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*
HOGAN FRANK W III

(Last) (First) (Middle)
4 LANDMARK SQUARE
SUITE 400

(Street)
STAMFORD CT 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)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP and General Counsel
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/24/2006
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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 04/24/2006 M 4,500 A $18.375 10,600 D
Common Stock 04/24/2006 S 4,500 D $39.0077 6,100(1) D
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)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Nonqualified options to purchase Common Stock $18.375 04/24/2006 M 4,500 (2) 06/30/2007 Common Stock 4,500 $18.375 105,500(3) D
Explanation of Responses:
1. This amount includes 4,100 restricted stock units granted on March 1, 2006 under the Silgan Holdings Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. These restricted stock units vest ratably over a five year period beginning March 1, 2007 and will be settled in shares of Common Stock on a 1 for 1 basis.
2. These options were granted on 6/30/1997 and vested ratably over a five year period beginning on 6/30/1998. All of these options were exercisable prior to the transaction reported on this Form 4.
3. On September 15, 2005, 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 holding an additional 55,000 nonqualified options to purchase common stock prior to the transaction reported on this Form 4. This amount includes 7,500 options granted on 6/30/97 (all of which are currently exercisable), 8,000 options granted on 12/17/97 (all of which are currently exercisable), 16,000 options granted on 4/5/99 (all of which are currently exercisable), 20,760 options granted on 2/4/00 (all of which are currently exercisable), 3,240 options granted on 5/3/02 (1,944 of which are currently exercisable), and 50,000 options granted on 11/7/03 (25,000 of which are currently exercisable).
Frank W. Hogan, III 04/26/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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