TELEFLEX INC — Director's Dealing 2004

Jan 20, 2004

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TELEFLEX INC (TFX)
CIK: 0000096943
Period of Report: 2003-12-31

Reporting Person: BYRNE THOMAS M (Assistant Treasurer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-31	Common Stock	A	118.458	$0.00	Acquired	1039.645	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5462.	Direct
Common Stock	1080.	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Total number of shares of Common Stock held by Reporting
Person indirectly by VIP Trustee (401-k) is based on a plan
statement dated as of December 31, 2003.