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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 5, 2017

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:

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 5, 2017, Teleflex Incorporated (the “Company”) promoted John R. Deren to the position of Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Deren joined the Company in May 2013 as Vice President and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Deren served as Vice President and Global Controller at Trinseo S.A. (formerly, Styron, LLC), a materials manufacturer, from January 2011 to May 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Deren held financial management positions with Excelon Corporation, an energy provider, and Rohm and Haas Company, a specialty chemical company, and was a senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a public accounting firm.
In connection with his promotion, on May 9, 2017 (the "Grant Date"), Mr. Deren received an equity grant under the Company's 2014 Stock Incentive Plan of stock options to purchase 948 shares of Company stock and 108 restricted stock units. The options will vest in three equal annual installments beginning one year from the Grant Date. The restricted stock units will vest in their entirety on the third anniversary of the Grant Date. There were no other changes to Mr. Deren's compensation in connection with this promotion.

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

(a) The Company held its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders on May 5, 2017 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”). At the 2017 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on:

•
the election of three directors of the Company to serve for a term of three years and one director for a term of two years or, in each case, 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;
•
an advisory vote on whether the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should be held every one, two or three years; and
•
the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.

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

1.    Election of Directors

Class of 2020
Name
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
George Babich, Jr.
38,196,393
615,573
40,231
2,017,152
Gretchen R. Haggerty
38,515,405
299,457
37,334
2,017,152
Benson F. Smith
37,974,916
838,474
38,806
2,017,152

Class of 2019
Name
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Richard A. Packer
38,617,175
193,023
41,998
2,017,152

2.    Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
37,344,883
1,354,523
152,791
2,017,152





3.    Advisory Vote on Frequency of Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers

Every One Year
Every Two Years
Every Three Years
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
34,726,939
152,282
3,905,471
67,504
2,017,152

4.    Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
40,646,876
174,313
48,159
0

(c) In light of the voting results with respect to the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation, the Company has decided that it will hold an annual advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of executives. The Company is required to hold votes on frequency every six years.





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 11, 2017
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED


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