UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) – May 5, 2006

 

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WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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Pennsylvania

1-8036

23-1210010

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

101 Gordon Drive, PO Box 645, Lionville, PA

 

19341-0645

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

610-594-3319

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On May 5, 2006, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company will conduct a live webcast of its Investor Day event on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 from 1:00 p.m. to approximately 3:00 p.m. EDT. The event will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York, New York. The following members of management will be presenting at the event:

Donald Morel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Steven Ellers, President and Chief Operating Officer

William Federici, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Robert Hargesheimer, President, Tech Group

Donald McMillan, President Americas Region, Pharmaceutical Systems

John Paproski, Vice President, Innovation

Michael Schaefers, Director of Marketing, Europe

Mike Anderson, Vice President and Treasurer

A copy of the Company’s presentation from the Investor Day will be available through the Investor link at the Company’s website, http://www.westpharma.com and is also attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2. Both Exhibits are incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2) is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 Regulation FD and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit #

 

Description

 

99.1

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. presentation slides.

 

 

 

 

 

99.2

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Press Release, dated May 5, 2006.

 

 

                

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

/s/ John R. Gailey III

John R. Gailey III

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

May 10, 2006