---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000849869-22-000121"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLGN"
cik: "0000849869"
company_name: "SILGAN HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T16:17:01.251358+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Co-founder R. Philip Silver retires from Silgan board; CEO Adam Greenlee elected as director

## Summary
- Silver retired November 2, 2022, after 35 years as a director; no disagreement with the company.
- Board size reduced from 8 to 7 then increased back to 8; Greenlee fills the Class I vacancy.
- Greenlee, President and CEO since 2021, will serve as Class I director until 2025 annual meeting; no additional compensation.
- Silver co-founded Silgan and previously served as Executive Chairman and Co-Chairman until March 2019.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000849869-22-000121
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLGN
- cik: 0000849869
- company_name: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000121/0000849869-22-000121-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000121/slgn-20221102.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-22-000121
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-22-000121.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-22-000121.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  R. Philip Silver retired as Director at SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 2, 2022, R. Philip Silver, a member of the Board of Directors of Silgan Holdings Inc., or the Company, notified the Company that he will retire from the Board of Directors of the Company following the conclusion of the Company’s Board of Directors meeting today.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000121/0000849869-22-000121-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adam J. Greenlee was elected as Director at SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: on November 2, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Adam J. Greenlee, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, as a Class I Director of the Company in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to fill the vacancy on the Company’s Board of Directors resulting from such increase in the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000121/0000849869-22-000121-index.htm

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