SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                _________________

                                    FORM 10-K

                       FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS
                    PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)
[x] ANNUAL REPORT  PURSUANT TO  SECTION 13 OR  15(d) OF THE  SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002

                                       OR

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

                        Commission file number 000-22117

                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
            ------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                   Delaware                               06-1269834
       ---------------------------------              -------------------
         (State or Other Jurisdiction                  (I.R.S. Employer
       of Incorporation or Organization)              Identification No.)

               4 Landmark Square
             Stamford, Connecticut                           06901
   ----------------------------------------               ----------
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, Including Area Code (203) 975-7110
                                                           --------------
        Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                    Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
                    ---------------------------------------
                                (Title of Class)

Indicate  by check  mark  whether  the  Registrant:  (1) has filed  all  reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
Registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes [ X ] No [  ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers  pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation  S-K is not contained  herein,  and will not be contained,  to the
best of Registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [  ]

Indicate  by check mark  whether  the  Registrant  is an  accelerated  filer (as
defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes [ X ] No [  ]

The  aggregate   market  value  of  the   Registrant's   Common  Stock  held  by
non-affiliates,  computed by  reference  to the price at which the  Registrant's
Common  Stock was last sold as of June 28,  2002,  the last  business day of the
Registrant's  most recently  completed second fiscal quarter,  was approximately
$435.6 million.  Common Stock of the Registrant  held by executive  officers and
directors of the Registrant has been excluded from this computation in that such
persons may be deemed to be affiliates.  This  determination of affiliate status
is not a conclusive determination for other purposes.

As of March 1, 2003, the number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, was 18,239,242.

                      Documents Incorporated by Reference:

Portions  of  the  Registrant's  Proxy  Statement  for  its  Annual  Meeting  of
Stockholders  to be held on June 5, 2003 are  incorporated  by reference in Part
III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.





                                      TABLE OF CONTENTS



                                                                                                Page
                                                                                                ----

                                                                                              
Part I........................................................................................... 1
   Item 1.    Business........................................................................... 1
   Item 2.    Properties.........................................................................13
   Item 3.    Legal Proceedings..................................................................15
   Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders................................15
PART II..........................................................................................16
   Item 5.    Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters..............16
   Item 6.    Selected Financial Data............................................................16
   Item 7.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
              Operations.........................................................................19
   Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.........................35
   Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data........................................36
   Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
              Disclosure.........................................................................36
PART III.........................................................................................37
   Item 10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.................................37
   Item 11.   Executive Compensation.............................................................37
   Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
              Stockholder Matters.............    ...............................................37
   Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.....................................37
   Item 14.   Controls and Procedures............................................................37
PART IV..........................................................................................38
   Item 15.   Exhibits, Financial Statements, Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K..................38




                                               -i-





                                       PART I

Item 1.  Business.

General

     We are a leading North American  manufacturer of metal and plastic consumer
goods packaging  products.  We had  consolidated  net sales of $1.988 billion in
2002.  Our  products  are used for a wide  variety of end markets and we have 68
manufacturing plants throughout North America. Our product lines include:

       o  steel and aluminum containers for human and pet food;

       o  custom designed  plastic  containers,  tubes and closures for personal
          care, health care, pharmaceutical,  household and industrial chemical,
          food, pet care, agricultural chemical,  automotive and marine chemical
          products; and

       o  metal, composite and plastic closures for food and beverage products.

     We are the largest  manufacturer of metal food containers in North America,
with a unit volume market share in the United States of approximately 49 percent
in 2002.  Our leadership in this market is driven by our high levels of quality,
service and technological support, low cost producer position,  strong long-term
customer  relationships  and our proximity to customers  through our  widespread
geographic  presence.  We believe that we have the most comprehensive  equipment
capabilities  in the industry.  For 2002, our metal food container  business had
net sales of $1.487 billion  (approximately  75 percent of our  consolidated net
sales) and income from operations of $120.6 million (approximately 70 percent of
our consolidated income from operations).  Additionally, with our acquisition in
March 2003 of the remaining 65 percent equity  interest in Amcor White Cap, LLC,
or White Cap, that we did not already own, we are also a leading manufacturer of
metal  and  plastic  vacuum  closures  in North  America  for food and  beverage
products.  Following the  acquisition,  we renamed this business Silgan Closures
LLC.

     We are a leading  manufacturer  of plastic  containers in North America for
personal care products.  Our success in the plastic  packaging market is largely
due to our demonstrated  ability to provide high levels of quality,  service and
technological support, our value-added design-focused products and our extensive
geographic  presence.  We produce plastic  containers from a full range of resin
materials   and  offer  a   comprehensive   array  of  molding  and   decorating
capabilities.  For 2002, our plastic container  business had net sales of $501.3
million (approximately 25 percent of our consolidated net sales) and income from
operations of $52.9 million (approximately 30 percent of our consolidated income
from operations).

     Our customer base includes some of the world's  best-known branded consumer
products  companies.  Our  philosophy  has been to  develop  long-term  customer
relationships by acting in partnership with our customers by providing  reliable
quality,  service and technological  support and utilizing our low cost producer
position.  The strength of our customer  relationships is evidenced by our large
number of multi-year supply contracts, our high retention of customers' business
and our  continued  recognition  from  customers,  as  demonstrated  by the many
quality  and  service  awards  we  have  received.  We  estimate  that  in  2003
approximately  85 percent of our  projected  metal  food  container  sales and a
majority  of our  projected  plastic  container  sales will be under  multi-year
supply arrangements.

     Our  objective  is  to  increase   shareholder  value  through  efficiently
deploying capital and management resources to grow our business and reduce costs
of existing  operations and to complete  acquisitions  that generate  attractive
cash  returns.  We  believe  that we will  accomplish  this goal  because of our
leading  market  positions and  management  expertise in  acquiring,  financing,
integrating and efficiently operating consumer goods packaging businesses.


                                      -1-



     We were  founded in 1987 by our  Co-Chief  Executive  Officers,  R.  Philip
Silver  and D.  Greg  Horrigan,  former  members  of  senior  management  of the
packaging operations of Continental Group Inc., or Continental Can, which in the
mid-1980's was one of the largest  packaging  companies in the world. Our senior
executive  management  has on average 25 years of  experience  in the  packaging
industry.  Mr. Silver and Mr. Horrigan have approximately a 39 percent ownership
interest in Silgan  Holdings.  Management's  large ownership  interest in Silgan
Holdings fosters an entrepreneurial  management style and places a primary focus
on creating shareholder value.

Our History

     Since our  inception in 1987, we have acquired  nineteen  businesses.  Most
recently, in March, 2003 we acquired the remaining 65 percent equity interest in
White  Cap  that we did not  already  own.  This  business  manufactures  metal,
composite and plastic closures for food and beverage products. In January, 2003,
we also acquired  substantially  all of the assets of Thatcher Tubes LLC and its
affiliates,  or Thatcher  Tubes,  a  manufacturer  of  decorated  plastic  tubes
primarily for personal care products.  Additionally,  we have recently announced
that we will acquire PCP Can Manufacturing,  Inc., or PCP Can  Manufacturing,  a
subsidiary   of   Pacific   Coast   Producers,   or  PCP,   through   which  PCP
self-manufactures  its metal food  containers.  This  acquisition is expected to
close in April  2003.  As part of this  announced  acquisition,  we will also be
entering into a long-term  supply  agreement  with PCP for its  requirements  of
metal food containers.

     As a result of the benefits of  acquisitions  and organic  growth,  we have
increased  our  overall  share of the U.S.  metal  food  container  market  from
approximately  10 percent  in 1987 to  approximately  49  percent  in 2002.  Our
plastic  container  business has also improved its market  position  since 1987,
with  sales  increasing  more than  fivefold  to  $501.3  million  in 2002.  The
following chart shows our acquisitions since our inception:

           Acquired Business                     Year          Products
           -----------------                     ----          --------
Nestle Food Company's metal container            1987    Metal food containers
  manufacturing division
Monsanto Company's plastic container business    1987    Plastic containers
Fort Madison Can Company of The Dial             1988    Metal food containers
  Corporation
Seaboard Carton Division of Nestle Food          1988    Paperboard containers
  Company
Aim Packaging, Inc.                              1989    Plastic containers
Fortune Plastics Inc.                            1989    Plastic containers
Express Plastic Containers Limited               1989    Plastic containers
Amoco Container Company                          1989    Plastic containers
Del Monte Corporation's U.S. can                 1993    Metal food containers
  manufacturing operations
Food Metal and Specialty business of             1995    Metal food containers,
  American National Can Company                          steel closures and Omni
                                                         plastic containers
Finger Lakes Packaging Company, Inc., a          1996    Metal food containers
  subsidiary of Birds Eye Foods, Inc.
Alcoa Inc.'s North American aluminum roll-on     1997    Aluminum roll-on
  closure business                                       closures
Rexam plc's North American plastic container     1997    Plastic containers and
  business                                               closures
Winn Packaging Co.                               1998    Plastic containers
Campbell Soup Company's steel container          1998    Metal food containers
  manufacturing business
Clearplass Containers, Inc.                      1998    Plastic containers
RXI Holdings, Inc.                               2000    Plastic containers and
                                                         plastic closures, caps,
                                                         sifters and fitments
Thatcher Tubes LLC                               2003    Plastic tubes
Amcor White Cap, LLC                             2003    Metal, composite and
                                                         plastic closures


                                      -2-


Our Strategy

     We intend to enhance our position as a leading  supplier of consumer  goods
packaging  products by continuing to aggressively  pursue a strategy designed to
achieve  future  growth  and  increase  shareholder  value  by  focusing  on the
following key elements:

Expand Through  Acquisitions  That Generate  Attractive Cash Returns and Through
Internal Growth

     We intend to continue to increase our market share in our current  business
lines through acquisitions and internal growth. We use a disciplined approach to
acquire businesses that generate attractive cash returns. As a result, we expect
to continue to expand and diversify our customer base,  geographic  presence and
product  lines.  This strategy has enabled us to rapidly  increase our net sales
and income from operations, which have grown at a compound annual growth rate of
11.0 percent and 14.1 percent, respectively, since 1994.

     During  the past  fifteen  years,  the  metal  food  container  market  has
experienced  significant  consolidation  primarily  due to the  desire  by  food
processors to reduce costs and focus resources on their core  operations  rather
than self-manufacture their metal food containers. Our acquisitions of the metal
food container  manufacturing  operations of Nestle Food Company, or Nestle, The
Dial Corporation, or Dial, Del Monte Corporation, or Del Monte, Birds Eye Foods,
Inc.,  or Birds Eye,  and Campbell  Soup  Company,  or Campbell,  as well as our
recently announced acquisition of PCP Can Manufacturing,  reflect this trend. We
estimate that  approximately  10 percent of the market for metal food containers
is still served by self-manufacturers.

     We have  improved our market  position for our plastic  container  business
since 1987, with sales  increasing more than fivefold to $501.3 million in 2002.
We achieved this improvement primarily through strategic acquisitions, including
most recently  Thatcher Tubes, as well as through internal  growth.  The plastic
container   business  of  the  consumer  goods  packaging   industry  is  highly
fragmented, and we intend to pursue further consolidation  opportunities in this
market.  We also  believe that we can  successfully  apply our  acquisition  and
operating  expertise to new markets of the consumer  goods  packaging  industry.
With our acquisition of Thatcher Tubes in January 2003, we extended our business
into decorated  plastic tubes primarily for personal care products to complement
our  plastic  container  business.  Additionally,  with our  acquisition  of RXI
Holdings,  Inc.,  or RXI, in October 2000 we expanded our business  into plastic
closures, caps, sifters and fitments and thermoformed plastic tubs. We expect to
continue to generate  internal  growth in our plastic  container  business.  For
example,  we intend to  aggressively  market  our  decorated  plastic  tubes and
plastic  closures  to existing  customers  of our  plastic  container  business.
Additionally,  we intend to continue to expand our customer  base in the markets
that we serve, such as the personal care, health care, pharmaceutical, household
and industrial chemical,  food, pet care, agricultural chemical,  automotive and
marine chemical markets.

     In March 2003,  we acquired  the  remaining 65 percent  equity  interest in
White Cap that we did not already own for a purchase  price of $37.1  million in
cash and  refinanced  approximately  $90  million of debt of the  business.  The
business is a leading manufacturer of metal and plastic vacuum closures in North
America for food and beverage  products with seven  manufacturing  facilities in
the United  States and Mexico.  In 2002,  the  business had  approximately  $250
million  of net sales.  Previously,  in July 2001 we had  contributed  our metal
closure  business to White Cap for $32.4 million in cash and a 35 percent equity
interest. In 2000, our metal closure business had net sales of approximately $90
million and,  unlike White Cap,  did not have a market  leading  position or the
capability to  manufacture  plastic or composite  closures for food and beverage
products.

Enhance  Profitability of Acquired Companies Through  Productivity  Improvements
and Cost Reductions

     We intend to continue to enhance  profitability  through  productivity  and
cost reduction opportunities from acquired businesses.  The additional sales and
production capacity provided through


                                      -3-



acquisitions  have  enabled us to  rationalize  plant  operations  and  decrease
overhead costs through plant closings and  downsizings.  In addition,  we expect
that our  acquisitions  will  continue  to  enable us to  realize  manufacturing
efficiencies  as a result of optimizing  production  scheduling  and  minimizing
product transportation costs. We expect to continue to benefit from economies of
scale  and  from  the  elimination  of  redundant  selling  and   administrative
functions.  We also expect  that our recent  acquisitions  will  provide us with
additional  opportunities to enhance profitability through productivity and cost
reduction  opportunities as well as manufacturing  efficiencies.  In addition to
the benefits  realized through the integration of acquired  businesses,  we have
improved the operating  performance of our plant facilities by investing capital
for productivity improvements and manufacturing cost reductions.

Supply "Best Value" Packaging Products With High Levels of Quality,  Service and
Technological Support

     Since our inception we have been,  and intend to continue to be, devoted to
consistently  supplying our products with the combination of quality,  price and
service that our customers  consider to be "best  value."  Within our metal food
container  business,  we focus on  providing  high  quality  and high  levels of
service and  utilizing  our low cost producer  position.  We have made,  and are
making,  significant  capital  investments  to offer our  customers  value added
features  such as  convenience  ends for our metal food  containers.  Within our
plastic  container  business,  we provide high levels of quality and service and
focus on value  added,  custom  designed  plastic  containers  to meet  changing
product and packaging demands of brand owners.  With our acquisition of Thatcher
Tubes, we believe that we are one of the few plastic  packaging  businesses that
can custom design and  manufacture  both plastic  containers  and plastic tubes,
providing the customer with the ability to satisfy more of its plastic packaging
needs through one supplier  Furthermore,  with our  acquisition  of RXI, we also
believe  that  we are one of the few  businesses  that  can  custom  design  and
manufacture both plastic  containers and plastic  closures.  We will continue to
supply  customized  products that can be delivered quickly to our customers with
superior levels of design, development and technology support.

Maintain Low Cost Producer Position

         We will continue pursuing opportunities to strengthen our low cost
position in our business by:

       o  maintaining a flat, efficient organizational  structure,  resulting in
          low selling,  general and  administrative  expenses as a percentage of
          consolidated net sales;

       o  achieving and maintaining economies of scale;

       o  investing in new technologies to increase manufacturing and production
          efficiency;

       o  rationalizing our existing plant structure; and

       o  serving our customers from our strategically located plants.

     Through our facilities  dedicated to our metal food container products,  we
believe that we provide the most  comprehensive  equipment  capabilities  in the
industry. Through our facilities dedicated to our plastic container products, we
have the capacity to manufacture  customized products across the entire spectrum
of resin materials,  decorating techniques and molding processes required by our
customers.  We also have the  ability  to provide  our  customers  with  plastic
containers  and  plastic  tubes  that are  custom  designed  as well as  plastic
closures.  We intend to leverage  our  manufacturing,  design,  and  engineering
capabilities  to continue to create  cost-effective  manufacturing  systems that
will  drive our  improvements  in  product  quality,  operating  efficiency  and
customer support.


                                      -4-


Utilize Leverage to Support Growth and Increase Shareholder Value

     Our  financial  strategy  is to use  leverage  to  support  our  growth and
increase  shareholder  returns.  Our stable and predictable cash flow, generated
largely  as a result  of our  long-term  customer  relationships  and  generally
recession  resistant  business,  supports our financial  strategy.  We intend to
continue  using   leverage,   supported  by  our  stable  cash  flows,  to  make
value-enhancing   acquisitions.   In  the  absence  of  attractive   acquisition
opportunities,  we intend to use our free cash flow to repay indebtedness or for
other  permitted  purposes.  For example,  we did not complete any  acquisitions
during  2002 or 2001,  and over that  period we reduced  our total debt by $73.9
million and increased our cash balances by $38.2 million.

Business Segments

     We are a holding  company that  conducts  our  business  through two wholly
owned  operating  subsidiaries,   Silgan  Containers   Corporation,   or  Silgan
Containers,  and  Silgan  Plastics  Corporation,   or  Silgan  Plastics.  Silgan
Containers includes our metal food container operations and our metal, composite
and plastic food and beverage closure  operations,  and Silgan Plastics includes
our plastic container, tube and closure operations.

Metal Food Containers--75 percent of our consolidated net sales in 2002

     We are the largest  manufacturer of metal food containers in North America,
with a unit volume market share in the United States of 49 percent in 2002.  Our
metal food container  business is engaged in the  manufacture  and sale of steel
and aluminum  containers that are used primarily by processors and packagers for
food products,  such as metal  containers  for soup,  vegetables,  fruit,  meat,
tomato based products,  coffee,  seafood, adult nutritional drinks, pet food and
other  miscellaneous food products.  For 2002, our metal food container business
had net sales of $1.487 billion  (approximately  75 percent of our  consolidated
net  sales) and income  from  operations  of $120.6  million  (approximately  70
percent of our consolidated income from operations).  Since 1994, our metal food
container   business  has  realized   compound   annual  unit  sales  growth  of
approximately  10 percent.  We  estimate  that  approximately  85 percent of our
projected  metal food  container  sales in 2003 will be pursuant  to  multi-year
supply arrangements.

     Although metal containers face competition from plastic,  paper,  glass and
composite  containers,  we believe metal  containers are superior to plastic and
paper  containers  in  applications  where the  contents  are  processed at high
temperatures or packaged in larger consumer or institutional quantities or where
the  long-term  storage  of the  product  is  desirable  while  maintaining  the
product's  quality.  We also believe that metal  containers  are generally  more
desirable than glass  containers  because metal  containers are more durable and
less costly to transport.

     With our  acquisition  in March 2003 of the  remaining  65  percent  equity
interest in White Cap, we are also a leading  manufacturer  of metal and plastic
vacuum closures in North America for food and beverage products,  such as juices
and juice drinks,  ready-to-drink tea and coffee, sports drinks, ketchup, salsa,
pickles,  tomato sauce, soup, cooking sauces,  gravies,  beer and liquor, fruit,
vegetables, preserves, baby food, baby juice, infant formula and dairy products.
This  business  also  provides  customers  with  sealing/capping   equipment  to
complement its closure product  offering.  As a result of our extensive range of
metal,  composite and plastic closures and our geographic  presence,  we believe
that we are  well-positioned  to serve food and beverage  product  companies for
their closure needs.

Plastic Containers--25 percent of our consolidated net sales in 2002

     We are one of the leading  manufacturers  of custom  designed  high density
polyethylene,  or HDPE, and polyethylene  terephthalate,  or PET, containers for
the personal care market in North America.  We produce plastic containers from a
full range of resin  materials  and offer a  comprehensive  array of molding and
decorating  capabilities.  Approximately 58 percent of Silgan Plastics' sales in
2002


                                      -5-


were to the personal care and health care markets. For 2002, Silgan Plastics had
net sales of $501.3 million  (approximately  25 percent of our  consolidated net
sales) and income from operations of $52.9 million  (approximately 30 percent of
our  consolidated  income from  operations).  Since 1987,  we have  improved our
market position for our plastic container  business,  with sales increasing more
than fivefold.

     We manufacture  custom designed and stock HDPE containers for personal care
and health care products, including containers for shampoos,  conditioners, hand
creams,  lotions,  cosmetics and toiletries;  household and industrial  chemical
products,  including containers for scouring cleaners,  cleaning agents and lawn
and garden chemicals;  and  pharmaceutical  products,  including  containers for
tablets, antacids and eye cleaning solutions. We manufacture custom designed and
stock PET containers  for mouthwash,  shampoos,  conditioners,  respiratory  and
gastrointestinal  products, liquid soap, skin care lotions, peanut butter, salad
dressings,  condiments,  premium bottled water and liquor.  We also  manufacture
plastic containers, closures, caps, sifters and fitments for food, household and
pet care products,  including salad  dressings,  peanut butter,  spices,  liquid
margarine,  powdered drink mixes,  arts and crafts supplies and kitty litter, as
well as  thermoformed  plastic tubs for personal  care and  household  products,
including soft fabric wipes.  As a result of our  acquisition of Thatcher Tubes,
we manufacture  plastic tubes  primarily for personal care products such as skin
lotions and hair treatment products.  Additionally,  we manufacture our licensed
Omni plastic container (a multi-layer microwaveable and retortable plastic bowl)
for food products and our proprietary  Polystar  easy-open  plastic end which we
market with our Omni plastic container as an all-plastic microwaveable package.

     Our leading  position in the plastic  container market is largely driven by
our rapid response to our customers' design,  development and technology support
needs.  Our  value-added,  diverse  product line is the result of our ability to
produce  plastic  containers  from a full range of resin materials using a broad
array  of  manufacturing,   molding  and  decorating   capabilities.   With  our
acquisition of Thatcher Tubes, we now have the ability to manufacture  decorated
plastic tubes for our customers.  We benefit from our large scale and nationwide
presence,  as significant  consolidation  is occurring in many of our customers'
markets.  Through  these  capabilities,  we are  well-positioned  to  serve  our
personal care market customers, who demand customized solutions as they continue
to seek  innovative  means to  differentiate  their products in the  marketplace
using packaging.

Manufacturing and Production

     As is the practice in the industry,  most of our customers  provide us with
quarterly  or annual  estimates  of products  and  quantities  pursuant to which
periodic  commitments are given. These estimates enable us to effectively manage
production and control working capital requirements.  We schedule our production
to meet customers' requirements. Because the production time for our products is
short,  the backlog of customer orders in relation to our sales is not material.
As of March 1, 2003,  we operated 68  manufacturing  facilities,  geographically
dispersed  throughout  the  United  States,  Canada and  Mexico,  that serve the
distribution needs of our customers.

Metal Food Container Business

     The manufacturing  operations of our metal food container  business include
cutting, coating, lithographing,  fabricating, assembling and packaging finished
cans. We use three basic processes to produce cans. The traditional  three-piece
method  requires  three pieces of flat metal to form a  cylindrical  body with a
welded side seam, a bottom and a top. High integrity of the side seam is assured
by the use of  sophisticated  electronic weld monitors and organic coatings that
are thermally cured by induction and convection processes. The other two methods
of  producing  cans start by forming a shallow  cup that is then formed into the
desired  height  using  either the draw and iron  process or the draw and redraw
process.  Using the draw and redraw process,  we manufacture  steel and aluminum
two-piece cans, the height of which generally does not exceed the diameter.  For
cans the height of which is greater  than the  diameter,  we  manufacture  steel
two-piece cans by using a drawing and ironing process.  Quality and stackability
of these cans are  comparable to that of the shallow  two-piece  cans  described
above. We


                                      -6-



manufacture  can bodies and ends from thin,  high-strength  aluminum  alloys and
steels by  utilizing  proprietary  tool and die designs and  selected can making
equipment.

     The manufacturing  operations for metal closures include cutting,  coating,
lithographing,  fabricating and lining closures.  We manufacture lug style steel
closures and aluminum roll-on closures for glass and plastic containers, ranging
in size from 18 to 110  millimeters  in  diameter.  We  employ  state-of-the-art
multi-die  presses to  manufacture  metal  closures,  offering a low-cost,  high
quality  means of  production.  Plastic  closures  are  manufactured  using both
injection and compression  molded  processes.  In the injection  molded process,
pellets of plastic resin are heated and injected into a mold,  forming a plastic
closure shell. In the compression  molded process,  pellets of plastic resin are
heated and extruded,  and then  compressed to form a plastic  closure shell.  In
both processes,  the shell is then lined,  slit and printed depending on its end
use.  For  composite  closures,  a metal  panel is  manufactured  using the same
manufacturing process for metal closures, and then it is inserted into a plastic
closure shell.

Plastic Container Business

     We utilize  two basic  processes  to  produce  plastic  containers.  In the
extrusion blowmolding process,  pellets of plastic resin are heated and extruded
into a tube of plastic. A two-piece metal mold is then closed around the plastic
tube and high  pressure  air is blown  into it  causing  a bottle to form in the
mold's shape.  In the injection and  injection  stretch  blowmolding  processes,
pellets of plastic resin are heated and injected into a mold,  forming a plastic
preform.  The  plastic  preform is then blown into a  bottle-shaped  metal mold,
creating a plastic bottle.

     In our  proprietary  plastic tube  manufacturing  process,  we  continually
extrude a plastic tube in various  diameters  from pellets of plastic  resin.  A
neck finish is then  compression  molded onto the plastic tube. The plastic tube
is then  decorated,  and a cap or closure is put on the  decorated  plastic tube
before it is shipped to the customer.

     We also  manufacture  plastic  closures,  caps,  sifters and fitments using
runnerless  injection molding  technology.  In this process,  pellets of plastic
resin are melted  and forced  under  pressure  into a mold,  where they take the
mold's shape. Our thermoformed  plastic tubs are manufactured by melting pellets
of plastic resin into a plastic  sheet.  The plastic  sheets are then stamped by
hot molds to form plastic tubs.  Our Omni plastic  containers  are  manufactured
using a plastic  injection  blowmolding  process  where  dissimilar  pellets  of
plastic are heated and co-injected in a proprietary process to form a five-layer
preform,  which is immediately  transferred to a blowmold for final shaping.  We
designed  the  equipment  for  this  manufacturing  process,  and the  equipment
utilizes a variety of  proprietary  processes to make rigid  plastic  containers
capable of holding processed foods for extended shelf lives. We manufacture Omni
plastic containers  pursuant to a royalty-free,  perpetual license with American
National  Can  Company,  or ANC,  which  was  entered  into  at the  time of our
acquisition of the Food Metal and Specialty business of ANC.

     We have  state-of-the-art  decorating  equipment,  including several of the
largest  sophisticated  decorating  facilities  in the country.  Our  decorating
methods for plastic  containers  are in-mold  labeling,  which applies a plastic
film label to the bottle during the blowing process,  and post-mold  decoration.
For plastic tubes,  we offer all  commercially  available  post-mold  decoration
technologies. Post-mold decoration includes:

     o    silk screen  decoration  which enables the  applications  of images in
          multiple colors to the bottle;

     o    pressure sensitive decoration which uses a plastic film or paper label
          with an adhesive;

     o    heat transfer  decoration which uses a plastic coated label applied by
          heat; and

     o    hot  stamping  decoration  which  transfers  images  from a die  using
          metallic foils.


                                      -7-


Raw Materials

     We do not believe that we are materially dependent upon any single supplier
for any of our raw  materials,  and, based upon the existing  arrangements  with
suppliers,  our current and anticipated  requirements and market conditions,  we
believe that we have made  adequate  provisions  for  acquiring  raw  materials.
Increases in the prices of raw materials have generally been passed along to our
customers in accordance with our multi-year supply arrangements and otherwise.

Metal Food Container Business

     We use tin plated and chromium plated steel, aluminum, copper wire, organic
coatings,  lining  compound and inks in the  manufacture  and  decoration of our
metal food  container  products.  We use tin plated and chromium  plated  steel,
aluminum, organic coatings, low-metallic inks and pulpboard, plastic and organic
lining  materials in the manufacture of metal closures.  We use resins in pellet
form,  such as homopolymer,  polypropylene,  copolymer  polypropylene  and HDPE,
thermoplastic elastomer lining materials,  processing additives and colorants in
the  manufacture of plastic  closures.  Our material  requirements  are supplied
through contracts and purchase orders with suppliers with whom we have long-term
relationships.  If our suppliers  fail to deliver under their  arrangements,  we
would be forced to purchase raw materials on the open market,  and no assurances
can be given that we would be able to make the purchases at comparable prices or
terms.  We believe  that we will be able to purchase  sufficient  quantities  of
steel and aluminum can sheet for the foreseeable future.

Plastic Container Business

     The raw  materials we use in our plastic  container  business are primarily
resins in pellet form such as virgin HDPE, virgin PET,  recycled HDPE,  recycled
PET,   polypropylene  and,  to  a  lesser  extent,   polystyrene,   low  density
polyethylene,  polyethylene  terephthalate glycol, polyvinyl chloride and medium
density  polyethylene.  Our resin  requirements are acquired through  multi-year
arrangements  for specific  quantities of resins with several major suppliers of
resins.  The  price  that we pay for  resin  raw  materials  is not fixed and is
subject  to  market  pricing.  We  believe  that we  will  be  able to  purchase
sufficient quantities of resins for the foreseeable future.

Sales and Marketing

     Our  philosophy has been to develop  long-term  customer  relationships  by
acting  in  partnership  with our  customers,  providing  reliable  quality  and
service.  We market our products in most areas of North  America  primarily by a
direct sales force and for our plastic container  business,  in part,  through a
network  of  distributors.  Because  of the  high  cost  of  transporting  empty
containers,  our metal food and plastic container  businesses  generally sell to
customers within a 300 mile radius of their manufacturing plants.

     In 2002,  2001,  and 2000,  approximately  13 percent,  11 percent,  and 12
percent, respectively, of our sales were to Nestle; approximately 10 percent, 10
percent,  and 11  percent,  respectively,  of our sales were to Del  Monte;  and
approximately 12 percent, 12 percent, and 11 percent, respectively, of our sales
were to Campbell.  No other  customer  accounted for more than 10 percent of our
total sales during those years.

Metal Food Container Business

     We are the largest  manufacturer of metal food containers in North America,
with a unit sale market share in 2002 in the United States of  approximately  49
percent.  Our largest customers for this segment include Nestle,  Campbell,  Del
Monte,  General Mills,  Inc., ConAgra Foods Inc.,  Unilever,  N.V., Hormel Foods
Corp.,  or Hormel,  Kraft Foods Inc., or Kraft,  Signature  Fruit Company,  Mead
Johnson Nutritionals, a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and Dial.



                                      -8-


     We have  entered  into  multi-year  supply  arrangements  with  many of our
customers,  including Nestle,  Del Monte,  Campbell and several other major food
producers. We estimate that approximately 85 percent of our projected metal food
container  sales in 2003 will be pursuant  to  multi-year  supply  arrangements.
Historically,  we have been  successful in continuing  these  multi-year  supply
arrangements with our customers.

     Since our inception in 1987, we have supplied Nestle with substantially all
of  its  U.S.   metal   container   requirements   purchased  from  third  party
manufacturers.  In 2002,  our total  sales of metal  containers  to Nestle  were
$241.0 million.

     We currently have three supply agreements with Nestle under which we supply
Nestle  with  a  large  majority  of  its  U.S.  metal  container   requirements
(representing  approximately  9.5  percent of our  consolidated  2002 sales and,
together with additional  sales to Nestle under purchase  orders,  approximately
12.1 percent of our consolidated 2002 sales). The terms of the Nestle agreements
continue through 2008 for approximately  half of the metal container sales under
the Nestle  agreements.  The terms of the Nestle  agreements  for the  remaining
metal containers currently supplied thereunder continue through 2004.

     The Nestle  agreements  provide for certain  prices and specify  that those
prices will be  increased or decreased  based upon cost change  formulas.  These
agreements  contain  provisions  that  require us to maintain  levels of product
quality,  service and delivery in order to retain the business.  In the event we
breach any one of the  agreements,  Nestle may  terminate  the agreement but the
other Nestle agreements would remain in effect.

     Under limited circumstances, Nestle may provide to us a competitive bid for
metal  container sales under these  agreements.  We have the right to retain the
business  subject  to the terms of the bid.  In the event we choose not to match
the bid, the Nestle  agreements  will  terminate  only with respect to the metal
containers which are the subject of the bid.

     In connection  with our  acquisition  of Del Monte's U.S.  metal  container
manufacturing  operations in December  1993, we entered into a supply  agreement
with Del Monte.  Del Monte has agreed to purchase from us  substantially  all of
its annual  requirements  for metal  containers  to be used for the packaging of
food and  beverages in the United  States.  The term of the Del Monte  agreement
continues until December 21, 2006. In 2002, our sales of metal containers to Del
Monte amounted to $197.3 million.

     The Del Monte agreement  provides  certain prices for our metal  containers
and  specifies  that those  prices will be  increased  or  decreased  based upon
specified  cost change  formulas.  Del Monte may,  under certain  circumstances,
receive  proposals from independent  commercial can manufacturers for the supply
of  containers  of a type and quality  similar to the metal  containers  that we
furnish to Del Monte. The proposals must be for the remainder of the term of the
Del Monte  agreement  and for 100 percent of the annual  volume of containers at
one or more of Del Monte's  processing  facilities.  We have the right to retain
the business subject to the terms and conditions of the competitive proposal. In
addition,  during  the term of our  agreement,  Del  Monte is not  permitted  to
purchase  pursuant to the proposals more than 50 percent of its metal containers
from any other suppliers.

     In  connection  with our  June  1998  acquisition  of the  steel  container
manufacturing business of Campbell, or CS Can, we entered into a ten-year supply
agreement with Campbell.  Campbell has agreed to purchase from us  substantially
all of its steel  container  requirements  to be used for the packaging of foods
and beverages in the United States.  In 2002,  our sales of metal  containers to
Campbell were $227.0 million.

     The Campbell agreement  provides certain prices for containers  supplied by
us to Campbell  and  specifies  that those prices will be increased or decreased
based upon  specified  cost change  formulas.  The  Campbell  agreement  permits
Campbell, beginning in June 2003, to receive proposals from independent



                                      -9-


commercial can  manufacturers for the supply of containers of a type and quality
similar to the metal  containers that we supply to Campbell.  The proposals must
be for the  remainder of the term of the Campbell  agreement and for 100 percent
of the annual volume of containers at one or more of Campbell's  food processing
plants.  We have the  right to  retain  the  business  subject  to the terms and
conditions of the competitive proposal. Upon any material breach by us, Campbell
has the right to terminate this agreement. In addition,  Campbell has the right,
at the end of the  term of the  Campbell  agreement  or upon the  occurrence  of
specified  material  defaults under other agreements with Campbell,  to purchase
from us the assets used to manufacture containers for Campbell. These assets are
located at the  facilities we lease from  Campbell.  The purchase  price for the
assets would be determined at the time of purchase in accordance  with an agreed
upon formula that is based upon the net book value of the assets.

     With  the  acquisition  of  White  Cap in  March  2003,  we  are a  leading
manufacturer  of metal and plastic vacuum closures in North America for food and
beverage products.  The largest customers of that business include Pepisco Inc.,
The Coca-Cola  Company,  Campbell,  H.J. Heinz Company,  Cadbury  Schweppes plc,
Unilever,  N.V., Dean Foods Company,  Ocean Spray  Cranberries,  Inc. and The JM
Smucker Company.  The business has entered into multi-year  supply  arrangements
with many of its customers.

Plastic Container Business

     We are one of the leading  manufacturers  of custom designed and stock HDPE
and PET  containers  sold in North  America.  We market our plastic  containers,
tubes and closures in most areas of North America  through a direct sales force,
through a large network of distributors and, more recently, through e-commerce.

     We are a leading  manufacturer  of plastic  containers in North America for
personal care products.  Approximately 58 percent of our plastic  containers are
sold for personal care and health care  products,  such as hair care,  skin care
and oral care,  and  pharmaceutical  products.  Our largest  customers  in these
product  segments  include Unilever Home and Personal Care North America (a unit
of Unilever,  N.V.),  Pfizer Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company,  L'Oreal,  Avon
Products  Inc.,  Alberto  Culver USA,  Inc.,  Johnson & Johnson  and  Neutrogena
Corporation.

     With our acquisition of Thatcher Tubes in January 2003, we also manufacture
decorated plastic tubes, primarily for personal care products. Customers of this
product  segment  include  Johnson & Johnson,  Neutrogena  Corporation,  Alberto
Culver USA, Inc. and L'Oreal.

     We also manufacture plastic containers for food and beverage,  pet care and
household and industrial  chemical  products.  Customers for these product lines
include The Procter & Gamble Company,  The Clorox  Company,  Nestle's Purina Pet
Care,  Kraft and S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc. In addition,  we manufacture  plastic
closures,  caps, sifters and fitments for food, household and pet care products,
as well as  thermoformed  plastic tubs for personal care and household  products
and Omni plastic bowls for  microwaveable  prepared  foods.  Customers for these
product  lines  include  Lipton (a unit of Unilever Home and Personal Care North
America),  The  Kroger  Company,  McCormick  & Company,  Incorporated,  Nice-Pak
Products, Inc., Nestle's Purina Pet Care, Campbell and Hormel.

     We have arrangements to sell some of our plastic containers and closures to
distributors, who in turn resell those products primarily to regional customers.
Plastic  containers sold to distributors  are  manufactured by using generic and
custom  molds with  decoration  added to meet the end users'  requirements.  The
distributors'  warehouses  and their  sales  personnel  enable us to market  and
inventory a wide range of such products to a variety of customers.

     We have written  purchase  orders or contracts for the supply of containers
with the  majority of our  customers.  In  general,  these  purchase  orders and
contracts are for containers made from proprietary  molds and are for a duration
of one to seven years.


                                      -10-


Competition

     The packaging industry is highly  competitive.  We compete in this industry
with other  packaging  manufacturers  as well as fillers,  food  processors  and
packers who manufacture  containers for their own use and for sale to others. We
attempt to compete effectively through the quality of our products,  competitive
pricing and our ability to meet customer requirements for delivery,  performance
and technical assistance.

     Because of the high cost of transporting  empty containers,  our metal food
and our plastic  container  businesses  generally sell to customers within a 300
mile radius of our manufacturing  plants.  Strategically located existing plants
give us an  advantage  over  competitors  from  other  areas,  but we  could  be
disadvantaged by the relocation of a major customer.

Metal Food Container Business

     Of the commercial metal food container  manufacturers,  Crown Cork and Seal
Company,   Inc.  and  Ball  Corporation  are  our  most   significant   national
competitors.  As an alternative  to purchasing  containers  from  commercial can
manufacturers,   customers   have  the  ability  to  invest  in   equipment   to
self-manufacture their containers.

     Although metal containers face competition from plastic,  paper,  glass and
composite  containers,  we believe that metal containers are superior to plastic
and paper containers in  applications,  where the contents are processed at high
temperatures or packaged in larger consumer or institutional quantities or where
long-term  storage of the product is desirable  while  maintaining the product's
quality. We also believe that metal containers are more desirable generally than
glass  containers  because metal  containers are more durable and less costly to
transport.

     Our metal,  composite and plastic closure business competes with Crown Cork
and  Seal  Company,   Inc.,   Alcoa   Closure   Systems   International,   Inc.,
Owens-Illinois, Inc., Kerr Group, Inc. and Portola Packaging, Inc.

Plastic Container Business

     Our plastic  container  business  competes with a number of large  national
producers of plastic  containers,  tubes and closures for personal care,  health
care,  pharmaceutical,  household  and  industrial  chemical,  food,  pet  care,
agricultural   chemical,   automotive  and  marine  chemical   products.   These
competitors  include  Owens-Illinois,  Inc., Crown Cork and Seal Company,  Inc.,
Plastipak  Packaging Inc.,  Consolidated  Container  Company LLC, Rexam plc, CCL
Industries Inc., Tubed Products, Inc. and Cebal Americas. To compete effectively
in the constantly changing market for plastic containers, tubes and closures, we
must remain  current with, and to some extent  anticipate,  innovations in resin
composition and applications and changes in the technology for the manufacturing
of plastic containers, tubes and closures.

Employees

     As of December 31, 2002, we employed approximately 1,400 salaried and 5,700
hourly  employees on a full-time  basis.  Approximately 52 percent of our hourly
plant  employees  as of that date were  represented  by a variety of unions.  In
addition,  as of December  31,  2002,  in  connection  with our  acquisition  of
Campbell's steel container  manufacturing  business,  Campbell  provided us with
approximately 200 hourly employees on a full-time basis at one of the facilities
that we lease from Campbell.


                                      -11-


     Our labor  contracts  expire at various  times between 2003 and 2007. As of
December 31, 2002, contracts covering  approximately 14% of our hourly employees
will expire during 2003. We expect no significant  changes in our relations with
these unions.

Regulation

     We  are  subject  to  federal,  state  and  local  environmental  laws  and
regulations.  In general,  these laws and  regulations  limit the  discharge  of
pollutants  into the  environment  and establish  standards  for the  treatment,
storage,  and disposal of solid and hazardous  waste. We believe that all of our
facilities are either in compliance in all material  respects with all presently
applicable  environmental  laws and  regulations  or are operating in accordance
with appropriate variances, delayed compliance orders or similar arrangements.

     In addition to costs associated with regulatory compliance,  we may be held
liable for alleged  environmental  damage  associated  with the past disposal of
hazardous substances. Those that generate hazardous substances that are disposed
of at sites at which environmental problems are alleged to exist, as well as the
owners of those sites and other classes of persons,  are subject to claims under
the Comprehensive  Environmental  Response,  Compensation,  and Liability Act of
1980, or CERCLA,  regardless of fault or the legality of the original  disposal.
CERCLA and many similar state  statutes may hold a responsible  party liable for
the entire cleanup cost at a particular site even though that party may not have
caused the entire problem.  Other state statutes may impose proportionate rather
than joint and several liability. The federal Environmental Protection Agency or
a state agency may also issue orders requiring  responsible parties to undertake
removal or remedial actions at sites.

     We are also  subject  to the  Occupational  Safety and Health Act and other
laws  regulating  noise exposure  levels and other safety and health concerns in
the production areas of our plants.

     On June 18, 2001,  we received a fine from the  Jefferson  County,  Alabama
Department of Health for $2.3 million for alleged air  violations at our Tarrant
City,  Alabama leased  facility.  The alleged  violations  stem from  activities
occurring  during the  facility's  ownership by a  predecessor  owner,  which we
discovered  and  voluntarily  disclosed to the Jefferson  County agency in 2000.
Initial  review of the fine  indicates that most of it is related to our alleged
"economic  benefit" for operating  certain  equipment  without  upgraded control
devices that the former owner should have  installed.  Based on the discovery of
these alleged  violations,  we filed an indemnity claim against the former owner
seeking to offset any costs or penalties we incur.  We are reviewing this matter
with Jefferson County, as well as all of our legal options.  We do not expect to
incur any material liability in excess of the indemnification available to us.

     Our  management  does  not  believe  that  any  of the  regulatory  matters
described above,  individually or in the aggregate,  will have a material effect
on  our  capital  expenditures,  earnings,  financial  position  or  competitive
position.

Research and Product Development

     Our research,  product development and product engineering efforts relating
to our metal food container  business are conducted at our research  facility in
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Our research, product development and product engineering
efforts with  respect to our plastic  container  business  are  performed by our
manufacturing  and  engineering  personnel  located  at  our  Norcross,  Georgia
facility. In addition to research,  product development and product engineering,
these sites also provide technical support to our customers. The amounts we have
spent on research  and  development  during the last three  fiscal years are not
material.

Available Information

     We file  annual  reports on Form 10-K,  quarterly  reports on Form 10-Q and
current  reports on Form 8-K, proxy  statements and other  information  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or the



                                      -12-


SEC.  You may  read and copy any  materials  we file  with the SEC at the  SEC's
Public  Reference  Room at 450 Fifth Street,  Washington,  D.C.  20549.  You may
obtain  information  on the  operation  of the SEC's  Public  Reference  Room by
calling the SEC at  1-800-SEC-0330.  The SEC  maintains a website that  contains
annual,  quarterly and current reports,  proxy statements and other  information
that issuers  (including  the  Company)  file  electronically  with the SEC. The
internet address of the SEC's website is http://www.sec.gov.

     We maintain a website,  the  internet  address of which is  www.silgan.com.
Information  contained on our website is not part of this Annual  Report.  We do
not currently make available free of charge on or through our website our annual
reports on Form 10-K,  quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form
8-K (or any  amendments to those reports) or Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed on behalf of
our directors and executive  officers because such reports and forms are readily
available  at the SEC,  including  through the SEC's  website.  However,  we are
currently  reviewing  alternatives  to, and intend in the near  future to,  make
available  free of charge on or through  our  website  such  reports  and forms.
Presently,  we provide a link to EDGAR Online on our website  through which such
reports  and forms are  available  if you  subscribe  to EDGAR  Online.  We will
provide paper copies of such reports and forms and of our other filings with the
SEC free of charge upon  request to Silgan  Holdings  Inc.,  4 Landmark  Square,
Suite 400, Stamford, CT 06901,  Attention:  Corporate Secretary,  or through our
website.

Item 2.  Properties.

     Our principal  executive  offices are located at 4 Landmark  Square,  Suite
400, Stamford,  Connecticut 06901. The administrative headquarters and principal
places of business for our metal food container and plastic container businesses
are located at 21800 Oxnard Street,  Woodland Hills,  California 91367 and 14515
N. Outer Forty,  Chesterfield,  Missouri  63017,  respectively.  We lease all of
these offices.

     We own and lease properties for use in the ordinary course of business. The
properties  consist  primarily  of 41  operating  facilities  for the metal food
container  business  and 27  operating  facilities  for  the  plastic  container
business.  We own 29 of these  facilities  and lease 39.  The  leases  expire at
various times through 2020. Some of these leases provide renewal options as well
as various purchase options.



                                      -13-





     Below is a list of our operating facilities, including attached warehouses,
as of March 1, 2003 for our metal food container business:


                                                  Approximate Building Area
     Location                                          (square feet)
     --------                                     -------------------------
     Tarrant, AL........................             89,100 (leased)
     Antioch, CA........................            144,500 (leased)
     Kingsburg, CA......................             35,600 (leased)
     Modesto, CA........................             37,800 (leased)
     Modesto, CA........................            128,000 (leased)
     Modesto, CA........................            150,000 (leased)
     Riverbank, CA......................            167,000
     Sacramento, CA.....................            284,900 (leased)
     Stockton, CA.......................            243,500
     Athens, GA.........................            113,000 (leased)
     Broadview, IL......................             85,000
     Champaign, IL......................            119,000 (leased)
     Chicago, IL........................            542,000
     Hoopeston, IL......................            323,000
     Rochelle, IL.......................            175,000
     Waukegan, IL.......................             40,000 (leased)
     Evansville, IN.....................            186,000
     Hammond, IN........................            158,000 (leased)
     Laporte, IN........................            144,000 (leased)
     Richmond, IN.......................            462,000
     Fort Madison, IA...................            121,000 (56,000 leased)
     Ft. Dodge, IA......................            155,200 (leased)
     Benton Harbor, MI..................             20,200 (leased)
     Savage, MN.........................            160,000
     St. Paul, MN.......................            470,000
     Mt. Vernon, MO.....................            100,000
     St. Joseph, MO.....................            173,700
     Maxton, NC.........................            231,800 (leased)
     Edison, NJ.........................            265,500
     Lyons, NY..........................            149,700
     Napoleon, OH.......................            339,600 (leased)
     West Hazleton, PA..................            151,600 (leased)
     Crystal City, TX...................             26,000 (leased)
     Paris, TX..........................            266,300 (leased)
     Toppenish, WA......................            105,000
     Menomonee Falls, WI................            116,000
     Menomonie, WI......................            129,400 (leased)
     Oconomowoc, WI.....................            105,200
     Plover, WI.........................             91,400 (leased)
     Waupun, WI.........................            212,000
     Queretaro, Mexico..................            170,000



                                      -14-






     Below is a list of the Company's operating  facilities,  including attached
warehouses, as of March 1, 2003 for our plastic container business:

                                                  Approximate Building Area
     Location                                          (square feet)
     --------                                     -------------------------
     Anaheim, CA........................            127,000 (leased)
     Valencia, CA.......................            122,500 (leased)
     Deep River, CT.....................            140,000
     Norwalk, CT........................             14,400 (leased)
     Monroe, GA.........................            139,600
     Norcross, GA.......................             59,000 (leased)
     Flora, IL..........................             56,400
     Woodstock, IL......................            186,700 (leased)
     Woodstock, IL......................            129,800 (leased)
     Ligonier, IN.......................            469,000 (276,000 leased)
     Plainfield, IN.....................            105,700 (leased)
     Seymour, IN........................            400,600
     Franklin, KY.......................            122,000 (leased)
     Cape Girardeau, MO.................             71,700 (leased)
     Penn Yan, NY.......................            100,000
     Ottawa, OH.........................            267,000
     Port Clinton, OH...................            298,900 (leased)
     Langhorne, PA......................            156,000 (leased)
     Houston, TX........................            335,200
     Richmond, VA.......................             70,000 (leased)
     Triadelphia, WV....................            168,400
     Mississauga, Ontario...............             75,000 (leased)
     Mississauga, Ontario...............             62,600 (leased)
     Scarborough, Ontario...............            117,000
     Lachine, Quebec....................            113,300 (leased)
     Lachine, Quebec....................             77,800 (leased)
     Culiacan, Mexico...................             10,800 (leased)


     We own and lease other  warehouse  facilities  that are  detached  from our
manufacturing  facilities.  We believe  that our  plants,  warehouses  and other
facilities are in good operating condition,  adequately maintained, and suitable
to meet our present needs and future plans.  We believe that we have  sufficient
capacity to satisfy the demand for our products in the  foreseeable  future.  To
the extent  that we need  additional  capacity,  we believe  that we can convert
certain  facilities  to  continuous  operation or make the  appropriate  capital
expenditures to increase capacity.

     All of our U.S.  facilities  are  subject to liens in favor of the  lenders
under our senior secured credit  facility to which we and our U.S.  subsidiaries
are parties, and all of our Canadian facilities are subject to liens in favor of
the lenders under our Canadian credit facility.

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings.

     We are a party to routine legal proceedings  arising in the ordinary course
of our business.  We are not a party to, and none of our  properties are subject
to, any pending legal  proceedings which could have a material adverse effect on
our business or financial condition.

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

     None.



                                      -15-




                                  PART II

Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.

     Our common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq  National  Market System under the
symbol SLGN. As of March 1, 2003, we had  approximately  66 holders of record of
our common stock.  We have never  declared or paid cash  dividends on our common
stock.  We currently  anticipate that we will retain all available funds for use
in the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate  paying any
cash  dividends  on our  common  stock in the  foreseeable  future.  Any  future
determination  to pay cash  dividends  will be at the discretion of our Board of
Directors and will be dependent upon our consolidated  results of operations and
financial  condition,  applicable  contractual  restrictions  and other  factors
deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.  We are allowed to pay cash dividends
on our common  stock up to  specified  limits  under our senior  secured  credit
agreements and our indenture for our 9% Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2009,
or the 9% Debentures.  The table below sets forth the high and low closing sales
prices of our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq  National Market System for
the periods indicated below.

                                              High          Low
                                              ----          ---
     2001
     ----
     First Quarter......................     $12.56       $ 7.88
     Second Quarter.....................      22.94        10.88
     Third Quarter......................      25.29        16.50
     Fourth Quarter.....................      26.16        18.65

                                              High          Low
                                              ----          ---
     2002
     ----
     First Quarter......................     $34.04       $21.40
     Second Quarter.....................      42.83        33.27
     Third Quarter......................      42.14        24.35
     Fourth Quarter.....................      29.88        18.41


Item 6.  Selected Financial Data.

     In the table that follows,  we provide you with selected  financial data of
Silgan Holdings Inc. We have derived this data from our  consolidated  financial
statements  for the  five  years  ended  December  31,  2002.  Our  consolidated
financial  statements  for the five  years  ended  December  31,  2002 have been
audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.

     You should read this selected  financial  data along with the  consolidated
financial  statements and accompanying  notes included  elsewhere in this Annual
Report,  as well as the  section  of this  Annual  Report  titled  "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."




                                      -16-







                                                          Selected Financial Data



                                                                           Year Ended December 31,
                                                        -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          2002         2001         2000(a)      1999         1998(b)
                                                          ----         ----         ----         ----         ----
                                                                (Dollars in millions, except per share data)


                                                                                             
Operating Data:
Net sales ..........................................    $1,988.3     $1,941.0     $1,877.5     $1,892.1     $1,768.7
Cost of goods sold .................................     1,749.7      1,700.7      1,648.3      1,656.7      1,546.3
                                                        --------     --------     --------     --------     --------
Gross profit .......................................       238.6        240.3        229.2        235.4        222.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses .......        76.2         78.6         72.1         75.0         68.1
Rationalization (credits) charges ..................        (5.6)         9.3         --           36.1         --
                                                        --------     --------     --------     --------     --------
Income from operations .............................       168.0        152.4        157.1        124.3        154.3
Gain on assets contributed to affiliate ............        --            4.9         --           --           --
Interest and other debt expense ....................        73.8         81.2         91.2         86.1         81.5
                                                        --------     --------     --------     --------     --------
Income before income taxes, equity in losses of
   affiliates and extraordinary item ...............        94.2         76.1         65.9         38.2         72.8
Provision for income taxes .........................        37.2         30.2         25.8         14.3         26.9
                                                        --------     --------     --------     --------     --------
Income before equity in losses of affiliates
   and extraordinary item ..........................        57.0         45.9         40.1         23.9         45.9
Equity in losses of affiliates .....................        (2.6)        (4.1)        (4.6)        --           --
                                                        --------     --------     --------     --------     --------
Income before extraordinary item ...................        54.4         41.8         35.5         23.9         45.9
Extraordinary item - loss on early
   extinguishment of debt, net of income taxes .....        (0.6)        --           (4.2)        --           --
                                                        --------     --------     --------     --------     --------
Net income .........................................    $   53.8     $   41.8     $   31.3     $   23.9     $   45.9
                                                        ========     ========     ========     ========     ========
Per Share Data:
Basic earnings per share:
   Income before extraordinary item.................      $ 3.00        $2.35       $ 2.01        $1.35        $2.41
   Extraordinary item ..............................       (0.03)         --         (0.24)         --           --
                                                          ------        -----       ------        -----        -----
   Basic net income per share.......................      $ 2.97        $2.35       $ 1.77        $1.35        $2.41
                                                          ======        =====       ======        =====        =====
Diluted earnings per share:
   Income before extraordinary item.................      $ 2.96        $2.31       $ 1.97        $1.32        $2.30
   Extraordinary item ..............................       (0.03)         --         (0.23)         --           --
                                                          ------        -----       ------        -----        -----
   Diluted net income per share.....................      $ 2.93        $2.31       $ 1.74        $1.32        $2.30
                                                          ======        =====       ======        =====        =====


                                                                                                  (continued)






                                                                 -17-






                                                          Selected Financial Data (continued)



                                                                           Year Ended December 31,
                                                        -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          2002         2001         2000(a)      1999         1998(b)
                                                          ----         ----         ----         ----         ----
                                                                (Dollars in millions, except per share data)

                                                                                             
Selected Segment Data:
Net sales:
   Metal food containers ...........................    $1,487.0     $1,401.1     $1,387.7     $1,440.0     $1,333.0
   Plastic containers ..............................       501.3        493.6        399.0        350.5        337.5
   Metal closures ..................................        --           46.3         90.8        101.6         98.2
Income from operations:
   Metal food containers (c) .......................       120.6        108.3        120.2         84.5        115.7
   Plastic containers (d) ..........................        52.9         46.0         36.9         40.0         37.4
   Metal closures ..................................        --            3.3          3.7          3.7          4.3

Other Data:
Capital expenditures ...............................    $  119.2     $   93.0     $   89.2     $   87.4     $   86.1
Depreciation and amortization (e) ..................        95.7         95.5         89.0         86.0         77.5
Net cash provided by operating activities ..........       163.3        143.0         95.1        143.3        147.4
Net cash used in investing activities ..............      (117.2)       (59.8)      (218.5)       (84.9)      (278.3)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing
   activities ......................................        (5.7)       (85.3)       141.0        (60.7)        82.0

Balance Sheet Data (at end of period):
Goodwill, net ......................................    $  141.5     $  141.5     $  153.0     $  107.6     $  109.2
Total assets .......................................     1,374.4      1,311.8      1,383.8      1,185.3      1,224.0
Total debt .........................................       956.8        944.8      1,031.5        883.3        927.0
Stockholders' equity (deficiency) ..................        63.1         15.1        (20.4)       (48.7)       (57.3)





                         Notes to Selected Financial Data

(a)  On October 1, 2000, we acquired RXI. The acquisition was accounted for as a
     purchase  transaction and the results of operations have been included with
     our consolidated results of operations from the date of acquisition.
(b)  On June 1, 1998, we acquired CS Can. The acquisition was accounted for as a
     purchase  transaction and the results of operations have been included with
     our consolidated results of operations from the date of acquisition.
(c)  Income  from  operations  of the metal  food  container  business  includes
     rationalization  credits  of $5.4  million  in  2002,  net  rationalization
     charges  of $5.8  million  in 2001  and  rationalization  charges  of $36.1
     million in 1999.
(d)  Income  from  operations  of the  plastic  container  business  includes  a
     rationalization credit of $0.2 million in 2002 and a rationalization charge
     of $3.5 million in 2001.
(e)  Depreciation  and  amortization  excludes  amortization  of debt  financing
     costs. Depreciation and amortization includes goodwill amortization of $5.0
     million,  $4.2 million,  $3.9 million and $3.2 million in 2001,  2000, 1999
     and 1998, respectively.



                                                                 -18-


Item 7. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.

     The  following  discussion  and  analysis  is  intended  to  assist  you in
understanding our consolidated financial condition and results of operations for
the  three-year  period  ended  December 31, 2002.  Our  consolidated  financial
statements and the accompanying  notes included  elsewhere in this Annual Report
contain  detailed  information  that you should refer to in conjunction with the
following discussion and analysis.

General

     We are a leading North American  manufacturer of metal and plastic consumer
goods packaging products. We currently produce steel and aluminum containers for
human and pet food and custom designed  plastic  containers,  tubes and closures
for  personal  care,  health  care,  pharmaceutical,  household  and  industrial
chemical, food, pet care, agricultural chemical,  automotive and marine chemical
products,  and metal,  composite  and  plastic  closures  for food and  beverage
products.  We are the largest  manufacturer  of metal food  containers  in North
America,  with a unit sale market share for the year ended  December 31, 2002 of
approximately 49 percent in the United States, a leading manufacturer of plastic
containers   in  North   America  for  personal  care  products  and  a  leading
manufacturer  of metal and plastic vacuum closures in North America for food and
beverage products.

Sales Growth

     Our  objective  is  to  increase   shareholder  value  through  efficiently
deploying capital and management resources to grow our business and reduce costs
of existing  operations and to complete  acquisitions  that generate  attractive
cash  returns.  We have  increased  sales and  market  share in our  metal  food
container and plastic  container  businesses  through  acquisitions and internal
growth.  As a result,  we have  expanded  and  diversified  our  customer  base,
geographic presence and product lines.

     During  the past  fifteen  years,  the  metal  food  container  market  has
experienced  significant  consolidation  primarily  due to the  desire  by  food
processors to reduce costs and focus resources on their core  operations  rather
than self-manufacture their metal food containers. Our acquisitions of the metal
food container  manufacturing  operations of Nestle,  Dial, Del Monte, Birds Eye
and  Campbell,  as  well  as our  recently  announced  acquisition  of  PCP  Can
Manufacturing, reflect this trend.

     We have  improved  the market  position of our plastic  container  business
since 1987, with sales  increasing more than fivefold to $501.3 million in 2002.
We  achieved  this  improved  market  position   primarily   through   strategic
acquisitions,  including  most  recently  Thatcher  Tubes,  as well  as  through
internal growth.  The plastic container business of the consumer goods packaging
industry is highly  fragmented,  and we intend to pursue  further  consolidation
opportunities in this market. We also believe that we can successfully apply our
acquisition  and  operating  expertise  to new  markets  of the  consumer  goods
packaging  industry.  With our acquisition of Thatcher Tubes in January 2003, we
extended our business into decorated  plastic tubes  primarily for personal care
products to complement our plastic container  business.  Additionally,  with our
acquisition  of RXI in October  2000,  we expanded  our  business  into  plastic
closures, caps, sifters and fitments and thermoformed plastic tubs. We expect to
continue to generate  internal  growth in our plastic  container  business.  For
example,  we intend to  aggressively  market  our  decorated  plastic  tubes and
plastic  closures  to existing  customers  of our  plastic  container  business.
Additionally,  we intend to continue to expand our customer  base in the markets
that we serve, such as the personal care, health care, pharmaceutical, household
and industrial chemical,  food, pet care, agricultural chemical,  automotive and
marine chemical markets.

     In March 2003,  we acquired  the  remaining 65 percent  equity  interest in
White Cap that we did not already own. The business is a leading manufacturer of
metal  and  plastic  vacuum  closures  in North  America  for food and  beverage
products. In 2002, the business had approximately $250 million of net sales.


                                      -19-


Operating Performance

     We  use  a  disciplined   approach  to  acquire  businesses  that  generate
attractive cash returns and enhance  profitability through productivity and cost
reduction  opportunities.  The additional sales and production capacity provided
through  acquisitions  have  enabled  us to  rationalize  plant  operations  and
decrease overhead costs through plant closings and downsizings. In addition, our
acquisitions have enabled us to realize  manufacturing  efficiencies as a result
of optimizing production scheduling and minimizing product transportation costs.
We have also benefited  from our economies of scale and from the  elimination of
redundant selling and administrative functions.

     In addition to the benefits  realized  through the  integration of acquired
businesses,  we have improved the operating  performance  of our existing  plant
facilities  through the investment of capital for productivity  improvements and
manufacturing  cost reductions.  During 2002, our metal food container  business
entered into a long-term  technical  agreement with Daiwa Can Company, or Daiwa,
of Tokyo, Japan. Daiwa is a major producer of metal food and beverage containers
as well as  plastic  containers  for  cosmetics  and  foods  in  Japan,  and our
relationship with Daiwa gives us access to new products, manufacturing processes
and materials  technologies  that have been  exclusively  developed by Daiwa. We
have also invested  capital for new market  opportunities,  such as  convenience
ends for metal  food  containers.  Over the past five  years,  we have  invested
$474.9  million  in  capital  to  maintain  our  market  position,  improve  our
productivity,   reduce  our  manufacturing   costs  and  invest  in  new  market
opportunities.

     We operate in a competitive  industry where it is necessary to realize cost
reduction  opportunities  to  offset  continued  competitive  pricing  pressure.
Recently,   our  plastic  container  business  began  to  experience   increased
competitive  pressures.  For example,  some customers have  consolidated and are
placing  larger  portions  of  their  business  up  for   competitive   bidding.
Historically,  we  have  been  successful  in  renewing  our  multi-year  supply
arrangements  with our  customers.  In 2002,  we extended the term of our supply
agreements with various customers in return for price adjustments.  Further, the
multi-year supply agreements that we enter into with many of our customers limit
our ability to increase our margins.  We estimate that  approximately 85 percent
of our  projected  metal  food  container  sales in 2003 and a  majority  of our
projected plastic container sales in 2003 will be under multi-year arrangements.
Many of these  multi-year  supply  arrangements  generally  provide for the pass
through of changes in material,  labor and other  manufacturing  costs,  thereby
significantly  reducing  the  exposure  of  our  results  of  operations  to the
volatility of these costs.

     Our metal food container business' sales and, to a lesser extent, operating
income are  dependent,  in part,  upon the vegetable  and fruit  harvests in the
midwest and western regions of the United States.  The size and quality of these
harvests  varies  from year to year,  depending  in large part upon the  weather
conditions in those regions. Because of the seasonality of the harvests, we have
historically  experienced  higher unit sales volume in the third  quarter of our
fiscal year and  generated a  disproportionate  amount of our annual income from
operations during that quarter. This seasonal impact has been mitigated somewhat
by the  acquisition  of CS Can from Campbell.  Sales to Campbell  generally have
been highest in the fourth quarter due to the seasonal demand for soup products.

Use of Capital

     We use leverage to support our growth and increase shareholder returns. Our
stable  and  predictable  cash  flow,  generated  largely  as a  result  of  our
multi-year  customer  contracts  and  generally  recession  resistant  business,
supports our financial strategy. We intend to continue using leverage, supported
by our stable cash flows, to make value-enhancing  acquisitions.  In the absence
of attractive acquisition opportunities,  we intend to use our free cash flow to
repay  indebtedness or for other  permitted  purposes.  For example,  we did not
complete any  acquisitions  during 2002 or 2001, and over that period we reduced
our  total  debt by $73.9  million  and  increased  our cash  balances  by $38.2
million.


                                      -20-


     To the extent we utilize debt for acquisitions or other permitted  purposes
in future  periods,  our  interest  expense  may  increase.  Further,  since the
revolving  loan and  term  loan  borrowings  under  our  senior  secured  credit
facilities bear interest at floating rates, our interest expense is sensitive to
changes in prevailing rates of interest and,  accordingly,  our interest expense
may vary from period to period.  After  taking into account  interest  rate swap
agreements  that we  entered  into to  mitigate  the  effect  of  interest  rate
fluctuations,  at December 31, 2002 we had $73.3 million of  indebtedness  which
bore interest at floating rates.

     In light of our strategy to use leverage to support our growth and optimize
shareholder  returns,  we have incurred and will  continue to incur  significant
interest  expense.  For 2002, our aggregate  interest and other debt expense was
43.9 percent of our income from  operations  as compared to 53.3  percent,  58.0
percent,  69.2  percent  and  52.8  percent  for  2001,  2000,  1999  and  1998,
respectively.

     In April 2002, we issued an  additional  $200 million  aggregate  principal
amount of our 9% Debentures,  the proceeds of which were used to repay revolving
loans under our previous U.S. senior secured credit facility, or the U.S. Credit
Agreement.  In June 2002, we refinanced  the U.S.  Credit  Agreement by entering
into a new $850  million  senior  secured  credit  facility,  or the New  Credit
Agreement.  The New  Credit  Agreement  also  provides  us  with an  incremental
uncommitted term loan facility of up to an additional $275 million ($150 million
of which has been  borrowed  as  described  below)  which may be used to finance
acquisitions and for other permitted purposes. The New Credit Agreement provides
increased  flexibility to, among other things, make acquisitions,  pay dividends
and incur additional debt. Under the New Credit Agreement, the interest rate for
all loans will be either the Eurodollar  rate plus a margin or the prime lending
rate of Deutsche Bank Trust Company  Americas,  or Deutsche Bank, plus a margin.
Initially,  the margin for Eurodollar rate loans is 2 percent and the margin for
prime rate loans is 1 percent.  Under the U.S.  Credit  Agreement,  the interest
rate for A term loans and revolving  loans was the Eurodollar rate plus a margin
of 1 percent or the prime lending rate of Deutsche Bank.  For B term loans,  the
interest rate was the Eurodollar  rate plus a margin of 1.5 percent or the prime
lending rate of Deutsche Bank plus a margin of 0.5 percent.

     In January  2003, we acquired  substantially  all of the assets of Thatcher
Tubes, a privately  held  manufacturer  and marketer of decorated  plastic tubes
serving   primarily  the  personal  care   industry.   Thatcher  Tubes  operates
manufacturing facilities in Woodstock, Illinois and Culiacan, Mexico and had net
sales of  approximately  $29  million in 2002.  The  purchase  price,  including
additional production capacity recently installed and currently being installed,
was  approximately $32 million in cash. In March 2003, we acquired the remaining
65 percent  equity  interest  in White Cap that we did not already own for $37.1
million  in  cash  and  refinanced  approximately  $90  million  of  debt of the
business.  In March 2003, we also completed a $150 million incremental term loan
borrowing under the New Credit Agreement  largely to finance the acquisitions of
White Cap and Thatcher Tubes.

White Cap Joint Venture

     Effective   July  1,  2001,  we  formed  a  joint   venture   company  with
Schmalbach-Lubeca  AG that is a leading  supplier of an extensive range of metal
and plastic  closures  to consumer  goods  packaging  companies  in the food and
beverage industries in North America.  The venture operated under the name Amcor
White Cap LLC. We contributed  $48.4 million of metal closure assets,  including
our  manufacturing  facilities in Evansville  and  Richmond,  Indiana,  and $7.1
million  of metal  closure  liabilities  to White Cap in return for a 35 percent
interest in and $32.4 million of cash proceeds from the joint venture. Net sales
of our metal  closure  business,  which was  contributed  to the White Cap joint
venture, totaled $46.3 million and $90.8 million in 2001 and 2000, respectively.
Schmalbach-Lubeca  AG  contributed  the  remaining  metal  and  plastic  closure
operations  to  the  joint  venture.   In  July  2002,   Amcor  Ltd.   purchased
Schmalbach-Lubeca AG's interest in the joint venture.


                                      -21-



     During 2002, we recorded equity in losses of White Cap of $2.6 million, net
of income taxes. As part of the integration of the contributed  businesses,  the
White Cap joint venture instituted a program to rationalize its operations. As a
result, our equity in losses of White Cap for 2002 included $2.0 million, net of
income taxes, for our portion of White Cap's rationalization charge to close its
Chicago,  Illinois metal closure manufacturing facility and $0.7 million, net of
income taxes,  for our portion of White Cap's gain on the sale of certain assets
at a price in excess of book value. During 2001, we recorded equity in losses of
White Cap of $0.3  million  and a gain on the  assets  contributed  to the joint
venture of $4.9 million.

     In March 2003,  we acquired  the  remaining 65 percent  equity  interest in
White Cap that we did not already own for $37.1  million in cash and  refinanced
approximately $90 million of debt of the business. The business is headquartered
in Chicago and presently  operates  seven  manufacturing  facilities  located in
Athens, Georgia; Champaign, Illinois; West Hazleton,  Pennsylvania;  Evansville,
Indiana;  Richmond,  Indiana;  Chicago,  Illinois;  and Queretaro,  Mexico.  The
business  operates  as  part  of  our  metal  food  container  business  due  to
similarities in end-use markets.  Net sales for the business were  approximately
$250 million in 2002.

Packtion Investment

     In April  2000,  we,  together  with  Morgan  Stanley  Private  Equity  and
Diamondcluster International, Inc., agreed to invest in Packtion Corporation, or
Packtion,  an e-commerce joint venture aimed at integrating the packaging supply
chain,  from design through  manufacture and procurement.  The parties agreed to
make the investments through Packaging Markets LLC, a limited liability company.
The joint venture was expected to provide a comprehensive online marketplace for
packaging  goods and services and to combine  content,  tools and  collaboration
capabilities  to  streamline  the  product   development   process  and  enhance
transaction opportunities for buyers and sellers of packaging. The products that
Packtion was developing included a web-based software tool to enable product and
package  design,   development  and  collaboration;   an  internet-based  secure
environment  enabling the sharing of packaging  related product  information and
the  transaction  of business  electronically;  and an  informational  source of
packaging   related   knowledge,   tools  and  expert  services.   Packtion  had
insignificant sales for internet consulting services and incurred net losses.

     In June and August  2000,  we invested a total of $7.0  million in Packtion
representing approximately a 45 percent interest in Packtion. For the year ended
December 31, 2000, we recorded equity in losses of Packtion of $4.6 million.  In
the first  quarter of 2001 in  connection  with an  investment  by The Procter &
Gamble  Company  and E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. in  Packtion,  we invested an
additional  $3.1  million,  bringing  our  total  investment  to  $10.1  million
representing  approximately  a 25 percent  interest in  Packtion.  Packtion  was
dissolved on May 31, 2001 after its board of directors determined that there had
been slower than anticipated market acceptance of its business.  During 2001, we
recorded equity in losses of Packtion  aggregating $3.8 million,  which included
our final losses and eliminated our investment.

Results of Operations

     The following table sets forth certain income statement data expressed as a
percentage of net sales for each of the periods presented.  You should read this
table in conjunction  with our  Consolidated  Financial  Statements for the year
ended December 31, 2002 and the  accompanying  notes included  elsewhere in this
Annual Report.



                                      -22-




                                                      Year Ended December 31,
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                     2002       2001       2000
                                                     ----       ----       ----
Operating Data:
Net sales:
  Metal food containers..........................    74.8%      72.2%      73.9%
  Plastic containers.............................    25.2       25.4       21.3
  Metal closures.................................     --         2.4        4.8
                                                    -----      -----      -----
     Total.......................................   100.0      100.0      100.0
Cost of goods sold...............................    88.0       87.6       87.8
                                                    -----      -----      -----
Gross profit.....................................    12.0       12.4       12.2
Selling, general and administrative expenses.....     3.8        4.0        3.8
Rationalization (credits) charges ...............    (0.2)       0.5        --
                                                    -----      -----      -----
Income from operations...........................     8.4        7.9        8.4
Gain on assets contributed to affiliate..........     --         0.3        --
Interest and other debt expense..................     3.7        4.2        4.9
                                                    -----      -----      -----
Income before income taxes, equity in losses of
  affiliates and extraordinary item .............     4.7        4.0        3.5
Provision for income taxes.......................     1.9        1.6        1.4
                                                    -----      -----      -----
Income before equity in losses of affiliates
  and extraordinary item.........................     2.8        2.4        2.1
Equity in losses of affiliates...................    (0.1)      (0.2)      (0.2)
                                                    -----      -----      -----
Income before extraordinary item.................     2.7        2.2        1.9
Extraordinary item - loss on early extinguishment
  of debt, net of income taxes...................     --         --        (0.2)
                                                    -----      -----      -----
Net income.......................................     2.7%       2.2%       1.7%
                                                    =====      =====      =====

     Summary results for our business  segments for the years ended December 31,
2002, 2001, and 2000 are provided below.

                                                 Year Ended December 31,
                                           ----------------------------------
                                             2002         2001         2000
                                             ----         ----         ----
                                                   (Dollars in millions)

Net sales:
  Metal food containers..............      $1,487.0     $1,401.1     $1,387.7
  Plastic containers.................         501.3        493.6        399.0
  Metal closures.....................          --           46.3         90.8
                                           --------     --------     --------
     Consolidated....................      $1,988.3     $1,941.0     $1,877.5
                                           ========     ========     ========

Income from operations:
  Metal food containers(1)...........      $  120.6     $  108.3     $  120.2
  Plastic containers(2)..............          52.9         46.0         36.9
  Metal closures.....................           --           3.3          3.7
  Corporate..........................          (5.6)        (5.2)        (3.7)
                                           --------     --------     --------
     Consolidated....................      $  167.9     $  152.4     $  157.1
                                           ========     ========     ========

- ------------


(1)  Includes   rationalization   credits  of  $5.4  million  in  2002  and  net
     rationalization  charges of $5.8 million in 2001. You should also read Note
     3 to our Consolidated  Financial Statements for the year ended December 31,
     2002 included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

(2)  Includes  a   rationalization   credit  of  $0.2  million  in  2002  and  a
     rationalization charge of $3.5 million in 2001. You should also read Note 3
     to our  Consolidated  Financial  Statements for the year ended December 31,
     2002 included elsewhere in this Annual Report.



                                      -23-


Year Ended December 31, 2002 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2001

     Net Sales.  Consolidated net sales increased $47.3 million, or 2.4 percent,
to $1.988 billion for the year ended December 31, 2002, as compared to net sales
of $1.941  billion for 2001.  This increase was largely the result of higher net
sales of the metal food  container  business  and,  to a lesser  extent,  of the
plastic container  business,  partially offset by the impact of contributing the
metal closure business to the White Cap joint venture in July 2001.

     Net sales for the metal food container business were $1.487 billion for the
year ended December 31, 2002, an increase of $85.9 million, or 6.1 percent, from
net sales of $1.401 billion for 2001.  This increase was primarily  attributable
to higher unit volume  principally as a result of new business on the West Coast
and a stronger fruit and vegetable pack as compared to 2001.

     Net sales for the plastic container business of $501.3 million for the year
ended December 31, 2002 increased $7.7 million,  or 1.6 percent,  from net sales
of $493.6 million for 2001.  This increase was primarily a result of higher unit
volume due primarily to new business,  partially offset by lower average selling
prices  due  principally  to the pass  through of lower  resin  costs and a less
favorable sales mix.

     Cost of Goods Sold. Cost of goods sold was 88.0 percent of consolidated net
sales for the year ended December 31, 2002, an increase of 0.4 percentage points
as compared to 2001.  This increase was  principally  due to the effect of price
adjustments related to certain contract negotiations, higher manufacturing costs
to initially absorb new business in the metal food container business and higher
depreciation  expense,  partially offset by higher volume and the elimination of
goodwill amortization in both the metal food container and the plastic container
businesses.

     Selling,  General  and  Administrative   Expenses.   Selling,  general  and
administrative  expenses were $76.2 million,  or 3.8 percent of consolidated net
sales,  for the year ended December 31, 2002, as compared to $78.5  million,  or
4.0 percent of consolidated  net sales for 2001. This decrease was primarily due
to net payments received in settlement of certain litigation in 2002,  partially
offset by higher  selling  and  commercial  development  expenses in the plastic
container business.

     Income from Operations.  Income from operations for 2002 increased by $15.5
million,  or 10.2 percent,  to $167.9  million as compared to $152.4 million for
the same period in 2001, and operating  margin increased to 8.4 percent from 7.9
percent.  The  increases in income from  operations  and  operating  margin were
primarily  a  result  of  higher  volumes,  rationalization  credits  in 2002 as
compared to net rationalization  charges in 2001 and the elimination of goodwill
amortization,  partially offset by the effect of price  adjustments  relating to
certain contract  negotiations,  higher  depreciation  expense,  higher costs to
initially  absorb new  business  in the metal food  container  business  and the
impact  of  contributing  the  metal  closures  business  to the White Cap joint
venture in July 2001.

     We recorded  rationalization  credits in 2002 totaling $5.6 million.  These
rationalization  credits included $2.4 million related primarily to the decision
to support new business  requirements  by continuing  to operate the  Kingsburg,
California  metal food  container  facility that was  previously  expected to be
closed, $3.0 million related primarily to certain previously written down assets
of the metal food  container  business  that were placed back in service to meet
business  requirements  and  $0.2  million  related  to  certain  aspects  of  a
rationalization  plan to close a plastic container  manufacturing  facility that
were completed at amounts less than originally  estimated.  In 2001, we recorded
net  rationalization  charges totaling $9.3 million.  These net  rationalization
charges  included a $5.8 million  charge in the metal food  container  business,
comprised of a charge of $7.0 million,  including  $4.2 million for the non-cash
write-down  in  carrying  value of assets,  primarily  relating  to the  planned
closing of two metal food  container  manufacturing  facilities  (including  the
Kingsburg, California facility) and a $1.2 million credit as a result of certain
assets of the metal food  container  business  that were placed back in service,
and a $3.5 million charge related to closing a plastic  container  manufacturing
facility.


                                      -24-


     Income  from  operations  of the metal  food  container  business  for 2002
increased  $12.3  million,  or 11.4  percent,  to $120.6  million as compared to
$108.3 million in 2001, and operating  margin  increased to 8.1 percent from 7.7
percent.  The  increases in income from  operations  and  operating  margin were
principally due to higher volume, rationalization credits in 2002 as compared to
net   rationalization   charges  in  2001  and  the   elimination   of  goodwill
amortization,  partially offset by the effect of price  adjustments  relating to
certain contract negotiations, higher depreciation expense, higher manufacturing
costs  to  initially  absorb  new  business,   start-up  costs  related  to  the
manufacture of convenience ends and increased employee health and welfare costs.

     Income from operations of the plastic container business for 2002 increased
$6.9 million,  or 15.0 percent, to $52.9 million as compared to $46.0 million in
2001,  and  operating  margin  increased to 10.6  percent from 9.3 percent.  The
increases in income from operations and operating margin were primarily a result
of higher volumes, a rationalization charge recorded in 2001, the elimination of
goodwill amortization and improved operational efficiencies, partially offset by
higher depreciation expense,  higher selling and commercial development expenses
and higher employee health and welfare costs.

     Interest Expense.  Interest expense decreased $7.4 million to $73.8 million
for the year ended December 31, 2002 as compared to $81.2 million in 2001.  This
decrease resulted primarily from a lower average interest rate and approximately
$75 million in lower average borrowings during 2002 as compared to 2001. Despite
the add-on  issuance of $200 million of 9% Debentures  and higher  interest rate
spreads over LIBOR as a result of the refinancing of the U.S. Credit  Agreement,
we experienced a lower average  interest rate as compared to 2001 as a result of
lower LIBOR rates.

     Income Taxes.  The  provision for income taxes for the year ended  December
31, 2002 and 2001 was recorded at an estimated  effective annual income tax rate
of 39.5 percent and 39.7 percent, respectively.

     Net Income and Earnings per Share.  Net income for the year ended  December
31,  2002 was $53.8  million,  or $2.93 per  diluted  share,  as compared to net
income of $41.8 million,  or $2.31 per diluted  share,  for 2001. Net income for
2002 included our share of White Cap's  rationalization  charge of $2.0 million,
net of income taxes,  or $0.11 per diluted  share,  and our share of White Cap's
gain on the sale of assets of $0.7 million,  net of income  taxes,  or $0.04 per
diluted  share.  Net  income  for 2002  also  included  rationalization  credits
totaling $5.6 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, and an extraordinary  charge,
net of income  taxes,  of $0.6  million,  or $0.03 per  diluted  share,  for the
write-off of unamortized  debt issuance costs as a result of the  refinancing of
the U.S.  Credit  Agreement.  Net income for 2001  included net  rationalization
charges  of  $9.3  million,  or  $0.31  per  diluted  share,  a gain  on  assets
contributed to the White Cap joint venture of $4.9 million, or $0.16 per diluted
share,  and equity in losses of Packtion of $3.8  million,  or $0.21 per diluted
share.

     Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards,  or SFAS, No. 142, "Goodwill
and Other  Intangible  Assets,"  required us to eliminate  the  amortization  of
goodwill  effective  January 1, 2002.  For the year ended  December 31, 2001, we
recorded  goodwill  amortization  of  approximately  $5.0 million,  or $0.17 per
diluted  share.  During 2002,  the metal food  container  and plastic  container
businesses  benefited  from the  elimination  of $2.3 million and $2.7  million,
respectively, of goodwill amortization.

Year Ended December 31, 2001 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2000

     Net Sales.  Consolidated net sales increased $63.5 million, or 3.4 percent,
to $1.941 billion for the year ended December 31, 2001, as compared to net sales
of $1.878 billion for 2000.  This increase was the result of increased net sales
of the  plastic  container  business  largely due to the  acquisition  of RXI in
October 2000 and slightly higher net sales of the metal food container business,
partially offset by the impact of contributing the metal closure business to the
White Cap joint venture in July 2001.


                                      -25-



     Net sales for the metal food container business were $1.401 billion for the
year ended December 31, 2001, an increase of $13.4 million, or 1.0 percent, from
net sales of $1.388  billion for 2000.  This  increase was  primarily due to the
acquisition of new food can customers and a favorable sales mix primarily driven
by  increased  sales of  convenience  ends,  largely  offset by weaker fruit and
vegetable  packs  in 2001  as  compared  to 2000  and  generally  softer  market
conditions in the first half of 2001 as compared to 2000.

     Net sales for the plastic container business of $493.6 million for the year
ended December 31, 2001 increased $94.6 million, or 23.7 percent, from net sales
of $399.0  million for 2000.  This  increase in net sales was largely due to the
acquisition of RXI in October 2000. Additionally,  customer inventory restocking
in the first half of 2001 more than offset  generally  softer market  conditions
later in 2001.

     Net sales for the metal  closure  business  were $46.3 million for the year
ended December 31, 2001, as compared to net sales of $90.8 million for 2000. The
decrease in net sales was a result of contributing the metal closure business to
the White Cap joint venture on July 1, 2001.

     Cost of Goods Sold. Cost of goods sold as a percentage of consolidated  net
sales was 87.6  percent for the year ended  December 31, 2001, a decrease of 0.2
percentage  point as compared  to 87.8  percent in 2000.  The  increase in gross
profit  margin was  attributable  to higher  margins from the plastic  container
business  and was  offset in part by lower  margins  realized  by the metal food
container business.

     Selling,  General  and  Administrative   Expenses.   Selling,  general  and
administrative  expenses were $78.5 million,  or 4.0 percent of consolidated net
sales,  for the year ended December 31, 2001, as compared to $72.1  million,  or
3.8  percent of  consolidated  net sales,  for 2000.  This  increase in selling,
general and  administrative  expenses as a percent of consolidated net sales was
primarily a result of costs we incurred related to the secondary public offering
by a selling stockholder in November 2001.

     Income from Operations.  Income from operations for the year ended December
31, 2001 decreased $4.7 million,  or 3.0 percent,  to $152.4 million as compared
to income from  operations  of $157.1  million for 2000,  and  operating  margin
decreased  to 7.9  percent  from 8.4  percent.  The  decreases  in  income  from
operations and operating  margin were primarily a result of net  rationalization
charges,  lower  operating  income in the metal food container  business and the
impact  of  contributing  the  metal  closure  business  to the  White Cap joint
venture, partially offset by higher sales in the plastic container business.

     During 2001, we recorded net rationalization charges of $9.3 million. These
net  rationalization  charges  included a $5.8 million  charge in the metal food
container  business,  comprised  of a charge  of $7.0  million,  including  $4.2
million  for the  non-cash  write-down  in carrying  value of assets,  primarily
relating  to the  planned  closing  of two metal  food  container  manufacturing
facilities  and a $1.2 million credit as a result of certain assets of the metal
food container  business that were placed back in service,  and a charge of $3.5
million related to closing a plastic container manufacturing facility.

     Income from  operations for the metal food container  business for the year
ended December 31, 2001 was $108.3 million, a $11.9 million decrease from income
from  operations of $120.2 million for 2000, and operating  margin  decreased to
7.7 percent from 8.7 percent.  The lower income from  operations  and  operating
margin of the metal food container business was principally  attributable to net
rationalization  charges,  higher energy  costs,  higher  depreciation  expense,
start-up  costs  related  to the  manufacture  of  convenience  ends and  higher
employee medical costs,  partially  offset by benefits  realized from a previous
plant rationalization and a favorable sales mix.

     Income from  operations  for the plastic  container  business  for the year
ended December 31, 2001 was $46.0 million,  a $9.1 million  increase over income
from operations of $36.9 million for 2000, and




                                      -26-


operating  margin  increased to 9.3 percent  from 9.2  percent.  The increase in
income from operations and operating margin for the plastic  container  business
was  primarily  a  result  of  higher  unit  volume,   partially   offset  by  a
rationalization charge.

     Income from  operations  for the metal closure  business for the year ended
December 31, 2001 was $3.3  million,  as compared to income from  operations  of
$3.7 million for 2000. The decrease in income from  operations was the result of
contributing  the metal closure  business to the White Cap joint venture on July
1, 2001.

     Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased $10.0 million to $81.2 million
for the year ended December 31, 2001, as compared to $91.2 million in 2000. This
decrease was  principally a result of the benefit of lower  interest  rates that
more  than  offset  the  impact  of  higher  average   borrowings   outstanding,
principally  due to  debt  incurred  in the  fourth  quarter  of  2000  for  the
acquisition of RXI.

       Income Taxes. The provision for income taxes for the year ended December
31, 2001 was recorded at an effective tax rate of 39.7 percent, as compared to
39.1 percent for 2000.

     Net Income and Earnings per Share.  Net income for the year ended  December
31,  2001 was $41.8  million,  or $2.31 per  diluted  share,  as compared to net
income of $31.3 million,  or $1.74 per diluted  share,  for 2000. Net income for
the year ended  December 31, 2001 included net  rationalization  charges of $9.3
million,  or $0.31 per  diluted  share,  equity in  losses of  Packtion  of $3.8
million,  or $0.21 per diluted share, and the gain on assets  contributed to the
White Cap joint venture of $4.9 million,  or $0.16 per diluted share. Net income
for the year ended  December 31, 2000  included  equity in losses of Packtion of
$4.6 million,  or $0.26 per diluted share,  and the  extraordinary  loss, net of
income taxes, of $4.2 million, or $0.23 per diluted share,  related to the early
extinguishment  of  our  13-1/4%   Subordinated   Debentures,   or  the  13-1/4%
Debentures.

Capital Resources and Liquidity

     Our  principal  sources  of  liquidity  have been net cash  from  operating
activities and corporate  borrowings  under our revolving loan  facilities.  Our
liquidity   requirements   arise  primarily  from  our  obligations   under  the
indebtedness incurred in connection with our acquisitions and the refinancing of
that  indebtedness,  capital  investment  in new and existing  equipment and the
funding of our seasonal working capital needs.

     On April 29, 2002, we issued an additional $200 million aggregate principal
amount of our 9%  Debentures.  The newly  issued  9%  Debentures  were an add-on
issuance under the indenture for our existing 9% Debentures originally issued in
June 1997 and have  identical  terms to the  existing 9%  Debentures.  The issue
price for the new 9% Debentures  was 103% of their  principal  amount.  Net cash
proceeds  received  from this issuance were  approximately  $202 million,  after
deducting  selling  commissions  and  offering  expenses  payable by us. The net
proceeds from this  issuance were used to repay a portion of our revolving  loan
obligations under the U.S. Credit Agreement.

     On June 28, 2002, we completed the refinancing of the U.S. Credit Agreement
by entering into a new $850 million  senior  secured  credit  facility.  The New
Credit Agreement  provided us with $100 million of A term loans and $350 million
of B term  loans,  and also  provides  us with up to $400  million of  revolving
loans.  Under the New Credit  Agreement,  we may use revolving loans for working
capital  and  other  operating  needs  as well  as for  acquisitions  and  other
permitted  purposes.   The  New  Credit  Agreement  also  provides  us  with  an
incremental  uncommitted  term loan facility of up to an additional $275 million
($150 million of which has been  borrowed as described  below) which may be used
to finance acquisitions and for other permitted purposes.


                                      -27-



     On March 3,  2003,  we  completed  a $150  million  incremental  term  loan
borrowing  under the New Credit  Agreement.  The  proceeds  were used largely to
finance  the  acquisitions  of White Cap and  Thatcher  Tubes.  The terms of the
incremental  term  loans  are the same as those for B term  loans  under the New
Credit Agreement.

     In 2002, we used proceeds of $206.0 million from the add-on  issuance of 9%
Debentures,  cash generated  from  operations of $163.3  million,  proceeds from
stock option  exercises  of $4.3  million and proceeds  from asset sales of $1.9
million to fund  capital  expenditures  of $119.2  million,  net  repayments  of
revolving  loans and long-term debt of $193.6 million and debt issuance costs of
$22.4 million and to increase cash balances by $40.3 million.

     In 2002, trade accounts  receivable,  net decreased $20.2 million to $124.7
million as compared to 2001,  primarily due to the timing of sales.  Inventories
increased  $10.2 million to $272.8 million in 2002 as compared to 2001 primarily
due to the timing of sales and raw material purchases.

     In 2001, we used cash generated  from  operations of $143.0  million,  cash
proceeds from the White Cap joint venture of $32.4 million,  proceeds from asset
sales of $3.9  million,  cash  balances of $2.0 million and proceeds  from stock
option exercises of $1.0 million to fund capital  expenditures of $93.0 million,
net  repayments of revolving  loans and long-term  debt of $86.3 million and our
investment in Packtion of $3.0 million.

     In 2001, trade accounts  receivable,  net decreased $23.4 million to $144.9
million as  compared to 2000  primarily  due to the impact of  contributing  our
metal  closure  business to the White Cap joint  venture and the impact of a few
customers  delaying  payments in 2000 until the  beginning of 2001.  Inventories
decreased  $17.1 million to $262.6 million in 2001 as compared to 2000 primarily
due to the impact of  contributing  our metal closure  business to the White Cap
joint   venture  and  the  timing  of  raw  material   purchases   and  business
requirements.  Trade accounts payable  decreased $34.3 million to $173.9 million
principally due to the timing of payments and raw material purchases.

     In 2000,  we used net  borrowings  of  revolving  loans of  $243.7  million
($242.1  million  under the U.S.  Credit  Agreement  and $1.6 million  under our
Canadian  senior secured  credit  facility),  cash generated from  operations of
$95.1 million, proceeds from asset sales of $1.8 million and proceeds from stock
option  exercises  of $0.5  million  to fund the  acquisition  of RXI for $124.0
million,  capital  expenditures  of $89.2  million,  redemption  of the  13-1/4%
Debentures for $61.8 million, repayment of $39.3 million of term loan borrowings
under our senior secured credit facilities,  cash balances of $17.7 million, our
investment  in Packtion of $7.0  million,  repurchases  of common  stock of $1.1
million and debt issuance costs of $1.0 million.

     In December  2000, we redeemed all of our  outstanding  13-1/4%  Debentures
($56.2 million  principal amount) with lower cost revolving loans under the U.S.
Credit  Agreement.  The  redemption  price  for all of the  13-1/4%  Debentures,
including premiums, was $61.8 million. We benefited from this redemption because
of the lower interest rate applicable to the revolving loans, despite the slight
increase in our indebtedness as a result.

     As of December 31, 2002,  there were no revolving loans  outstanding  under
the New Credit Agreement,  and, after taking into account outstanding letters of
credit,  the  available  portion of the revolving  loan  facility  under the New
Credit  Agreement  was  $383.1  million.  Revolving  loans  under the New Credit
Agreement may be borrowed,  repaid and reborrowed  until their final maturity on
June 28, 2008. Additionally,  as of December 31, 2002, there were no outstanding
revolving  loans under our Canadian  senior secured credit  facility,  and after
taking into account  outstanding letters of credit, the available portion of the
revolving  loan facility under our Canadian  senior secured credit  facility was
$4.1 million.


                                      -28-


     The New Credit Agreement also provided us with A term loans ($100.0 million
outstanding at December 31, 2002) and B term loans ($348.3  million  outstanding
at December 31,  2002),  which are required to be repaid in annual  installments
through June 28, 2008 and November 30, 2008, respectively.  You should also read
Note 9 to our Consolidated  Financial Statements for the year ended December 31,
2002 included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

     Under the New Credit  Agreement,  the  interest  rate for all loans will be
either the  Eurodollar  rate plus a margin or the prime lending rate of Deutsche
Bank plus a margin.  Initially,  the  margin  for  Eurodollar  rate loans is two
percent  and the margin for prime rate loans is one  percent.  Starting in 2003,
the margins are subject to adjustment  quarterly based upon financial ratios set
forth in the New Credit Agreement.

     Because  we  sell  metal  containers  used  in  fruit  and  vegetable  pack
processing, we have seasonal sales. As is common in the industry, we must access
working capital to build  inventory and then carry accounts  receivable for some
customers  beyond  the end of the  summer  and  fall  packing  season.  Seasonal
accounts are generally settled by year end. Due to our seasonal requirements, we
incur short term indebtedness to finance our working capital requirements.

     For 2003, we estimate that we will utilize  approximately  $200-225 million
of  revolving  loans under our senior  secured  credit  facilities  for our peak
seasonal working capital  requirements.  We may use the available portion of our
revolving  loan  facilities,  after taking into  account our seasonal  needs and
outstanding letters of credit, for acquisitions and other permitted purposes.

     Our board of directors has  authorized  the repurchase of up to $70 million
of our common  stock.  As of December 31, 2002,  we have  repurchased  2,708,975
shares of our common stock for an aggregate cost of approximately $61.0 million.
The repurchases were financed  through  revolving loan borrowings under the U.S.
Credit Agreement. We intend to finance future repurchases, if any, of our common
stock with revolving loans from the New Credit Agreement.

     In addition to our operating cash needs,  we believe our cash  requirements
over the next few years (taking into account recent  acquisitions)  will consist
primarily of:

    o     annual capital expenditures of $90 to $115 million;

    o     annual  principal  amortization  payments of bank term loans under the
          New Credit Agreement (taking into account the recent  incremental term
          loan borrowings) of $21.7 million;

    o     our interest requirements,  including interest on revolving loans (the
          principal   amount  of  which  will  vary   depending   upon  seasonal
          requirements)  and bank term  loans  under the New  Credit  Agreement,
          which bear fluctuating rates of interest, and the 9% Debentures; and

    o     payments of approximately  $20 million for federal,  state and foreign
          tax liabilities in 2003, which will increase annually thereafter.

     We believe that cash  generated from  operations and funds from  borrowings
available under our senior secured credit  facilities will be sufficient to meet
our expected operating needs, planned capital expenditures, debt service and tax
obligations for the foreseeable  future. We are also continually  evaluating and
pursuing  acquisition  opportunities  in the consumer goods packaging market and
may incur  additional  indebtedness,  including  indebtedness  under our  senior
secured credit facilities, to finance any such acquisition.

     Our senior secured credit  facilities and the indenture with respect to the
9% Debentures contain restrictive  covenants that, among other things, limit our
ability to incur debt, sell assets and engage in



                                      -29-


certain  transactions.  We do not expect  these  limitations  to have a material
effect on our business or our results of operations.  We are in compliance  with
all financial and operating covenants contained in our financing  agreements and
believe that we will continue to be in compliance  during 2003 with all of these
covenants.

     Our  contractual  cash  obligations at December 31, 2002 are provided below
(without taking into account the recent incremental term loan borrowings):




                                                         Payments Due By Period
                                            ------------------------------------------------
                                                                  2004-    2006-
                                              Total      2003     2005     2007   Thereafter
                                              -----      ----     ----     ----   ----------
                                                                     
Long-term debt .........................    $  951.2    $20.2    $40.3    $40.3     $850.4
Minimum rental commitments .............        95.3     21.1     29.9     20.6       23.7
                                            --------    -----    -----    -----     ------
  Total contractual cash obligations ...    $1,046.5    $41.3    $70.2    $60.9     $874.1
                                            ========    =====    =====    =====     ======



     At December 31, 2002,  we also had  outstanding  letters of credit of $17.3
million that were issued under our senior secured credit facilities.

     Taking  into  account  the  recent  $150  million   incremental  term  loan
borrowings,  our total  contractual  cash  obligations  increase by $1.5 million
annually in 2003 through 2007 and by $142.5 million in 2008.

Effect of Inflation and Interest Rate Fluctuations

     Historically,  inflation has not had a material effect on us, other than to
increase our cost of  borrowing.  In general,  we have been able to increase the
sales  prices of our  products  to reflect  any  increases  in the prices of raw
materials.

     Because we have  indebtedness  which bears interest at floating rates,  our
financial  results will be sensitive  to changes in  prevailing  market rates of
interest.  As of  December  31,  2002,  we had $951.2  million  of  indebtedness
outstanding,  of which $73.3  million  bore  interest at floating  rates,  after
taking  into  account  interest  rate swap  agreements  that we entered  into to
mitigate  the effect of interest  rate  fluctuations.  Under  these  agreements,
floating  rate  interest  based on the three month LIBOR rate was  exchanged for
fixed rates of interest  ranging from 2.5 percent to 6.4 percent.  The aggregate
notional  principal amounts of these agreements  totals $375 million,  with $125
million  aggregate  notional  principal amount maturing in 2003 and $250 million
aggregate  notional  principal  amount  maturing in 2004.  Depending upon market
conditions,  we may enter into additional interest rate swap or hedge agreements
(with counterparties that, in our judgment, have sufficient creditworthiness) to
hedge our exposure against interest rate volatility.

Rationalization (Credits) Charges and Acquisition Reserves

     During 2001, we approved and announced to employees  separate plans to exit
our  Northtown,   Missouri  and  Kingsburg,   California  metal  food  container
facilities and to cease operation of our composite  container  department at our
Waukegan,  Illinois  metal food  container  facility.  These plans  included the
termination of approximately 80 plant employees, the termination of an operating
lease and other plant related exit costs,  including  equipment dismantle costs.
These  decisions  resulted in a  rationalization  charge of $7.0  million.  This
charge  consisted of $4.2 million for the non-cash  write-down in carrying value
of assets, $1.4 million for employee severance and benefits and $1.4 million for
plant exit costs.


                                      -30-



     During  2002,  in order to support  new  business we decided to continue to
operate our  Kingsburg  facility  and to continue to utilize  certain  Northtown
assets with carrying  values that were  previously  written down as part of this
rationalization  charge.  As  a  result,  we  recorded  rationalization  credits
totaling $2.8 million, which consisted of $2.2 million related to certain assets
with carrying values that were  previously  written down but remained in service
and $0.6  million  for the  reversal  of  rationalization  reserves  related  to
employee  severance and benefits and plant exit costs.  The assets that remained
in service were recorded in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at their depreciated
cost, which approximated fair value.  Through December 31, 2002, a total of $2.0
million,  excluding the non-cash  write-down,  had been expended  related to the
rationalization plans for our Northtown and Waukegan facilities, which consisted
of $0.8  million  related to employee  severance  and  benefits and $1.2 million
related  to  plant  exit  costs.  During  2002,  all  actions  related  to these
rationalization  plans were completed at amounts less than originally estimated,
and,  accordingly,  we reversed  $0.2 million of  rationalization  reserves as a
rationalization credit.

     In addition, during 2002 we placed an additional $2.3 million of metal food
container assets with carrying values that were previously  written down back in
service.  As a result, we recorded $2.3 million as a rationalization  credit and
recorded those assets in our  Consolidated  Balance Sheets at their  depreciated
cost, which approximated fair value.

     During  2001,  we approved  and  announced  to employees a plan to exit our
Fairfield, Ohio plastic container facility. The plan included the termination of
approximately 150 plant employees and other related plant exit costs,  including
equipment  dismantle  costs and  contractual  rent  obligations.  This  decision
resulted in a  rationalization  charge of $3.5 million,  which consisted of $0.9
million for  employee  severance  and  benefits  and $2.6 million for plant exit
costs.  Through  December 31,  2002,  a total of $1.7 million has been  expended
relating to this plan. These  expenditures  consisted of $0.7 million related to
employee  severance  and benefits and $1.0 million for plant exit costs.  During
2002,  all actions  under this plan related to employee  severance  and benefits
were completed at amounts less than originally estimated,  and, accordingly,  we
reversed $0.2 million of rationalization  reserves as a rationalization  credit.
At December 31, 2002,  this reserve had a balance of $1.6  million.  Although we
have  closed  the plant,  the  timing of cash  payments  is  dependent  upon the
expiration of a lease obligation.  Accordingly, cash payments related to closing
this facility are expected through 2009.

     During 1999, we approved and announced to employees  separate plans to exit
our  San  Leandro  and  City  of  Industry,   California  metal  food  container
facilities.  These plans  included the  termination of  approximately  130 plant
employees,  termination  of two  operating  leases and other plant  related exit
costs including  equipment  dismantle costs and  contractual  rent  obligations.
These  decisions  resulted in a  rationalization  charge of $11.9 million.  This
charge  consisted of $7.3 million for the non-cash  write-down in carrying value
of assets, $2.2 million for employee severance and benefits and $2.4 million for
plant exit costs. Through December 31, 2002, a total of $4.6 million,  excluding
the  non-cash  write-down,  has been  expended  relating to these  plans.  These
expenditures  consisted  of $2.2  million  related  to  employee  severance  and
benefits  and $2.4 million for plant exit costs.  All actions  under these plans
have been completed.  During 2001, certain assets with carrying values that were
previously written down as part of this rationalization  charge were placed back
in service. As a result, we recorded a $1.2 million  rationalization  credit and
recorded those assets in our  Consolidated  Balance Sheets at their  depreciated
cost,  which  approximated  fair value.  The timing of cash payments under these
plans was primarily  dependent upon the  resolution of various  matters with the
lessor of one of the facilities.

     Acquisition  reserves  established  in connection  with our purchase of the
Food Metal and Specialty  Business of American National Can Company,  or AN Can,
in 1995 aggregating  approximately $49.5 million were recorded pursuant to plans
that we began to assess and formulate at the date of the  acquisition  and which
were  finalized in 1996.  These  reserves  consisted of employee  severance  and
benefits costs ($26.1 million) for the termination of  approximately  500 plant,
selling and administrative employees, plant exit costs ($6.6 million) related to
the planned closure of the St. Louis, Missouri plant,



                                      -31-


the downsizing of the Hoopeston,  Illinois and Savage,  Minnesota facilities and
the restructuring of the St. Paul,  Minnesota plant and liabilities  incurred in
connection with the acquisition  ($16.8  million).  Through December 31, 2002, a
total of $47.6 million has been expended related to these plans, which consisted
of $25.3 million for employee  severance  and  benefits,  $5.5 million for plant
exit costs and $16.8 million for payment of acquisition related liabilities.  At
December 31, 2002, this reserve had a balance of $1.9 million.  Although we have
completed  our  plan,  cash  payments  are  expected  to  continue  for  pension
obligations  totaling  $0.8 million  which are required to be paid pursuant to a
labor  agreement in place at the time of  acquisition  and for the resolution of
various  environmental  liabilities,  estimated at $1.1 million, that existed at
the  time of the  acquisition.  Accordingly,  cash  payments  related  to  these
acquisition reserves are expected through 2004.

     You should also read Note 3 to our  Consolidated  Financial  Statements for
the year ended December 31, 2002 included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Critical Accounting Policies

     Accounting  principles  generally  accepted  in the United  States  require
estimates and assumptions  that affect the reported  amounts in our consolidated
financial  statements and the  accompanying  notes.  Some of these estimates and
assumptions  require difficult,  subjective and/or complex  judgments.  Critical
accounting  policies  cover  accounting  matters that are  inherently  uncertain
because the future  resolution  of such matters is unknown.  We believe that our
accounting  policies for deferred income taxes,  pension expense and obligations
and rationalization  (credits) charges and acquisition reserves reflect the more
significant  judgments and estimates in our consolidated  financial  statements.
You should also read our  Consolidated  Financial  Statements for the year ended
December 31, 2002 and the accompanying  notes included  elsewhere in this Annual
Report.

     At December 31, 2002,  we had  approximately  $29.2 million of deferred tax
assets relating to $73.3 million of net operating loss  carryforwards,  or NOLs,
that expire  between 2012 and 2022,  for which no valuation  allowance  has been
established.  We had NOLs of  approximately  $10.9  million  available to offset
future  consolidated  taxable income  (excluding CS Can), and CS Can had NOLs of
approximately  $62.4 million  available to offset its future taxable income.  We
believe  that it is more  likely than not that these NOLs will be  available  to
reduce future income tax liabilities  based on estimated  future taxable income,
the reversal of temporary  differences in future periods and the  utilization of
tax  planning  strategies.  Current  levels  of  consolidated  pre-tax  earnings
(excluding  CS Can) are  sufficient to generate the taxable  income  required to
realize our deferred tax assets.  Pre-tax  earnings levels for CS Can would need
to increase from current levels to generate sufficient taxable income to realize
its deferred tax assets.  We would reduce our deferred tax assets by a valuation
allowance  if it became  more likely than not that a portion of these NOLs would
not be utilized.  If a valuation allowance were established,  additional expense
would be recorded  within the  provision  for income  taxes in our  Consolidated
Statements of Income in the period in which that  determination  was made.  This
process requires the use of significant judgment and estimates.

     Our  pension   expense  and   obligations   are  developed  from  actuarial
valuations.   Two  critical  assumptions  in  determining  pension  expense  and
obligations  are the  discount  rate and  expected  return  on plan  assets.  We
evaluate  these  assumptions  at  least  annually.   Other  assumptions  reflect
demographic factors such as retirement, mortality and turnover and are evaluated
periodically  and updated to reflect our actual  experience.  Actual results may
differ from actuarial assumptions.  The discount rate represents the market rate
for high-quality  fixed income  investments and is used to calculate the present
value of the  expected  future  cash  flows for  benefit  obligations  under our
pension  plans.  A decrease in the discount rate  increases the present value of
benefit  obligations and increases pension expense. A 50 basis point decrease in
the discount  rate would  increase  our pension  expense by  approximately  $1.1
million. For 2003, we reduced our discount rate from 7.25 percent to 7.0 percent
to reflect market interest rate conditions. We consider the current and expected
asset allocations of our pension plans, as



                                      -32-


well as  historical  and  expected  returns on those  types of plan  assets,  in
determining  the expected  long-term  rate of return on plan assets.  A 50 basis
point decrease in the expected  return on plan assets would increase our pension
expense by approximately $0.6 million.  For 2002, 2001 and 2000, we assumed that
the expected return on our pension plan assets was 9.0 percent.

     Historically,  we have  maintained a strategy of acquiring  businesses  and
enhancing  profitability through productivity and cost reduction  opportunities.
Acquisitions  require us to estimate  the fair value of the assets  acquired and
liabilities assumed in the transactions. These estimates of fair value are based
on our business  plans for the acquired  entities,  which  includes  eliminating
operating  redundancies,  facility closings and rationalizations and assumptions
as to the  ultimate  resolution  of  liabilities  assumed.  We also  continually
evaluate the operating  performance of our existing  facilities and our business
requirements  and,  when deemed  appropriate,  we exit or  rationalize  existing
operating  facilities.  Establishing reserves for acquisition plans and facility
rationalizations  requires the use of estimates.  Although we believe that these
estimates accurately reflect the costs of these plans, actual costs incurred may
differ from these estimates.

New Accounting Pronouncements

     Effective   January  1,  2002,   we  adopted   SFAS  No.   141,   "Business
Combinations,"  and SFAS No. 142,  "Goodwill and Other Intangible  Assets." SFAS
No. 141 revises the accounting  treatment for business  combinations  to require
the use of purchase accounting and prohibit the use of the  pooling-of-interests
method for business  combinations  initiated  after June 30, 2001.  SFAS No. 142
revises the  accounting  for goodwill to eliminate  amortization  of goodwill on
transactions  consummated  after June 30,  2001 and of all other  goodwill as of
January 1, 2002. As a result, we stopped recording  goodwill  amortization as of
January 1, 2002.  Intangible  assets  with  definite  lives will  continue to be
amortized over their useful lives. SFAS No. 142 also requires goodwill and other
intangible  assets with indefinite lives to be reviewed for impairment each year
and more  frequently if  circumstances  indicate a possible  impairment.  During
2002, we completed our review and determined that goodwill was not impaired.

     Effective  January 1, 2002,  we adopted SFAS No. 144,  "Accounting  for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived  Assets." SFAS No. 144 supercedes  SFAS No.
121,  "Accounting  for the  Impairment of Long-Lived  Assets and for  Long-Lived
Assets to be  Disposed  Of," and the  accounting  and  reporting  provisions  of
Accounting  Principles  Board, or APB, Opinion No. 30, "Reporting the Results of
Operations - Reporting  the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business,  and
Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions." SFAS
No. 144 provides updated guidance  concerning the recognition and measurement of
an impairment loss for certain types of long-lived  assets and expands the scope
of a discontinued operation to include a component of an entity. The adoption of
SFAS No. 144 on January 1, 2002 did not impact our financial position or results
of operations.

     In April 2002, the Financial  Accounting  Standards Board, or FASB,  issued
SFAS No. 145, "Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44 and 64, Amendment of FASB
Statement No. 13, and Technical  Corrections." Among other provisions,  SFAS No.
145 rescinds  SFAS No. 4,  "Reporting  Gains and Losses from  Extinguishment  of
Debt," and SFAS No.  64,  "Extinguishment  of Debt Made to Satisfy  Sinking-Fund
Requirements,"  such that most gains or losses from the  extinguishment  of debt
will no longer be classified as extraordinary  items. The provisions of SFAS No.
145 related to the rescission of SFAS No. 4 and SFAS No. 64 are effective for us
on January 1, 2003.  Upon adoption in 2003,  we expect to reclassify  previously
reported  extraordinary  items from the loss on early  extinguishment of debt to
interest and other debt expense.

     In June  2002,  the  FASB  issued  SFAS  No.  146,  "Accounting  for  Costs
Associated with Exit or Disposal  Activities." SFAS No. 146 addresses accounting
and  reporting  for  costs  associated  with  exit or  disposal  activities  and
nullifies  Emerging  Issues  Task Force,  or EITF,  Issue No.  94-3,  "Liability
Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an
Activity (including



                                      -33-

Certain  Costs  Incurred  in  a  Restructuring)."  SFAS  No.  146  requires  the
recognition  of a  liability  for a cost  associated  with an  exit or  disposal
activity when the liability is incurred.  Under EITF Issue No. 94-3, a liability
for an exit cost was recognized at the date an entity committed to an exit plan.
The  provisions of SFAS No. 146 are  effective  for exit or disposal  activities
that are initiated after December 31, 2002.

Certifications Under Section 906 Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002

     The written  certifications of both of our Co-Chief  Executive Officers and
of our Chief Financial  Officer with respect to this Annual Report on Form 10-K,
as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C.  Section
1350),  have  been  submitted  to the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  as
additional correspondence accompanying this Annual Report.

Forward-Looking Statements

     The  statements we have made in  "Management's  Discussion  and Analysis of
Results of  Operations  and  Financial  Condition"  and elsewhere in this Annual
Report which are not  historical  facts are  "forward-looking  statements"  made
pursuant to the safe harbor  provisions  of the  Private  Securities  Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  These
forward-looking  statements are made based upon  management's  expectations  and
beliefs  concerning future events impacting us and therefore involve a number of
uncertainties and risks. Therefore,  the actual results of our operations or our
financial  condition could differ  materially from those expressed or implied in
these forward-looking statements.  Important factors that could cause the actual
results  of our  operations  or our  financial  condition  to differ  from those
expressed or implied in these  forward-looking  statements include,  but are not
necessarily limited to:

   o      our ability to effect cost reduction  initiatives and realize benefits
          from capital investments;

   o      our ability to locate or acquire suitable acquisition  candidates that
          generate attractive cash returns and on acceptable terms;

   o      our ability to assimilate  the  operations of our acquired  businesses
          into our existing operations;

   o      our ability to generate  free cash flow to invest in our  business and
          service our indebtedness;

   o      limitations  and   restrictions   contained  in  our  instruments  and
          agreements governing our indebtedness;

   o      our ability to retain sales with our major customers;

   o      the size and  quality  of the  vegetable  and  fruit  harvests  in the
          midwest and west regions of the United States;

   o      changes in the pricing and  availability to us of raw materials or our
          ability  generally to pass raw material price increases through to our
          customers;

   o      changes in consumer preferences for different packaging products;

   o      competitive  pressures,  including new product developments or changes
          in competitors' pricing for products;

   o      changes in governmental regulations or enforcement practices;


                                      -34-


   o      changes  in  general  economic  conditions,  such as  fluctuations  in
          interest  rates and  changes in energy  costs (such as natural gas and
          electricity);

   o      changes in labor relations and costs; and

   o      other  factors  described  elsewhere  in this Annual  Report or in our
          other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

     Market risks  relating to our operations  result  primarily from changes in
interest rates.  In the normal course of business,  we also have limited foreign
currency  risk  associated  with our  Canadian and Mexican  operations  and risk
related to  commodity  price  changes  for items such as natural  gas. We employ
established  policies  and  procedures  to manage our  exposure to these  risks.
Interest rate, foreign currency and commodity pricing transactions are used only
to the extent  considered  necessary to meet our  objectives.  We do not utilize
derivative financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes.

Interest Rate Risk

     Our  interest  rate risk  management  objective  is to limit the  impact of
interest  rate  changes on our net income and cash flow and to lower our overall
borrowing cost. To achieve our objectives,  we regularly  evaluate the amount of
our variable rate debt as a percentage of our  aggregate  debt.  During 2002 and
2001, our average outstanding  variable rate debt, after taking into account the
average outstanding notional amount of our interest rate swap agreements, was 39
percent  and 55  percent  of our total  debt,  respectively.  The  decrease  was
primarily  due to the  issuance  of  $200  million  principal  amount  of the 9%
Debentures in 2002. We manage a significant  portion of our exposure to interest
rate  fluctuations  in  our  variable  rate  debt  through  interest  rate  swap
agreements.  These  agreements  effectively  convert interest rate exposure from
variable rates to fixed rates of interest. We have entered into these agreements
with banks under the New Credit Agreement or the U.S. Credit Agreement,  and our
obligations  under these  agreements  are guaranteed and secured on a pari passu
basis with our obligations under the New Credit Agreement.  You should also read
Notes 4, 9 and 10 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in
this Annual Report which outline the  principal and notional  amounts,  interest
rates,  fair values and other terms required to evaluate the expected cash flows
from these agreements.

     Based on the average  outstanding  amount of our variable rate indebtedness
in 2002, a one  percentage  point change in the interest  rates for our variable
rate  indebtedness  would have impacted 2002 interest expense by an aggregate of
approximately  $4.3 million,  after taking into account the average  outstanding
notional amount of our interest rate swap agreements during 2002.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

     We do not  conduct a  significant  portion  of our  manufacturing  or sales
activity  in  foreign  markets.  Presently,  our  only  foreign  activities  are
conducted  in  Canada  and  Mexico.  Since  we do not have  significant  foreign
operations,  we do not  believe it is  necessary  to enter  into any  derivative
financial  instruments to reduce our exposure to foreign currency  exchange rate
risk.

     Because  our  Canadian   subsidiary  operates  within  its  local  economic
environment,  we believe it is  appropriate to finance such operation with local
currency borrowings.  In determining the amount of such borrowings,  we evaluate
the  operation's  business  plans,  tax  implications,  and the  availability of
borrowings with acceptable interest rates and terms. This strategy mitigates the
risk of  reported  losses  or gains in the  event  that  the  Canadian  currency
strengthens  or weakens  against  the U.S.  dollar.  Furthermore,  our  Canadian
operating profit is used to repay its local borrowings or is reinvested in


                                      -35-


Canada,  and is not  expected to be remitted to us or invested  elsewhere.  As a
result,  it is not necessary for us to mitigate the economic effects of currency
rate fluctuations on our Canadian earnings.

Commodity Pricing Risk

     We purchase  commodities  for our products such as metal and resins.  These
commodities  are generally  purchased  pursuant to contracts or at market prices
established with the vendor. In general,  we do not engage in hedging activities
for  these  commodities  due to our  ability  to pass on  price  changes  to our
customers.

     We also purchase other  commodities,  such as natural gas and  electricity,
and are subject to risks on the  pricing of these  commodities.  In general,  we
purchase these commodities  pursuant to contracts or at market prices. We manage
up to a  significant  portion of our exposure to natural gas price  fluctuations
through  natural gas swap  agreements.  During 2002, we entered into natural gas
swap  agreements  to  hedge   approximately   80  percent  of  our  exposure  to
fluctuations  in natural gas prices.  At December 31, 2002,  we had entered into
natural gas swap  agreements to hedge  approximately  40 percent of our expected
2003  exposure  to  fluctuations  in  natural  gas  prices.   These   agreements
effectively  convert  pricing  exposure for natural gas from market pricing to a
fixed  price.  You  should  also  read  Note  10 to our  Consolidated  Financial
Statements  included  elsewhere in this Annual  Report which  outlines the terms
necessary to evaluate these transactions.

     Based on our natural gas usage in 2002, a ten percent change in natural gas
costs  would have  impacted  our 2002 cost of goods sold by  approximately  $0.5
million,  after taking into account the average  outstanding  notional amount of
our natural gas swap agreements.

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

     We refer you to Item 15,  "Exhibits,  Financial  Statements,  Schedules and
Reports on Form 8-K," below for a listing of financial  statements and schedules
included in this Annual Report which are incorporated here in this Annual Report
by this reference.

Item  9.  Changes  in and  Disagreements  with  Accountants  on  Accounting  and
Financial Disclosure.

     Not applicable.




                                      -36-




                                    PART III

Item 10.  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

     The  information  required by this Item is set forth in our Proxy Statement
for our annual meeting of stockholders to be held on June 5, 2003 in
the sections entitled "Election of Directors" and "Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance," and is incorporated here in this Annual Report
by this reference.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation.

     The  information  required by this Item is set forth in our Proxy Statement
for our  annual  meeting  of  stockholders  to be  held  on June 5,  2003 in the
sections entitled "Election of Directors--Compensation of Directors", "Executive
Compensation" and "Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation,"
and is incorporated here in this Annual Report by this reference.

Item 12.  Security  Ownership of Certain  Beneficial  Owners and  Management and
Related Stockholder Matters.

     The  information  required by this Item is set forth in our Proxy Statement
for our  annual  meeting  of  stockholders  to be  held  on June 5,  2003 in the
sections entitled  "Executive  Compensation" and "Security  Ownership of Certain
Beneficial  Owners and  Management  and  Related  Stockholder  Matters,"  and is
incorporated here in this Annual Report by this reference.

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

     The  information  required by this Item is set forth in our Proxy Statement
for our annual meeting of stockholders to be held on June 5, 2003 in the section
entitled "Certain  Relationships and Related  Transactions," and is incorporated
here in this Annual Report by this reference.

Item 14.  Controls and Procedures.

     Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this Annual  Report,  we carried
out an  evaluation,  under the  supervision  and with the  participation  of our
management,  including  our  Co-Chief  Executive  Officers  and Chief  Financial
Officer,  of the  effectiveness  of our  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
defined in Rule 13a-14 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended). Based upon that evaluation,  our Co-Chief Executive Officers and Chief
Financial  Officer  concluded  that our  disclosure  controls and procedures are
effective in ensuring that all material  information  required to be included in
our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange  Commission have been made
known to them in a timely fashion.

     There have been no significant changes in our internal controls or in other
factors that could  significantly  affect these internal controls  subsequent to
the date we carried out our evaluation.




                                      -37-




                                     PART IV

Item 15.  Exhibits, Financial Statements, Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K.




(a)
                                                                                           
Financial Statements:

Report of Independent Auditors.........................................................       F-1

Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2002 and 2001..............................       F-2

Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001
     and 2000..........................................................................       F-3

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency) for the years ended
     December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000..................................................       F-4

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001
     and 2000..........................................................................       F-5

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.............................................       F-6


Schedules:

I.      Condensed Financial Information of Registrant:
           Condensed Balance Sheets of Silgan Holdings Inc. (Parent Company) at
                December 31, 2002 and 2001.............................................       F-45

           Condensed Statements of Income of Silgan Holdings Inc. (Parent Company)
                for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000...................       F-46

           Condensed Statements of Cash Flows of Silgan Holdings Inc. (Parent
                Company) for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000..........       F-47

           Notes to Condensed Financial Statements.....................................       F-48

II.     Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for the years ended December 31,
           2002, 2001 and 2000.........................................................       F-50





All other  financial  statements  and  schedules  not listed  have been  omitted
because  they are not  applicable  or not  required,  or  because  the  required
information  is  included  in the  consolidated  financial  statements  or notes
thereto.



                                      -38-





Exhibits:

Exhibit
Number                              Description
- -------                             -----------

  3.1     Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Silgan Holdings (incorporated
          by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with our Annual  Report on Form 10-K
          for the year ended December 31, 1996, Commission File No. 000-22117).

  3.2     Amended  and  Restated  By-laws of Silgan  Holdings  (incorporated  by
          reference to Exhibit 3.2 filed with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
          the year ended December 31, 1996, Commission File No. 000-22117).

  4.1     Indenture,  dated as of June 9,  1997,  between  Silgan  Holdings  (as
          successor  to  Silgan  Corporation)  and The  First  National  Bank of
          Chicago, as trustee,  with respect to the 9% Debentures  (incorporated
          by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K,
          dated June 9, 1997, Commission File No. 000-22117).

  4.2     First Supplemental  Indenture,  dated as of June 24, 1997 among Silgan
          Holdings,  Silgan  Corporation and The First National Bank of Chicago,
          as trustee, to the Indenture, dated as of June 9, 1997, between Silgan
          Holdings (as successor to Silgan  Corporation)  and The First National
          Bank  of  Chicago,  as  trustee,  with  respect  to the 9%  Debentures
          (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed with our Registration
          Statement on Form S-4, dated July 8, 1997,  Registration Statement No.
          333-30881).

  4.3     Second  Supplemental  Indenture,  dated as of April 23, 2002,  between
          Silgan Holdings and National City Bank,  N.A. (as successor  trustee),
          as trustee,  to the Indenture  dated as of June 9, 1997 between Silgan
          Holdings (as successor to Silgan Corporation),  as issuer and National
          City Bank, N.A. (as successor  trustee),  as trustee,  with respect to
          the 9% Debentures (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 filed with
          our  Registration  Statement on Form S-4,  dated  September  18, 2002,
          Registration Statement No. 333-99721).

  4.4     Form of Silgan  Holdings' 9% Senior  Subordinated  Debentures due 2009
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 filed with our Registration
          Statement on Form S-4, dated July 8, 1997,  Registration Statement No.
          333-30881).

  4.5     Form of Silgan  Holdings' 9% Senior  Subordinated  Debentures due 2009
          (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 4.5 filed with our Registration
          Statement  on  Form  S-4,  dated  September  18,  2002,   Registration
          Statement No. 333-99721).

 10.1     Amended and Restated Stockholders  Agreement,  dated as of November 6,
          2001,  among R. Philip  Silver,  D. Greg Horrigan and Silgan  Holdings
          (incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.1  filed with our Annual
          Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 2001,  Commission
          File No. 000-22117).


 10.2     Letter  agreement  dated November 6, 2001 between Silgan  Holdings and
          The Morgan Stanley  Leveraged  Equity Fund II, L.P.  (incorporated  by
          reference  to Exhibit  10.2 filed with our Annual  Report on Form 10-K
          for the year ended December 31, 2001, Commission File No. 000-22117).




                                      -39-




Exhibit
Number                              Description
- -------                             -----------

 +10.3    Amended  and  Restated  Management  Services  Agreement,  dated  as of
          February 14, 1997, between S&H Inc. and Silgan Holdings  (incorporated
          by  reference  to Exhibit  10.25 filed with our Annual  Report on Form
          10-K  for the  year  ended  December  31,  1996,  Commission  File No.
          000-22117).

 +10.4    Amended  and  Restated  Management  Services  Agreement,  dated  as of
          February   14,   1997,   between  S&H  Inc.   and  Silgan   Containers
          (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  10.26  filed with our Annual
          Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1996,  Commission
          File No. 000-22117).

 +10.5    Amended  and  Restated  Management  Services  Agreement,  dated  as of
          February 14, 1997, between S&H Inc. and Silgan Plastics  (incorporated
          by  reference  to Exhibit  10.27 filed with our Annual  Report on Form
          10-K  for the  year  ended  December  31,  1996,  Commission  File No.
          000-22117).

  10.6    Credit  Agreement,  dated as of June 28, 2002,  among Silgan Holdings,
          Silgan Containers,  Silgan Plastics,  Silgan Containers  Manufacturing
          Corporation,  Silgan Can Company,  each other Revolving Borrower party
          thereto from time to time, each other  Incremental  Term Loan Borrower
          party  thereto from time to time,  the lenders from time to time party
          thereto,  Deutsche  Bank Trust  Company  Americas,  as  Administrative
          Agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Citicorp USA, Inc., as Co-Syndication
          Agents,  Morgan Stanley Senior Funding,  Inc. and Fleet National Bank,
          as Co-Documentation  Agents, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Banc of
          America  Securities  LLC, as Joint Lead  Arrangers,  and Deutsche Bank
          Securities  Inc.,  Banc of America  Securities  LLC and Salomon  Smith
          Barney  Inc.,  as Joint Book  Managers  (incorporated  by reference to
          Exhibit 99.1 filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 12,
          2002, Commission File No. 000-22117).

  10.7    US  Security  Agreement,  dated  as of June  28,  2002,  among  Silgan
          Holdings,  Silgan  Containers,   Silgan  Plastics,  Silgan  Containers
          Manufacturing  Corporation,  Silgan Can Company,  Silgan  Corporation,
          Silgan LLC, RXI Plastics,  Inc., Silgan Vacuum Closure Holding Company
          and  Deutsche  Bank  Trust  Company  Americas,   as  Collateral  Agent
          (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  99.2 filed with our  Current
          Report  on  Form  8-K,  dated  July  12,  2002,  Commission  File  No.
          000-22117).

  10.8    US Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2002, among Silgan Holdings,
          Silgan Containers,  Silgan Plastics,  Silgan Containers  Manufacturing
          Corporation,  Silgan Can Company, Silgan Corporation,  Silgan LLC, RXI
          Plastics,  Inc.,  Silgan Vacuum Closure  Holding  Company and Deutsche
          Bank Trust Company  Americas,  as Collateral  Agent  (incorporated  by
          reference to Exhibit  99.3 filed with our Current  Report on Form 8-K,
          dated July 12, 2002, Commission File No. 000-22117).

  10.9    US Borrower/Subsidiaries  Guaranty, dated as of June 28, 2002, made by
          each of Silgan Holdings,  Silgan Containers,  Silgan Plastics,  Silgan
          Containers Manufacturing Corporation,  Silgan Corporation, Silgan LLC,
          RXI Plastics,  Inc. and Silgan Vacuum Closure Holding Company in favor
          of the creditors thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4
          filed  with our  Current  Report on Form  8-K,  dated  July 12,  2002,
          Commission File No. 000-22117).





                                      -40-






Exhibit
Number                              Description
- -------                             -----------


 10.10    Asset Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of June 2, 1995, between American
          National Can Company and Silgan Containers  (incorporated by reference
          to Exhibit 1 filed with our  Current  Report on Form 8-K dated  August
          14, 1995, Commission File No. 33-28409).

 10.11    Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of June 1, 1998, by and among Campbell,
          Silgan Can Company and Silgan Containers (incorporated by reference to
          Exhibit 2 filed  with our  Current  Report on Form 8-K dated  June 15,
          1998, Commission File No. 000-22117).

 10.12    Underwriting  Agreement,  dated as of February 13, 1997,  among Silgan
          Holdings, Silgan Corporation,  Silgan Containers, Silgan Plastics, The
          Morgan Stanley Leveraged Equity Fund II, L.P.,  Bankers Trust New York
          Corporation  and  the  underwriters   listed  on  Schedule  I  thereto
          (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  10.40  filed with our Annual
          Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1996,  Commission
          File No. 000-22117).

 10.13    Placement  Agreement  between Silgan  Corporation and Morgan Stanley &
          Co.  Incorporated,  dated June 3, 1997  (incorporated  by reference to
          Exhibit  99.1 filed with our Current  Report on Form 8-K dated June 9,
          1997, Commission File No. 000-22117).

 10.14    Equity  Underwriting  Agreement,  dated November 6, 2001, among Silgan
          Holdings,  The Morgan  Stanley  Leveraged  Equity Fund II,  L.P.,  and
          Deutsche Banc Alex.  Brown Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co.  Incorporated
          as  representatives of the several  underwriters  listed on Schedule I
          thereto  (incorporated  by reference  to Exhibit  10.17 filed with our
          Annual  Report  on Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31,  2001,
          Commission File No. 000-22117).

 10.15    Registration  Rights  Agreement  dated as of April  23,  2002  between
          Silgan Holdings and Morgan Stanley & Co.  Incorporated,  Deutsche Bank
          Securities Inc., Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and Fleet Securities,  Inc.
          (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 4.6 filed with our Registration
          Statement  on  Form  S-4,  dated  September  18,  2002,   Registration
          Statement No. 333-99721).

+10.16    Employment  Agreement,  dated as of September 14, 1987,  between James
          Beam and  Canaco  Corporation  (Silgan  Containers)  (incorporated  by
          reference   to  Exhibit   10(vi)   filed  with  Silgan   Corporation's
          Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-1,   dated   January  11,  1988,
          Registration Statement No. 33-18719).

+10.17    Employment  Agreement,  dated as of September 1, 1989,  between Silgan
          Corporation,  InnoPak Plastics Corporation (Silgan Plastics),  Russell
          F.  Gervais and Aim  Packaging,  Inc.  (incorporated  by  reference to
          Exhibit 5 filed with Silgan  Corporation's  Report on Form 8-K,  dated
          March 15, 1989, Commission File No. 33-18719).

+10.18    Employment  Agreement  dated  as of  August  1,  1995  between  Silgan
          Containers (as assignee of Silgan  Holdings) and Glenn A. Paulson,  as
          amended pursuant to an amendment dated March 1, 1997  (incorporated by
          reference to Exhibit  10.19 filed with our Annual  Report on Form 10-K
          for the year ended December 31, 1999, Commission File No. 000-22117).




                                      -41-





Exhibit
Number                              Description
- -------                             -----------


+10.19    InnoPak  Plastics  Corporation  (Plastics)  Pension  Plan for Salaried
          Employees  (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  10.32  filed with
          Silgan  Corporation's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year  ended
          December 31, 1988, Commission File No. 33-18719).

+10.20    Containers  Pension  Plan  for  Salaried  Employees  (incorporated  by
          reference  to Exhibit  10.34  filed with Silgan  Corporation's  Annual
          Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1988,  Commission
          File No. 33-18719).

+10.21    Silgan  Holdings  Inc.  Fourth  Amended and Restated 1989 Stock Option
          Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 filed with our Annual
          Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1996,  Commission
          File No. 000-22117).

+10.22    Form  of  Silgan   Holdings   Nonstatutory   Stock  Option   Agreement
          (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  10.22  filed with our Annual
          Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1996,  Commission
          File No. 000-22117).

*10.23    Silgan Holdings Inc. 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan.

  *12     Computation  of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for the years ended
          December 31, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998.

  *21     Subsidiaries of the Registrant.

  *23     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.



(b)    Reports on Form 8-K:

1.   On November 14, 2002, we filed a Current Report on Form 8-K which indicated
     pursuant to Item 9 that the written  certifications of both of our Co-Chief
     Executive Officers and our Chief Financial Officer,  as required by Section
     906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350), accompanied
     our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending September
     30,  2002 as  additional  correspondence,  and with  which  copies  of such
     written certifications were furnished.

- -----------------
*Filed herewith.
+Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.



                                      -42-





                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.




                                         SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.



Date:  March 31, 2003                    By  /s/ R. Philip Silver
                                             -------------------------
                                             R. Philip Silver
                                             Chairman of the Board and
                                             Co-Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
this  report has been  signed  below by the  following  persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



Signature                              Title                         Date
- ---------                              -----                         ----
                              Chairman of the Board and
                              Co-Chief Executive Officer
/s/ R. Philip Silver         (Principal Executive Officer)       March 31, 2003
- ----------------------
(R. Philip Silver)

                            President, Co-Chief Executive
                                Officer and Director
/s/ D. Greg Horrigan        (Principal Executive Officer)        March 31, 2003
- ----------------------
(D. Greg Horrigan)

/s/ Leigh J. Abramson                Director                    March 31, 2003
- ----------------------
(Leigh J. Abramson)

/s/ John W. Alden                    Director                    March 31, 2003
- ----------------------
(John W. Alden)

/s/ Jeffrey C. Crowe                 Director                    March 31, 2003
- ----------------------
(Jeffrey C. Crowe)

/s/ Edward A. Lapekas                Director                    March 31, 2003
- ----------------------
(Edward A. Lapekas)

                           Executive Vice President and
                             Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Anthony J. Allott      (Principal Financial Officer)         March 31, 2003
- ----------------------
(Anthony J. Allott)

                           Vice President and Controller
/s/ Nancy Merola           (Principal Accounting Officer)        March 31, 2003
- ----------------------
(Nancy Merola)



                                      -43-





                                     CERTIFICATIONS


I, R. Philip Silver, certify that:

     1.   I have  reviewed  this annual  report on Form 10-K of Silgan  Holdings
          Inc.;

     2.   Based on my knowledge,  this annual report does not contain any untrue
          statement  of a  material  fact  or  omit to  state  a  material  fact
          necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
          under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this annual report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge,  the financial statements,  and other financial
          information  included in this  annual  report,  fairly  present in all
          material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
          cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
          this annual report;

     4.   The registrant's  other certifying  officers and I are responsible for
          establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-14 and 15d-14) for the  registrant
          and have:

          a)   Designed such  disclosure  controls and procedures to ensure that
               material  information  relating to the registrant,  including its
               consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within
               those  entities,  particularly  during  the  period in which this
               annual report is being prepared;

          b)   Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's   disclosure
               controls and  procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the
               filing date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

          c)   Presented  in  this  annual  report  our  conclusions  about  the
               effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and procedures based on
               our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

     5.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent  evaluation,  to the registrant's  auditors and the
          audit  committee  of  registrant's  board  of  directors  (or  persons
          performing the equivalent functions):

          a)   All  significant  deficiencies  in the  design  or  operation  of
               internal  controls which could adversely  affect the registrant's
               ability to record,  process,  summarize and report financial data
               and have  identified for the  registrant's  auditors any material
               weaknesses in internal controls; and

          b)   Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or
               other employees who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
               internal controls; and



                                      -44-





     6.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I have indicated in
          this annual report  whether or not there were  significant  changes in
          internal controls or in other factors that could significantly  affect
          internal   controls   subsequent  to  the  date  of  our  most  recent
          evaluation,   including   any   corrective   actions  with  regard  to
          significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.


Date:  March 31, 2003



                                            /s/ R. Philip Silver
                                            --------------------------
                                            Chairman of the Board and
                                            Co-Chief Executive Officer


I, D. Greg Horrigan, certify that:

     1.   I have  reviewed  this annual  report on Form 10-K of Silgan  Holdings
          Inc.;

     2.   Based on my knowledge,  this annual report does not contain any untrue
          statement  of a  material  fact  or  omit to  state  a  material  fact
          necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
          under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this annual report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge,  the financial statements,  and other financial
          information  included in this  annual  report,  fairly  present in all
          material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
          cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
          this annual report;

     4.   The registrant's  other certifying  officers and I are responsible for
          establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-14 and 15d-14) for the  registrant
          and have:

          a)   Designed such  disclosure  controls and procedures to ensure that
               material  information  relating to the registrant,  including its
               consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within
               those  entities,  particularly  during  the  period in which this
               annual report is being prepared;

          b)   Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's   disclosure
               controls and  procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the
               filing date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

          c)   Presented  in  this  annual  report  our  conclusions  about  the
               effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and procedures based on
               our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

     5.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent  evaluation,  to the registrant's  auditors and the
          audit  committee  of  registrant's  board  of  directors  (or  persons
          performing the equivalent functions):

          a)   All  significant  deficiencies  in the  design  or  operation  of
               internal  controls which could adversely  affect the registrant's
               ability to record,  process,  summarize and report financial data
               and have  identified for the  registrant's  auditors any material
               weaknesses in internal controls; and


                                      -45-



          b)   Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or
               other employees who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
               internal controls; and

     6.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I have indicated in
          this annual report  whether or not there were  significant  changes in
          internal controls or in other factors that could significantly  affect
          internal   controls   subsequent  to  the  date  of  our  most  recent
          evaluation,   including   any   corrective   actions  with  regard  to
          significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.


Date:  March 31, 2003



                                            /s/ D. Greg Horrigan
                                            --------------------------
                                            President and
                                            Co-Chief Executive Officer




I, Anthony J. Allott, certify that:

     1.   I have  reviewed  this annual  report on Form 10-K of Silgan  Holdings
          Inc.;

     2.   Based on my knowledge,  this annual report does not contain any untrue
          statement  of a  material  fact  or  omit to  state  a  material  fact
          necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
          under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this annual report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge,  the financial statements,  and other financial
          information  included in this  annual  report,  fairly  present in all
          material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
          cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
          this annual report;

     4.   The registrant's  other certifying  officers and I are responsible for
          establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-14 and 15d-14) for the  registrant
          and have:

          a)   Designed such  disclosure  controls and procedures to ensure that
               material  information  relating to the registrant,  including its
               consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within
               those  entities,  particularly  during  the  period in which this
               annual report is being prepared;

          b)   Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's   disclosure
               controls and  procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the
               filing date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

          c)   Presented  in  this  annual  report  our  conclusions  about  the
               effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and procedures based on
               our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

     5.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent  evaluation,  to the registrant's  auditors and the
          audit  committee  of  registrant's  board  of  directors  (or  persons
          performing the equivalent functions):

          a)   All  significant  deficiencies  in the  design  or  operation  of
               internal  controls which could adversely  affect the registrant's
               ability to record, process, summarize and report financial


                                      -46-



               data  and  have  identified  for  the  registrant's  auditors any
               material weaknesses in internal controls; and

          b)   Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or
               other employees who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
               internal controls; and

     6.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I have indicated in
          this annual report  whether or not there were  significant  changes in
          internal controls or in other factors that could significantly  affect
          internal   controls   subsequent  to  the  date  of  our  most  recent
          evaluation,   including   any   corrective   actions  with  regard  to
          significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.


Date:  March 31, 2003


                                             /s/ Anthony J. Allott
                                             ----------------------------
                                             Executive Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer



                                      -47-





                         REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Silgan Holdings Inc.



     We have audited the  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  and
schedules of Silgan  Holdings  Inc. as listed in the  accompanying  index to the
financial  statements (Item 15(a)). These financial statements and schedules are
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements and schedules based on our audits.

     We conducted our audits in accordance  with  auditing  standards  generally
accepted in the United States.  Those standards require that we plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable  assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An
audit also includes  assessing the accounting  principles  used and  significant
estimates  made by  management,  as well as  evaluating  the  overall  financial
statement  presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable  basis
for our opinion.

     In our opinion,  the financial  statements listed in the accompanying index
to the  financial  statements  (Item  15(a))  present  fairly,  in all  material
respects,  the  consolidated  financial  position  of Silgan  Holdings  Inc.  at
December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the  consolidated  results of its operations and
its cash flows for each of the three  years in the  period  ended  December  31,
2002, in conformity with accounting  principles generally accepted in the United
States. Also, in our opinion,  the related financial statement  schedules,  when
considered  in  relation  to the basic  financial  statements  taken as a whole,
present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

     As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated  financial  statements,  in 2002
the Company  changed its method of accounting for goodwill and other  intangible
assets.

                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Stamford, Connecticut
January  28, 2003,  except for  the
second and third paragraphs of  Note
20, as to which the date is March 3,
2003 and for the fourth paragraph of
Note  20, as  to which  the  date is
March 28, 2003.




                                      F-1




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                          December 31, 2002 and 2001
                 (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

                                                         2002           2001
                                                         ----           ----
Assets
Current assets:
     Cash and cash equivalents ....................   $   58,318     $   18,009
     Trade accounts receivable, less allowances
        of $2,864 and $3,449, respectively ........      124,657        144,903
     Inventories ..................................      272,836        262,627
     Prepaid expenses and other current assets ....       13,988         12,053
                                                      ----------     ----------
         Total current assets .....................      469,799        437,592

Property, plant and equipment, net ................      705,746        677,542
Goodwill, net .....................................      141,481        141,465
Other assets ......................................       57,399         55,221
                                                      ----------     ----------
                                                      $1,374,425     $1,311,820
                                                      ==========     ==========

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
     Current portion of long-term debt ............   $   20,170     $   57,999
     Trade accounts payable .......................      172,703        173,851
     Accrued payroll and related costs ............       56,238         59,215
     Accrued liabilities ..........................       15,825         26,653
                                                      ----------     ----------
         Total current liabilities ................      264,936        317,718

Long-term debt ....................................      936,655        886,770
Other liabilities .................................      109,742         92,184

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders' equity:
     Common stock ($0.01 par value per share;
       100,000,000 shares authorized, 20,916,317
       and 20,539,145 shares issued and
       18,230,842 and 17,853,670 shares
       outstanding, respectively)..................          209            205
     Paid-in capital ..............................      124,872        118,319
     Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) ......       18,871        (34,937)
     Accumulated other comprehensive loss .........      (20,467)        (8,046)
     Treasury stock at cost (2,685,475 shares) ....      (60,393)       (60,393)
                                                      ----------     ----------
         Total stockholders' equity ...............       63,092         15,148
                                                      ----------     ----------
                                                      $1,374,425     $1,311,820
                                                      ==========     ==========


             See notes to consolidated financial statements.



                                      F-2






                                        SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                        For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000
                           (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


                                                                  2002            2001            2000
                                                                  ----            ----            ----
                                                                                     
Net sales ..............................................      $1,988,284      $1,940,994      $1,877,497

Cost of goods sold .....................................       1,749,731       1,700,708       1,648,247
                                                              ----------      ----------      ----------

     Gross profit ......................................         238,553         240,286         229,250

Selling, general and administrative expenses ...........          76,216          78,541          72,148

Rationalization (credits) charges ......................          (5,603)          9,334            --
                                                              ----------      ----------      ----------

     Income from operations ............................         167,940         152,411         157,102

Gain on assets contributed to affiliate ................            --             4,908            --


Interest and other debt expense ........................          73,789          81,192          91,178
                                                              ----------      ----------      ----------

     Income before income taxes, equity in losses
          of affiliates and extraordinary item .........          94,151          76,127          65,924

Provision for income taxes .............................          37,190          30,222          25,790
                                                              ----------      ----------      ----------

     Income before equity in losses of affiliates and
         extraordinary item ............................          56,961          45,905          40,134

Equity in losses of affiliates .........................          (2,554)         (4,140)         (4,610)
                                                              ----------      ----------      ----------

     Income before extraordinary item ..................          54,407          41,765          35,524

Extraordinary item - loss on early extinguishment
  of debt, net of income taxes .........................            (599)           --            (4,216)
                                                              ----------      ----------      ----------


     Net income ........................................      $   53,808      $   41,765      $   31,308
                                                              ==========      ==========      ==========


Basic earnings per share:
     Income before extraordinary item ..................          $ 3.00           $2.35          $ 2.01
     Extraordinary item ................................           (0.03)            --            (0.24)
                                                                  ------           -----          ------
Basic net income per share .............................          $ 2.97           $2.35          $ 1.77
                                                                  ======           =====          ======

Diluted earnings per share:
     Income before extraordinary item ..................          $ 2.96           $2.31          $ 1.97
     Extraordinary item ................................           (0.03)            --            (0.23)
                                                                  ------           -----          ------
Diluted net income per share ...........................          $ 2.93           $2.31          $ 1.74
                                                                  ======           =====          ======



                           See notes to consolidated financial statements.


                                                F-3





                                                            SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                                         CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
                                           For the years  ended  December  31,  2002, 2001 and 2000
                                                     (Dollars and shares in thousands)

                                                 Common Stock                  Retained     Accumulated                 Total
                                                 ------------                  Earnings        Other                 Stockholders'
                                                           Par     Paid-in   (Accumulated  Comprehensive  Treasury      Equity
                                                Shares    Value    Capital      Deficit)       Loss        Stock     (Deficiency)
                                                ------    -----   ---------   -----------  -------------  --------   -------------
                                                                                                  
Balance at January 1, 2000 ...............      17,547     $201    $118,666    $(108,010)   $   (273)     $(59,318)    $(48,734)

Comprehensive income:

   Net income ............................        --        --         --         31,308        --            --         31,308

   Minimum pension liability .............        --        --         --           --          (797)         --           (797)

   Foreign currency translation ..........        --        --         --           --          (518)         --           (518)
                                                                                                                       --------
   Comprehensive income ..................                                                                               29,993
                                                                                                                       --------
Stock option exercises, including
  tax provision of $826 ..................         256        3        (317)        --          --            --           (314)

Equity affiliate closing costs ...........        --        --         (250)        --          --            --           (250)

Repurchase of common stock ...............        (100)     --         --           --          --          (1,075)      (1,075)
                                                ------     ----    --------    ---------    --------      --------     --------

Balance at December 31, 2000 .............      17,703      204     118,099      (76,702)     (1,588)      (60,393)     (20,380)

Comprehensive income:

   Net income ............................        --        --         --         41,765        --            --         41,765

   Minimum pension liability, net of
     tax benefit of $1,885 ...............        --        --         --           --        (1,966)         --         (1,966)

   Change in fair value of
    derivatives, net of tax
      benefit of $2,151 ..................        --        --         --           --        (3,267)         --         (3,267)

   Foreign currency translation ..........        --        --         --           --        (1,225)         --         (1,225)
                                                                                                                       --------
   Comprehensive income ..................                                                                               35,307
                                                                                                                       --------
Stock option exercises, including
  tax benefit of $595 ....................         151        1       1,622         --          --            --          1,623

Dilution of investment in
  equity affiliate .......................        --        --       (1,402)        --          --            --         (1,402)

                                                ------     ----    --------    ---------    --------      --------     --------
Balance at December 31, 2001 .............      17,854      205     118,319      (34,937)     (8,046)      (60,393)      15,148

Comprehensive income:

   Net income ............................        --        --         --         53,808        --            --         53,808

   Minimum pension liability, net of
    tax benefit of $8,336 ................        --        --         --           --       (12,792)         --        (12,792)

   Change in fair value of
    derivatives, net of tax
     benefit of $314 .....................        --        --         --           --           453          --            453

   Foreign currency translation ..........        --        --         --           --           (82)         --            (82)
                                                                                                                       --------
   Comprehensive income ..................                                                                               41,387
                                                                                                                       --------
Stock option exercises, including
  tax benefit of $2,254 ..................         377        4       6,553         --          --            --          6,557
                                                ------     ----    --------    ---------    --------      --------     --------
Balance at December 31, 2002 .............      18,231     $209    $124,872    $  18,871    $(20,467)     $(60,393)    $ 63,092
                                                ======     ====    ========    =========    ========      ========     ========

                                                See notes to consolidated financial statements.



                                                                   F-4







                                                  SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                                          CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                  For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000
                                                 (Dollars in thousands)


                                                                              2002           2001            2000
                                                                              ----           ----            ----
                                                                                                
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
     Net income ....................................................     $    53,808      $  41,765      $   31,308
     Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
         cash provided by operating activities:
          Depreciation .............................................          94,936         89,772          84,577
          Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles ...........             779          5,759           4,392
          Amortization of debt issuance costs ......................           2,588          1,675           1,658
          Rationalization (credits) charges ........................          (5,603)         9,334            --
          Equity in losses of affiliates ...........................           4,222          4,140           4,610
          Gain on assets contributed to affiliate ..................            --           (4,908)           --
          Deferred income tax provision ............................          25,219         13,852          11,749
          Extraordinary item .......................................             983           --             6,926
          Other changes that provided (used) cash,
             net of effects of acquisitions:
               Trade accounts receivable ...........................          20,246         19,179         (26,995)
               Inventories .........................................         (10,209)         1,220         (18,366)
               Trade accounts payable ..............................          (1,148)       (34,293)         21,106
               Accrued liabilities .................................         (12,273)         4,312         (19,610)
               Other, net ..........................................         (10,255)        (8,824)         (6,210)
                                                                         -----------      ---------      ----------
          Net cash provided by operating activities ................         163,293        142,983          95,145
                                                                         -----------      ---------      ----------

Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
     Investment in equity affiliate ................................            --           (3,039)         (7,026)
     Proceeds from equity affiliate ................................            --           32,388            --
     Acquisition of businesses .....................................            --             --          (124,015)
     Capital expenditures ..........................................        (119,160)       (93,042)        (89,227)
     Proceeds from asset sales .....................................           1,915          3,901           1,789
                                                                         -----------      ---------      ----------
          Net cash used in investing activities ....................        (117,245)       (59,792)       (218,479)
                                                                         -----------      ---------      ----------

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
     Borrowings under revolving loans ..............................       1,163,580        710,749       1,198,459
     Repayments under revolving loans ..............................      (1,496,605)      (746,719)       (954,724)
     Proceeds from stock option exercises ..........................           4,303          1,028             512
     Repurchase of common stock ....................................            --             --            (1,075)
     Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt ......................         656,000           --              --
     Repayments of long-term debt ..................................        (310,573)       (50,313)       (101,124)
     Debt issuance costs ...........................................         (22,444)          --            (1,052)
                                                                         -----------      ---------      ----------
          Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities ......          (5,739)       (85,255)        140,996
                                                                         -----------      ---------      ----------

Cash and cash equivalents:
     Net increase (decrease) .......................................          40,309         (2,064)         17,662
     Balance at beginning of year ..................................          18,009         20,073           2,411
                                                                         -----------      ---------      ----------
     Balance at end of year ........................................     $    58,318      $  18,009      $   20,073
                                                                         ===========      =========      ==========

Interest paid ......................................................     $    73,251      $  85,825      $   91,200
Income taxes paid, net of refunds ..................................          14,374          8,308          13,352



                               See notes to consolidated financial statements.



                                                F-5




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 1.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Business.  Silgan  Holdings  Inc., or Holdings,  conducts its business
through its wholly owned operating subsidiaries,  Silgan Containers Corporation,
or Containers,  and Silgan Plastics Corporation,  or Plastics. We are engaged in
the manufacture and sale of steel and aluminum containers for human and pet food
and custom designed  plastic  containers and closures for personal care,  health
care,  pharmaceutical,  household  and  industrial  chemical,  food,  pet  care,
agricultural chemical, automotive and marine chemical products.  Principally all
of our businesses are based in the United States.

Basis  of  Presentation.  The  consolidated  financial  statements  include  the
accounts of Holdings and its  subsidiaries,  all of which are wholly owned.  All
significant intercompany  transactions have been eliminated.  The preparation of
consolidated  financial  statements in  conformity  with  accounting  principles
generally  accepted in the United States  requires  management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

The  functional  currency for our foreign  operations  is the  Canadian  dollar.
Balance sheet  accounts of our foreign  subsidiaries  are translated at exchange
rates in effect at the balance sheet date,  while  revenue and expense  accounts
are  translated  at  average  rates  prevailing  during  the  year.  Translation
adjustments are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Certain prior years' amounts have been  reclassified to conform with the current
year's presentation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents.  Cash equivalents represent short-term, highly liquid
investments  which are readily  convertible to cash and have maturities of three
months or less at the time of  purchase.  The  carrying  values of these  assets
approximate their fair values. As a result of our cash management system, checks
issued and presented to the banks for payment may create negative cash balances.
Checks  outstanding  in excess of related cash balances  totaling  approximately
$88.3  million at December  31, 2002 and $74.8  million at December 31, 2001 are
included in trade accounts payable.

Inventories.  Inventories  are  valued  at the  lower  of  cost or  market  (net
realizable  value)  and  the  cost is  principally  determined  on the  last-in,
first-out basis, or LIFO.




                                      F-6




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 1.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  (continued)

Property,  Plant and Equipment,  Net. Property, plant and equipment is stated at
historical cost less  accumulated  depreciation.  Major renewals and betterments
that extend the life of an asset are  capitalized  and  repairs and  maintenance
expenditures  are charged to expense as incurred.  Design and development  costs
for  molds,  dies and  other  tools  that we do not own and that will be used to
produce  products  that will be sold under  long-term  supply  arrangements  are
capitalized.  Depreciation is computed using the  straight-line  method over the
estimated  useful lives of depreciable  assets.  The principal  estimated useful
lives are 35 years for  buildings  and range between 3 to 18 years for machinery
and equipment. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the life
of the related asset or the life of the lease.

Interest  incurred on amounts  borrowed in connection  with the  installation of
major machinery and equipment acquisitions is capitalized.  Capitalized interest
of $1.4  million in 2002 and $1.6  million in 2001 was  recorded  as part of the
cost of the  assets  to which  it  relates  and is  amortized  over the  assets'
estimated useful life.

Goodwill,  Net.  Effective  January 1, 2002,  we adopted  Statement of Financial
Accounting  Standards,  or SFAS, No. 141, "Business  Combinations," and SFAS No.
142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." SFAS No. 141 revises the accounting
treatment for business  combinations  to require the use of purchase  accounting
and   prohibit  the  use  of  the   pooling-of-interests   method  for  business
combinations  initiated after June 30, 2001. SFAS No. 142 revises the accounting
for goodwill to eliminate  amortization of goodwill on transactions  consummated
after June 30,  2001 and of all other  goodwill  as of  January  1,  2002.  As a
result,  we  stopped  recording  goodwill  amortization  as of  January 1, 2002.
Intangible  assets with definite  lives will continue to be amortized over their
useful lives.











                                      F-7




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 1.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  (continued)

Goodwill, Net (continued).  Net income and earnings per share would have been as
follows had the provisions of SFAS No. 142 been applied as of January 1, 2000:





                                                                 2002           2001           2000
                                                                 ----           ----           ----
                                                           (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
                                                                                    
Net income:
     Income before extraordinary item ..................       $54,407        $41,765        $35,524
     Add back of goodwill amortization .................          --            3,017          2,561
                                                               -------        -------        -------
     Adjusted income before extraordinary item .........        54,407         44,782         38,085
     Extraordinary item ................................          (599)          --           (4,216)
                                                               -------        -------        -------
     Adjusted net income ...............................       $53,808        $44,782        $33,869
                                                               =======        =======        =======

Basic earnings per share:
     Income before extraordinary item ..................        $ 3.00          $2.35         $ 2.01
     Add back of goodwill amortization .................           --            0.17           0.14
                                                                ------          -----         ------
     Adjusted income before extraordinary item .........          3.00           2.52           2.15
     Extraordinary item ................................         (0.03)           --           (0.24)
                                                                ------          -----         ------
     Adjusted net income ...............................        $ 2.97          $2.52         $ 1.91
                                                                ======          =====         ======

Diluted earnings per share:
     Income before extraordinary item ..................        $ 2.96          $2.31         $ 1.97
     Add back of goodwill amortization .................           --            0.17           0.14
                                                                ------          -----         ------
     Adjusted income before extraordinary item .........          2.96           2.48           2.11
     Extraordinary item ................................         (0.03)           --           (0.23)
                                                                ------          -----         ------
     Adjusted net income ...............................        $ 2.93          $2.48         $ 1.88
                                                                ======          =====         ======



SFAS No. 142 also requires  goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite
lives  to  be  reviewed  for  impairment   each  year  and  more  frequently  if
circumstances  indicate a possible  impairment.  During 2002,  we completed  our
review and  determined  that  goodwill was not impaired.  Goodwill,  net for our
metal food container and plastic container  businesses was $47.7 million (net of
accumulated amortization of $14.7 million) and $93.8 million (net of accumulated
amortization  of $10.9  million),  respectively,  at both  December 31, 2002 and
2001.

Impairment  of  Long-Lived  Assets.  We  assess  long-lived  assets,   including
intangible assets with definite lives, for impairment whenever events or changes
in  circumstances  indicate the  carrying  amount of the assets may not be fully
recoverable.  An impairment  exists if the estimate of future  undiscounted cash
flows generated by the assets is less than the carrying value of the assets.  If
impairment is determined to exist, any related  impairment loss is then measured
by comparing the fair value of the assets to their carrying amount.




                                      F-8




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 1.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  (continued)

Impairment  of  Long-Lived  Assets  (continued).  Effective  January 1, 2002, we
adopted SFAS No. 144,  "Accounting  for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets." SFAS No. 144 supercedes SFAS No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of
Long-Lived  Assets  and  for  Long-Lived  Assets  to be  Disposed  Of,"  and the
accounting  and reporting  provisions of Accounting  Principles  Board,  or APB,
Opinion No. 30,  "Reporting the Results of Operations - Reporting the Effects of
Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently
Occurring  Events and  Transactions."  SFAS No. 144  provides  updated  guidance
concerning the  recognition  and  measurement of an impairment  loss for certain
types of long-lived assets and expands the scope of a discontinued  operation to
include a  component  of an entity.  The  adoption of SFAS No. 144 on January 1,
2002 did not impact our financial position or results of operations.

Other Assets.  Other assets consist principally of debt issuance costs which are
being  amortized  on a  straight-line  basis over the terms of the related  debt
agreements (6 to 12 years),  intangible  pension asset and investments in equity
affiliates.

Hedging  Instruments.  We utilize certain  derivative  financial  instruments to
manage a portion of our interest rate and natural gas cost exposures.  We do not
engage in trading or other speculative uses of these financial instruments.  For
a  financial  instrument  to qualify as a hedge,  we must be exposed to interest
rate or price risk, and the financial instrument must reduce the exposure and be
designated as a hedge.  Financial  instruments  qualifying for hedge  accounting
must maintain a high  correlation  between the hedging  instrument  and the item
being hedged, both at inception and throughout the hedged period.

Effective  January 1, 2001, we adopted SFAS No. 133,  "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments  and Hedging  Activities,"  as amended by SFAS No. 138. SFAS No. 133
requires all derivative  instruments to be recorded in the Consolidated  Balance
Sheets at their fair values.  Changes in the fair value of  derivatives  will be
recorded  each period in  earnings or other  comprehensive  loss,  depending  on
whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and, if it is,
the type of hedge transaction. The adoption of SFAS No. 133, as amended, did not
have a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations.

Income  Taxes.  We  account  for  income  taxes  using the  liability  method in
accordance with SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are recognized for the future tax  consequences  attributable to
differences  between  the  financial  statement  carrying  amounts of assets and
liabilities  and their  respective  tax bases and operating  loss and tax credit
carryforwards.  The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in
tax rates is  recognized  in income in the period of  enactment  of such change.
Income  taxes are  calculated  for Holdings  and the  acquired  steel  container
manufacturing business of Campbell Soup Company, or CS Can, on a separate return
basis.  U.S. income taxes have not been provided on the accumulated  earnings of
our foreign  subsidiaries  since these  earnings are expected to be  permanently
reinvested.



                                      F-9




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 1.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  (continued)

Revenue  Recognition.  Revenues  are  recognized  when goods are shipped and the
title and risk of loss pass to the  customer.  Shipping  and  handling  fees and
costs  incurred in  connection  with products sold are recorded in cost of goods
sold in our Consolidated Statements of Income.

Stock-Based  Compensation.  We have two stock-based compensation plans. See Note
14 for further discussion.  We apply the recognition and measurement  principles
of APB Opinion No. 25,  "Accounting  for Stock Issued to Employees," and related
interpretations  in accounting  for these plans.  Accordingly,  no  compensation
expense for employee stock options is recognized,  as all options  granted under
these plans had an exercise  price that was equal to or greater  than the market
value of the  underlying  stock on the date of the grant.  If we had applied the
fair value recognition  provisions of SFAS No. 123,  "Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation,"  for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, net income
and basic and diluted earnings per share would have been as follows:





                                                            2002         2001         2000
                                                            ----         ----         ----
                                                    (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


                                                                           
    Net income, as reported ..........................    $53,808      $41,765      $31,308
    Deduct:  Total stock-based employee
       compensation expense determined under
       fair value method for all stock option
       awards, net of income taxes ...................      1,165        1,337        1,443
                                                          -------      -------      -------
    Pro forma net income .............................    $52,643      $40,428      $29,865
                                                          =======      =======      =======

    Earnings per share:
        Basic net income per share - as reported .....      $2.97        $2.35        $1.77
                                                            =====        =====        =====
        Basic net income per share - pro forma .......       2.90         2.27         1.69
                                                            =====        =====        =====

        Diluted net income per share - as reported ...       2.93         2.31         1.74
                                                            =====        =====        =====
        Diluted net income per share - pro forma .....       2.88         2.26         1.69
                                                            =====        =====        =====











                                      F-10



                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 1.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  (continued)

Recently  Issued  Accounting  Pronouncements.   In  April  2002,  the  Financial
Accounting  Standards Board, or FASB,  issued SFAS No. 145,  "Rescission of FASB
Statements  No. 4, 44 and 64,  Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical
Corrections."  Among  other  provisions,  SFAS No.  145  rescinds  SFAS  No.  4,
"Reporting  Gains and  Losses  from  Extinguishment  of Debt,"  and SFAS No. 64,
"Extinguishment of Debt Made to Satisfy  Sinking-Fund  Requirements,"  such that
most  gains  or  losses  from  the  extinguishment  of debt  will no  longer  be
classified as extraordinary items. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 related to the
rescission  of SFAS No. 4 and SFAS No. 64 are  effective  for us on  January  1,
2003.  Upon  adoption  in 2003,  we expect  to  reclassify  previously  reported
extraordinary  items from the loss on early  extinguishment  of debt to interest
and other debt expense.

In June 2002,  the FASB issued SFAS No. 146,  "Accounting  for Costs  Associated
with  Exit or  Disposal  Activities."  SFAS No.  146  addresses  accounting  and
reporting for costs  associated  with exit or disposal  activities and nullifies
Emerging Issues Task Force, or EITF, Issue No. 94-3, "Liability  Recognition for
Certain  Employee  Termination  Benefits  and  Other  Costs to Exit an  Activity
(including  Certain Costs Incurred in a  Restructuring)."  SFAS No. 146 requires
the  recognition of a liability for a cost  associated  with an exit or disposal
activity when the liability is incurred.  Under EITF Issue No. 94-3, a liability
for an exit cost was recognized at the date an entity committed to an exit plan.
The  provisions of SFAS No. 146 are  effective  for exit or disposal  activities
that are initiated after December 31, 2002.


Note 2.   Acquisitions

On October 1, 2000,  we acquired  all of the  outstanding  capital  stock of RXI
Holdings,  Inc., or RXI  Plastics,  a  manufacturer  and seller of rigid plastic
packaging,  for $124.0  million in cash. We financed the purchase  price through
revolving  loan  borrowings  under  our  previous  U.S.  senior  secured  credit
facility.  The  acquisition  was  accounted  for  using the  purchase  method of
accounting.  Accordingly,  the purchase  price has been  allocated to the assets
acquired  and  liabilities  assumed  based on their  fair  values at the date of
acquisition,  and RXI Plastics'  results of operations have been included in our
consolidated operating results from the date of acquisition.

See Note 20 which includes a discussion of  acquisitions  subsequent to December
31, 2002.






                                      F-11




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 3.   Rationalization (Credits) Charges and Acquisition Reserves

2001 Rationalization Plans
- --------------------------

During 2001, we approved and announced to employees  separate  plans to exit our
Northtown,  Missouri and Kingsburg,  California metal food container  facilities
and to cease  operation of our composite  container  department at our Waukegan,
Illinois metal food container facility.  These plans included the termination of
approximately  80 plant  employees,  the  termination of an operating  lease and
other plant  related exit costs,  including  equipment  dismantle  costs.  These
decisions  resulted in a  rationalization  charge of $7.0  million.  This charge
consisted  of $4.2  million for the  non-cash  write-down  in carrying  value of
assets,  $1.4 million for employee  severance  and benefits and $1.4 million for
plant exit costs.

During 2002,  in order to support new business we decided to continue to operate
our Kingsburg  facility and to continue to utilize certain Northtown assets with
carrying   values   that  were   previously   written   down  as  part  of  this
rationalization  charge.  As  a  result,  we  recorded  rationalization  credits
totaling $2.8 million, which consisted of $2.2 million related to certain assets
with carrying values that were  previously  written down but remained in service
and $0.6  million  for the  reversal  of  rationalization  reserves  related  to
employee  severance and benefits and plant exit costs.  The assets that remained
in service were recorded in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at their depreciated
cost, which approximated fair value.  Through December 31, 2002, a total of $2.0
million,  excluding the non-cash  write-down,  had been expended  related to the
rationalization plans for our Northtown and Waukegan facilities, which consisted
of $0.8  million  related to employee  severance  and  benefits and $1.2 million
related  to  plant  exit  costs.  During  2002,  all  actions  related  to these
rationalization  plans were completed at amounts less than originally estimated,
and,  accordingly,  we reversed  $0.2 million of  rationalization  reserves as a
rationalization credit.

Activity in our Northtown, Kingsburg and Waukegan plant rationalization reserve,
excluding the non-cash write-down and related credits, is summarized as follows:





                                                  Employee         Plant
                                                  Severance        Exit        Acquisition
                                                and Benefits       Costs       Liabilities     Total
                                                ------------       -----       -----------     -----
                                                                  (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                                  
     Balance at December 31, 2000 ..........       $ --           $  --           $ --        $  --
     2001 Rationalization Charge ...........        1,421           1,425           --          2,846
     2001 Utilized .........................          (88)            (26)          --           (114)
                                                   ------         -------         -----       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2001 ..........        1,333           1,399           --          2,732
     2002 Rationalization Credits ..........         (605)           (262)          --           (867)
     2002 Utilized .........................         (728)         (1,137)          --         (1,865)
                                                   ------         -------         -----       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2002 ..........       $ --           $  --           $ --        $  --
                                                   ======         =======         =====       =======




                                      F-12




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 3.   Rationalization (Credits) Charges and Acquisition Reserves (continued)

2001 Rationalization Plans  (continued)
- --------------------------

During  2001,  we  approved  and  announced  to  employees  a plan to  exit  our
Fairfield, Ohio plastic container facility. The plan included the termination of
approximately 150 plant employees and other related plant exit costs,  including
equipment  dismantle  costs and  contractual  rent  obligations.  This  decision
resulted in a  rationalization  charge of $3.5 million,  which consisted of $0.9
million for  employee  severance  and  benefits  and $2.6 million for plant exit
costs.  Through  December 31,  2002,  a total of $1.7 million has been  expended
relating to this plan. These  expenditures  consisted of $0.7 million related to
employee  severance  and benefits and $1.0 million for plant exit costs.  During
2002,  all actions  under this plan related to employee  severance  and benefits
were completed at amounts less than originally estimated,  and, accordingly,  we
reversed $0.2 million of rationalization  reserves as a rationalization  credit.
At December 31, 2002,  this reserve had a balance of $1.6  million.  Although we
have  closed  the plant,  the  timing of cash  payments  is  dependent  upon the
expiration of a lease obligation.  Accordingly, cash payments related to closing
this facility are expected through 2009.

Activity  in our  Fairfield  plant  rationalization  reserve  is  summarized  as
follows:





                                                  Employee         Plant
                                                  Severance        Exit        Acquisition
                                                and Benefits       Costs       Liabilities     Total
                                                ------------       -----       -----------     -----
                                                                  (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                                  
     Balance at December 31, 2000 ..........       $ --           $  --           $ --        $  --
     2001 Rationalization Charge ...........         874           2,616            --          3,490
     2001 Utilized .........................        (637)           (749)           --         (1,386)
                                                   -----          ------          -----       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2001 ..........         237           1,867            --          2,104
     2002 Rationalization Credit ...........        (237)            --             --           (237)
     2002 Utilized .........................         --             (273)           --           (273)
                                                   -----          ------          -----       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2002 ..........       $ --           $1,594          $ --        $ 1,594
                                                   =====          ======          =====       =======





                                      F-13




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 3.   Rationalization (Credits) Charges and Acquisition Reserves (continued)

1999 Rationalization Plans
- --------------------------

During 1999, we approved and announced to employees  separate  plans to exit our
San Leandro and City of Industry,  California  metal food container  facilities.
These plans  included the  termination  of  approximately  130 plant  employees,
termination of two operating leases and other plant related exit costs including
equipment  dismantle costs and  contractual  rent  obligations.  These decisions
resulted in a rationalization  charge of $11.9 million. This charge consisted of
$7.3  million for the  non-cash  write-down  in carrying  value of assets,  $2.2
million for  employee  severance  and  benefits  and $2.4 million for plant exit
costs.  Through  December  31,  2002,  a total of $4.6  million,  excluding  the
non-cash   write-down,   has  been  expended  relating  to  these  plans.  These
expenditures  consisted  of $2.2  million  related  to  employee  severance  and
benefits  and $2.4 million for plant exit costs.  All actions  under these plans
have been completed.  During 2001, certain assets with carrying values that were
previously written down as part of this rationalization  charge were placed back
in service. As a result, we recorded a $1.2 million  rationalization  credit and
recorded those assets in our  Consolidated  Balance Sheets at their  depreciated
cost,  which  approximated  fair value.  The timing of cash payments under these
plans was primarily  dependent upon the  resolution of various  matters with the
lessor of one of the facilities.

Activity in our San Leandro and City of Industry plant rationalization  reserve,
excluding the non-cash write down and related credit, is summarized as follows:





                                                  Employee         Plant
                                                  Severance        Exit        Acquisition
                                                and Benefits       Costs       Liabilities     Total
                                                ------------       -----       -----------     -----
                                                                  (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                                  
     Balance at December 31, 1999 ..........       $ 1,792        $ 2,332         $ --        $ 4,124
     2000 Utilized .........................        (1,792)        (1,726)          --         (3,518)
                                                   -------        -------         -----       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2000 ..........          --              606           --            606
     2001 Utilized .........................          --             (409)          --           (409)
                                                   -------        -------         -----       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2001 ..........          --              197           --            197
     2002 Utilized .........................          --             (197)          --           (197)
                                                   -------        -------         -----       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2002 ..........       $  --          $  --           $ --        $  --
                                                   =======        =======         =====       =======






                                      F-14




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 3.   Rationalization (Credits) Charges and Acquisition Reserves (continued)

Acquisition Reserves
- --------------------

Acquisition  reserves  established  in connection  with our purchase of the Food
Metal and  Specialty  Business of American  National Can Company,  or AN Can, in
1995  aggregating  approximately  $49.5 million were recorded  pursuant to plans
that we began to assess and formulate at the date of the  acquisition  and which
were  finalized in 1996.  These  reserves  consisted of employee  severance  and
benefits costs ($26.1 million) for the termination of  approximately  500 plant,
selling and administrative employees, plant exit costs ($6.6 million) related to
the planned  closure of the St. Louis,  Missouri  plant,  the  downsizing of the
Hoopeston,  Illinois and Savage,  Minnesota  facilities and the restructuring of
the St. Paul,  Minnesota plant and  liabilities  incurred in connection with the
acquisition ($16.8 million). Through December 31, 2002, a total of $47.6 million
has been expended  related to these plans,  which consisted of $25.3 million for
employee  severance  and  benefits,  $5.5 million for plant exit costs and $16.8
million for payment of acquisition  related  liabilities.  At December 31, 2002,
this reserve had a balance of $1.9 million. Although we have completed our plan,
cash  payments are expected to continue for pension  obligations  totaling  $0.8
million which are required to be paid pursuant to a labor  agreement in place at
the  time of  acquisition  and  for  the  resolution  of  various  environmental
liabilities,  estimated  at  $1.1  million,  that  existed  at the  time  of the
acquisition.  Accordingly,  cash payments related to these acquisition  reserves
are expected through 2004.

Activity in our AN Can acquisition reserves is summarized as follows:





                                                  Employee         Plant
                                                  Severance        Exit        Acquisition
                                                and Benefits       Costs       Liabilities      Total
                                                ------------       -----       -----------      -----
                                                                  (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                                   
     Balance at December 31, 1999 ..........       $2,555         $ 4,451        $ 6,704       $13,710
     2000 Utilized .........................         (191)         (1,829)        (2,704)       (4,724)
                                                   ------         -------        -------       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2000 ..........        2,364           2,622          4,000         8,986
     2001 Utilized .........................         (873)           (645)        (2,000)       (3,518)
                                                   ------         -------        -------       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2001 ..........        1,491           1,977          2,000         5,468
     2002 Utilized .........................         (744)           (858)        (2,000)       (3,602)
                                                   ------         -------        -------       -------
     Balance at December 31, 2002 ..........       $  747         $ 1,119        $  --         $ 1,866
                                                   ======         =======        =======       =======









                                      F-15




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 3.   Rationalization (Credits) Charges and Acquisition Reserves (continued)

Summary
- -------

In addition to the  previously  discussed  rationalization  credits and charges,
during 2002 we placed an additional $2.3 million of metal food container  assets
with carrying  values that were  previously  written down back in service.  As a
result, we recorded $2.3 million as a rationalization  credit and recorded those
assets in our  Consolidated  Balance  Sheets at their  depreciated  cost,  which
approximated fair value.

Rationalization  (credits)  and  charges  for the years  ended  December  31 are
summarized as follows:

                                                  2002         2001         2000
                                                  ----         ----         ----
                                                      (Dollars in thousands)

     Northtown, Kingsburg, Waukegan .......     $(3,041)     $ 7,033       $ --
     Fairfield ............................        (237)       3,490         --
     San Leandro, City of Industry ........        --         (1,189)        --
     Other assets .........................      (2,325)        --           --
                                                -------      -------       -----
                                                $(5,603)     $ 9,334       $ --
                                                =======      =======       =====

At December 31, 2002 and 2001,  rationalization  and  acquisition  reserves were
included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows:


                                                 2002           2001
                                                 ----           ----
                                                (Dollars in thousands)

     Accrued liabilities ..................     $1,813        $ 8,492
     Other liabilities ....................      1,647          2,009
                                                ------        -------
                                                $3,460        $10,501
                                                ======        =======













                                      F-16






                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 4.   Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Accumulated other comprehensive loss is reported in our Consolidated  Statements
of Stockholders'  Equity  (Deficiency).  Amounts  included in accumulated  other
comprehensive loss at December 31 are as follows:

                                                         2002          2001
                                                         ----          ----
                                                       (Dollars in thousands)

     Foreign currency translation ..............      $ (1,998)      $(1,916)
     Change in fair value of derivatives .......        (2,814)       (3,267)
     Minimum pension liability .................       (15,655)       (2,863)
                                                      --------       -------
       Accumulated other comprehensive loss ....      $(20,467)      $(8,046)
                                                      ========       =======


The amount reclassified to earnings from the change in fair value of derivatives
component of accumulated  other  comprehensive  loss for the year ended December
31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 was net losses of $5.0 million and $2.7  million,
net of income taxes,  respectively.  For the year ended  December 31, 2001,  the
change in fair value of derivatives component of accumulated other comprehensive
loss is  comprised  of a $0.1  million  charge,  net of  income  taxes,  for the
cumulative  effect of  adopting  SFAS No. 133 and an  additional  charge of $3.2
million,  net of both income taxes and net losses reclassified to earnings,  for
the change in fair value of derivatives.

We estimate that we will  reclassify  $2.3 million,  net of income taxes, of the
change in fair value of derivatives component of accumulated other comprehensive
loss as a charge to earnings  during the next twelve  months.  The actual amount
that will be  reclassified to earnings will vary from this amount as a result of
changes in market conditions. See Note 10 which includes a discussion of hedging
activities.

For the year ended  December  31, 2002,  the foreign  currency  translation  and
minimum pension  liability  components of accumulated other  comprehensive  loss
included  $0.4  million and $5.6  million,  respectively,  related to our equity
investment in Amcor White Cap LLC.











                                      F-17





                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 5.   Inventories

The components of inventories at December 31 are as follows:

                                                    2002           2001
                                                    ----           ----
                                                  (Dollars in thousands)

     Raw materials ........................      $ 31,925       $ 28,032
     Work-in-process ......................        50,941         45,510
     Finished goods .......................       171,341        168,362
     Spare parts and other ................        13,944         13,698
                                                 --------       --------
                                                  268,151        255,602
     Adjustment to value inventory
        at cost on the LIFO method ........         4,685          7,025
                                                 --------       --------
                                                 $272,836       $262,627
                                                 ========       ========


The amount of inventory  recorded on the first-in,  first-out method at December
31, 2002 and 2001 was $23.6 million and $22.3 million, respectively.


Note 6.   Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net, at December 31 is as follows:


                                                        2002            2001
                                                        ----            ----
                                                       (Dollars in thousands)

     Land ......................................    $    7,943      $    7,869
     Buildings and improvements ................       135,499         128,815
     Machinery and equipment ...................     1,120,617       1,055,207
     Construction in progress ..................        80,626          56,504
                                                    ----------      ----------
                                                     1,344,685       1,248,395
     Accumulated depreciation ..................      (638,939)       (570,853)
                                                    ----------      ----------
         Property, plant and equipment, net ....    $  705,746      $  677,542
                                                    ==========      ==========







                                      F-18





                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 7.   Other Assets

Other assets at December 31 are as follows:

                                                    2002           2001
                                                    ----           ----
                                                  (Dollars in thousands)

     Debt issuance costs ..................       $31,121        $13,727
     Intangible pension asset .............        10,349         10,855
     Investments in equity affiliates
        (see Note 8) ......................           457         14,342
     Other ................................        21,327         22,783
                                                  -------        -------
                                                   63,254         61,707
     Accumulated amortization .............        (5,855)        (6,486)
                                                  -------        -------
                                                  $57,399        $55,221
                                                  =======        =======


Note 8.   Investments in Equity Affiliates

Amcor White Cap LLC
- -------------------

Effective July 1, 2001, we formed a joint venture company with Schmalbach-Lubeca
AG that is a  leading  supplier  of an  extensive  range  of metal  and  plastic
closures  to  consumer  goods  packaging  companies  in the  food  and  beverage
industries in North America. The venture operates under the name Amcor White Cap
LLC,  or White  Cap.  We  contributed  $48.4  million of metal  closure  assets,
including our manufacturing facilities in Evansville and Richmond,  Indiana, and
$7.1  million  of metal  closure  liabilities  to White Cap in  return  for a 35
percent  interest in and $32.4 million of cash proceeds from the joint  venture.
Net sales of our metal closure business,  which was contributed to the White Cap
joint  venture,  totaled  $46.3  million  and  $90.8  million  in 2001 and 2000,
respectively.  Schmalbach-Lubeca  AG contributed the remaining metal and plastic
closure  operations to the joint  venture.  In July 2002,  Amcor Ltd.  purchased
Schmalbach-Lubeca AG's interest in the joint venture.

We account for our  investment  in the White Cap joint  venture using the equity
method.  During 2002, we recorded equity in losses of White Cap of $2.6 million,
net of income taxes. As part of the  integration of the contributed  businesses,
the White Cap joint venture  instituted a program to rationalize its operations.
As a result,  our equity in losses of White Cap for 2002  included $2.0 million,
net of income taxes,  for our portion of White Cap's  rationalization  charge to
close its  Chicago,  Illinois  metal  closure  manufacturing  facility  and $0.7
million, net of income taxes, for our portion of White Cap's gain on the sale of
certain  assets at a price in excess of book  value.  During  2001,  we recorded
equity  in  losses  of  White  Cap of  $0.3  million  and a gain  on the  assets
contributed to the joint venture of $4.9 million.

In March 2003, we acquired the remaining 65 percent equity interest in the White
Cap joint  venture  that we did not already  own.  See Note 20 which  includes a
discussion of the acquisition.



                                      F-19




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 8.   Investments in Equity Affiliates  (continued)

Packtion Corporation
- --------------------

In  April  2000,   we,   together  with  Morgan   Stanley   Private  Equity  and
Diamondcluster  International Inc., agreed to invest in Packtion Corporation, or
Packtion,  an e-commerce joint venture aimed at integrating the packaging supply
chain from design through  manufacturing and procurement.  The parties agreed to
make the investments through Packaging Markets LLC, a limited liability company.
The joint venture was expected to provide a comprehensive online marketplace for
packaging  goods and services and to combine  content,  tools and  collaboration
capabilities  to  streamline  the  product   development   process  and  enhance
transaction opportunities for buyers and sellers of packaging. The products that
Packtion was developing included a web-based software tool to enable product and
package  design,   development  and  collaboration;   an  internet-based  secure
environment  enabling the sharing of packaging  related product  information and
the  transaction  of business  electronically;  and an  informational  source of
packaging   related   knowledge,   tools  and  expert  services.   Packtion  had
insignificant sales for internet consulting services and incurred net losses. We
accounted for our investment in Packtion using the equity method.

In June and  August  2000,  we  invested  a total of $7.0  million  in  Packtion
representing approximately a 45 percent interest in Packtion. For the year ended
December 31, 2000,  we recorded  equity in losses of Packtion  aggregating  $4.6
million.  In addition,  we recorded our share of Packtion's  closing costs, $0.2
million,  as a reduction to our  investment.  In the first  quarter of 2001,  in
connection  with an investment by The Proctor & Gamble Company and E. I. Du Pont
de Nemours & Co. in Packtion,  we invested an additional  $3.1 million  bringing
our total  investment to $10.1 million  representing  approximately a 25 percent
interest in Packtion.  In connection with this  transaction,  we also recorded a
reduction  to  paid-in  capital  of  $1.4  million  due to the  dilution  of our
investment. Packtion was dissolved on May 31, 2001, after its board of directors
determined that there had been slower than anticipated  market acceptance of its
business. During 2001, we recorded equity in losses of Packtion aggregating $3.8
million, which included our final losses and eliminated our investment.













                                      F-20






                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 9.   Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt at December 31 is as follows:

                                                        2002            2001
                                                        ----            ----
                                                       (Dollars in thousands)
     Bank debt:
        Bank revolving loans ...................      $   --          $333,025
        Bank A term loans ......................       100,000         119,413
        Bank B term loans ......................       348,250         186,588
        Canadian Bank Facility .................          --             2,639
                                                      --------        --------
          Total bank debt ......................       448,250         641,665

     Subordinated debt:
        9% Senior Subordinated Debentures ......       505,575         300,000
        Other ..................................         3,000           3,104
                                                      --------        --------
          Total subordinated debt ..............       508,575         303,104
                                                      --------        --------

     Total debt ................................       956,825         944,769
        Less current portion ...................        20,170          57,999
                                                      --------        --------
                                                      $936,655        $886,770
                                                      ========        ========


The aggregate  annual  maturities of long-term  debt at December 31, 2002 are as
follows (dollars in thousands):

               2003 ............             $ 20,170
               2004 ............               20,170
               2005 ............               20,170
               2006 ............               20,170
               2007 ............               20,170
               Thereafter ......              850,400
                                             --------
                                             $951,250
                                             ========




                                      F-21



                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 9.   Long-Term Debt  (continued)

Bank Credit Agreement
- ---------------------

On June 28, 2002,  we completed  the  refinancing  of our previous  U.S.  senior
secured credit facility,  or the U.S. Credit  Agreement,  by entering into a new
$850 million senior secured credit facility,  or the New Credit  Agreement.  The
New  Credit  Agreement  provided  us with $100  million of A term loans and $350
million  of B term  loans  and  also  provides  us with up to  $400  million  of
revolving  loans.  Pursuant  to the New  Credit  Agreement,  we also have a $275
million incremental uncommitted term loan facility. See Note 20 which includes a
discussion of borrowings under the incremental term loan facility  subsequent to
December 31, 2002.

The A term  loans and  revolving  loans  mature on June 28,  2008 and the B term
loans  mature on November  30,  2008.  Principal  on the A term loans and B term
loans is required to be repaid in scheduled annual installments. During 2002, we
repaid $1.8 million of B term loans under the New Credit Agreement.  During 2002
and 2001, we repaid $119.4  million and $39.8 million,  respectively,  of A term
loans and $186.6 million and $2.0 million,  respectively,  of B term loans under
the U.S. Credit Agreement.  The New Credit Agreement  requires us to prepay term
loans  with  proceeds  received  from the  incurrence  of  indebtedness,  except
proceeds used to refinance other existing  indebtedness;  with proceeds received
from certain assets sales; and, under certain circumstances,  with 50 percent of
our excess cash flow.  Generally,  prepayments  are  allocated pro rata to the A
term  loans and B term loans and  applied  first to the  scheduled  amortization
payments in the year of such  prepayments  and, to the extent in excess thereof,
pro rata to the remaining installments of term loans.

The incremental  uncommitted  term loan facility  provides,  among other things,
that any  incremental  term  loan  borrowing  shall be  denominated  in a single
currency,  either U.S.  dollars or certain foreign  currencies;  have a maturity
date no earlier  than the  maturity  date for the B term  loans;  and be used to
finance permitted acquisitions,  refinance any indebtedness assumed as part of a
permitted  acquisition,  refinance  or  repurchase  subordinated  debt and repay
outstanding revolving loans.

Revolving  loans  may be used  for  working  capital  needs  and  other  general
corporate  purposes,  including  acquisitions.  Revolving loans may be borrowed,
repaid and  reborrowed  over the life of the New Credit  Agreement  until  their
final  maturity.  We are  required  to  maintain,  for at least one period of 30
consecutive days during each calendar year, total average  unutilized  revolving
loan  commitments of at least $90 million.  At December 31, 2002,  there were no
revolving loans  outstanding and, after taking into account letters of credit of
$16.9 million,  borrowings  available under the revolving credit facility of the
New Credit Agreement were $383.1 million.






                                      F-22



                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 9.   Long-Term Debt  (continued)

Bank Credit Agreement (continued)
- ---------------------

Borrowings  under the New Credit  Agreement  may be  designated  as base rate or
Eurodollar  rate  borrowings.  The base rate is the higher of the prime  lending
rate of Deutsche Bank Trust Company  Americas or 1/2 of one percent in excess of
the  overnight  federal funds rate.  Initially,  the interest rate for all loans
under the New Credit  Agreement is the base rate plus a margin of one percent or
the Eurodollar  rate plus a margin of two percent.  After December 31, 2002, the
interest rate margin on base rate and Eurodollar  rate  borrowings will be reset
quarterly  based  upon our total  leverage  ratio,  as defined in the New Credit
Agreement.  As of December  31,  2002,  the interest  rate for  Eurodollar  rate
borrowings was 3.4 percent.  There were no base rate  borrowings  outstanding at
December 31, 2002. For 2002, 2001 and 2000, the weighted average annual interest
rate  paid  on term  loans  was  4.0  percent,  6.0  percent  and  7.8  percent,
respectively;  and the weighted  average annual  interest rate paid on revolving
loans was 3.3  percent,  5.3  percent  and 7.5  percent,  respectively.  We have
entered into interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate  notional amount of
$375 million to convert  interest rate  exposure  from  variable  rates to fixed
rates of interest.  See Note 10 which includes a discussion of the interest rate
swap agreements.

The New Credit  Agreement  provides for the payment of a commitment  fee ranging
from 0.25 percent to 0.50 percent per annum on the daily average  unused portion
of  commitments  available  under the revolving loan  facility.  Initially,  the
commitment  fee is  0.50  percent  per  annum.  After  December  31,  2002,  the
commitment fee will be reset quarterly based on our total leverage ratio.

We may utilize up to a maximum of $50  million of our  revolving  loan  facility
under the New Credit  Agreement  for letters of credit as long as the  aggregate
amount of borrowings of revolving  loans and letters of credit do not exceed the
amount of the commitment  under such  revolving  loan  facility.  The New Credit
Agreement  provides for payment to the applicable  lenders of a letter of credit
fee equal to the applicable  margin in effect for revolving loans  maintained as
Eurodollar  rate loans (two  percent at December 31, 2002) and to the issuers of
letters of credit of a facing fee of 1/4 of one percent per annum, calculated on
the aggregate stated amount of all letters of credit.

The  indebtedness  under the New Credit  Agreement is guaranteed by Holdings and
certain  of its U.S.  subsidiaries  and is secured  by a  security  interest  in
substantially all of our real and personal property. The stock of certain of our
U.S. subsidiaries has also been pledged as security to the lenders under the New
Credit  Agreement.  At December 31, 2002, we had assets of a U.S.  subsidiary of
$139.0 million which were restricted and could not be transferred to Holdings or
any other  subsidiary of Holdings.  The New Credit  Agreement  contains  certain
financial and operating  covenants which limit,  among other things, our ability
and the  ability of our  subsidiaries  to grant  liens,  sell assets and use the
proceeds from certain asset sales, make certain payments  (including  dividends)
on our capital stock,  incur indebtedness or provide  guarantees,  make loans or
investments,  enter into  transactions  with  affiliates,  make certain  capital
expenditures,  engage in any business  other than the packaging  business,  and,
with respect to our subsidiaries,  issue stock. In addition,  we are required to
meet  specified  financial  covenants  including  interest  coverage  and  total
leverage ratios,  each as defined in the New Credit Agreement.  We are currently
in compliance with all covenants under the New Credit Agreement.


                                      F-23





                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 9.   Long-Term Debt  (continued)

Bank Credit Agreement (continued)
- ---------------------

Because we sell metal containers used in fruit and vegetable pack processing, we
have  seasonal  sales.  As is common in the  industry,  we must  access  working
capital to build inventory and then carry accounts receivable for some customers
beyond the end of the summer and fall  packing  season.  Seasonal  accounts  are
generally  settled  by year  end.  Due to our  seasonal  requirements,  we incur
short-term  indebtedness to finance our working capital requirements.  For 2002,
2001 and 2000,  the average  amount of revolving  loans  outstanding,  including
seasonal  borrowings,  was $258.8  million,  $497.0 million and $339.5  million,
respectively;  and, after taking into account outstanding letters of credit, the
highest amount of such borrowings was $485.3 million,  $584.3 million and $529.9
million, respectively.

As  a  result  of  refinancing  our  U.S.  Credit  Agreement,   we  recorded  an
extraordinary  charge of $0.6 million, net of income taxes, or $0.03 per diluted
share,  in 2002 for the write-off of unamortized  debt issuance costs related to
the U.S. Credit Agreement.

Canadian Bank Facility
- ----------------------

Through a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, we have a Canadian bank facility, or
the Canadian  Bank  Facility,  with various  Canadian  banks.  The Canadian Bank
Facility  initially  provided our Canadian  subsidiaries with Cdn. $26.5 million
(U.S.  $18.5 million) of term loans, and provides such  subsidiaries  with up to
Cdn. $6.5 million (U.S. $4.5 million) of revolving  loans. At December 31, 2002,
there were no term loans  outstanding  under the Canadian Bank Facility.  During
2002 and 2001, we repaid Cdn. $4.2 million  (U.S.  $2.6 million) and Cdn.  $12.8
million (U.S. $8.2 million), respectively, of term loans under the Canadian Bank
Facility.

Revolving  loans may be  borrowed,  repaid  and  reborrowed  until  maturity  on
December 31, 2003. There were no revolving loans  outstanding under the Canadian
Bank Facility at December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001.

Revolving loan and term loan borrowings may be designated as Canadian Prime Rate
or Bankers Acceptance borrowings. Currently, Canadian Prime Rate borrowings bear
interest at the Canadian  Prime Rate, as defined in the Canadian Bank  Facility,
plus no margin.  Bankers  Acceptance  borrowings  bear  interest at the rate for
bankers  acceptances  plus a margin of one  percent.  Similar  to the New Credit
Agreement,  the  interest  rate margin on both  Canadian  Prime Rate and Bankers
Acceptance  borrowings will be reset quarterly based upon our consolidated total
leverage ratio.




                                      F-24



                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 9.   Long-Term Debt  (continued)

Canadian Bank Facility (continued)
- ----------------------

The indebtedness  under the Canadian Bank Facility is guaranteed by Holdings and
certain  of  its  subsidiaries  and  is  secured  by  a  security   interest  in
substantially all of the real and personal property of our Canadian subsidiaries
and all of the stock of our Canadian  subsidiaries.  The Canadian  Bank Facility
contains  covenants  which  are  generally  no  more  restrictive  than  and are
generally similar to the covenants in the New Credit Agreement.

9% Senior Subordinated Debentures
- ---------------------------------

On April 29, 2002,  we issued an  additional  $200 million  aggregate  principal
amount of our 9% Senior Subordinated  Debentures due 2009, or the 9% Debentures.
The newly issued 9% Debentures  were an add-on  issuance under the indenture for
our existing 9%  Debentures  originally  issued in June 1997 and have  identical
terms to the existing 9%  Debentures.  The issue price for the new 9% Debentures
was 103% of their principal amount (effective interest rate of 8.4 percent). Net
cash proceeds received from this issuance were approximately $202 million, after
deducting  selling  commissions  and  offering  expenses  payable by us. The net
proceeds from this  issuance were used to repay a portion of our revolving  loan
obligations under the U.S. Credit Agreement.

The $500 million  aggregate  principal  amount of the 9% Debentures  are general
unsecured   obligations  of  Holdings,   subordinate  in  right  of  payment  to
obligations  under the New Credit  Agreement  and the Canadian Bank Facility and
effectively  subordinate  to all  obligations of the  subsidiaries  of Holdings.
Interest on the 9% Debentures is payable  semi-annually in cash on the first day
of each June and December.

The 9%  Debentures  are  redeemable,  at the option of Holdings,  in whole or in
part,  at any  time  after  June 1,  2002  at the  following  redemption  prices
(expressed in percentages of principal  amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to the  redemption  date if  redeemed  during the  twelve  month  period
beginning June 1 of the years set forth below:


                    Year                   Redemption Price
                    ----                   ----------------

                    2002 ............          104.500%
                    2003 ............          103.375%
                    2004 ............          102.250%
                    2005 ............          101.125%
                    Thereafter ......          100.000%



                                      F-25




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 9.   Long-Term Debt  (continued)

9% Senior Subordinated Debentures (continued)
- ---------------------------------

Upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined in the indenture relating
to the 9%  Debentures,  Holdings is required to make an offer to purchase the 9%
Debentures at a purchase  price equal to 101% of their  principal  amount,  plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.

The  indenture  relating  to the 9%  Debentures  contains  covenants  which  are
generally  less  restrictive  than  those  under the New  Credit  Agreement  and
Canadian Bank Facility.

13 1/4% Subordinated Debentures
- -------------------------------

In  December  2000,  we  redeemed  all  $56.2  million  principal  amount of our
outstanding 13 1/4% Subordinated Debentures due 2006, or the 13 1/4% Debentures.
The  redemption  price was 109.938% of the principal  amount,  or  approximately
$61.8  million,  plus accrued and unpaid  interest to the  redemption  date.  As
permitted under the U.S. Credit Agreement and the other documents  governing our
indebtedness, we funded the redemption with lower cost revolving loans under the
U.S. Credit Agreement.  As a result, in 2000, we recorded an extraordinary  loss
of $4.2  million,  net of income  taxes,  or $0.23 per  diluted  share,  for the
premium  paid in  connection  with  this  redemption  and for the  write-off  of
unamortized debt issuance costs related to the 13 1/4% Debentures.


Note 10.  Financial Instruments

The financial  instruments  recorded in our Consolidated  Balance Sheets include
cash  and  cash  equivalents,   accounts  receivable,   accounts  payable,  debt
obligations and swap agreements.  Due to their short-term maturity, the carrying
amounts of cash and cash equivalents,  accounts  receivable and accounts payable
approximate their fair market value. The following table summarizes the carrying
amounts and estimated fair values of our other financial instruments at December
31 (bracketed amounts represent assets):





                                                   2002                      2001
                                           ---------------------     ---------------------
                                           Carrying       Fair       Carrying       Fair
                                            Amount        Value       Amount        Value
                                            ------        -----       ------        -----
                                                        (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                      
     Bank debt .......................     $448,250     $448,250     $641,665     $641,665
     Subordinated debt ...............      505,575      518,750      300,000      305,250
     Interest rate swap agreements ...        6,526        6,526        5,037        5,037
     Natural gas swap agreements .....         (569)        (569)       1,768        1,768





                                      F-26



                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 10.  Financial Instruments  (continued)

Methods and assumptions used in estimating fair values are as follows:

Bank debt: The carrying  amounts of our variable rate bank  revolving  loans and
term loans approximate their fair values.

Subordinated  debt:  The fair value of our 9% Debentures  is estimated  based on
quoted market prices.

Interest  Rate and Natural Gas Swap  Agreements:  The fair value of the interest
rate and natural gas swap  agreements  reflects  the  estimated  amounts that we
would pay or receive at  December  31, 2002 and 2001 in order to  terminate  the
contracts  based on the present value of expected cash flows derived from market
rates and prices.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
- ---------------------------------------------

We utilize certain derivative  financial  instruments to manage a portion of our
interest  rate and natural gas cost  exposures.  We limit our use of  derivative
financial  instruments to interest rate and natural gas swap  agreements.  We do
not utilize derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.

Our interest rate and natural gas swap agreements are accounted for as cash flow
hedges.  To the extent these swap agreements are effective  pursuant to SFAS No.
133 in offsetting  the  variability  of the hedged cash flows,  changes in their
fair values are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss, a component of
stockholders'  equity,  and  reclassified  into earnings in future  periods when
earnings are also affected by the  variability of the hedged cash flows.  To the
extent these swap agreements are not effective as hedges,  changes in their fair
values are recorded in net income. During each of 2002 and 2001, ineffectiveness
for our hedges reduced net income by $0.2 million and was recorded  primarily in
interest and other debt expense in our Consolidated Statements of Income.

The fair value of the outstanding swap agreements in effect at December 31, 2002
and 2001 was recorded in our  Consolidated  Balance Sheets as a net liability of
$6.0  million  ($5.6  million  in other  liabilities,  $0.9  million  in accrued
interest  payable  and $0.5  million in other  assets)  and $6.8  million  ($6.7
million in other liabilities,  $1.1 million in accrued interest payable and $1.0
million in other assets),  respectively.  See Note 4 which includes a discussion
of the effects of hedging activities on accumulated other comprehensive loss.








                                      F-27




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 10.  Financial Instruments  (continued)

Interest Rate Swap Agreements
- -----------------------------

We have entered into interest rate swap  agreements with major banks to manage a
portion of our exposure to interest  rate  fluctuations.  The interest rate swap
agreements  effectively  convert  interest rate exposure from variable  rates to
fixed rates of interest.  At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the aggregate  notional
principal  amount  of these  agreements  was  $375  million  and  $275  million,
respectively.  These  agreements  are  with  financial  institutions  which  are
expected to fully perform under the terms thereof.

Under these agreements,  we pay fixed rates of interest ranging from 2.5 percent
to 6.4  percent  and receive  floating  rates of  interest  based on three month
LIBOR.  These agreements mature in 2003 ($125 million notional principal amount)
and 2004 ($250  million  notional  principal  amount).  The  difference  between
amounts to be paid or received on interest  rate swap  agreements is recorded as
interest expense. Net payments of $7.2 million, net payments of $2.0 million and
net receipts of $0.6 million were made under these interest rate swap agreements
for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. During 2002,
interest rate swap agreements for an aggregate notional principal amount of $100
million expired. No interest rate swap agreements expired during 2001.

Natural Gas Swap Agreements
- ---------------------------

We  have  entered  into  natural  gas  swap   agreements  with  major  financial
institutions  to manage a portion of our exposure to fluctuations in natural gas
prices.  We entered into natural gas swap agreements to hedge  approximately  80
percent and 35 percent of our exposure to  fluctuations in natural gas prices in
2002 and 2001,  respectively.  At December 31, 2002 and  December 31, 2001,  the
aggregate  notional  principal  amount of these agreements was 0.9 million MMBtu
and 1.6 million MMBtu of natural gas,  respectively.  These  agreements are with
institutions that are expected to fully perform under the terms thereof.

Under these  agreements,  we pay fixed natural gas prices  ranging from $3.22 to
$4.23 per MMBtu and receive a NYMEX-based  natural gas price.  These  agreements
mature in 2003 (0.8  million  MMBtu  notional  principal  amount)  and 2004 (0.1
million MMBtu notional principal amount).  Gains and losses on these natural gas
swap  agreements are deferred and recognized when the related costs are recorded
to cost of goods sold.  Payments  under these natural gas swap  agreements  were
$1.2 million and $1.3 million during 2002 and 2001,  respectively,  and payments
and receipts under these agreements were essentially  equal in 2000. During 2002
and 2001,  natural gas swap  agreements  for aggregate  notional  amounts of 1.5
million MMBtu and 0.8 million MMBtu of natural gas expired, respectively.




                                      F-28




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 10.  Financial Instruments (continued)

Concentration of Credit Risk
- ----------------------------

We derive a significant portion of our revenue from multi-year supply agreements
with many of our customers.  Aggregate revenues from our three largest customers
accounted for approximately  34.9 percent,  33.6 percent and 33.7 percent of our
net sales in 2002,  2001 and 2000,  respectively.  The receivable  balances from
these customers  collectively  represented  27.4 percent and 31.1 percent of our
trade  accounts  receivable at December 31, 2002 and 2001,  respectively.  As is
common in the packaging  industry,  we provide extended payment terms to some of
our customers due to the  seasonality of the vegetable and fruit pack processing
business. Exposure to losses is dependent on each customer's financial position.
We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers' financial condition, and
our receivables are generally not  collateralized.  We maintain an allowance for
doubtful  accounts which we believe is adequate to cover potential credit losses
based on customer credit evaluations, collection history and other information.


Note   11.        Commitments and Contingencies

We have a  number  of  noncancelable  operating  leases  for  office  and  plant
facilities, equipment and automobiles that expire at various dates through 2020.
Certain  operating  leases  have  renewal  options as well as  various  purchase
options.  Minimum  future  rental  payments  under these leases are as set forth
below for each of the following years (dollars in thousands):

               2003 ............              $21,085
               2004 ............               16,242
               2005 ............               13,665
               2006 ............               11,408
               2007 ............                9,181
               Thereafter ......               23,706
                                              -------
                                              $95,287
                                              =======


Rent expense was  approximately  $23.5 million,  $22.8 million and $19.0 million
for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

We are a party to routine legal  proceedings  arising in the ordinary  course of
our business.  We are not a party to, and none of our properties are subject to,
any pending legal  proceedings which could have a material adverse effect on our
business or financial condition.









                                      F-29




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 12.  Retirement Benefits

We sponsor a number of defined  benefit pension and defined  contribution  plans
which cover  substantially all employees,  other than union employees covered by
multi-employer   defined  benefit  pension  plans  under  collective  bargaining
agreements.  Pension  benefits  are provided  based on either a career  average,
final pay or years of service formula. With respect to certain hourly employees,
pension  benefits are provided based on stated amounts for each year of service.
It is our policy to fund  accrued  pension  and  defined  contribution  costs in
compliance  with ERISA  requirements.  Assets of the plans consist  primarily of
equity and bond funds.

We have  unfunded  defined  benefit  health care and life  insurance  plans that
provide   postretirement   benefits   to  certain   employees.   The  plans  are
contributory,  with retiree  contributions  adjusted annually,  and contain cost
sharing features including deductibles and coinsurance.  Retiree health benefits
are paid as covered expenses are incurred.





                                      F-30




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 12.  Retirement Benefits   (continued)

The changes in benefit  obligations and plan assets as well as the funded status
of our retirement plans at December 31 are as follows:




                                                                 Pension Benefits               Postretirement Benefits
                                                             ------------------------          -------------------------
                                                                2002             2001             2002             2001
                                                                ----             ----             ----             ----
                                                                                (Dollars in thousands)


                                                                                                    
Change in Benefit Obligation
Obligation at beginning of year .....................        $137,488         $128,840         $ 50,674         $ 49,682
   Service cost .....................................           7,787            7,653            1,385            1,778
   Interest cost ....................................          10,018            9,472            3,584            3,640
   Actuarial losses .................................           5,307            2,438            1,127            2,494
   Plan amendments ..................................             865              785              (71)            --
   Benefits paid ....................................          (5,170)          (5,004)          (3,252)          (2,475)
   Participants' contributions ......................            --               --                308              218
   Acquisition ......................................            --              1,519             --              1,211
   Curtailments or settlements ......................            --             (8,215)            --             (5,874)
                                                             --------         --------         --------         --------
Obligation at end of year ...........................         156,295          137,488           53,755           50,674

Change in Plan Assets
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year ......          99,960           97,770             --               --
   Actual return on plan assets .....................          (5,986)             508             --               --
   Employer contributions ...........................          24,970           15,585            2,944            2,257
   Participants' contributions ......................            --               --                308              218
   Benefits paid ....................................          (5,170)          (5,004)          (3,252)          (2,475)
   Curtailments or settlements ......................            --             (7,927)            --               --
   Expenses .........................................            (979)            (972)            --               --
                                                             --------         --------         --------         --------
Fair value of plan assets at end of year ............         112,795           99,960             --               --

Funded Status
Funded Status .......................................         (43,500)         (37,528)         (53,755)         (50,674)
   Unrecognized actuarial loss ......................          30,474            9,116            6,781            5,710
   Unrecognized prior service cost ..................          14,504           15,803               34              109
                                                             --------         --------         --------         --------
Net amount recognized ...............................        $  1,478         $(12,609)        $(46,940)        $(44,855)
                                                             ========         ========         ========         ========

Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
   Prepaid benefit cost .............................        $ 16,516         $  4,005         $   --           $   --
   Accrued benefit liability ........................         (41,958)         (32,217)         (46,940)         (44,855)
   Intangible asset .................................          10,349           10,855             --               --
   Accumulated other comprehensive loss .............          16,571            4,748             --               --
                                                             --------         --------         --------         --------
Net amount recognized ...............................        $  1,478         $(12,609)        $(46,940)        $(44,855)
                                                             ========         ========         ========         ========





                                      F-31




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note   12.        Retirement Benefits  (continued)

The components of the net periodic benefit cost for each of the years ended
December 31 are as follows:




                                                               Pension Benefits                   Postretirement Benefits
                                                       ---------------------------------       ------------------------------
                                                         2002         2001         2000        2002        2001        2000
                                                         ----         ----         ----        ----        ----        ----
                                                                               (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                                                    
Service cost .....................................     $ 7,787      $ 7,653      $ 6,986      $1,385      $1,778      $1,228
Interest cost ....................................      10,018        9,472        8,671       3,584       3,640       3,220
Expected return on plan assets ...................      (9,144)      (8,754)      (7,925)       --          --          --
Amortization of prior service cost ...............       2,164        2,108        1,745           5          15          15
Amortization of actuarial losses (gains) .........          58          (93)        (143)         57          23          20
Losses due to settlement or curtailment ..........        --            151          311        --          --          --
                                                       -------      -------      -------      ------      ------      ------
Net periodic benefit cost ........................     $10,883      $10,537      $ 9,645      $5,031      $5,456      $4,483
                                                       =======      =======      =======      ======      ======      ======




Our  principal  pension  and  postretirement  benefit  plans used the  following
weighted average actuarial assumptions at December 31:

                                                     2002          2001
                                                     ----          ----

          Discount rate .....................        7.00%         7.25%
          Expected return on plan assets ....        9.00%         9.00%
          Rate of compensation increase .....        3.60%         3.60%

The  assumed  health  care cost trend rates used to  determine  the  accumulated
postretirement  benefit  obligation  in 2002 were 12.0  percent  for  pre-age 65
retirees and 10.0 percent for  post-age 65 retirees,  declining  gradually to an
ultimate rate of 5.0 percent in 2009.  The assumed  health care cost trend rates
have a  significant  effect on the amounts  reported for the health care plan. A
one  percentage  point change in the assumed  health care cost trend rates would
have the following effects:

                                                   1-Percentage    1-Percentage
                                                  Point Increase  Point Decrease
                                                  --------------  --------------
                                                      (Dollars in thousands)

   Effect on postretirement benefit cost.........     $  523         $  (436)
   Effect on postretirement benefit obligation...      4,309          (3,701)






                                      F-32




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 12.  Retirement Benefits  (continued)

We participate  in several  multi-employer  pension plans which provide  defined
benefits to certain of our union employees.  Amounts  contributed to these plans
and  charged  to pension  cost in 2002,  2001 and 2000 were $4.7  million,  $4.6
million and $4.7 million, respectively.

We also sponsor defined  contribution  pension and profit sharing plans covering
substantially  all employees.  Our  contributions  to these plans are based upon
employee  contributions and operating  profitability.  Contributions  charged to
expense for these plans were $6.6 million in 2002, $6.4 million in 2001 and $5.1
million in 2000.


Note 13.  Income Taxes

The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows:

                                2002           2001           2000
                                ----           ----           ----
                                     (Dollars in thousands)
     Current:
          Federal ....        $ 5,527        $11,618        $ 7,859
          State ......            843          1,372            816
          Foreign ....          3,549          3,380          2,656
                              -------        -------        -------
                                9,919         16,370         11,331
     Deferred:
          Federal ....         22,825         12,378         10,372
          State ......          2,325          2,182            953
          Foreign ....             69           (708)           424
                              -------        -------        -------
                               25,219         13,852         11,749
                              -------        -------        -------
                              $35,138        $30,222        $23,080
                              =======        =======        =======

The  provision  for income taxes is included in our  Consolidated  Statements of
Income as follows:

                                                  2002        2001        2000
                                                  ----        ----        ----
                                                     (Dollars in thousands)
     Income before equity in losses of
       affiliates and extraordinary item ...    $37,190     $30,222     $25,790
     Equity in losses of affiliates ........     (1,668)        -          -
     Extraordinary item ....................       (384)        -        (2,710)
                                                -------     -------     -------
                                                $35,138     $30,222     $23,080
                                                =======     =======     =======








                                      F-33




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 13.  Income Taxes  (continued)

The  provision  for income  taxes  varied  from  income  taxes  computed  at the
statutory U.S. federal income tax rate as a result of the following:




                                                       2002         2001         2000
                                                       ----         ----         ----
                                                           (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                      
     Income taxes computed at the statutory
         U.S. federal income tax rate ...........    $31,131      $26,644      $20,649
     State and foreign taxes, net of federal
         tax benefit ............................      2,873        1,955        1,109
     Amortization of goodwill ...................       --          1,309        1,009
     Other ......................................      1,134          314          313
                                                     -------      -------      -------
                                                     $35,138      $30,222      $23,080
                                                     =======      =======      =======

     Effective tax rate .........................       39.5%        39.7%        39.1%




Deferred  income  taxes  reflect  the net tax  effect of  temporary  differences
between the financial  statement  carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and
their  respective tax bases.  Significant  components of our deferred tax assets
and liabilities at December 31 are as follows:




                                                                       2002           2001
                                                                       ----           ----
                                                                     (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                            
     Deferred tax assets:
          Pension and postretirement liabilities ............      $  25,394      $  24,694
          Rationalization and other accrued liabilities .....         16,863         24,971
          Net operating loss carryforwards ..................         29,226         39,128
          AMT and other credit carryforwards ................         30,272         25,405
          Other .............................................          6,780          5,729
                                                                   ---------      ---------
              Total deferred tax assets .....................        108,535        119,927

     Deferred tax liabilities:
          Property, plant and equipment .....................       (115,494)      (115,060)
          Other .............................................        (11,998)       (10,843)
                                                                   ---------      ---------
              Total deferred tax liabilities ................       (127,492)      (125,903)
                                                                   ---------      ---------
     Net deferred tax liability .............................      $ (18,957)     $  (5,976)
                                                                   =========      =========




                                      F-34




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 13.  Income Taxes  (continued)

We file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return that includes all domestic
subsidiaries  except CS Can, which files a separate  consolidated  U.S.  federal
income tax return. At December 31, 2002, we had net operating loss carryforwards
of approximately  $10.9 million that are available to offset future consolidated
taxable income (excluding CS Can) and that expire in 2012. At December 31, 2002,
CS Can had net operating loss carryforwards of approximately  $62.4 million that
are  available  to offset its future  taxable  income and that  expire from 2018
through  2022.  We  believe  that it is more  likely  than  not that  these  net
operating  loss  carryforwards  will be  available to reduce  future  income tax
liabilities  based  upon  estimated  future  taxable  income,  the  reversal  of
temporary  differences  in future  periods and the  utilization  of tax planning
strategies. We also have $26.8 million of alternative minimum tax credits and CS
Can has $0.8  million of  alternative  minimum tax credits  which are  available
indefinitely to reduce future income tax payments.

Pre-tax income of foreign  subsidiaries was $11.1 million in 2002, $10.7 million
in 2001 and $8.9  million in 2000.  At December 31,  2002,  approximately  $30.3
million of  accumulated  earnings  of foreign  subsidiaries  are  expected to be
permanently reinvested.  Accordingly,  applicable U.S. federal income taxes have
not been provided.  Determination  of the amount of  unrecognized  deferred U.S.
income tax liability is not practicable to estimate.


Note 14.  Stock Option Plans

We have established a stock option plan, or the Plan, for key employees pursuant
to which options to purchase shares of our common stock may be granted. The Plan
authorizes grants of non-qualified or incentive stock options to purchase shares
of our  common  stock.  A maximum  of  3,533,417  shares may be issued for stock
options under the Plan. As of December 31, 2002,  there were options for 695,074
shares of our common stock  available for future  issuance  under the Plan.  The
exercise  price of the stock  options  granted under the Plan is the fair market
value of our common stock on the grant date. The stock options granted under the
Plan generally vest ratably over a five year period beginning one year after the
grant date and have a term of ten years.

We have also  established  a stock  option plan,  or the  Directors'  Plan,  for
non-employee  directors  pursuant  to which  options to  purchase  shares of our
common  stock  may  be  granted.   The  Directors'  Plan  authorizes  grants  of
non-qualified stock options to purchase shares of our common stock. A maximum of
60,000 shares may be issued for stock options under the  Directors'  Plan. As of
December  31,  2002,  there were  options for 54,000  shares of our common stock
available for future  issuance under the Directors'  Plan. The exercise price of
the stock options  granted under the Directors' Plan is the fair market value of
our  common  stock on the  grant  date.  The  stock  options  granted  under the
Directors'  Plan  generally vest six months after the grant date and have a term
of ten years.



                                      F-35




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 14.  Stock Option Plans  (continued)

The following is a summary of stock option activity for years ended December 31,
2002, 2001 and 2000:

                                                                Weighted Average
                                                     Options     Exercise Price
                                                     -------    ----------------

  Options outstanding at December 31, 1999 .....      857,268        $11.17
                                                    =========

     Granted ...................................      823,900        $13.62
     Exercised .................................     (256,203)         2.00
     Canceled ..................................     (236,500)        21.88
                                                    ---------
  Options outstanding at December 31, 2000 .....    1,188,465         12.71
                                                    =========

     Granted ...................................      100,000        $20.76
     Exercised .................................     (150,773)         6.82
     Canceled ..................................         --             --
                                                    ---------
  Options outstanding at December 31, 2001 .....    1,137,692         14.20
                                                    =========

     Granted ...................................      151,440        $37.89
     Exercised .................................     (377,172)        11.41
     Canceled ..................................     (144,600)        15.57
                                                    ---------
  Options outstanding at December 31, 2002 .....      767,360         19.99
                                                    =========

At December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the remaining  contractual  life of options
outstanding was 7.4 years, 7.0 years and 7.5 years, respectively, and there were
220,280,  402,372 and 360,065 options exercisable with weighted average exercise
prices of $17.88, $12.26 and $8.12, respectively.

The  following is a summary of stock  options  outstanding  and  exercisable  at
December 31, 2002 by range of exercise price:




    Range of                           Remaining          Weighted                           Weighted
    Exercise           Number         Contractual          Average                            Average
     Prices          Outstanding      Life (Years)      Exercise Price     Exercisable     Exercise Price
     ------          -----------      ------------      --------------     -----------     --------------
                                                                                

$ 7.25 - $14.09        463,920            7.2               $13.53           124,280           $13.52
 17.00 -  22.13        130,000            6.1                20.53            80,000            21.22
 25.15 -  37.26         48,000            8.0                31.67            16,000            34.97
 38.00 -  42.22        125,440            9.4                38.85              --                --
                       -------                                               -------
                       767,360                                               220,280
                       =======                                               =======






                                      F-36




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 14.  Stock Option Plans  (continued)

The weighted average fair value of options granted was $25.49,  $14.01 and $9.28
for 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

The fair value was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based
on the following weighted average  assumptions for grants made in 2002, 2001 and
2000:

                                             2002       2001       2000
                                             ----       ----       ----

      Risk-free interest rate ........       5.4%       4.5%       6.6%
      Expected volatility ............      59.6%      60.3%      60.6%
      Dividend yield .................        -          -          -
      Expected option life (years)....         8          8          8



Note 15.  Capital Stock

Our authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par
value $.01 per share,  and 10,000,000  shares of preferred stock, par value $.01
per share.

Our Board of  Directors  previously  authorized  the  repurchase  of up to $70.0
million  of our  common  stock  from  time to time in the open  market,  through
privately negotiated transactions or through block purchases. Our repurchases of
common  stock  are  recorded  as  treasury  stock  and  result  in a  charge  to
stockholders' equity. Through December 31, 2002, we repurchased 2,708,975 shares
of our common stock for $61.0 million.




                                      F-37




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 16.  Earnings Per Share

The components of the calculation of earnings per share are as follows:




                                                              2002         2001        2000
                                                              ----         ----        ----
                                                            (Dollars and shares in thousands)

                                                                            
     Income before extraordinary item ..................    $54,407      $41,765     $35,524
     Extraordinary item ................................       (599)        --        (4,216)
                                                            -------      -------     -------
         Net income ....................................    $53,808      $41,765     $31,308
                                                            =======      =======     =======

     Weighted average number of shares used in:
         Basic earnings per share ......................     18,135       17,777      17,652
         Assumed exercise of employee stock options ....        242          304         351
                                                             ------       ------      ------
         Diluted earnings per share ....................     18,377       18,081      18,003
                                                             ======       ======      ======




Options to purchase  16,494 to 174,223  shares of common stock at prices ranging
from  $25.15 to $42.22 per share for 2002,  172,826 to 842,289  shares of common
stock at prices  ranging from $11.63 to $36.75 per share for 2001 and 743,575 to
997,900  shares of common stock at prices ranging from $9.31 to $36.75 per share
for 2000 were  outstanding  but were  excluded from the  computation  of diluted
earnings  per share  because the  exercise  prices for such options were greater
than the average  market  price of the common stock and,  therefore,  the effect
would be antidilutive.


Note 17.  Related Party Transactions

Pursuant  to  various  management   services   agreements,   or  the  Management
Agreements,  entered into between each of Holdings,  Containers and Plastics and
S&H Inc.,  or S&H,  a company  wholly  owned by Mr.  Silver,  the  Chairman  and
Co-Chief  Executive  Officer of Holdings,  and Mr.  Horrigan,  the President and
Co-Chief   Executive  Officer  of  Holdings,   S&H  provides  Holdings  and  its
subsidiaries with general management, supervision and administrative services.

In 2002, 2001 and 2000, in consideration for its services, S&H received a fee in
an amount equal to 90.909 percent of 4.95 percent of our consolidated  EBDIT (as
defined in the Management  Agreements) until our consolidated  EBDIT had reached
the scheduled amount set forth in the Management Agreements,  plus reimbursement
for all related  out-of-pocket  expenses. We paid $5.2 million, $5.1 million and
$4.9  million to S&H under the  Management  Agreements  in 2002,  2001 and 2000,
respectively.  These  payments to S&H were  allocated,  based upon  EBDIT,  as a
charge to operating income of each of our business segments.  Under the terms of
the Management  Agreements,  we have agreed,  subject to certain exceptions,  to
indemnify  S&H  and  any  of its  affiliates,  officers,  directors,  employees,
subcontractors,  consultants or controlling  persons  against any loss or damage
they may sustain arising in connection with the Management Agreements.


                                      F-38





                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 17.  Related Party Transactions (continued)

During 2001 and 2000,  The Morgan  Stanley  Leveraged  Equity Fund II, L.P.,  an
affiliate of Morgan Stanley,  held a significant  amount of our common stock. In
each of 2001 and  2000,  we paid  Morgan  Stanley  $0.5  million  for  financial
advisory services. In 2002 and 2001, we entered into natural gas swap agreements
with Morgan  Stanley  Capital  Group,  Inc.,  or MSCG,  an  affiliate  of Morgan
Stanley,  for an  aggregate  notional  principal  amount of 0.8  million and 1.0
million  MMBtu of natural  gas.  During  2002 and 2001,  an  aggregate  notional
principal  amount of 0.9 million MMBtu and 0.1 million MMBtu,  respectively,  of
these natural gas swap  agreements were settled under which we received and paid
insignificant  amounts  to MSCG.  In 2002,  we paid  Morgan  Stanley  and Morgan
Stanley Senior Funding,  Inc., an affiliate of Morgan  Stanley,  a combined $4.9
million in underwriting  fees related to the New Credit Agreement and the add-on
issuance  of the 9%  Debentures.  Mr.  Abramson,  a director of  Holdings,  is a
Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co.  Incorporated,  an affiliate of Morgan
Stanley.

Landstar System,  Inc. provided  transportation  services to our subsidiaries in
the amount of $0.4  million,  $0.7  million and $0.9  million in 2002,  2001 and
2000,  respectively.  Mr. Crowe, a director of Holdings,  is the Chairman of the
Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Landstar System, Inc.


Note 18.  Business Segment Information

We are engaged in the packaging industry and report our results primarily in two
business segments: metal food containers and plastic containers.  The metal food
containers segment  manufactures steel and aluminum containers for human and pet
food and paperboard  containers.  The plastic  containers  segment  manufactures
custom   designed   plastic   containers   for  personal   care,   health  care,
pharmaceutical,  household and industrial chemical, food, pet care, agricultural
chemical,  automotive and marine chemical products, as well as plastic bowls and
cans, plastic closures, caps, sifters and fitments and thermoformed plastic tubs
for personal  care,  food, pet care and household  products.  These segments are
strategic business  operations that offer different  products.  Each are managed
separately   because  each  business  produces  a  packaging  product  requiring
different technology, production and marketing strategies. Each segment operates
primarily in the United States. There are no inter-segment sales. The accounting
policies of the business segments are the same as those described in Note 1.









                                      F-39




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 18.  Business Segment Information (continued)

Information  for each of the past three  years for our  business  segments is as
follows:





                                       Metal Food         Plastic           Metal
                                      Containers(1)     Containers(2)     Closures       Corporate         Total
                                      -------------     -------------     --------       ---------         -----
                                                                (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                                         
2002
- ----
Net sales ........................     $1,486,950         $501,334        $  --          $  --          $1,988,284
Depreciation and amortization ....         59,435           36,225           --               55            95,715
Segment income from operations ...        120,587           52,916           --           (5,563)          167,940

Segment assets ...................        901,628          472,549           --             --           1,374,177
Capital expenditures .............         82,836           36,287           --               37           119,160

2001
- ----
Net sales ........................     $1,401,146         $493,598        $46,250        $  --          $1,940,994
Depreciation and amortization ....         55,097           37,864          2,475             95            95,531
Segment income from operations ...        108,360           45,992          3,268         (5,209)          152,411

Segment assets ...................        856,336          454,104           --             --           1,310,440
Capital expenditures .............         54,869           37,340            761             72            93,042

2000
- ----
Net sales ........................     $1,387,705         $398,953        $90,839        $  --          $1,877,497
Depreciation and amortization ....         53,063           30,887          4,917            102            88,969
Segment income from operations ...        120,238           36,890          3,675         (3,701)          157,102

Segment assets ...................        860,546          466,663         54,166           --           1,381,375
Capital expenditures .............         58,617           28,292          2,298             20            89,227

- -------------------------------

(1)  Includes rationalization credits of $5.4 million in  2002 and  net
     rationalization charges of $5.8 million in 2001. Includes goodwill
     amortization  of $2.3 million and  $2.4 million  in 2001 and 2000,
     respectively.

(2)  Includes a rationalization credit of $0.2  million in  2002 and  a
     rationalization charge of $3.5 million in  2001. Includes goodwill
     amortization of $2.7  million and $1.8  million in 2001 and  2000,
     respectively.







                                      F-40




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 18.  Business Segment Information  (continued)

Total  segment  income from  operations  is  reconciled  to income before income
taxes, equity in losses of affiliates and extraordinary item as follows:





                                                           2002         2001          2000
                                                           ----         ----          ----
                                                               (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                          
     Total segment income from operations .........     $167,940     $152,411      $157,102
     Gain on assets contributed to affiliate ......         --         (4,908)         --
     Interest and other debt expense ..............       73,789       81,192        91,178
                                                        --------     --------      --------
          Income before income taxes,
             equity in losses of affiliates
                and extraordinary item ............     $ 94,151     $ 76,127      $ 65,924
                                                        ========     ========      ========




Total segment assets are reconciled to total assets as follows:

                                         2002            2001
                                         ----            ----
                                       (Dollars in thousands)

     Total segment assets .......     $1,374,177     $1,310,440
     Other assets ...............            248          1,380
                                      ----------     ----------
          Total assets ..........     $1,374,425     $1,311,820
                                      ==========     ==========

Financial  information  relating  to our  operations  by  geographic  area is as
follows:


                                             2002          2001          2000
                                             ----          ----          ----
                                                 (Dollars in thousands)
     Net sales:
         United States ...............   $1,928,058    $1,882,114    $1,823,349
         Canada ......................       60,226        58,880        54,148
                                         ----------    ----------    ----------
           Total net sales ...........   $1,988,284    $1,940,994    $1,877,497
                                         ==========    ==========    ==========

     Long-lived assets:
         United States ...............   $  824,571    $  796,632
         Canada ......................       22,656        22,375
                                         ----------    ----------
           Total long-lived assets ...   $  847,227    $  819,007
                                         ==========    ==========




                                      F-41





                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 18.  Business Segment Information  (continued)

Net sales are attributed to the country from which the product was  manufactured
and shipped.

Sales of our metal food containers  segment to Nestle Food Company accounted for
12.1 percent, 10.8 percent and 11.8 percent of our consolidated net sales during
2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Sales of our metal food containers segment to
Campbell Soup Company accounted for 11.4 percent,  12.2 percent and 10.7 percent
of our consolidated net sales during 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Sales of
our metal food  containers  segment to Del Monte  Corporation  accounted for 9.9
percent,  10.1 percent,  and 10.7 percent of our  consolidated  net sales during
2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.



                                      F-42




                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 19.  Quarterly Results of Operations  (Unaudited)

The following  table presents our quarterly  results of operations for the years
ended December 31, 2002 and 2001:




                                             First      Second       Third      Fourth
                                             -----      ------       -----      ------
                                           (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

2002 (1)
- ----
                                                                   
Net sales ..............................   $424,256    $456,249    $640,854    $466,925
Gross profit ...........................     52,487      57,427      81,234      47,405
Income before extraordinary item .......     11,343      10,674      26,198       6,192
Net income .............................     11,343      10,075      26,198       6,192

Basic earnings per share: (2)
  Income before extraordinary item .....      $0.63       $0.59       $1.44       $0.34
  Net income ...........................       0.63        0.56        1.44        0.34

Diluted earnings per share: (2)
  Income before extraordinary item .....      $0.62       $0.58       $1.42       $0.34
  Net income ...........................       0.62        0.55        1.42        0.34

2001 (3)
- ----
Net sales ..............................   $443,514    $445,417    $590,791    $461,272
Gross profit ...........................     50,930      57,192      78,978      53,186
Net income .............................      2,225       7,447      27,279       4,814

Basic net income per share (2) .........      $0.13       $0.42       $1.53       $0.27
Diluted net income per share (2) .......       0.12        0.41        1.50        0.26

- -------------------------

(1)  Net income  for the  first,  third and  fourth  quarters  of 2002  includes
     rationalization  credits of $2.3  million,  $2.6 million and $0.7  million,
     respectively.  Net  income  for the  second  quarter  of 2002  includes  an
     extraordinary loss of $0.6 million, net of income taxes.
(2)  Earnings per share data is computed  independently  for each of the periods
     presented. Accordingly, the sum of the quarterly earnings per share amounts
     may not equal the total for the year.
(3)  Net income for the first quarter of 2001 includes a rationalization  charge
     of $3.5  million.  Net income for the third quarter of 2001 includes a gain
     on assets  contributed  to  affiliate of $5.3  million.  Net income for the
     fourth quarter of 2001 includes net rationalization charges of $5.8 million
     and a  reduction  of $0.4  million  to the gain on  assets  contributed  to
     affiliate.





                                      F-43


                              SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 20.  Subsequent Events

In January 2003, we acquired  substantially  all of the assets of Thatcher Tubes
LLC and its  affiliates,  or Thatcher Tubes, a privately held  manufacturer  and
marketer  of  decorated  plastic  tubes  serving  primarily  the  personal  care
industry.  The purchase price, including additional production capacity recently
installed and currently being installed, was approximately $32 million in cash.

In March 2003, we acquired the remaining 65 percent equity interest in the White
Cap joint  venture  that we did not already  own from Amcor  White Cap Inc.  for
$37.1 million in cash and  refinanced  approximately  $90 million of debt of the
business.

On March 3, 2003, we completed a $150 million  incremental  term loan  borrowing
under the New Credit  Agreement.  The proceeds  were used largely to finance the
acquisitions of White Cap and Thatcher Tubes.  The terms of the incremental term
loans are the same as those for B term  loans  under the New  Credit  Agreement.
This borrowing reduces our incremental  uncommitted term loan facility under the
New Credit Agreement to $125 million.

On March 28,  2003,  we announced  that we will  acquire PCP Can  Manufacturing,
Inc.,  a  subsidiary  of Pacific  Coast  Producers,  or PCP,  through  which PCP
self-manufactures  its metal food  containers.  The  transaction  is expected to
close in April 2003.



                                      F-44




           SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

                      SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. (Parent Company)
                            CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
                           December 31, 2002 and 2001
                             (Dollars in thousands)


                                                          2002          2001
                                                          ----          ----
Assets
Current assets:
   Cash and cash equivalents ...................     $       62      $    189
   Notes receivable - subsidiaries .............         20,170        56,685
   Interest receivable - subsidiaries ..........          3,792         3,054
   Other current assets ........................          4,297         5,239
                                                     ----------      --------
     Total current assets ......................         28,321        65,167

Notes receivable - subsidiaries ................        933,655       549,316
Investment in and amounts due from
  subsidiaries .................................         49,838          --
Other assets ...................................         31,636        38,780
                                                     ----------      --------
                                                     $1,043,450      $653,263
                                                     ==========      ========

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
   Current portion of long-term debt ...........     $   20,170      $ 56,685
   Accrued interest payable ....................          3,792         3,054
   Accounts payable and accrued liabilities ....            736         1,495
                                                     ----------      --------
     Total current liabilities .................         24,698        61,234


Excess of distributions over investment
  in subsidiaries ..............................           --           9,373
Long-term debt .................................        933,655       549,316
Other liabilities ..............................         22,005        18,192

Stockholders' equity:
   Common stock ................................            209           205
   Paid-in capital .............................        124,872       118,319
   Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) .....         18,871       (34,937)
   Accumulated other comprehensive loss ........        (20,467)       (8,046)
   Treasury stock at cost (2,685,475 shares) ...        (60,393)      (60,393)
                                                     ----------      --------
     Total stockholders' equity ................         63,092        15,148
                                                     ----------      --------
                                                     $1,043,450      $653,263
                                                     ==========      ========


             See notes to condensed financial statements.



                                      F-45







                      SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. (Parent Company)
                         CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
              For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000
                             (Dollars in thousands)


                                                             2002         2001         2000
                                                             ----         ----         ----

                                                                            
Net sales ..............................................   $  --        $  --        $  --

Cost of goods sold .....................................      --           --           --
                                                           -------      -------      -------
     Gross profit ......................................      --           --           --

Selling, general and administrative expenses ...........     4,495        4,879        3,137
                                                           -------      -------      -------
     Loss from operations ..............................    (4,495)      (4,879)      (3,137)

Interest and other debt expense ........................      --           --           --
                                                           -------      -------      -------
     Loss before income taxes, equity in losses
        of affiliate and equity in earnings of
             consolidated subsidiaries .................    (4,495)      (4,879)      (3,137)

Benefit from income taxes ..............................    (1,779)      (1,937)      (1,227)
                                                           -------      -------      -------
     Loss before equity in losses of affiliate
        and equity in earnings of consolidated
             subsidiaries ..............................    (2,716)      (2,942)      (1,910)

Equity in losses of affiliate ..........................      --         (3,804)      (4,610)
                                                           -------      -------      -------
     Loss before equity in earnings
       of consolidated subsidiaries ....................    (2,716)      (6,746)      (6,520)

Equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries ........    56,524       48,511       37,828
                                                           --------     -------      -------
     Net income ........................................   $53,808      $41,765      $31,308
                                                           =======      =======      =======


                  See notes to condensed financial statements.




                                      F-46







                                     SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. (Parent Company)
                                      CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                             For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000
                                            (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                              2002           2001           2000
                                                                              ----           ----           ----

                                                                                                
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
     Net income ....................................................      $  53,808       $ 41,765       $ 31,308
     Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
          provided by (used in) operating activities:
           Equity in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries .........        (56,524)       (48,511)       (37,828)
           Equity in losses of affiliate ...........................           --            3,804          4,610
           Deferred income tax benefit .............................         (1,779)        (1,937)        (1,227)
           Changes in other assets and liabilities, net ............           (360)         7,047          9,634
                                                                          ---------       --------       --------
           Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities .....         (4,855)         2,168          6,497
                                                                          ---------       --------       --------

Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
     Notes receivable - subsidiaries ...............................       (347,824)        41,758         92,988
     Investment in equity affiliate ................................           --           (3,039)        (7,026)
     Cash distribution received from subsidiaries ..................           --             --            1,075
                                                                          ---------       --------       --------
           Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities .....       (347,824)        38,719         87,037
                                                                          ---------       --------       --------

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
     Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt ......................        656,000           --             --
     Repayments of long-term debt ..................................       (307,751)       (41,758)       (92,988)
     Proceeds from stock option exercises ..........................          4,303          1,028            512
     Repurchase of common stock ....................................           --             --           (1,075)
                                                                          ---------       --------       --------
           Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities .....        352,552        (40,730)       (93,551)
                                                                          ---------       --------       --------

Cash and cash equivalents:
     Net (decrease) increase .......................................           (127)           157            (17)
     Balance at beginning of year ..................................            189             32            (49)
                                                                          ---------       --------       --------
     Balance at end of year ........................................      $      62       $    189       $     32
                                                                          =========       ========       ========



                             See notes to condensed financial statements.



                                              F-47





                      SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. (Parent Company)
                     NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 1.   Basis of Presentation

Silgan  Holdings Inc., or Holdings or the Parent  Company,  has two wholly owned
subsidiaries,  Silgan Containers Corporation, or Containers, and Silgan Plastics
Corporation, or Plastics.  Holdings' investment in its subsidiaries is stated at
cost plus its share of the undistributed earnings/losses of its subsidiaries.The
Parent  Company's  financial  statements  should be read in conjunction with our
Consolidated  Financial  Statements  included elsewhere in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.


Note 2.   Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt at December 31 is as follows:

                                                      2002           2001
                                                      ----           ----
                                                    (Dollars in thousands)
Bank debt:
   Bank A term loans .......................       $100,000       $119,413
   Bank B term loans .......................        348,250        186,588
                                                   --------       --------
     Total bank debt .......................        448,250        306,001
                                                   --------       --------

Subordinated debt:
   9% Senior Subordinated Debentures .......        505,575        300,000
                                                   --------       --------

Total Debt .................................        953,825        606,001
   Less current portion ....................         20,170         56,685
                                                   --------       --------
                                                   $933,655       $549,316
                                                   ========       ========




                                      F-48





                      SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. (Parent Company)
                     NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000


Note 2.   Long-Term Debt (continued)

The aggregate annual maturities of long-term debt at December 31, 2002 are as
follows (dollars in thousands):

               2003 ............             $ 20,170
               2004 ............               20,170
               2005 ............               20,170
               2006 ............               20,170
               2007 ............               20,170
               Thereafter ......              847,400
                                             --------
                                             $948,250
                                             ========

As of December 31, 2002 and 2001,  the  obligations  of Holdings had been pushed
down to its  subsidiaries.  In 2002 and 2001,  Holdings received interest income
from its  subsidiaries in the same amount as the interest expense it incurred on
its obligations.


Note 3.   Guarantees

Pursuant  to  the  New  Credit  Agreement,   Holdings   guarantees  all  of  the
indebtedness  of its  subsidiaries  incurred  under  the New  Credit  Agreement.
Holdings'  subsidiaries  may borrow up to $400 million of revolving  loans under
the New Credit Agreement.  Holdings' guarantee under the New Credit Agreement is
secured by a pledge by  Holdings  of all of the stock of its U.S.  subsidiaries.
Holdings also guarantees all of the  indebtedness  of its Canadian  subsidiaries
under the Canadian Bank Facility. At December 31, 2002, there were no term loans
or revolving  loans  outstanding  under the Canadian  Bank  Facility.  Holdings'
guarantee under the Canadian Bank Facility is secured by a pledge by Holdings of
all of the stock of its Canadian subsidiaries.


Note 4.   Dividends from Subsidiaries

For the years ended  December  31, 2002 and 2001,  Holdings  did not receive any
cash dividends from its  consolidated  subsidiaries  accounted for by the equity
method.  For the year ended December 31, 2000,  Holdings received cash dividends
of $1.1 million from its consolidated  subsidiaries  accounted for by the equity
method.




                                      F-49







                                      SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

                                                    SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                                   For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000
                                                   (Dollars in thousands)




                                                                             Additions
                                                                      ----------------------

                                                       Balance at     Charged to    Charged                        Balance
                                                       beginning      costs and     to other                      at end of
Description                                            of period       expenses     accounts     Deductions        period
- -----------                                            ----------     ----------    --------     ----------       ---------
                                                                                                    

For the year ended December 31, 2002:

Allowance for doubtful
    accounts receivable .........................        $3,449         $  119       $ --        $  (704)(1)       $2,864
                                                         ======         ======       ====        =======           ======
For the year ended December 31, 2001:

Allowance for doubtful
    accounts receivable .........................        $3,001         $1,697       $(10)       $(1,239)(1)       $3,449
                                                         ======         ======       ====         ======           ======
For the year ended December 31, 2000:

Allowance for doubtful
    accounts receivable .........................        $2,991         $  165       $305        $  (460)(1)       $3,001
                                                         ======         ======       ====        =======           ======



(1) Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.





                                                             F-50




                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.                            Exhibit
- -----------                            -------

   10.23     Silgan Holdings Inc. 2002 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan.

     12      Computation  of  Ratio of Earnings  to Fixed Charges for the  years
             ended December 31, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998.

     21      Subsidiaries of Registrant.

     23      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.