---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000096943-22-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TFX"
cik: "0000096943"
company_name: "TELEFLEX INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T04:30:47.007903+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Packer to retire at 2022 annual meeting; Neena Patil nominated as independent director

## Summary
- Richard A. Packer will not stand for reelection and will retire from the Board effective immediately before the 2022 annual meeting, due to potential overlap with Asahi Kasei.
- Packer's retirement is not due to any disagreement with Teleflex on operations, policies or practices.
- Neena M. Patil, Chief Legal Officer of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, nominated to stand for election as an independent director at the annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000096943-22-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TFX
- cik: 0000096943
- company_name: TELEFLEX INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96943/000009694322000013/0000096943-22-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96943/000009694322000013/tfx-20220221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000096943-22-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000096943-22-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000096943-22-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard A. Packer retired as member of the Board at TELEFLEX INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On February 21, 2022, Richard A. Packer notified the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Teleflex Incorporated ("Teleflex" or the "Company") that he will not stand for reelection to the Board at the Company's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the "2022 Annual Meeting") and will retire as a member of the Board, effective immediately prior to the 2022 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96943/000009694322000013/0000096943-22-000013-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.