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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)      October 27, 2005     
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.)
 
     
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)
 
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 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
     In connection with the conference call held by Teleflex Incorporated (the “Company”) on October 27, 2005 to discuss its financial results for the third quarter of 2005, the Company referenced a slide presentation, which was made available in advance of the call through the Company’s website. The slide presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.
     In addition to the financial information included in the slide presentation that has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), the slide presentation includes information regarding free cash flow and certain income measures which exclude the effect of restructuring and other costs associated with the Company’s restructuring and divestiture program, which are non-GAAP financial measures.
     Management believes that free cash flow is a useful measure of cash performance because it provides a meaningful representation of those cash flows, both operating and capital, that are associated with the Company’s operations. In addition, management believes that the use of income measures that exclude the effect of restructuring and other costs associated with the Company’s restructuring and divestiture program provides useful information to investors to facilitate the comparison of past and present operations, excluding items that the Company does not believe are indicative of our ongoing operations. However, such non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or superior to other financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, such non-GAAP financial measures as presented by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
     The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be considered “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into future filings by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, unless the Company expressly sets forth in such future filing that such information is to be considered “filed” or incorporated by reference therein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (c) Exhibits.
          99.1 Investor Conference Call Slide Presentation

 


 

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: October 27, 2005  TELEFLEX INCORPORATED
 
 
  By:   /s/ Martin S. Headley    
    Name:   Martin S. Headley   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   

 


 

         
EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description
99.1
  Investor Conference Call Slide Presentation