SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, DC 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 14, 2002



                              Silgan Holdings Inc.
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              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


           Delaware                    000-22117               06-1269834
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 (State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commission            (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)              File Number)         Identification No.)


4 Landmark Square, Stamford, Connecticut                               06901
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                             (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 975-7110




Item 7.     Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

     Exhibit No.                    Description
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       99.1         Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
                    pursuant to Section 906 of  the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of  2002,
                    by the Co-Chief Executive Officer.

       99.2         Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
                    pursuant to Section 906 of  the Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
                    by the Co-Chief Executive Officer.

       99.3         Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
                    pursuant to Section 906 of  the Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
                    by the Chief Financial Officer.


Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On August 14,  2002,  the written  certifications  of both of the  Co-Chief
     Executive  Officers and of the Chief  Financial  Officer of Silgan Holdings
     Inc.,  or the  Registrant,  with  reference to the  Registrant's  Quarterly
     Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002 filed with
     the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on August 14, 2002, as required by
     Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C.  Section  1350),
     accompanied the Registrant's Quarterly Report as additional correspondence.

     Copies of the written  certifications  are furnished pursuant to Item 9 and
     attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3.






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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                         SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.


                                         By: /s/ Anthony J. Allott
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                                             Executive Vice President and Chief
                                              Financial Officer

Date:  August 14, 2002






                                     INDEX TO EXHIBITS



     Exhibit No.                        Description
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        99.1        Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
                    pursuant to Section 906 of  the Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
                    by the Co-Chief Executive Officer.

        99.2        Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
                    pursuant to Section 906 of  the Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
                    by the Co-Chief Executive Officer.

        99.3        Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
                    pursuant to Section 906 of  the Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
                    by the Chief Financial Officer.