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): April 30, 2010
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) | (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 April 30, 2010. 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; and
• a proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year.
With respect to the election of directors, the Company’s stockholders elected each of Patricia C. Barron, Jeffrey A. Graves and James W. Zug to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve a three-year term expiring in 2013. The number of votes cast for or withheld and the number of broker non-votes with respect to each nominee is set forth below:
| Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Patricia C. Barron | 31,540,842 | 1,378,995 | 2,817,339 | |||||||||
| Jeffrey A. Graves | 32,169,935 | 749,902 | 2,817,340 | |||||||||
| James W. Zug | 32,296,431 | 623,406 | 2,817,340 | |||||||||
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year. The number of votes cast for or against, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes with respect to the proposal are set forth below:
| For | Withheld | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| 35,025,961 | 585,632 | 126,583 | 0 | |||||||||
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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 5, 2010 | TELEFLEX INCORPORATED | ||
| By: | /s/ Laurence G. Miller | ||
| Name: Laurence G. Miller Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||
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