Filings Radar

SEC 8-K and 6-K filings classified by Claude with reasoning, plus Form 4 insider transactions. Ingested from EDGAR’s filing stream in near-real time, reconciled overnight.

WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC (WST)

CIK 0000105770 3 material events

Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

Open-market buys and sells only — the deliberate trades. Zero here doesn’t mean no filings: grants, option exercises and tax withholding (below) are compensation, not market trades.

Open-market · last 30 days: 0 buyers bought $0 1 seller sold $2.8M
Open-market · last 90 days: 0 buyers bought $0 1 seller sold $2.8M
InsiderRoleDateTransactionSharesValue
Favorite Annette F Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer 2026-09-08 Option exercise 2817 $235K
Favorite Annette F Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer 2026-09-08 Open-market sell 2817 $960K
Favorite Annette F Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer 2026-09-08 Option exercise 2818 $235K
Favorite Annette F Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer 2026-09-08 Open-market sell 2818 $960K
Favorite Annette F Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer 2026-09-08 Option exercise 2500 $224K
Favorite Annette F Sr. VP & Chief HR Officer 2026-09-08 Open-market sell 2500 $852K
McMahon Robert W. SVP & Chief Financial Officer 2026-08-11 Option exercise 794
McMahon Robert W. SVP & Chief Financial Officer 2026-08-11 Tax withholding 346 $121K
McMahon Robert W. SVP & Chief Financial Officer 2026-08-11 Option exercise 6355
McMahon Robert W. SVP & Chief Financial Officer 2026-08-11 Tax withholding 2764 $971K
Campbell Shane Alden SVP, Proprietary Segment 2026-05-12 Option exercise 296
Campbell Shane Alden SVP, Proprietary Segment 2026-05-12 Tax withholding 84 $26K
Campbell Shane Alden SVP, Proprietary Segment 2026-05-12 Option exercise 474
Campbell Shane Alden SVP, Proprietary Segment 2026-05-12 Tax withholding 135 $42K
BUTHMAN MARK A Director 2026-05-04 Grant/award 791 $0
FRIEL ROBERT F Director 2026-05-04 Grant/award 791 $0
Feehery William F Director 2026-05-04 Grant/award 791 $0
HAUGEN JANET BRUTSCHEA Director 2026-05-04 Grant/award 791 $0
Joseph Molly Director 2026-05-04 Grant/award 791 $0
Keller Deborah L Director 2026-05-04 Grant/award 791 $0
Most recent 20 reported transactions. Open-market buys (P) and sells (S) are the deliberate ones; grants and option exercises are compensation. Not investment advice.

Risk Radar (year-over-year Risk Factors)

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Fiscal period ending 2025-12-31 versus 2024-12-31view filing on EDGAR →

Risk disclosures broadened materially across five distinct themes, with no offsetting easings. The most consequential additions are a concrete divestiture transaction (SmartDose to AbbVie) carrying operational and financial execution risk, newly identified PFAS regulatory exposure requiring potential product reformulation, and a specific GLP-1/oral-delivery competitive threat in a high-growth segment — together signaling a more complex and pressured operating environment than the prior year's disclosures suggested.

4 company-specific · 1 common-mode

Company-specific changes

New

New disclosure of active divestiture (SmartDose sale to AbbVie) and ongoing M&A strategy. Concrete transaction risk with material operational and financial consequences.

We may not succeed in completing divestitures, acquisitions or other strategic transactions, all of which could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations. In the normal course…

New

New disclosure of material customer concentration risk. Loss of key customers could materially impact revenue and financial condition—a substantive business risk.

The concentration of our customer base could adversely affect our financial condition and operating results. We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from a limited number of customers. The…

Revised

Added specific PFAS regulation risk with concrete examples (EU, US states). Escalates from generic environmental compliance to identified regulatory threat requiring material product reformulation.

Our operations must comply with environmental statutes and regulations, and any failure to comply could result in extensive costs which would harm our business. The manufacturing of some of our…

Revised

Added specific GLP-1 example and oral delivery threat, escalating from generic risk to concrete competitive pressure in high-growth market segment.

Industry Risks Our sales and profitability are largely dependent on the sale of drug products delivered by injection and the packaging of drug products. If the drug products developed by our…

Also disclosed — common-mode (Tariffs trade policy)
Tariffs trade policy Revised

New explicit disclosure of tariff risk and countermeasures. Prior year omitted tariffs; current year adds them as material trade risk factor.

We are a global company with significant revenues and earnings generated internationally, which exposes us to the impact of foreign currency fluctuations and tariffs, as well as political and…

Material year-over-year changes to this company's Risk Factors (Item 1A), found by comparing each annual report to the prior year, judged for materiality, and classified as company-specific or common-mode against the cross-company catalog. Common-mode changes are the macro themes many companies disclose in common; they are collapsed above. A filing marked unchanged had no material change from the prior year; its summary describes the company's standing risks, which remain in force. Fiscal periods are the reporting period ends. Not investment advice.

Earnings release

8-K filed 2026-07-23 confidence 98% Item 2.02

West Pharmaceutical Services issued a press release on July 23, 2026 announcing second-quarter 2026 financial results, including net sales of $872.3 million (up 13.8%), diluted EPS of $2.15 (up 18.1%), and adjusted-diluted EPS of $2.37 (up 28.8%), along with raised full-year 2026 guidance for net sales and EPS.

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Operational Other

8-K filed 2026-07-14 confidence 75% Item 1.01

West Pharmaceutical entered into amended and restated technology exchange, cross-license, and distributorship agreements with Daikyo Seiko, Ltd. effective July 14, 2026. These are material commercial agreements governing technology sharing, licensing rights, and distribution arrangements for pharmaceutical packaging products with a 10-year term. While the agreements are substantially similar to prior versions, the formal amendment and restatement of these foundational commercial relationships constitutes a material operational event that does not fit the specific categories of M&A activity, debt issuance, or other defined financial/legal events.

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Exec appointment

8-K filed 2026-06-01 confidence 95% Item 5.02

Michel Lagarde was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer effective August 31, 2026, and appointed to the Board of Directors, replacing retiring CEO Eric M. Green. The filing also discloses compensatory arrangements for Mr. Lagarde as part of this executive succession event.

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