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 INCREASES DIVIDEND BY 12%
                         AND DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND


STAMFORD, CT, February 26, 2009-- Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN),  a leading
supplier of consumer goods packaging products, announced today that based on its
continued  strong  financial  performance  and business  prospects  its Board of
Directors  declared a $0.19 per share quarterly cash dividend,  payable on March
25,  2009 to the  holders of record of the common  stock of the Company on March
11, 2009.  This  represents an 11.8%  increase in the Company's  quarterly  cash
dividend.

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Silgan Holdings is a leading  manufacturer of consumer goods packaging  products
with annual net sales of approximately  $3.1 billion in 2008. Silgan operates 66
manufacturing  facilities in North and South America,  Europe and Asia. In North
America,  Silgan is the largest  supplier of metal  containers for food products
and a leading  supplier of plastic  containers  for personal care  products.  In
addition, Silgan is a leading worldwide supplier of metal, composite and plastic
vacuum closures for food and beverage products.

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