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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000849869-24-000120"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLGN"
cik: "0000849869"
company_name: "SILGAN HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:41:47.948103+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Silgan Q2 adjusted EPS $0.88 beats $0.83 YoY; confirms FY guidance and acquires Weener

## Summary
- Q2 adjusted EPS $0.88, up from $0.83 YoY; GAAP EPS $0.71; revenue $1.38B down 3% on raw material pass-through.
- Dispensing & Specialty Closures Adjusted EBIT +$15.8M to $92.7M; double-digit volume growth in dispensing products.
- Metal Containers Adjusted EBIT -$17.2M to $58.5M due to lower fixed cost absorption from customer destocking.
- Reaffirms FY2024 adjusted EPS $3.55-$3.75; Q3 guidance $1.20-$1.30; free cash flow ~$375M.
- Announced agreement to acquire Weener Packaging to further expand global dispensing business.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000849869-24-000120
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLGN
- cik: 0000849869
- company_name: SILGAN HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986924000120/0000849869-24-000120-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849869/000084986924000120/slgn-20240731.htm

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