8-K


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)
April 29, 2016

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 E. 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)


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

Teleflex Incorporated (the “Company”) held its 2016 annual meeting of stockholders on April 29, 2016 (the “2016 Annual Meeting”). At the 2016 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 elected and qualified;
•
the approval of the Teleflex Incorporated 2016 Executive Incentive Plan;
•
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 2016.

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

1.    Election of Directors

Name
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Patricia C. Barron
35,155,582
505,769
34,529
2,332,564
W. Kim Foster
35,085,807
563,239
46,834
2,332,564
Jeffrey A. Graves
35,114,611
526,827
54,443
2,332,563

2.    Approval of Teleflex Incorporated 2016 Executive Incentive Plan

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
35,055,859
520,301
119,717
2,332,567

3.    Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
34,591,037
1,002,084
102,755
2,332,568

4.    Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
36,615,281
1,373,940
39,223
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 5, 2016
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED


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