0000096943-19-000101.txt : 20190509 0000096943-19-000101.hdr.sgml : 20190509 20190509170247 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000096943-19-000101 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190503 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20190509 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190509 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TELEFLEX INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000096943 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 231147939 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05353 FILM NUMBER: 19811570 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 E SWEDESFORD RD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: WAYNE STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 BUSINESS PHONE: 610-225-6800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 E SWEDESFORD RD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: WAYNE STATE: PA ZIP: 19087 8-K 1 a5-9x20198xkre2019annualme.htm 8-K Document


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 3, 2019

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.)

550 East Swedesford Road, Suite 400, Wayne, Pennsylvania
19087
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
(610) 225-6800

Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company o


If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
 
 
Common Stock, par value $1 per share
TFX
New York Stock Exchange
 

Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) Teleflex Incorporated (the "Company") held its 2019 annual meeting of stockholders on May 3, 2019 (the “2019 Annual Meeting”). At the 2019 Annual 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 duly elected and qualified;
the approval, on an advisory basis, of 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 2019.

(b) The final voting results with respect to each proposal are set forth below.

1.    Election of Directors

Name
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
John C. Heinmiller
39,375,344
135,661
48,090
1,945,107
Andrew A. Krakauer
39,163,253
347,922
47,919
1,945,107
Richard A. Packer
38,690,493
820,816
47,785
1,945,107

2.    Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
37,970,276
1,475,216
113,601
1,945,107

3.    Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
40,209,566
1,236,496
58,139
0








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 9, 2019
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED


By: /s/ James J. Leyden 
Name: James J. Leyden
Title: Vice President, General Counsel and
            Secretary