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 5, 2009
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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.
Citing family and personal reasons, Fábio de Sampaio Dória Filho, the Company’s President, Europe and Asia Pacific, Pharmaceutical Systems Division, delivered his resignation on March 5, 2009. Mr. Dória joined the Company in October 2008 and assumed full operating duties and responsibilities for the Pharmaceutical Systems Europe and Asia Pacific region on January 1, 2009. The Company will immediately begin a search for his replacement.
SIGNATURES
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 11, 2009
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