Form of new 6 3/4 % senior subordinated notes due 2013



 EXHIBIT 4.2 
  
 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
  
 TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR
THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.08 OF THE INDENTURE. 







 [FACE OF NOTE] 
  

SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. 
  
 6 3⁄4% Senior Subordinated Note due 2013 
  
 CUSIP 
 ISIN 
  
 No.         

 
 SILGAN HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”,
which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to                     ,
or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Two Hundred Million United States Dollars ($200,000,000) on November 15, 2013. 
  
 Interest Payment Dates: November 15 and May 15, commencing May 15, 2004. 
  
 Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1. 
  
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions
shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly
authorized officers. 
  

	SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	 	

	 	 	 Name:
 Title:



  

		
	By:	 	 
	 	

	 	 	 Name:
 Title:



  
 Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication 
  
 This is one of the 6 3⁄4% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2013 described in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
 Date: February         , 2004 
  
 NATIONAL CITY BANK, N.A. as Trustee 
  

		
	By:	 	 
	 	

	 	 	Authorized Signatory


  

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 [REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE] 
  
 SILGAN HOLDINGS INC. 
  
 6 3⁄4% Senior Subordinated Note due 2013 
  
 1. Principal and Interest. 
  
 The Company will pay the principal of this Note on November 15, 2013. 
  
 The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth below,
at the rate per annum shown above. 
  
 Interest will be payable
semiannually (to the holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or November 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date) on each Interest Payment Date, commencing May 15, 2004. 
  
 Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest
has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from November 14, 2003; provided that, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and this Note is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred to on the face hereof and
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
  
 The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest,
to the extent lawful, at a rate per annum that is 2% in excess of the rate otherwise payable. 
  
 2. Method of Payment. 
  
 The
Company will pay interest (except defaulted interest) on the principal amount of the Notes as provided above on each May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2004 to the persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Security Register at the close
of business on such May 1 and November 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date), in each case, even if the Note is cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such record date; provided that, with respect
to the payment of principal, the Company will make payment to the Holder that surrenders this Note to a Paying Agent on or after November 15, 2013. 
  
 The Company will pay principal, premium, if any, and as provided above, interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal, premium, if any, and interest by its check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address (as reflected in the Security
Register). If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 
  
 3. Paying Agent and Registrar. 
  

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 Initially, the Trustee will act as authenticating agent, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may
change any authenticating agent, Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar. 
  
 4. Indenture; Limitations. 
  
 The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of November 14, 2003
(the “Indenture”), between the Company and National City Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those
stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. 
  
 The Notes are unsecured, general obligations of the Company. 
  
 5. Redemption. 
  
 (a) The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after November 15, 2008 and prior to maturity, upon
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s last address as it appears in the Security Register, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed in percentages of their principal amount),
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date), if
redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on November 15 of the applicable year set forth below: 
  

	 Year

	  	Redemption Price

	 
	 2008
	  	103.375	%
	 2009
	  	102.250	%
	 2010
	  	101.125	%
	 2011 and thereafter
	  	100.000	%

  
 (b) In addition, at
any time prior to November 15, 2006, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Notes originally issued (including any additional Notes originally issued after the Closing Date) with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more sales of
the Company’s Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 106.750%, plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided that at least 65% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes originally issued (including any additional Notes originally issued after the Closing Date) remains outstanding after each such redemption and notice of any such redemption is mailed within 60 days of each such sale of
Capital Stock. 
  
 Notes in original denominations larger than
$1,000 may be redeemed in part. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price. 
  

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 6. Repurchase upon Change of Control. 
  
 Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right, subject to the terms of the Indenture, to
require the repurchase of its Notes by the Company in cash pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Payment Date. 

 
 A notice of such Change of Control will be mailed within 30 days after any
Change of Control occurs to each Holder at his last address as it appears in the Security Register. Notes in original denominations larger than $1,000 may be sold to the Company in part. On and after the Payment Date, interest ceases to accrue on
Notes or portions of Notes surrendered for purchase by the Company, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase price. 
  
 7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. 
  
 The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may
register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption. Also, it need not issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to
be redeemed is made. 
  
 8. Persons Deemed Owners. 
  
 A Holder shall be treated as the owner of a Note for all purposes.

  
 9. Unclaimed Money. 
  
 If money for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains
unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment, unless an abandoned property law designates another
Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease. 
  
 10. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity. 
  
 If the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued interest on the Notes (a) to redemption or maturity, the Company will be discharged from the Indenture and the Notes, except in certain circumstances for certain sections thereof, and (b) to the Stated Maturity, the Company will be
discharged from certain covenants set forth in the Indenture. 
  
 11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. 
  
 Subject to certain
exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal 

  

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amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any existing default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency and make any change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder. 
  
 12. Restrictive Covenants. 
  
 The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, among other things, to Incur additional
Indebtedness, make Restricted Payments, use the proceeds from Asset Sales, engage in transactions with Affiliates or merge, consolidate or transfer substantially all of its assets. Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter (120 days after
the end of the last fiscal quarter of each year), the Company must report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations. 
  
 13. Successor Persons. 
  
 When a successor person or other entity assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor person will be
released from those obligations. 
  
 14. Defaults and Remedies.

  
 The following events constitute “Events of Default”
under the Indenture: (a) default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
subordination provisions set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture; (b) default in the payment of interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days, whether or not such payment is
prohibited by the subordination provisions set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture; (c) default in the performance or breach of Article Five of the Indenture or the failure to make or consummate an Offer to Purchase in accordance with Section 4.10
or 4.11 of the Indenture, whether or not such Offer to Purchase is prohibited by the provisions set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture; (d) the Company defaults in the performance of or breaches any other covenant or agreement of the Company in
the Indenture or under the Notes (other than a default specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above) and such default or breach continues for a period of 30 consecutive days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes; (e) there occurs with respect to any issue or issues of Indebtedness of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary having an outstanding principal amount of $10 million or more in the aggregate for all such issues of
all such Persons, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, (I) an event of default that has caused the holder thereof to declare such Indebtedness to be due and payable prior to its Stated Maturity and such Indebtedness
has not been discharged in full or such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within 30 days of such acceleration and/or (II) the failure to make a principal payment at the final (but not any interim) fixed maturity and such defaulted
payment shall not have been made, waived or extended within 30 days of such payment default; (f) any final judgment or order (not covered by 

  

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insurance) for the payment of money in excess of $10 million in the aggregate for all such final judgments or orders against all such Persons (treating any
deductibles, self-insurance or retention as not so covered) shall be rendered against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and shall not be paid or discharged, and there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days following entry of the final
judgment or order that causes the aggregate amount for all such final judgments or orders outstanding and not paid or discharged against all such Persons to exceed $10 million during which a stay of enforcement of such final judgment or order, by
reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; (g) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for (A) relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (B) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or (C) the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed
and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (A) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry
of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (B) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (C) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors. 
  
 If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due and payable subject to the terms of the Indenture. If a bankruptcy or insolvency default with
respect to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity
satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

  
 15. Subordination. 
  
 The payment of the Notes will, to the extent set forth in the Indenture, be
subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all Senior Indebtedness. 
  
 16. Trustee Dealings with Company. 
  
 The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Company or
its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee. 
  

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 17. No Recourse Against Others. 
  
 No incorporator or any past, present or future partner, stockholder, other equity holder, officer, director, employee or
controlling person as such, of the Company or of any successor Person shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes. 
  
 18. Authentication. 
  
 This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note. 

 
 19. Abbreviations. 
  
 Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee,
such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 
  
 The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to Silgan Holdings Inc., 4 Landmark Square, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, Attention: General Counsel. 
  

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 FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE 
  
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 
  
 Insert Taxpayer Identification No. 
  

	 	


  
 Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee 
  

	 	


  

	 	


  

	 	


  
 the
within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing              attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises. 
  
 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT
PURCHASE 
  
 If you wish to have this Note purchased by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11 of the Indenture, check the Box:  ̈ 
  
 If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant
to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11 of the Indenture, state the amount: $            . 
  
 Date:                      
  
 Your Signature:
                     
  
 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) 
  

Signature Guarantee:                      
  

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