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  <DIV><FONT size="1" style="font-size:1pt;color:white">                                                                                                           UNITED STATES                                                                                       OMB APPROVAL                                                                                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                                                                 OMB     Number:           3235-0101                                                                                                         Washington, D.C. 20549                                                                          Expires:              May 31, 2017                                                                                                                                                                                                         Estimated  average  burden                                                                                                                                                                                                         hours per response &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;1.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     FORM 144                                                                                           SEC    USE   ONLY                                                                              NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES                                                                                      DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.                                                             PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                    ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an                                                     order with a broker to execute sale                       CUSIP NUMBER                             or executing a sale directly with a market maker.                    1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                                                                                          (b)  IRS IDENT. NO.                 (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.           WORK LOCATION                                                                                                                                                                                                               Silgan Holdings Inc.                                                                                                                06-1269834                                                                                                                                                                             000-22117  1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                                                STREET                                           CITY                                            STATE              ZIP CODE     (e) TELEPHONE NO.                                                                                                                                                                                                         AREA CODE             NUMBER       4 Landmark Square, Suite 400, Stamford, CT 06901                                                                                                                                                     203           975-7110                    2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES                                                       (b )RELATIONSHIP           (c) ADDRESS STREET                            CITY                   STATE           ZIP CODE                                                                                  ARE TO BE SOLD                                                                                          TO  ISSUER               c/o Silgan Holdings Inc., 4 Landmark Square, Suite 400, Stamford, CT 06901                                                                                                              Officer        B. Frederik Prinzen               INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.                    3 (a)                   (b)                                                                       SEC USE ONLY          (c)                     (d)                     (e)                     (f)                     (g)        Title of the                                                                                                         Number of Shares            Aggregate           Number of Shares          Approximate            Name of Each          Class of                Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the                    Broker-Dealer            or Other Units             Market              or Other Units            Date of Sale             Securities         Securities                 Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker                  File Number              To Be Sold                 Value              Outstanding              (See instr. 3(f))         Exchange        To Be Sold                                             who is Acquiring the Securities                                                  (See instr. 3(c))      (See instr. 3(d))       (See instr. 3(e))      (MO.   DAY   YR.)        (See instr. 3(g))   Common Stock               BNY Mellon Brokerage Services -A Division of                                                   5,112                   $181,016               110,871,203            April 30, 2020 &#8211;           NASDAQ                                      BNY Mellon Securities Corporation                                                                                                                            May 29, 2020                              144 Glenn Curtiss Blvd., Uniondale, NY  11556                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          INSTRUCTIONS:                                                                                   3 . (a)   Title of the class of securities to be sold  1. (a)  Name of issuer                                                                             (b)  Name and address of each broker through whom       the securities are intended to be sold     (b) Issuer&#8217;s I.R.S. Identification Number                                                       (c)  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)     (c)  Issuer&#8217;s S.E.C. file number, if any                                                        (d)  Aggregate  market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice     (d) Issuer&#8217;s address, including zip code                                                        (e)  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown     (e)  Issuer&#8217;s telephone number, including area code                                                  by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer                                                                                                     (f)  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold  2. (a)   Name of person  for whose  account  the securities are to be sold                         (g)  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold     (b)  Such  person&#8217;s  relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%           stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)     (c) Such   person&#8217;s  address, including  zip code                                                           Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not                                                           required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.                                                                               SEC 1147 (08-07) </FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV><FONT size="1" style="font-size:1pt;color:white">                                                                              TABLE          I &#8211;&#8211; SECURITIES TO BE SOLD                                                 Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold                                        and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other                                        consideration        therefor:          Title of           Date you                                                                                  Name of Person from Whom Acquired                        Amount of            Date of         the Class           Acquired                    Nature of Acquisition Transaction                             (If gift, also give date donor acquired)             Securities Acquired      Payment             Nature of Payment  Common Stock   3/1/20                    Common Stock received in settlement of                               Issuer                                                          5,112                  (1)           (1)                                           an employee grant of restricted stock                                                                                                                                                                            units upon vesting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          INSTRUCTIONS:                 If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at    the time  of                                purchase,  explain  in the  table or in a note  thereto the  nature of  the consideration  given.                                If the consideration  consisted  of any  note or other  obligation, or  if payment  was  made   in                                installments  describe  the  arrangement   and  state when   the  note  or other  obligation  was                                discharged   in full or the last installment paid.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         TABLE          II   &#8211;&#8211; SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST                                                    3  MONTHS      Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.                                                                                                                                                                                                                Amount of                                                   Name and Address of Seller                                                            Title of Securities Sold                   Date of Sale      Securities Sold              Gross Proceeds                                                                                                                                                                                                                     REMARKS: (1) 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.                                                                                                                                                              INSTRUCTIONS:                                                                                                            ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to             which this notice relates are to be sold  See the definition of &#8220;person&#8221; in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.             Information is to be given not only as           hereby represents by  signing this notice that he does not know  any material  adverse information  in regard to  to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included                   the current and prospective operations  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly  in that definition.   In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are                  disclosed. If such person has adopted   a written trading plan  or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule  required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing                    10b5-1 under  the Exchange  Act, by signing the form  and indicating the date that the plan was  adopted  or the  this notice.                                                                                                              instruction given, that person makes  such representation  as of the plan adoption  or instruction date.                                                   April 29, 2020                                                                                                /s/ B. Frederik Prinzen                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DATE   OF NOTICE                                                                                                               (SIGNATURE)                                             DATE  OF  PLAN  ADOPTION    OR  GIVING  OF  INSTRUCTION,                    The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy                                      IF RELYING   ON  RULE  10B5-1                             of the notice  shall be  manually    signed. .Any copies     not  manually signed     shall bear typed or printed      signatures.                             ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)  SEC  1147  (02-08) </FONT></DIV>
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  UNITED STATES                                                                                       OMB APPROVAL                                                                                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                                                                 OMB     Number:           3235-0101                                                                                                         Washington, D.C. 20549                                                                          Expires:              May 31, 2017                                                                                                                                                                                                         Estimated  average  burden                                                                                                                                                                                                         hours per response ………1.00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     FORM 144                                                                                           SEC    USE   ONLY                                                                              NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES                                                                                      DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.                                                             PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                    ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an                                                     order with a broker to execute sale                       CUSIP NUMBER                             or executing a sale directly with a market maker.                    1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                                                                                          (b)  IRS IDENT. NO.                 (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.           WORK LOCATION                                                                                                                                                                                                               Silgan Holdings Inc.                                                                                                                06-1269834                                                                                                                                                                             000-22117  1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                                                STREET                                           CITY                                            STATE              ZIP CODE     (e) TELEPHONE NO.                                                                                                                                                                                                         AREA CODE             NUMBER       4 Landmark Square, Suite 400, Stamford, CT 06901                                                                                                                                                     203           975-7110                    2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES                                                       (b )RELATIONSHIP           (c) ADDRESS STREET                            CITY                   STATE           ZIP CODE                                                                                  ARE TO BE SOLD                                                                                          TO  ISSUER               c/o Silgan Holdings Inc., 4 Landmark Square, Suite 400, Stamford, CT 06901                                                                                                              Officer        B. Frederik Prinzen               INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.                    3 (a)                   (b)                                                                       SEC USE ONLY          (c)                     (d)                     (e)                     (f)                     (g)        Title of the                                                                                                         Number of Shares            Aggregate           Number of Shares          Approximate            Name of Each          Class of                Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the                    Broker-Dealer            or Other Units             Market              or Other Units            Date of Sale             Securities         Securities                 Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker                  File Number              To Be Sold                 Value              Outstanding              (See instr. 3(f))         Exchange        To Be Sold                                             who is Acquiring the Securities                                                  (See instr. 3(c))      (See instr. 3(d))       (See instr. 3(e))      (MO.   DAY   YR.)        (See instr. 3(g))   Common Stock               BNY Mellon Brokerage Services -A Division of                                                   5,112                   $181,016               110,871,203            April 30, 2020 –           NASDAQ                                      BNY Mellon Securities Corporation                                                                                                                            May 29, 2020                              144 Glenn Curtiss Blvd., Uniondale, NY  11556                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          INSTRUCTIONS:                                                                                   3 . (a)   Title of the class of securities to be sold  1. (a)  Name of issuer                                                                             (b)  Name and address of each broker through whom       the securities are intended to be sold     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number                                                       (c)  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)     (c)  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any                                                        (d)  Aggregate  market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code                                                        (e)  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown     (e)  Issuer's telephone number, including area code                                                  by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer                                                                                                     (f)  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold  2. (a)   Name of person  for whose  account  the securities are to be sold                         (g)  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold     (b)  Such  person's  relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%           stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)     (c) Such   person's  address, including  zip code                                                           Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not                                                           required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.                                                                               SEC 1147 (08-07)
  TABLE          I –– SECURITIES TO BE SOLD                                                 Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold                                        and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other                                        consideration        therefor:          Title of           Date you                                                                                  Name of Person from Whom Acquired                        Amount of            Date of         the Class           Acquired                    Nature of Acquisition Transaction                             (If gift, also give date donor acquired)             Securities Acquired      Payment             Nature of Payment  Common Stock   3/1/20                    Common Stock received in settlement of                               Issuer                                                          5,112                  (1)           (1)                                           an employee grant of restricted stock                                                                                                                                                                            units upon vesting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          INSTRUCTIONS:                 If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at    the time  of                                purchase,  explain  in the  table or in a note  thereto the  nature of  the consideration  given.                                If the consideration  consisted  of any  note or other  obligation, or  if payment  was  made   in                                installments  describe  the  arrangement   and  state when   the  note  or other  obligation  was                                discharged   in full or the last installment paid.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         TABLE          II   –– SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST                                                    3  MONTHS      Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.                                                                                                                                                                                                                Amount of                                                   Name and Address of Seller                                                            Title of Securities Sold                   Date of Sale      Securities Sold              Gross Proceeds                                                                                                                                                                                                                     REMARKS: (1) 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.                                                                                                                                                              INSTRUCTIONS:                                                                                                            ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to             which this notice relates are to be sold  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.             Information is to be given not only as           hereby represents by  signing this notice that he does not know  any material  adverse information  in regard to  to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included                   the current and prospective operations  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly  in that definition.   In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are                  disclosed. If such person has adopted   a written trading plan  or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule  required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing                    10b5-1 under  the Exchange  Act, by signing the form  and indicating the date that the plan was  adopted  or the  this notice.                                                                                                              instruction given, that person makes  such representation  as of the plan adoption  or instruction date.                                                   April 29, 2020                                                                                                /s/ B. Frederik Prinzen                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        DATE   OF NOTICE                                                                                                               (SIGNATURE)                                             DATE  OF  PLAN  ADOPTION    OR  GIVING  OF  INSTRUCTION,                    The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy                                      IF RELYING   ON  RULE  10B5-1                             of the notice  shall be  manually    signed. .Any copies     not  manually signed     shall bear typed or printed      signatures.                             ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)  SEC  1147  (02-08)