Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *
  KOBLIN ALAN H
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/01/2007		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SILGAN HOLDINGS INC [SLGN]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O SILGAN PLASTICS CORPORATION, 14515 N OUTER FORTY STE 210		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President - Silgan Plastics
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

CHESTERFIELD, MO 63017		 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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 11,221 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Nonqualifed employee stock options to purchase Common Stock   (2) 11/06/2010 Common Stock 13,000 $ 16.54 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
KOBLIN ALAN H
C/O SILGAN PLASTICS CORPORATION
14515 N OUTER FORTY STE 210
CHESTERFIELD, MO 63017		       President - Silgan Plastics  

Signatures

/s/ Frank W. Hogan, III, Attorney-in-fact for Alan H. Koblin 10/03/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) Securities beneficially owned includes 9,600 restricted stock units granted on March 1, 2006 pursuant to the Silgan Holdings Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, that have not yet vested. Upon vesting, these restricted stock units will automatically convert into shares of Common Stock on a 1-for-1 basis.
(2) These options were granted on November 7, 2003 and become exercisable ratably over a four-year period beginning November 7, 2004. 7,500 of these options are vested and currently exercisable.

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