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) – February 15, 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) 594-2900

(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 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(b)

Pro Forma Financial Information

 

 

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information for West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2004 and the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Such information is being filed for purposes of incorporation by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-128438) filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(c)

Exhibits

 

99.1

Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information.

 

 

                

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

February 15, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Description

 

99.1 Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information.