UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 144

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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SEC USE ONLY

DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.

ATTENTION:

Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

CUSIP NUMBER

1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
 West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
   23-1210010

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
      1-8036

WORK LOCATION

1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                                STREET                              CITY                                STATE                                     ZIP CODE

  101 Gordon Drive, P.O. Box 645                                                                  Lionville                                   PA                                  19341-0645

(e) TELEPHONE NO.

AREA CODE
  610

NUMBER
594-2900

2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  Donald E. Morel, Jr.

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
Officer/Director

(d) ADDRESS STREET    CITY     STATE   ZIP CODE
101 Gordon Drive        Lionville    PA     19341

 

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

 

3 (a)

(b)

SEC USE ONLY

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold

Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities

Broker-Dealer File Number

Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c)

Aggregate Market Value (See instr. 3(d)

Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e)

Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f (MO. DAY YR.)

Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g)

Common
Stock

Computer Investor Services
525 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ  07310

 

5,000

$196,350(1)

32,409,315

08/31/2006

NYSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.

(a)

Name of issuer

3.

(a)

Title of the class of securities to be sold

 

(b)

Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number

 

(b)

Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold

 

(c)

Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any

 

(c)

Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)

 

(d)

Issuer’s address, including zip code

 

(d)

Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice

 

(e)

Issuer’s telephone number, including area code

 

(e)

Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer

 

 

 

 

(f)

Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

2.

(a)

Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold

 

(g)

Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

 

(b)

Such person’s I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity

 

 

 

 

(c)

Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

 

 

 

 

(d)

Such person’s address, including zip code

 

 

 

 

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not

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TABLE I –– SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

 

Title of
the Class

Date you
Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of
Securities Acquired

Date of
Payment

Nature of Payment

Common Stock

2/28/06

Exercise of employee stock option

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

5,000

2/28/06

Delivery of previously-owned shares

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at
the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the
consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation,
or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when
the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

 

TABLE II –– SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

 

Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale

Amount of Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds

Donald E. Morel, Jr.
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
101 Gordon Drive
Lionville, PA 19341

Common Stock

5/31/06

2,000

$67,137.60

 

REMARKS:

(1) Close price of 8/30/2006 ($39.27).

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

ATTENTION:

See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

 

 

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

 

August 31, 2006

 

 

 

/s/ Donald E. Morel, Jr.

 

DATE OF NOTICE

 

(SIGNATURE)

 

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

 

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

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