Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.



On July 1, 2021, the Board of Directors of Silgan Holdings Inc., or the Company,
elected and appointed Adam J. Greenlee as Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, effective September 1, 2021, as part of the continuation of the
Company's long-term succession planning. Mr. Greenlee will also continue to
serve as President of the Company. Mr. Greenlee will succeed Anthony J. Allott
as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Allott has served as Chief
Executive Officer of the Company since March 2006. Mr. Allott will continue to
serve as Chairman of the Board of the Company in an executive capacity after
September 1, 2021.

Mr. Greenlee, age 48, has been President of the Company since April 2019 and
Chief Operating Officer of the Company since August 2009. From October 2007
through March 2019, Mr. Greenlee was an Executive Vice President of the Company.
From January 2006 until October 2007, Mr. Greenlee was President of the North
American operations of Silgan Closures, and he was Executive Vice President of
the North American operations of Silgan Closures from March 2005 until January
2006. Prior to that, Mr. Greenlee was Vice President & General Manager of ATI
Allegheny Rodney from January 2003 through February 2005 and its Director of
Marketing from February 2001 until January 2003.

On July 1, 2021, in connection with Mr. Greenlee's election and appointment as
Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective September 1, 2021, the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved (i) a
$229,192 increase in the annual base salary of Mr. Greenlee from $770,808 to
$1,000,000, effective September 1, 2021, (ii) an increase in the annual cash
bonus for Mr. Greenlee for 2021 to up to a maximum of 100% of his annual base
salary received from and after September 1, 2021, with his annual cash bonus
remaining at up to a maximum of 80% of his annual base salary received prior to
September 1, 2021, all calculated and determined as previously approved by the
Compensation Committee, and (iii) for purposes of the Company's annual awards of
restricted stock units that would typically vest ratably over a five year period
under the Company's Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended,
a change in the compensation of Mr. Greenlee to be used by the Compensation
Committee, starting in 2022, for purposes thereof to his annual base salary plus
his annual bonus (at 100%), with his target multiple being, starting in 2022,
three times his annual base salary and annual bonus (at 100%).

A copy of the Company's press release announcing its succession plan for its Chief Executive Officer is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


      Exhibit No.                                       Description
         99.1                           Press Release dated July 1, 2021

announcing the Company's CEO


                                      Succession Plan.

          104                         Cover Page Interactive File (the

cover page tags are embedded within


                                      the Inline XBRL document).



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