, a two-for-one stock split of the Common Stock of Silgan Holdings Inc. in the form of a stock dividend was effected, resulting in the reporting person's indirect ownership through Horrigan Family Limited Partnership of 308,396 additional shares of Common Stock of Silgan Holdings Inc.

6. The reporting person is the sole general partner of Horrigan Family Limited Partnership, with sole voting power and dispositive power over the shares.

Remarks:

	/s/ Frank W. Hogan, III, Attorney-in-fact for D. Greg Horrigan	06/10/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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