---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000849869-22-000123"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLGN"
cik: "0000849869"
company_name: "SILGAN HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T16:17:34.011307+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Silgan Holdings elects Niharika Taskar Ramdev to board; expands board to nine members

## Summary
- Board increased from 8 to 9 members; Niharika Taskar Ramdev elected as Class II Director for term through 2023 annual meeting.
- Ms. Ramdev is an independent director; appointed to Audit and Compensation Committees.
- She spent over two decades at General Motors in senior finance roles, including CFO of Global Cadillac and GM International.
- Standard director compensation: $110k annual retainer, $125k equity award, plus committee retainers ($12k each, $25k for chairs).
- Ms. Ramdev also serves on boards of Triton International and Kaman Corporation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000849869-22-000123
- 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: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000123/0000849869-22-000123-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000123/slgn-20221102.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-22-000123
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-22-000123.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-22-000123.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Niharika Taskar Ramdev was elected as Class II Director at SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: on November 2, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Niharika Taskar Ramdev as a Class II Director of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986922000123/0000849869-22-000123-index.htm

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