-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GWZtfQUED8xzeuEHJ8IZ7ARyqlBWeUQfV0PXX5HV/8Wit0mf5zrFYy9L6kI5p8XH /W4rVtuBFYooRTIkF15QNw== 0000849869-03-000023.txt : 20030804 0000849869-03-000023.hdr.sgml : 20030804 20030804091244 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000849869-03-000023 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030730 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20030804 FILER: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22117 FILM NUMBER: 03819184 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 LANDMARK SQ CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06901 BUSINESS PHONE: 2039757110 8-K 1 eightkjennings.txt PRESS RELEASE - JENNINGS - 8/4/03 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ________________________ FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 30, 2003 SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware 000-22117 06-1269834 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 4 Landmark Square, Stamford, Connecticut 06901 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 975-7110 N/A - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Item 5. Other Events. On August 4, 2003, the registrant announced that William C. Jennings had been elected as a member of its Board of Directors and as Chairman of its Audit Committee, replacing Leigh Abramson. For additional information regarding this announcement, refer to Exhibit 99.1 filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K. Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits. (c) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 99.1 Press Release dated August 4, 2003 regarding the election of William C. Jennings as a member of the Board of Directors. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. By: /s/ Frank W. Hogan, III -------------------------------------- Frank W. Hogan, III Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Date: August 4, 2003 3 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 99.1 Press Release dated August 4, 2003 regarding the election of William C. Jennings as a member of the Board of Directors. 4 EX-99.1 3 prjennings.txt PRESS RELEASE - JENNINGS - 8-4-03 EXHIBIT 99.1 News For Immediate Release SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. 4 Landmark Square Suite 400 Stamford, CT 06901 Telephone: (203) 975-7110 Fax: (203) 975-7902 Contact: Anthony J. Allott (203) 406-3160 SILGAN HOLDINGS ELECTS WILLIAM C. JENNINGS A MEMBER OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE STAMFORD, CT, August 4, 2003 -- Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN) today announced that William C. Jennings has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, replacing Leigh Abramson. Mr. Jennings will serve as a Class I Director of the Company, completing Mr. Abramson's term. Mr. Abramson, a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, resigned from the Company's Board of Directors, after having served on the Board for the past seven years and making many valuable contributions to the Company. Mr. Jennings, 64, brings more than 40 years of business experience to the Company. He was formerly a Partner of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, most recently leading the firm's Risk Management and Internal Controls Consulting Practice. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Bankers Trust and as a Senior Executive Vice President at Shearson Lehman Brothers. (more) SILGAN HOLDINGS August 4, 2003 Page 2 Mr. Jennings also serves on the Boards of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACLS) and NYFIX, Inc. (Nasdaq:NYFX) and has served on the Boards of several companies, including Intellisource, Inc., U.S. Interactive, Inc. and the Merger Fund, a publicly traded mutual fund. Mr. Jennings has recently been a speaker on corporate governance and The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and has frequently appeared in business print and broadcast as an expert on risk management and internal controls. * * * Silgan Holdings is a leading North American manufacturer of consumer goods packaging products with annual sales of approximately $2.0 billion in 2002. Silgan operates 68 manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. In North America, Silgan is the largest supplier of metal containers for food products and a leading supplier of plastic containers for personal care products and of metal and plastic closures for food and beverage products. * * * -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----