# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000105770
**File Stem:** 0000105770-26-000041
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 11939
**Document Hash:** 944ea85e62ccedc1a1a47e472324547b
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000105770-26-000041.hdr.sgml**: 20260309

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000105770-26-000041

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 16

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260309

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260309

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260309

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000105770
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 231210010
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** PA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-08036
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26735525

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 530 HERMAN O. WEST DRIVE
- **CITY:** EXTON
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19341
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6105942900

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 530 HERMAN O. WEST DRIVE
- **CITY:** EXTON
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19341

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WEST CO INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19990405

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**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**![wstlogoq319.jpg](wst-20260309_g1.jpg)

<u>WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.</u>

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| Pennsylvania | 1-8036 | 23-1210010 |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br>of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer<br>Identification No.) |
| 530 Herman O. West Drive, Exton, PA |  | 19341-1147 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) |  | (Zip Code) |

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **610-594-2900** 

Not Applicable <br> (Former name or address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **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 |

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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).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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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.**

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| (d) | <u>Exhibit No.</u> | <u>Description</u> |
| | 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.

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| Date: March 9, 2026 | WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC. |
| By: | <u>/s/ Norman D. Finch Jr.</u> |
|  | Norman D. Finch Jr. |
|  | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |

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**EXHIBIT INDEX**

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| <u>Exhibit No.</u> | <u>Description</u> |
| 99.1 | <u>[West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Press Release, dated March 9, 2026 (furnished, not filed).](march2026pressrelease.htm)</u> |
| 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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## Exhibit 99.1

![](march 2026pressrelease001.jpg)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Investor Contact: Media Contact: John Sweeney, CFA Michele Polinsky Vice President, Investor Relations Vice President, Global Communications +1-484-790-0373 +1-610-594-3054 John.Sweeney@westpharma.com Michele.Polinsky@westpharma.com Eric M. Green Informs Board of Plans to Retire as President, CEO and Chair of the Board of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. EXTON, Pa., March 9, 2026 – West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE: WST) announced today that Eric M. Green has informed the Board of Directors that he plans to retire from his positions as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of the Company 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. In parallel with today's announcement, the Company is reaffirming the guidance set forth in its February 12, 2026 press release. "After serving 11 years as the Company's 6th CEO over the past century, it is time for someone else to take over the leadership of West," Green said. "I have great confidence in the strong leadership team we have in place to carry on with the current momentum to take this extraordinary Company forward. I am especially thankful to the Board of Directors for giving me this stewardship to lead West over more than a decade and for their support of my decision. My decision provides the opportunity to serve in the future in other capacities, including corporate boards and advisory roles." "We are grateful to Eric for his remarkable service to West," said Robert F. Friel, Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors. "His eleven-year tenure is marked by exceptional revenue and enterprise value growth, having more than doubled the sales of the Company during that time and achieved total shareholder return of approximately 350%." "In addition to these accomplishments, during Eric's tenure the Company drove innovations that uniquely meet patients' needs, responded to the unprecedented COVID pandemic by supporting the delivery of vaccines around the world, and significantly grew our global impact." "As the leading provider of innovative, high-quality injectable solutions and services, the Company is in an excellent position to achieve its long-term growth ambitions and to continue to create value for patients, customers and shareholders," Green added.

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![](march 2026pressrelease002.jpg)

Green has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of West since April 2015, and he became Chair of the Board in May 2022. About West West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative, high-quality injectable solutions and services. As a trusted partner to established and emerging drug developers, West helps ensure the safe, effective containment and delivery of life-saving and life-enhancing medicines for patients. With over 10,000 team members across 50 sites including 25 manufacturing facilities worldwide, West helps support our customers by delivering over 41 billion components and devices each year. Headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, West in its fiscal year 2025 generated $3.07 billion in net sales. West is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WST) and is included on the Standard & Poor's 500 index. For more information, visit www.westpharma.com. All trademarks and registered trademarks used in this release are the property of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. or its subsidiaries, in the United States and other jurisdictions, unless otherwise noted. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the Company's expectations regarding future events, financial guidance and financial or operational performance. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "believe," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "plan," "anticipate," "project," "forecast," "guidance," "target," "may," "will," "continue" and similar expressions. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For additional information regarding these risks as well as other risks, uncertainties and factors that could affect our forward-looking statements, please refer to Part I Item 1A, entitled "Risk Factors," of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any amendments thereto, as well as the Company's most recently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law or regulation, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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