On May 3, 2018 West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE: WST) reported that the Company’s Board of Directors has approved a third-quarter 2018 dividend of $0.14 per share (Press release, West Pharmaceutical Services, MAY 3, 2018, View Source;p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=2346642 [SID1234526028]). The dividend will be paid on August 1, 2018, to shareholders of record as of July 18, 2018.

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In addition, the Board of Directors has approved a fourth-quarter dividend of $0.15 per share, a 7.1% increase over the $0.14 per share declared for each of the four preceding quarters. This is the twenty-sixth consecutive annual increase in the Company’s dividend. The fourth-quarter dividend will be paid on November 7, 2018, to shareholders of record as of October 24, 2018.

The Company also announced that management will present an overview of the business at two investor conferences in May. Management will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Healthcare Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, at 4:20 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, May 15, 2018; and at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference in New York, New York, at 1:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 21, 2018. A live audio webcast of the presentation and a copy of the presentation will be accessible from the Company’s website at www.westpharma.com/en/investors.