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): | May 1, 2009 |
Teleflex Incorporated
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-5353 | 23-1147939 |
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(State or other jurisdiction |
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(Commission |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
155 South Limerick Road, Limerick, Pennsylvania | 19468 | |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: | 610-948-5100 |
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On May 1, 2009, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Teleflex Incorporated (the "Company") approved the amendment of Section 3.2 of the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Amended and Restated Bylaws") to adopt a majority vote standard for the election of directors in uncontested elections. Under this standard, in order to be elected in an uncontested election, a nominee must receive a majority of the votes cast with respect to that director’s election (with "abstentions" and "broker non-votes" not counted as a vote cast with respect to that director). In contested elections (i.e. those in which the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected), directors will continue to be elected by plurality vote.
In addition, the Board approved certain amendments to Section 2.2 of the Amended and Restated Bylaws to (i) expand the information required to be provided by any stockholder who proposes director nominations or any other business for consideration at a meeting of stockholders, including disclosure of derivative instruments beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholder, and to require periodic updating of such information and (ii) update the advance notice provisions to ensure that such provisions are clear and unambiguous and that compliance with the notice procedures set forth in the Amended and Restated Bylaws is the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business at a meeting of stockholders.
The amendments described above became effective as of May 1, 2009.
The foregoing summary of the amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Teleflex Incorporated, effective May 1, 2009
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.
Teleflex Incorporated | ||||
May 7, 2009 | By: |
Laurence G. Miller
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Name: Laurence G. Miller | ||||
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Teleflex Incorporated, effective May 1, 2009
Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
1.1.
Registered Office
. The registered office of the Company within the State of Delaware
shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and the name of the registered agent
shall be CSC-The United States Corporation Company.
1.2.
Other Offices
. The Company may also have offices and places of business at such other
places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to
time determine or the business of the Company may require.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1.
Meetings
.
2.1.1.
Place
. Meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such place as may be
designated by the board of directors.
2.1.2.
Annual Meeting
. An annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of
directors and for other business shall be held on such date and at such time as may be fixed by the
board of directors.
2.1.3.
Special Meetings
. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any
time by the board of directors. Stockholders shall not be entitled to call a special meeting of the
stockholders.
2.1.4.
Quorum
. The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of
the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote on a particular matter
shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of considering such matter. If, however, such quorum
shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to
vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting
from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be
present or represented, at which time any business may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the meeting as originaly noticed. If after any such adjournment the board of
directors shall fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting or if the adjournment is for more
than 30 days, a notice of such adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 2.1.6 of
these amended and restated bylaws.
2.1.5.
Voting Rights
. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the restated
certificate of incorporation or by law, every stockholder shall have the right at every meeting of
stockholders to one vote for every share standing in the name of such stockholder on the books of
the Company that is entitled to vote at such meeting. Every stockholder may vote either in person
or by proxy.
2.1.6.
Notice of Meetings; Waiver
.
(a) Written notice of the place, date and hour of the meeting of the stockholders, and, in the
case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called, shall be
delivered not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting, either personally, by mail
or by electronic transmission as permitted by law, by or at the direction of the board of
directors, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice
shall be deemed to be given when deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to
the stockholder at his, her or its address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the
Company.
(b) No notice of any meeting of stockholders need be given to any stockholder who submits a
signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting. Neither the business to be
transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be
specified in a written waiver of notice. The attendance of any stockholder at a meeting of
stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder
attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
(a) Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the Company and the
proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders at an annual meeting of
stockholders may be made (i) pursuant to the Companys notice of meetings (or any supplement
thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.1.6 of these bylaws, (ii) by or at the direction of the
board of directors or any committee thereof, or (iii) by any stockholder of the Company who is
entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set forth in clauses (b)
and (c) of this Section 2.2.1 and who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice is
delivered to the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Company.
(b) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a) of this Section 2.2.1, (a) the stockholder
must have given timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the secretary or any
assistant secretary of the Company, and (b) any such proposed business must constitute a proper
matter for stockholder action under Delaware law. To be timely, a stockholders notice must be
delivered to the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company at the principal executive offices
of the Company not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the one-year anniversary of
the preceding years annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the
annual meeting is convened more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary
date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the
120
th
day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the
later of (i) the 90
th
day before such annual meeting or (ii) the 10
th
day
following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the
Company; and provided further, that, for purposes of the application of Rule 14a-4(c) of the
Exchange Act (or any successor provision), the date for notice specified in this Section 2.2.1(b)
shall be the earlier of the date calculated as hereinbefore provided or the date specified in
paragraph (c)(1) of Rule 14a-4. Notwithstanding anything in the preceding sentence to the contrary,
in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors is increased and
there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of
the increased board of directors made by the Company at least 100 days prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by these bylaws
shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by
such increase, if it shall be received by the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company at
the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close of business on the
10
th
day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the
Company; provided that, if no such announcement is made at least 10 days before the meeting, then
no such notice shall be required.
(c) Such stockholders notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director (1) all information relating to such
person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an
election contest, or is otherwise required by the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act, in
each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, (2) such persons written consent to being named in the proxy
statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected, and (3) a description of all direct
and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings
during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such
stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others
acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective
affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including,
without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404
promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner
on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person
acting in concert therewith, were the registrant for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a
director or executive officer of such registrant; (B) as to any business that the stockholder
proposes to bring before the meeting (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions
proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the
bylaws of the Company, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such
business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and (2) a description of all
agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any,
and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such
business by such stockholder; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (1) the name and address of such
stockholder, as they appear on the Companys stock transfer books, and of such beneficial owner, if
any, (2) the class, series and number of shares of capital stock of the Company which are, directly
or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if
any, (3) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Company
entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to
propose such business or nomination, (4) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial
owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends to (i) deliver a proxy statement and/or
form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Companys outstanding capital stock
required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated
by such stockholder, and/or (ii) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such
proposal or nomination, (5) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or
similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a
price related to any class or series of shares of the Company or with a value derived in whole or
in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Company, whether or not such
instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital
stock of the Company or otherwise (a Derivative Instrument) directly or indirectly owned
beneficially by such stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, and any other direct or indirect
opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of
shares of the Company, (6) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship
pursuant to which either of the stockholder or beneficial owner has a right to vote any shares of
any security of the Company, (7) any short interest in any security of the Company (for purposes of
this Section 2.2.1(c), a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such
person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or
otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the
value of the subject security), (8) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Company owned
beneficially by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any that are separated or separable
from the underlying shares of the Company, (9) any proportionate interest in shares of the Company
or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in
which the stockholder or beneficial owner is a general partner or, directly or indirectly,
beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, (10) any performance-related fees (other than
an asset-based fee) that such stockholder and beneficial owner is entitled to based on any increase
or decrease in the value of shares of the Company or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date
of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of each such
stockholders or beneficial owners immediate family sharing the same household, and (11) any other
information relating to such stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to
be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with
solicitations of proxies for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to Section
14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
A stockholder providing notice of a proposed nomination for election to the board of directors
or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting shall update and supplement such notice
from time to time to the extent necessary so that the information provided or required to be
provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of
the date that is 15 days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof; such
update and supplement shall be delivered in writing to the secretary or assistant secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Company not later than 5 days after the record date for the
meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and
not later than 10 days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof
(in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of 15 days prior to the meeting or
any adjournment or postponement thereof). The Company may require any proposed nominee to furnish
such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed
nominee to serve as a director of the Company or that could be material to a reasonable
stockholders understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.
2.2.2.
Special Meetings of Stockholders
. Only such business shall be conducted at a
special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Companys notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be
made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected (a) by or at the
direction of the board of directors or (b) provided that the board of directors has determined that
directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder who is entitled to vote at the
meeting and delivers a written notice to the secretary or assistant secretary setting forth the
information required by Section 2.2.1(c)(A) and 2.2.1(c)(C). Nominations by stockholders of
persons for election to the board of directors may be made at such special meeting of stockholders
only if the stockholders notice required by the preceding sentence shall be received by the
secretary or assistant secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not earlier than
the 120
th
day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on
the later of the 90
th
day prior to such special meeting or the 10
th
day
following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and
of the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such meeting.
2.2.3.
General
.
(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these bylaws
shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set
forth in these bylaws. Except as otherwise provided by law, the restated certificate of
incorporation or herein, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine
whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in
accordance with the procedures set forth in these bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or
business is not in compliance with these bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or
nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.2, if the stockholder (or a
qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the Company to present a nomination or business, such nomination shall be
disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in
respect of such vote may have been received by the Company. For purposes of this Section 2.2, to be
considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized
officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such
stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder
as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic
transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting
of stockholders.
(b) For purposes of these bylaws, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press
release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news
service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 13, 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(c) For purposes of these bylaws, no adjournment or postponement or notice of adjournment or
postponement of any meeting shall be deemed to constitute a new notice of such meeting for purposes
of this Section 2.2, and in order for any notification required to be delivered by a stockholder
pursuant to this Section 2.2 to be timely, such notification must be delivered within the periods
set forth above with respect to the originally scheduled meeting.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these bylaws, a stockholder shall also comply
with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with
respect to the matters set forth herein; provided, however, that any references in these bylaws to
the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the
requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business made by a stockholder
pursuant to these bylaws and compliance with these bylaws shall be the exclusive means for a
stockholder to make nominations or submit other business.
2.2.4.
No Stockholder Action by Written Consent or Telephone Conference
. Any action
required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Compay must be effected at a duly
called annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company, and the ability of the
stockholders to consent in writing or by telephone to the taking of any action is specifically
denied.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
3.1. *
Number; Qualification; Term of Office
. The number of directors constituting the
entire board of directors shall not be less than 6 nor more than 15, the exact number of directors
to be fixed from time to time only by the determination of a majority of the entire board. The
notice of annual meeting of stockholders each year shall include a statement as to the number of
directors who will constitute the entire board of directors as so determined.
The directors shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. Such
classes shall be as nearly equal in number as possible. The term of office of the initial Class I
directors shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 1979; the term of office of the
initial Class II directors shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 1980; and the term
of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in
1981; or in each case thereafter when their respective successors are elected and have qualified or
upon their earlier death, resignation or removal. At each annual election held after
classification and the initial election of directors according to classes, the directors chosen to
succeed those whose terms then expire shall be identified as being of the same class as the
directors they succeed and shall be elected for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual
meeting of stockholders or in each case thereafter when their respective successors are elected and
have qualified or upon their earlier death, resignation or removal. If the number of directors is
changed, any increase or decrease in directors shall be apportioned among the classes so as to
maintain all classes as nearly equal in number as possible and any individual director elected to
any class shall hold office for a term which shall coincide with the term of such class.
*Interpretative note: For purposes of coordination with the Companys restated certificate
of incorporation, the above Section 3.1 represents the section 5.1 of Article 5 of the
Companys bylaws referenced in Article SIXTH of the Companys restated certificate of
incorporation.
3.2.
Election
. Except as hereinafter provided for the filling of vacancies and newly
created directorships, at each meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors, the
directors shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to that
directors election at any meeting for the election at which a quorum is present;
provided,
however
, that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected as of the
date that is 10 days prior to the date that the Company first mails its notice of meeting for such
meeting to the stockholders, or any time thereafter, then the directors shall be elected by the
vote of a plurality of the votes cast at any such meeting. For purposes of this Section 3.2 a
majority of the votes cast means that the number of votes cast for a director must exceed the
number of votes cast against that director (with abstentions and broker non-votes not counted
as a vote cast either for or against that directors election). The Companys corporate
governance principles have established procedures with respect to the resignation of any director
who does not receive a majority of the votes cast in an uncontested election.
If the board of directors accepts a directors resignation pursuant to the Companys corporate
governance principles, or if a nominee for director is not elected and the nominee is not an
incumbent director, then the board of directors may fill the resulting vacancy pursuant to the
provisions of Section 3.5 of these bylaws.
3.3.
Meetings
.
3.3.1.
Place
. Meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such place as may
be designated by the board or in the notice of the meeting.
3.3.2.
Regular Meetings
. Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at
such times as the board may designate. Notice of regular meetings need not be given.
3.3.3.
Special Meetings
. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by
direction of the chairman of the board or president or any two members of the board on five days
notice to each director, either personally, by mail or by electronic transmission.
3.3.4.
Quorum
. A majority of all the directors in office shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business at any meeting.
3.3.5.
Voting
. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the restated certificate of
incorporation or by law, the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a
quorum is present shall constitute the act of the board of directors.
3.3.6.
Committees
. The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of
the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more
directors and such alternate members (also directors) as may be designated by the board. Unless
otherwise provided herein, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the
member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not
such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Except as otherwise provided
herein, in the restated certificate of incorporation or by law, any such committee shall have and
may exercise the powers of the full board of directors to the extent provided in the resolution of
the board directing the committee, except that no such committee shall be empowered to act on
behalf of the board of directors (i) to fix the number of directors to constitute the full board
pursuant to Section 3.1 of these bylaws, (ii) approve any transaction described in Article FIFTH of
the Companys restated certificate of incorporation pursuant to paragraph (2) thereof, (iii) to
remove any director pursuant to Article SEVENTH of the Companys restated certificate of
incorporation, or (iv) to amend these bylaws.
3.4.
Removal of Directors
. Except as otherwise provided by law or the restated certificate
of incorporation, any director may be removed at any time, but only for cause upon the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding stock of the
Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors at any meeting of such
stockholders, including meetings called expressly for that purpose, and at which a quorum of
stockholders is present; and the vacancy in the board caused by any such removal may be filled by
the board of directors in the manner provided in Section 3.5 of this Article III.
3.5. *
Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies
. Newly created directorships resulting
from an increase in the number of directors becoming effective otherwise than at a meeting of
stockholders and vacancies occurring in the board for any reason may be filled by vote of a
majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director, at any meeting of the board. Newly created directorships shall be assigned by the board
to one of the classes described in Section 3.1. The person so elected to fill such directorship
shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the class to which such directorship has been
assigned and until such persons succesor shall be duly elected and qualified or until such
persons earlier death, resignation or removal. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be
elected to hold office until the expiration of the term of the class to which he has been elected
and until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation
or removal.
*Interpretative note: For purposes of coordination with the Companys restated certificate
of incorporation, the above Section 3.5 represents the section 5.3 of Article 5 of the
Companys bylaws referenced in Article SIXTH of the Companys restated certificate of
incorporation.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
4.1.
Election
. At its first meeting after each annual meeting of the stockholders, the
board of directors shall elect a chairman of the board who may, but shall not be required to, be
the chief executive officer, one or more presidents, treasurer, secretary and such other officers
as it deems advisable.
4.2.
Authority, Duties and Compensation
. The officers shall have such authority, perform
such duties and serve for such compensation as may be determined by resolution of the board of
directors. The chief executive officer and shall have general supervision over the business and
operations of the Company, may perform any act and execute any instrument for the conduct of such
business and operations and shall preside at all meetings of the board and stockholders and the
other officers shall have the duties customarily related to their respective offices.
4.3.
Tenure and Removal
. The officers of the Company shall be elected or appointed to hold
office until their respective successors are elected or appointed. All officers shall hold office
at the pleasure of the board of directors, and any officer elected or appointed by the board of
directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors for cause or without cause at any
regular or special meeting.
ARTICLE V
5.1.
Nature of Indemnity
. The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(a Proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, or investigative, or any
appeal in such a Proceeding or any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such a Proceeding,
by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is
or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving or has
agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner, venturer,
proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust,
employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken
or omitted in such capacity, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf
in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, provided that he or
she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The indemnification provided in this
Article V could involve indemnification for negligence or under theories of strict liability. In
the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor
(1) the indemnification of a director or officer shall be limited to expenses (including attorneys
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in the defense or settlement of such action
or suit, and (2) no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and only to the
extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 5.5 of these bylaws, the Company shall not be
obligated to indemnify a director or officer of the Company in respect of a Proceeding (or part
thereof) instituted by such Director or officer, unless such Proceeding (or part thereof) has been
authorized by the board of directors.
The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction,
or upon a plea of
nolo contendere
or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption
that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
5.2.
Successful Defense
. To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the
Company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in Section 5.1 of these bylaws or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he
or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him or her in connection therewith.
5.3.
Determination that Indemnification is Proper
. Any indemnification of a present or
former director or officer of the Company under Section 5.1 of these bylaws (unless ordered by a
court) shall be made by the Company unless a determination is made that indemnification of the
Director or officer is not proper in the circumstances because he or she has not met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in Section 5.1 of these bylaws. Any such determination shall be made
(1) by a majority vote of the Directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding,
even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote
of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such Directors, or if
such Directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the
stockholders.
5.4.
Advance Payment of Expenses
. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article V
shall include the right to be paid or reimbursed by the Company the reasonable expenses incurred by
a person of the type entitled to be indemnified under Sections 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 who was, is, or is
threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a Proceeding in advance of the final
disposition of the Proceeding and without any determination as to the persons ultimate entitlement
to indemnification; provided, however, that the payment of such expenses incurred by any such
person in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the
Company of a written affirmation by such person of his or her good faith belief that he or she has
met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under this Article V and a written
undertaking, by or on behalf of such person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article V or
otherwise. The Board of Directors may authorize the Companys counsel to represent such present or
former Director or officer in any action, suit or proceeding, whether or not the Company is a party
to such action, suit or proceeding.
5.5.
Procedure for Indemnification of Directors and Officers
. Any indemnification of a
director or officer of the Company under Sections 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 of these bylaws, or advance of
costs, charges and expenses to a director or officer under Section 5.4 of these bylaws, shall be
made promptly, and in any event within thirty days, upon the written request of such person. If a
determination by the Company that the director or officer is entitled to indemnification pursuant
to this Article is required, and the Company fails to respond within sixty days to a written
request for indemnity, the Company shall be deemed to have approved such request. If the Company
denies a written request for indemnity or advancement of expenses, in whole or in part, or if
payment in full pursuant to such request is not made within thirty days, the right to
indemnification or advances as granted by this Article shall be enforceable by the Director or
officer in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such persons costs and expenses incurred in
connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part,
in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Company. It shall be a defense to any such
action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of costs, charges and
expenses under Section 5.4 of these bylaws where the required undertaking, if any, has been
received by or tendered to the Company) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set
forth in Section 5.1 of these bylaws, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the
Company. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, its independent
legal counsel, and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 5.1 of these bylaws, nor the fact that
there has been an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, its
independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall be a defense to such action or create a presumption that the claimant
has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
5.6.
Survival; Preservation of Other Rights
. The foregoing indemnification provisions
shall be deemed to be a contract between the Company and each director or officer who serves in any
such capacity at any time while these provisions are in effect and any repeal or modification
thereof shall not affect any right or obligation then existing with respect to any state of facts
then or previously existing or any action, suit or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or
threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts. Such a contract right may not
be modified retroactively without the consent of such director or officer.
The indemnification and the advancement and payment of expenses provided by this Article V
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under
any Bylaw, common or statutory law, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a
person who has ceased to be a Director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such a person.
5.7.
Insurance
. The Company shall purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to
protect the Company and any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of
the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner,
venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another foreign or
domestic Company, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship,
trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise against any expense, liability, or loss asserted
against him or her or incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in any such capacity, or
arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to
indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article, provided that
such insurance is available on acceptable terms, which determination shall be made by a vote of a
majority of the entire Board of Directors.
5.8.
Severability
. If this Article V or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any
ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and
hold harmless each director or officer or any other person indemnified pursuant to this Article V
as to costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this
Article V that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law.
5.9.
Appearance as a Witness
. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V, the
Company shall pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a director or officer in connection with his
appearance as a witness or other participation in a Proceeding at a time when he is not a named
defendant or respondent in the Proceeding.
5.10.
Indemnification of Employees and Agents
. The Company, by adoption of a resolution of
the Board of Directors, may indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or agent of the Company
to the same extent and subject to the same conditions under which it may indemnify and advance
expenses to directors and officers under this Article V; and, the Company may indemnify and advance
expenses to persons who are not or were not directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company
but who are or were serving at the request of the Company as director, officer, partner, venturer,
proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and
incurred by him or her in such a capacity or arising out of his or her status as such a person to
the same extent that it may indemnify and advance expenses to directors and officers of the Company
under this Article V.
5.11.
Certain Defined Terms
. For purposes of this Article V, references to the Company
shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any
constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate
existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers,
trustees, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, trustee,
employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the
provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person
would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
For purposes of this Article V, references to other enterprises shall include employee
benefit plans; references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with
respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to serving at the request of the Company
shall include any service as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of the Company which
imposes duties on, or involves service by, such director, officer, trustee, employee or agent with
respect to any employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in
good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the
participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner not opposed to the best interests of the Company for purposes of this Article V.
ARTICLE VI
TRANSFER OF SHARE CERTIFICATES
Transfers of share certificates and the shares represented thereby shall be made on the books
of the Company only by the registered holder or by duly authorized attorney. Transfers shall be
made only on surrender of the share certificate or certificates.
ARTICLE VII *
AMENDMENTS
Except as may be provided in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (or any
restatement thereof), these by-laws may be altered or repealed at any annual or special meeting of
the stockholders at which a quorum is present or represented, provided notice of the proposed
alteration or repeal be contained in the notice of such annual or special meeting, or by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular meeting of the board or at
any special meeting of the board if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal be contained in the
notice of such special meeting; provided, however, that no change of the time or place of the
meeting for the election of directors shall be made within 60 days next before the day on which
such meeting is to be held, and that in case of any change of such time or place, notice thereof
shall be given to each stockholder in person or by letter mailed to his last known post office
address at least twenty days before the meeting is held.
*Interpretative note: For purposes of coordination with the Companys restated certificate
of incorporation, the above Article VII represents the section 13.1 of Article 13 of the
Companys bylaws referenced in Article SIXTH of the Companys restated certificate of
incorporation.
OF
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED
2.2.
2.2.1.
INDEMNIFICATION