EXHIBIT 99.1


News
For Immediate Release                                 SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                                                      4 Landmark Square
                                                      Suite 400
                                                      Stamford, CT  06901

                                                      Telephone: (203) 975-7110
                                                      Fax:       (203) 975-7902


                                                          Contact:
                                                          Robert B. Lewis
                                                          (203) 406-3160



                   SILGAN HOLDINGS DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND


STAMFORD,  CT, April 27, 2005 -- Silgan Holdings Inc.  (Nasdaq:SLGN),  a leading
supplier of consumer goods packaging products, announced today that its Board of
Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock.  The Board
of Directors approved a $0.20 per share quarterly cash dividend, payable on June
15,  2005 to the  holders  of record of common  stock of the  Company on June 1,
2005.

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Silgan  Holdings is a leading  North  American  manufacturer  of consumer  goods
packaging  products  with  annual  net  sales of $2.4  billion  in 2004.  Silgan
operates 61 manufacturing  facilities in the U.S. and Canada.  In North America,
the Company is the largest  supplier of metal containers for food products and a
leading  supplier of plastic  containers for personal care products and of metal
and plastic closures for food and beverage products.

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