---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000849869-23-000072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLGN"
cik: "0000849869"
company_name: "SILGAN HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T05:31:42.794453+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Silgan co-founder D. Greg Horrigan will not seek reelection as director at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Horrigan co-founded Silgan 36 years ago and served as director since founding.
- He also served as Co-Chairman of the Board (executive and non-executive) until March 2019.
- His decision is not the result of any disagreement with the company.
- Chairman Tony Allott thanked Horrigan for his customer-focused leadership and legacy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000849869-23-000072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLGN
- cik: 0000849869
- company_name: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000072/0000849869-23-000072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000072/slgn-20230406.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-23-000072
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-23-000072.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-23-000072.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  D. Greg Horrigan departed as Director at SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: will not seek reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 6, 2023, D. Greg Horrigan, a member of the Board of Directors of Silgan Holdings Inc., or the Company, notified the Company that he will not seek reelection as a Class II Director of the Company at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000072/0000849869-23-000072-index.htm

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