Exhibit 99.2
GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC. 2401 PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD YORK, PA 17402 | VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com
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The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 1, 2 and 3. | For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 12, 2011, between Silgan Holdings Inc. and Graham Packaging Company Inc., as such agreement may be amended from time to time. |
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Approve adjournments of the Graham Packaging Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation of proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger. |
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Approve, on a nonbinding advisory basis, golden parachute compensation, payable under existing agreements. |
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NOTE: This proxy will be voted in the discretion of the proxy holders upon such other matters as may properly come before the Graham Packaging Special Meeting. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] | Date | Signature (Joint Owners) | Date |
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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC. Special Meeting of Stockholders , 2011 This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors | ||
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The undersigned stockholder of Graham Packaging Company Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby revokes all proxies heretofore given by the signer(s) to vote at the Special Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof, acknowledges receipt of Proxy Materials, and/or the Proxy Statement, dated May , 2011, and appoints Mark S. Burgess, Chief Executive Officer and Director, David W. Bullock, Chief Financial Officer, and Michael L. Korniczky, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, and each of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful agents and proxies, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each, to represent the undersigned at the Special Meeting of Stockholders of Graham Packaging Company Inc. to be held on , , 2011 at a.m. (EDT), and at any adjournments or postponements thereof, and to vote as specified on this proxy all shares of common stock of Graham Packaging Company Inc. which the undersigned is entitled to vote, either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of any entity or entities, on all matters properly coming before the Special Meeting, including but not limited to the matters set forth on the reverse side of this proxy, with the same force and effect as the undersigned might or could do if personally present thereat.
This proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein. If the proxy is signed but no direction given, this proxy will be voted FOR the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and FOR Proposals 2 and 3 and it will be voted in the discretion of the proxy holders upon such other matters as may properly come before the Special Meeting.
IF NO BOXES ARE MARKED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE.
Continued and to be signed on reverse side
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