5-7-2015 8-K Re 2015 Annual Meeting Voting Results


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 1, 2015

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 2015 annual meeting of stockholders on May 1, 2015 (the “2015 Annual Meeting”). At the 2015 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, 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 2015.

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

1.
Election of Directors

Name
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Candace H. Duncan
35,441,983
240,951
86,490
2,302,710
Stephen K. Klasko
34,277,603
1,404,288
87,532
2,302,711
Stuart A. Randle
35,530,689
151,280
87,455
2,302,710

2.
Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
35,144,861
440,844
183,717
2,302,713

3.
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
36,775,412
1,210,651
86,070
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 7, 2015
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED


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