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:
                                                      Robert B. Lewis
                                                      (203) 406-3160





                   SILGAN HOLDINGS DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND


STAMFORD,  CT,  May 3, 2006 -- Silgan  Holdings  Inc.  (Nasdaq:SLGN),  a leading
supplier of consumer goods packaging products, announced today that its Board of
Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock.  The Board
of Directors approved a $0.12 per share quarterly cash dividend, payable on June
15,  2006 to the  holders  of record of common  stock of the  Company on June 1,
2006.

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Silgan  Holdings is a leading  North  American  manufacturer  of consumer  goods
packaging  products with annual net sales of approximately $2.5 billion in 2005.
Silgan  operates 60  manufacturing  facilities in the U.S. and Canada.  In North
America,  the  Company 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.

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