8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 23, 2012

 

 

 

TELEFLEX INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-5353   23-1147939

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

155 South Limerick Road, Limerick, Pennsylvania 19468

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 948-5100

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 23, 2012, Teleflex Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

In addition to the financial information included in the Press Release that has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), the Press Release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures. These measures include (i) adjusted diluted earnings per share, which excludes the effect of charges associated with our restructuring programs and asset impairments, losses and other charges related to refinancing transactions, costs associated with severance payments and benefits to be provided to our former chief executive officer, charges related to product rationalizations, intangible amortization expense and the amortization of debt discount on convertible notes; and (ii) constant currency revenue and growth, which exclude the impact of translating the results of international subsidiaries at different currency exchange rates from period to period. Consistent with past practice, adjusted diluted earnings per share has not been adjusted to exclude the benefit resulting from the forfeiture of equity awards. The Press Release includes a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors to facilitate the comparison of past and present operations, excluding items that the Company does not believe are indicative of our ongoing operations. In addition, management uses these financial measures for internal managerial purposes, when publicly providing guidance on possible future results and to assist in our evaluation of period-to-period comparisons. However, such non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or superior to other financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, such non-GAAP financial measures as presented by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

The information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be considered “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into future filings by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, unless the Company expressly sets forth in such future filing that such information is to be considered “filed” or incorporated by reference therein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

  99.1 Press Release, dated February 23, 2012

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 23, 2012     TELEFLEX INCORPORATED
    By:   /s/ Richard A. Meier        
      Name: Richard A. Meier
     

Title:   Executive Vice President and

            Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

99.1    Press Release, dated February 23, 2012