Teleflex Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Oct 27, 2010
Teleflex Inc. (TFX, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-09-26.

Teleflex Inc. has a market cap of $2.32 billion; its shares were traded at around $58.12 with a P/E ratio of 15.1 and P/S ratio of 1.2. The dividend yield of Teleflex Inc. stocks is 2.3%. Teleflex Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 6.5% over the past 10 years.TFX is in the portfolios of Robert Olstein of Olstein Financial Alert Fund, David Dreman of Dreman Value Management, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Murray Stahl of Horizon Asset Management, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.

Highlight of Business Operations:

During the third quarter of 2009, we completed the sale of our Power Systems operations to Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. for $14.5 million and realized a loss of $3.3 million, net of tax. During the second quarter of 2009, we recognized a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $25.1 million to adjust the carrying value of the Power Systems operations to their estimated fair value.

Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues for the third quarter of 2010 increased to 27.9% from 25.8% in 2009. The $10 million increase in costs was due to approximately $8 million of higher spending, principally related to Medical Segment sales, marketing, regulatory and administrative activities and approximately $2 million of professional fees incurred in connection with our debt refinancing during the third quarter.

Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues for the first nine months of 2010 increased to 27.0% from 26.6% in 2009. The $13 million increase in costs was principally related to $18 million in higher costs in the Medical Segment largely due to sales, marketing, regulatory and administrative activities, partially offset by reductions in the Aerospace and Commercial segments and Corporate costs of approximately $5 million.

During the three and nine months ended September 26, 2010 we recognized $30.4 million of losses on the extinguishment of debt as a result of our refinancing transactions, which are described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements included in this report. In connection with the prepayment of our Senior Notes issued in 2007 (the 2007 Notes), we recognized debt extinguishment costs of approximately $28.8 million relating to the prepayment make-whole fee of $28.1 million, the write-off of $0.6 million of unamortized debt issuance costs incurred prior to the refinancing transactions and related legal fees. In connection with the repayment of $200 million of our Senior Credit Facility, we recognized additional losses on the extinguishment of debt of $1.6 million related to the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs incurred prior to the refinancing transactions.

In December 2008, we began certain restructuring initiatives that affected the Commercial Segment. These initiatives involved the consolidation of operations and a related reduction in workforce at three of our facilities in Europe and North America. We determined to undertake these initiatives to improve operating performance and to better leverage our existing resources in light of expected weakness in the marine and industrial markets. By December 31, 2009, we had completed the 2008 Commercial Segment restructuring program and all costs associated with the program were fully paid during 2009. Therefore, no charges were recorded under this program in 2010. We expect to realize annual pre-tax savings of between $3.5 $4.5 million in 2010 as a result of actions taken in connection with this program.

In connection with the acquisition of Arrow in 2007, we formulated a plan related to the integration of Arrow and our other Medical businesses. The integration plan focused on the closure of Arrow corporate functions and the consolidation of manufacturing, sales, marketing and distribution functions in North America, Europe and Asia. Costs related to actions that affected employees and facilities of Arrow have been included in the allocation of the purchase price of Arrow. Costs related to actions that affected employees and facilities of Teleflex are charged to earnings and included in restructuring and impairment charges within the condensed consolidated statement of operations. These costs amounted to approximately $1.1 million and $1.7 million during the three and nine months ended September 26, 2010, respectively. As of September 26, 2010, we estimate that, for the remainder of 2010, the aggregate of future restructuring and impairment charges that we will incur in connection with the Arrow integration plan are approximately $0.5 - $0.9 million. Of this amount, $0.3 $0.5 million relates to employee termination costs, $0.1 - $0.2 million relates to facility closure costs and $0.1 $0.2 million relates to contract termination costs associated with the termination of a European distributor agreement. We expect to have realized aggregate annual pre-tax savings of between $70 $75 million after these integration and restructuring actions are complete.

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