Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

The executive officers of the Company are set forth in this table. Executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors annually at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.



Name	Age	Position
Michael A. Anderson	60	Vice President and Treasurer since June 2001. He was Finance Director, Drug Delivery Systems Division from October 1999 to June 2001, Vice President, Business Development from April 1997 to October 1999 and Director of Taxes from July 1992 to April 1997.

Warwick Bedwell	56	President, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems Asia Pacific Region since January 3, 2011. Previously, he served as Vice President and Commercial Director-Bone and Rheumatology for Roche Products (UK) Limited, a biotech company, from October 2008 to August 2010. From January 2007 to October 2008, he served as Vice President and Global Head of Business Development for Hoffman LaRoche Inc. (U.S.) and from June 2003 to December 2006, he served as President and General Manager of Roche Inc. in the Philippines. Prior thereto, he held numerous positions in commercial operations for Roche Products Pty Ltd. in Australia.

Annette F. Favorite	51	Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since October 2015. Prior to joining West, she spent more than 25 years at IBM Corporation, an information technology services company, in a number of strategic and global human resources roles. Most recently, she served as Vice President, Global Talent Management.

William J. Federici	56	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since joining the Company in August 2003. He was National Industry Director for Pharmaceuticals of KPMG LLP (accounting firm) from June 2002 until August 2003 and, prior thereto, an audit partner with Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Karen A. Flynn	53	President, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems since October 2014. She was President, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems Americas Region from June 2012 to October 2014 and served as Vice President, Sales from May 2008 to June 2012. From 2000 to 2008, she worked in Sales Management, most recently as Vice President, Global Accounts, for Catalent (formerly a business segment of Cardinal Health). Prior thereto, she held various positions at West, including Quality, Research and Development, and Sales.



Eric M. Green	46	Chief Executive Officer since April 2015 and President since December 2015. Prior to joining West, he was Executive Vice President and President of the Research Markets business unit at Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a leading life science and technology company, from 2013 to 2015. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Vice President and Managing Director, International, where he was responsible for Asia Pacific and Latin America, and prior thereto, held various commercial and operational roles.

Heino Lennartz	50	President, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems Europe Region since February 2010 and, prior thereto, President, Europe, Pharmaceutical Systems since July 2009. He was Vice President Finance, MIS & Purchasing for Europe & Asia Pacific from December 2006 until July 2009. Mr. Lennartz was Vice President Corporate Finance of AIXTRON AG, a leading semiconductor equipment company, from 2003 to 2006 and, prior thereto, held various positions, including Director Business Systems Europe, at GDX Automotive, a rubber and plastic car body sealing system supplier.

Daniel Malone	54	Vice President and Corporate Controller since August 2011. He was Vice President of Finance, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems Americas Region from September 2008 to August 2011 and Director of Financial and Management Reporting from October 1999 to September 2008.

George L. Miller	61	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since joining West in November 2015. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Sigma-Aldrich Corporation from 2009 to 2015. Prior to working at Sigma-Aldrich, he held senior legal positions with Novartis AG, a global healthcare company.

John E. Paproski	59	President, Pharmaceutical Delivery Systems since December 2009. He was Vice President of Innovation, from January 2005 to December 2009 and Vice President, Global Product Development from August 1996 to January 2005. He has held numerous other operations and engineering positions within the Company, including Vice President of Rubber Operations from August 1993 to January 2005 and Director of Manufacturing Engineering from 1991 to 1993.

Christopher G. Ryan	55	President, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems Americas Region since February 2015. Previously, he served as Global Business Leader and Strategic Marketer for the Industrial Product Division at W.L. Gore. Prior to serving in this role, he led a Global Consumer Performance Fabric Business Unit at the same company. Prior thereto, he held various senior positions at Cargill, Inc.

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