wst-20260309
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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 9, 2026
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC. | ||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania | 1-8036 | 23-1210010 | ||||||||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
530 Herman O. West Drive, Exton, PA | 19341-1147 | |||||||||||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||||||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 610-594-2900
Not Applicable | ||
(Former name or address, if changed since last report.) | ||
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share | WST | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Today, March 9, 2026, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Mr. Eric M. Green, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors (the “Board) of the Company, informed the Board on March 6, 2026 of his intent to retire from those positions once his successor has been hired in order to ensure a smooth transition. The Board is engaging a leading executive recruiting firm to assist with the search for a successor and expects this transition to occur in the second half of 2026.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the press release regarding this announcement of Mr. Green’s intent to retire from the Company and the Board and the Company’s reaffirmation of its 2026 financial guidance provided in its February 12, 2026 earnings release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference thereto.
The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. Furthermore, the information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 99.1, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) | Exhibit No. | Description | ||||||
99.1 | West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Press Release, dated March 9, 2026 (furnished, not filed). | |||||||
104 | The cover page from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 9, 2026, formatted in Inline XBRL. | |||||||
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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.
Date: March 9, 2026 | WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Norman D. Finch Jr. | ||||
| Norman D. Finch Jr. | |||||
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
99.1 | ||||||||
104 | The cover page from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 9, 2026, formatted in Inline XBRL. | |||||||
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