X0306 4 2012-10-05 0 0001024657 WEST CORP WSTC 0001185539 BARKER THOMAS B WEST CORPORATION 11808 MIRACLE HILLS DRIVE OMAHA NE 68154 1 1 0 0 Chairman and CEO Common Stock 2012-12-12 4 M 0 407640 5.47 A 782631 D Common Stock 2012-12-12 4 M 0 220419 5.47 D 562212 D Stock Units 2012-10-05 4 A 0 227.4931 25.36 A Common Stock 227.4931 246723.98 D Stock Units 2012-10-19 4 A 0 227.4931 25.36 A Common Stock 227.4931 246951.47 D Stock Units 2012-11-02 4 A 0 4083.6701 25.36 A Common Stock 4083.6701 251035.14 D Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 5.47 2012-12-12 4 M 0 407640 0 D Common Stock 407640 0 D Stock Units 2013-01-11 4 A 0 227.4931 25.36 A Common Stock 227.4931 251262.64 D Stock Units 2013-01-25 4 A 0 227.4931 25.36 A Common Stock 227.4931 251490.13 D Stock Units 2013-02-08 4 A 0 227.4931 25.36 A Common Stock 227.4931 251717.62 D Stock Units 2013-02-22 4 A 0 227.4931 25.36 A Common Stock 227.4931 251945.12 D Stock Units 2013-03-08 4 A 0 227.4931 25.36 A Common Stock 227.4931 252172.61 D Stock Units 2013-03-21 4 A 0 35769.2331 20 A Common Stock 35769.2331 287941.84 D Stock Units 2013-03-22 4 A 0 305.8971 18.86 A Common Stock 305.8971 288247.74 D The Issuer effected a 1-for-8 reverse stock split on March 8, 2013. The number of shares of Common Stock, as well as derivatives of the Common Stock (including Stock Units and Stock Options) reported in this Form 4 have been adjusted to account for the reverse stock split. These stock units were granted under the Issuer's Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan and represent notional equity interests in the Issuer credited to the filing person's deferred compensation account. Each stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of the Issuer's Common Stock. These stock units become payable, through the issuance of shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, on the date specified by the filing person, which can be no earlier than five years following the year of deferral for such shares or, if earlier, six months after the date the filing person separates from service with the Issuer or the date of death of the filing person. These options represent retained, or "rollover", options. In connection with the Issuer's recapitalization completed on October 24, 2006, the filing person elected to convert certain vested options in the Issuer into fully-vested options in the surviving corporation. No share-based compensation was recorded for these retained options, as these options were fully vested prior to the consummation of the recapitalization (which triggered the "rollover event"). These options expire on different dates throughout 2013, 2014 and 2015. On December 12, 2012, the filing person paid the exercise price on a cashless basis, resulting in the Issuer withholding of 220,419 of the shares to pay the exercise price and taxes, issuing to the filing person the remaining 187,221 shares. /s/ Thomas B. Barker 2013-03-25