Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index

NEW YORK, Dec. 23  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SLGN) will replace Marvel Entertainment Inc. (NYSE:MVL) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on Thursday, December 31. Marvel is being acquired by S&P 100 & 500 constituent The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) in a deal expected to be completed on or about that date.

Standard & Poor's will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/.

Silgan is a manufacturer of metal and plastic consumer goods packaging products. Headquartered in Stamford, CT, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Metal & Glass Containers Sub-Industry index.

  Following is a summary of the change:





          S&P  MIDCAP 400 INDEX  -  December 31,
                            2009
          --------------------------------------
                             GICS ECONOMIC      GICS SUB-
               COMPANY           SECTOR         INDUSTRY
               -------       -------------     ---------
                Silgan                        Metal & Glass
   ADDED       Holdings        Materials       Containers
   -----       --------        ---------     -------------
                Marvel          Consumer        Movies &
  DELETED   Entertainment    Discretionary    Entertainment
  -------   -------------    -------------   -------------





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