TELEFLEX INC — Director's Dealing 2004

Mar 12, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TELEFLEX INC (TFX)
CIK: 0000096943
Period of Report: 2003-05-31

Reporting Person: HANDY CLARK D (Exec.Vice Pres.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-05-31	Common Stock	A	32.1034	$43.13	Acquired	32.1034	Indirect
2003-06-30	Common Stock	A	35.2526	$42.55	Acquired	67.356	Indirect
2003-07-31	Common Stock	A	32.8012	$45.73	Acquired	100.1572	Indirect
2003-08-31	Common Stock	A	31.6256	$47.43	Acquired	131.7828	Indirect
2003-09-30	Common Stock	A	34.5383	$43.43	Acquired	166.3211	Indirect
2003-10-31	Common Stock	A	32.6016	$46.01	Acquired	198.9227	Indirect
2003-11-30	Common Stock	A	32.7797	$45.76	Acquired	231.7024	Indirect
2003-12-31	Common Stock	A	31.0366	$48.33	Acquired	262.739	Indirect
2004-01-31	Common Stock	A	24.5399	$48.90	Acquired	287.2789	Indirect
2004-02-29	Common Stock	A	23.2693	$51.57	Acquired	310.5482	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	115.2123	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reporting person participates in the Company's Deferred
Compensation Plan and has payroll deductions deferred and
invested in shares of the Company's stock.