TELEFLEX INC — Director's Dealing 2005

Jan 12, 2005

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TELEFLEX INC (TFX)
CIK: 0000096943
Period of Report: 2004-12-31

Reporting Person: BYRNE THOMAS M (Assistant Treasurer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-12-31	Common Stock	A	98.83	$0.00	Acquired	1138.475	Indirect
2004-12-31	Common Stk Deferred	J	1080.	$0.00	Acquired	1080.	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	6644.	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Total number of shares of Common Stock held by Reporting
Person indirectly by VIP Trustee is based on a plan
statement dated as of December 29, 2004.

F2: In previous filings, these shares were reported as
indirectly owned. The treatment of shares in this Form 5
more accurately reflects the correct ownership, as directly
owned by the reporting person.