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) – January 10, 2007

 

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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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Kthelman/SEC drafts/Form 8-K - January 2007 CJS Conference

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On January 10, 2007, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release updating its expected 2006 sales and its expected earnings per share for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006. The release also noted that Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D., the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and William J. Federici, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the CJS Securities Investor Conference on January 11, 2007. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference, is the Corporate Overview (Investor Presentation) to be given by Dr. Morel and Mr. Federici at the conference.

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 Financials Statement and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit #

 

Description

 

99.1

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Press Release, dated January 10, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

99.2

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Corporate Overview (Investor Presentation).

 

 

                

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

 

January 10, 2007