<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains restated summary  financial  information  extracted from
Silgan  Holdings Inc. Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<RESTATED>
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