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accession: "0000849869-24-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLGN"
cik: "0000849869"
company_name: "SILGAN HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T07:33:00.527143+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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materiality_score: 0.25
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# Silgan Holdings annual meeting approves board size increase; director Joseph Jordan retires

## Summary
- Amendment to certificate of incorporation to increase board size approved (103.5M for, 394K against).
- Three directors elected: Anthony Allott, William Donovan, Fiona Cleland Nielsen; all for three-year terms.
- Joseph Jordan retired as director after over 10 years, including as Audit Committee Chair.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 (103.0M for).
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed (99.0M for).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000849869-24-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLGN
- cik: 0000849869
- company_name: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986924000095/0000849869-24-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986924000095/slgn-20240528.htm

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