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)

C/O 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)
11/22/2016

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	11/22/2016		S		433,421⁽¹⁾	D	$50.75	3,679,112⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	11/22/2016		S		953⁽³⁾	D	$50.75	0	I	By Spouse
Common Stock								3,305,721⁽⁴⁾	I	By GRAT⁽⁵⁾
Common Stock								616,792	I	By Horrigan Family Limited Partnership⁽⁶⁾
Common Stock								17,317	I	By Trust⁽⁷⁾

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. All such shares of Common Stock were sold by the reporting person to the Issuer pursuant to the Issuer's tender offer that was completed on November 22, 2016. In addition, a family foundation, over which the reporting person is a trustee but in which the reporting person has no pecuniary interest, sold 250,626 shares of Common Stock to the Issuer pursuant to the Issuer's tender offer that was completed on November 22, 2016.

2. Since the reporting person's last report, 226,076 shares of Common Stock, which were indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person through grantor retained annuity trusts, were transferred by such grantor retained annuity trusts to the reporting person and are now included in the amount of securities beneficially owned by the reporting person directly.

3. All such shares of Common Stock were sold by the reporting person's spouse to the Issuer pursuant to the Issuer's tender offer that was completed on November 22, 2016.

4. Since the reporting person's last report, 226,076 shares of Common Stock, which were indirectly beneficially owned by the reporting person through grantor retained annuity trusts, were transferred by such grantor retained annuity trusts to the reporting person and are now included in the amount of securities beneficially owned by the reporting person directly.

5. These shares of Common Stock 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 or the reporting person is the sole trustee with voting and dispositive power over the shares.

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

7. These shares of Common Stock are owned by a family trust, of which the reporting person is the trustee with voting and dispositive power over the shares.

	/s/ Frank W. Hogan, III, Attorney-in-fact for D. Greg Horrigan	11/23/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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