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      <issuerCik>0000849869</issuerCik>
      <issuerName>SILGAN HOLDINGS INC</issuerName>
      <secFileNumber>001-41459</secFileNumber>
      <issuerAddress>
        <com:street1>4 LANDMARK SQ</com:street1>
        <com:city>STAMFORD</com:city>
        <com:stateOrCountry>CT</com:stateOrCountry>
        <com:zipCode>06901</com:zipCode>
      </issuerAddress>
      <issuerContactPhone>2039757110</issuerContactPhone>
      <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Prinzen B Frederik</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
      <relationshipsToIssuer>
        <relationshipToIssuer>Officer</relationshipToIssuer>
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    <securitiesInformation>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
        <name>BNY Mellon Brokerage Services - A Division of BNY Mellon Securities Corporation</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard</com:street1>
          <com:city>Uniondale</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>11556</com:zipCode>
        </address>
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      <noOfUnitsSold>2378</noOfUnitsSold>
      <aggregateMarketValue>130433.30</aggregateMarketValue>
      <noOfUnitsOutstanding>106993180</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
      <approxSaleDate>05/06/2025</approxSaleDate>
      <securitiesExchangeName>NYSE</securitiesExchangeName>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>03/01/2025</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Common Stock received in settlement of an employee grant of restricted stock units upon vesting.</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>2378</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>03/01/2025</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>The securities to be sold were received upon the settlement of vested restricted stock units. Under the applicable plan, upon vesting restricted stock units are settled in shares of Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis without any payment</natureOfPayment>
    </securitiesToBeSold>
    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
    <remarks>The securities to be sold were received upon the settlement of vested restricted stock units. Under the applicable plan, upon vesting restricted stock units are settled in shares of Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis without any payment.</remarks>
    <noticeSignature>
      <noticeDate>05/05/2025</noticeDate>
      <signature>/s/ B. Frederik Prinzen</signature>
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