---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000096943-23-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TFX"
cik: "0000096943"
company_name: "TELEFLEX INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T01:45:43.170563+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Teleflex seeks court validation of 2023 stockholder actions due to record date error; hearing Sept 18

## Summary
- Filed DGCL Section 205 petition to validate stockholder votes eliminating supermajority and approving 2023 Stock Incentive Plan.
- Record date March 3, 2023 was 63 days pre-meeting, exceeding 60-day max; should have been March 6, 2023.
- Court of Chancery set expedited hearing on September 18, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. ET in Dover, DE.
- Stockholders may appear at hearing or file written submissions before hearing.
- If validation fails, stockholder actions could be invalidated, causing adverse effects.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000096943-23-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TFX
- cik: 0000096943
- company_name: TELEFLEX INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96943/000009694323000094/0000096943-23-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96943/000009694323000094/tfx-20230821.htm

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