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Teleflex Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/26/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 7/28/22, at 11:03am ET · For: 6/26/22 · Accession #: 96943-22-92 · File #: 1-05353

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/28/22  Teleflex Inc.                     10-Q        6/26/22   65:6.5M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
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11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     71K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    142K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     51K 
                Income                                                           
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     27K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    123K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    130K 
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     92K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     20K 
                Equity (Parenthetical)                                           
19: R9          Basis of presentation                               HTML     23K 
20: R10         Recently issued accounting standards                HTML     30K 
21: R11         Net revenues                                        HTML     44K 
22: R12         Acquisition and Divestiture                         HTML     24K 
23: R13         Restructuring and impairment charges                HTML    100K 
24: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     26K 
25: R15         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     53K 
26: R16         Financial instruments                               HTML     50K 
27: R17         Fair value measurement                              HTML     44K 
28: R18         Shareholders' equity                                HTML     86K 
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32: R22         Recently issued accounting standards (Policies)     HTML     25K 
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34: R24         Restructuring and impairment charges (Tables)       HTML    101K 
35: R25         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     27K 
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39: R29         Shareholders' equity (Tables)                       HTML     85K 
40: R30         Taxes on income from continuing operations          HTML     25K 
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43: R33         Net revenues - Other revenues (Details)             HTML     40K 
44: R34         Acquisition and Divestiture (Details)               HTML     48K 
45: R35         Restructuring and impairment charges - Expected     HTML     86K 
                costs to be incurred (Details)                                   
46: R36         Restructuring and impairment charges - Charges      HTML     58K 
                recognized (Detail)                                              
47: R37         Inventories (Detail)                                HTML     27K 
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                Changes in carrying amount of goodwill, by                       
                reporting segment (Details)                                      
49: R39         Goodwill and other intangible assets, net -         HTML     42K 
                Components of intangible assets (Details)                        
50: R40         Financial instruments - Additional information      HTML     54K 
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51: R41         Financial instruments - Foreign exchange gains and  HTML     31K 
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52: R42         Financial instruments - Fair values of derivative   HTML     44K 
                instruments designated as hedging instruments                    
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53: R43         Fair value measurement - Financial assets and       HTML     38K 
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54: R44         Shareholders' equity - Reconciliation of basic to   HTML     27K 
                diluted weighted average common shares outstanding               
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55: R45         Shareholders' equity - Additional information       HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R46         Shareholders' equity - Change in accumulated other  HTML     47K 
                comprehensive income, net of tax (Details)                       
57: R47         Shareholders' equity - Accumulated other            HTML     61K 
                comprehensive income into income expense (Details)               
58: R48         Taxes on income from continuing operations          HTML     20K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R49         Commitments and contingent liabilities (Detail)     HTML     41K 
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