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West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 7/28/22, at 4:04pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  105770-22-47   ·   File #:  1-08036

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/28/22  West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. 10-Q        6/30/22   83:9.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.10M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     74K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    101K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     55K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     34K 
                Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    154K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     39K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     92K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     27K 
                Accounting Policies                                              
19: R9          New Accounting Standards                            HTML     35K 
20: R10         Revenue                                             HTML     63K 
21: R11         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     37K 
22: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     29K 
23: R13         Leases                                              HTML     59K 
24: R14         Affiliated Companies                                HTML     27K 
25: R15         Debt                                                HTML     45K 
26: R16         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    134K 
27: R17         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     82K 
28: R18         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    101K 
29: R19         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML    145K 
30: R20         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     28K 
31: R21         Benefit Plans                                       HTML    116K 
32: R22         Other (Income) Expense                              HTML     52K 
33: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML     26K 
34: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     25K 
35: R25         Segment Information                                 HTML     76K 
36: R26         Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant    HTML     30K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
37: R27         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     59K 
38: R28         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     35K 
39: R29         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     30K 
40: R30         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     62K 
41: R31         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     35K 
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43: R33         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     75K 
44: R34         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML    102K 
45: R35         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    141K 
46: R36         Benefit Plans (Tables)                              HTML    105K 
47: R37         Other (Income) Expense (Tables)                     HTML     51K 
48: R38         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     70K 
49: R39         Revenue - Revenue Recognition (Details)             HTML     58K 
50: R40         Revenue - Contracts and Liabilities (Details)       HTML     33K 
51: R41         Revenue - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     34K 
52: R42         Net Income Per Share - Summary of Net Income Per    HTML     43K 
                Share (Details)                                                  
53: R43         Net Income Per Share - Narrative (Details)          HTML     34K 
54: R44         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     31K 
55: R45         Leases - Lease Cost (Details)                       HTML     31K 
56: R46         Leases - Lease Cash Flow and Supplemental           HTML     27K 
                Information (Details)                                            
57: R47         Leases - Lease Weighted Average (Details)           HTML     26K 
58: R48         Leases - Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities  HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R49         Affiliated Companies (Details)                      HTML     37K 
60: R50         Debt - Long-term Debt (Details)                     HTML     46K 
61: R51         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     90K 
62: R52         Derivative Financial Instruments - Foreign          HTML     68K 
                Exchange Rate and Commodity Price Risk (Details)                 
63: R53         Derivative Financial Instruments - Effects of       HTML     85K 
                Derivative Instruments on OCI and Earnings                       
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML     64K 
                Recorded at Fair Value (Details)                                 
65: R55         Fair Value Measurement - Other Financial            HTML     25K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
66: R56         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Components   HTML     59K 
                of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                        
                (Details)                                                        
67: R57         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Other        HTML     88K 
                Comprehensive Loss Reclassifications (Details)                   
68: R58         Shareholder's Equity - Change in Shareholders'      HTML     83K 
                Equity (Details)                                                 
69: R59         Shareholder's Equity - Supplemental Equity          HTML     23K 
                Information (Details)                                            
70: R60         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     58K 
71: R61         Benefit Plans - Schedule of Components of Net       HTML     64K 
                Periodic Benefit Cost (Details)                                  
72: R62         Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     27K 
73: R63         Other (Income) Expense - Summary (Details)          HTML     36K 
74: R64         Other (Income) Expense - Narrative (Details)        HTML     36K 
75: R65         Other (Income) Expense - Restructuring and Related  HTML     40K 
                Charges (Details)                                                
76: R66         Other (Income) Expense - Other Items (Details)      HTML     35K 
77: R67         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     28K 
78: R68         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     66K 
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