---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000849869-22-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLGN"
cik: "0000849869"
company_name: "SILGAN HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T04:26:22.704554+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Silgan Holdings appoints Anthony J. Allott as Non-Executive Chairman, effective April 1

## Summary
- Anthony J. Allott transitions from Executive Chairman to Non-Executive Chairman effective April 1, 2022.
- Allott will continue as an employee providing advisory services with an annual salary of $110,000.
- President and CEO Adam Greenlee stated the move is part of long-term succession planning.
- Allott has led Silgan for twenty years and has nearly 30 years of packaging experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000849869-22-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLGN
- cik: 0000849869
- company_name: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000030/0000849869-22-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000030/slgn-20220223.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-22-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-22-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-22-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anthony J. Allott was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman at SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Non-Executive Chairman
  source text: On February 23, 2022, Silgan Holdings Inc., or the Company, announced that Anthony J. Allott has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, effective April 1, 2022, having served as Executive Chairman until that time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000030/0000849869-22-000030-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.