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) – June 8, 2005

 

 

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.)

 

 

 

 

 

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 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 8, 2005, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.  (the “Company”) entered into a long-term supply contract with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.  Under the contract, Goodyear will supply a majority of the Company’s worldwide requirements of polyisoprene and styrene-butadiene rubber, a key raw material in the Company’s disposable medical device products.  The contract contains fixed pricing at current market rates with adjustments based on raw materials indices, as well as indemnification of the vendor against certain product-related claims.  The contract, which became effective as of January 1, 2005, will continue until December 31, 2015.

 

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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

 

 

June 14, 2005

 

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