UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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) May 4, 2012
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 1-5353 | 23-1147939 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 155 South Limerick Road, Limerick, Pennsylvania |
19468 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (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 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Teleflex Incorporated (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on May 4, 2012. At the meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on:
| • | the election of three directors of the Company to serve for a term of three years or until their successors have been elected and qualified; |
| • | an advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and |
| • | the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year. |
The final voting results with respect to each proposal are set forth below.
| 1. | Election of Directors |
| Name |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Sigismundus W.W. Lubsen |
33,341,791 | 655,078 | 51,808 | 2,881,670 | ||||
| Stuart A. Randle |
32,902,694 | 1,093,290 | 52,693 | 2,881,670 | ||||
| Harold L. Yoh III |
33,045,785 | 952,697 | 49,195 | 2,882,670 |
| 2. | Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers |
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 31,841,855 |
1,684,339 | 522,483 | 2,881,670 |
| 3. | Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 36,055,157 |
822,507 | 52,683 | 0 |
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: May 10, 2012 | TELEFLEX INCORPORATED | |||||
| By: | /s/ Laurence G. Miller | |||||
| Name: | Laurence G. Miller | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||