form8k_030410.htm


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) – March 4, 2010
 
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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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Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure
 
 
In December 2009, the Company announced that it realigned its organization into two reporting segments now called “Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems” and “Pharmaceutical Delivery Systems.” The new reporting segments were effective beginning January 1, 2010. In order to assist investors in comparing 2010 performance with 2009 performance, the Company has presented unaudited 2009 quarterly and full-year segment data from its 2009 income statements as if the new reporting segments had been in effect at the beginning of 2009. A copy of this unaudited realigned segment data is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.
 
 
The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under that Act or the Securities Act of 1933.
 
 
Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)
Exhibits
  
     
 
Exhibit #
Description
 
99.1
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Unaudited 2009 Realigned Segment Data Showing “As-If” Effect of Realignment
     

 

 

 
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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
 

 
 
March 4, 2010
 

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 

 
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Unaudited 2009 Re-Presented Segment Data Showing “As-If” Effect of Realignment
 

 

 
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