--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000849869-23-000089" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "SLGN" cik: "0000849869" company_name: "SILGAN HOLDINGS INC" filed_at: "2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T12:15:40.886849+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.4 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Stockholders approve Silgan's amended stock incentive plan and elect directors at annual meeting ## Summary - Stockholders approved Second Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan with 3,410,184 shares available (98.7% votes in favor). - Leigh J. Abramson, Robert B. Lewis, Niharika Ramdev elected as directors for three-year terms. - Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2023. - Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved (95.4% support); company will hold say-on-pay vote annually. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000849869-23-000089 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: SLGN - cik: 0000849869 - company_name: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC - filed_at: 2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.4 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000089/0000849869-23-000089-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000089/slgn-20230530.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-23-000089 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-23-000089.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000849869-23-000089.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes SILGAN HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-30 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-30 source text: The non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Named Executive Officers of the Registrant received the following votes: 1 Year 101,090,037 2 Years 9,345 3 Years 2,780,402 Abstain 22,788 Broker Non-Votes 2,957,684 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000089/0000849869-23-000089-index.htm - Shareholder Votes SILGAN HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Approval of the Silgan Holdings Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-30 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-30 source text: The proposal to approve the Silgan Holdings Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan was approved based upon the following votes: For 102,542,927 Against 1,318,504 Abstain 41,141 Broker Non-Votes 2,957,684 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000089/0000849869-23-000089-index.htm - Shareholder Votes SILGAN HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-30 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-30 source text: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was approved based upon the following votes: For 105,617,665 Against 1,221,162 Abstain 21,429 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000089/0000849869-23-000089-index.htm - Shareholder Votes SILGAN HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Election of the three nominees for election to the Board of Directors at the 2023-05-30 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-30 source text: Each of the three nominees for election to the Board of Directors of the Registrant was elected as a Director of the Company, to serve until the Registrant’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2026 and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, based upon the following votes: Withhold Broker Nominee For Authority Non-Votes Leigh J. Abramson 87,623,458 16,279,114 2,957,684 Robert B. Lewis 100,456,814 3,445,758 2,957,684 Niharika Ramdev 102,744,736 1,157,836 2,957,684 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000089/0000849869-23-000089-index.htm - Shareholder Votes SILGAN HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-30 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-30 source text: The non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Named Executive Officers of the Registrant received the following votes: For 99,064,244 Against 4,809,809 Abstain 28,519 Broker Non-Votes 2,957,684 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986923000089/0000849869-23-000089-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.