Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
LEWIS ROBERT B
   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)
Executive VP and CFO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., 4 LANDMARK SQUARE - SUITE 400		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/15/2010
(Street)

STAMFORD, CT 06901		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 11/15/2010   M   15,858 A $ 11.7375 158,698 D  
Common Stock 11/15/2010   S   15,858 (1) D $ 34.75 142,840 (2) D  

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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 $ 11.7375 11/15/2010   M     15,858 (3)   (4) 08/16/2011 Common Stock 15,858 $ 11.7375 142 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
LEWIS ROBERT B
C/O SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
4 LANDMARK SQUARE - SUITE 400
STAMFORD, CT 06901		       Executive VP and CFO  

Signatures

 /s/ Frank W. Hogan, III, Attorney-in-fact for Robert B. Lewis   11/17/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) All of such shares of Common Stock were sold by the reporting person to Silgan Holdings Inc. pursuant to Silgan Holdings Inc.'s issuer tender offer.
(2) On May 3, 2010, 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's direct ownership of 71,420 additional shares of Common Stock of Silgan Holdings Inc. on such date. The amount of securities beneficially owned includes 42,880 restricted stock units granted under the Silgan Holdings Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, which upon vesting will be settled in shares of Common Stock of Silgan Holdings Inc. on a 1-for-1 basis.
(3) On May 3, 2010, 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 8,000 nonqualified options to purchase Common Stock of Silgan Holdings Inc.
(4) These options were granted on August 16, 2004 and vested ratably over a five year period beginning on August 16, 2005. All of these options were exercisable prior to the transactions reported on this Form 4.

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