-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JLABxavGN0NFxd5tS+s18mrohrawGaKMDwbh6V3ph9pzYUcZIS2F+gg4OobpBpRp QBiFek7vSJsioaFlY4d+Zg== 0000898432-97-000067.txt : 19970221 0000898432-97-000067.hdr.sgml : 19970221 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898432-97-000067 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970211 SROS: NONE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WEST CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000105770 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FABRICATED RUBBER PRODUCTS, NEC [3060] IRS NUMBER: 231210010 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-12729 FILM NUMBER: 97524247 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 GORDON DR STREET 2: P O BOX 645 CITY: LIONVILLE STATE: PA ZIP: 19341-0645 BUSINESS PHONE: 6105942900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 GORDON DRIVE STREET 2: PO BOX 645 CITY: LIONVILLE STATE: PA ZIP: 19341-0645 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILMINGTON TRUST CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000872821 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 510328154 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: RODNEY SQUARE NORTH STREET 2: 1100 NORTH MARKET ST CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19890 BUSINESS PHONE: 3026511000 SC 13G/A 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 17)* The West Company, Inc. (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 953348-109 (CUSIP Number) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). (Continued on the following page(s)) Page 1 of 9 Pages CUSIP No. 953348-109 13G Page 2 of 9 Pages 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Wilmington Trust Corporation 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) /x/ (b) /_/ 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF INCORPORATION Delaware Corporation NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 440,620 6 SHARED VOTING POWER 640,690 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 640,690 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,081,310 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* /_/ 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 6.6% 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* HC *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 953348-109 13G Page 3 of 9 Pages 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Wilmington Trust Company 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) /x/ (b) /_/ 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF INCORPORATION Delaware banking corporation NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 440,620 6 SHARED VOTING POWER 413,250 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 413,250 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 853,870 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* /_/ 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 5.2% 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* BK *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 953348-109 13G Page 4 of 9 Pages 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Wilmington Trust FSB 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) /x/ (b) /_/ 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF INCORPORATION Federal Savings Bank NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 6 SHARED VOTING POWER 227,440 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 227,440 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 227,440 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* /_/ 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 1.4% 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* BK *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 953348-109 13G Page 5 of 9 Pages Item 1 (a). Name of Issuer: The West Company, Inc. Item 1 (b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 101 Gordon Drive Lionville, PA 19341-0645 Item 2 (a). Name of Persons Filing: Wilmington Trust Corporation, Wilmington Trust Company and Wilmington Trust FSB Item 2 (b). Address of Principal Business Office: 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19890 Item 2 (c). Citizenship: Wilmington Trust Corporation is a Delaware corporation; Wilmington Trust Company is a Delaware banking corporation; and Wilmington Trust FSB is a Federal Savings Bank. Item 2 (d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2 (e). CUSIP Number: 953348-109 Item 3. The persons filing this Schedule 13G are: Wilmington Trust Corporation, Wilmington Trust Company and Wilmington Trust FSB are a Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H). Wilmington Trust Corporation is a Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G). Wilmington Trust Company and Wilmington Trust FSB are each Banks as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securites Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are each direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Wilmington Trust Corporation. Item 4. Ownership. (a) Amount Beneficially Owned by Wilmington Trust Corporation: 1,081,310 Wilmington Trust Company: 853,870 Wilmington Trust FSB: 227,440 CUSIP No. 953348-109 13G Page 6 of 9 Pages (b) Percent of Class for Wilmington Trust Corporation: 6.6% Wilmington Trust Company: 5.2% Wilmington Trust FSB: 1.4% (c) Number of shares as to which Wilmington Trust Corporation has: (i) sole power to vote or direct the vote: 440,620 (ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote: 640,690 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 640,690 Number of shares as to which Wilmington Trust Company has: (i) sole power to vote or direct the vote: 440,620 (ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote: 413,250 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 413,250 Number of shares as to which Wilmington Trust FSB has: (i) sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0 (ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote: 227,440 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 227,440 CUSIP No. 953348-109 13G Page 7 of 9 Pages Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following /_/ Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: Not Applicable Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company: Wilmington Trust Company: BK Wilmington Trust FSB: BK Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: Wilmington Trust Corporation: HC Wilmington Trust Company: BK Wilmington Trust FSB: BK Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group: Not Applicable Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. CUSIP No. 953348-109 13G Page 8 of 9 Pages Signatures. After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION By: /s/ Thomas P. Collins Vice President and Secretary WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY By: /s/ Allan C. Lynch, Jr. Vice President WILMINGTON TRUST FSB By: /s/ Thomas P. Collins Vice President and Secretary Dated: February 3, 1997 CUSIP No. 953348-109 13G Page 9 of 9 Pages JOINT FILING AGREEMENT Wilmington Trust Corporation, Wilmington Trust Company and Wilmington Trust FSB (the "Filing Persons") hereby agree to file jointly the Schedule 13G to which this Joint Filing Agreement is attached and any amendments thereto, as permitted by Rule 13d-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Each of the Filing Persons agrees that the information set forth in such Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto with respect to that Filing Person will be true, complete and correct as of the date of that Schedule 13G or that amendment, to the best of that Filing Person's knowledge and belief, after reasonable inquiry. Each of the Filing Persons makes no representations as to the accuracy or adequacy of the information set forth in the Schedule 13G or any amendments thereto with respect to any other Filing Person. Each of the Filing Persons shall notify the other Filing Persons promptly if any of the information set forth in the Schedule 13G or any amendments thereto becomes inaccurate in any material respect or if that person learns of information which would require an amendment to the Schedule 13G. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Joint Filing Agreement as of the 3rd day of February, 1997. WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION By: /s/ Thomas P. Collins Vice President and Secretary WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY By: /s/ Allan C. Lynch, Jr. Vice President WILMINGTON TRUST FSB By: /s/ Thomas P. Collins Vice President and Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----