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) – April 21, 2005

 

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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)

 

610-594-2900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

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

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

 

 

On April 21, 2005 West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

 

(c)

Exhibits

 

 

 

Exhibit #

Description

 

99.1

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Press Release, dated April 21, 2005.

                

 

 



 

 

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/ William J. Federici

William J. Federici

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

April 21, 2005