TELEFLEX INC — Director's Dealing 2006

May 9, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TELEFLEX INC (TFX)
CIK: 0000096943
Period of Report: 2006-05-05

Reporting Person: BLACK JEFFREY P (Director, Chairman, President, CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-05-05	Common Stock	A	30000.	$68.25	Acquired	85548.	Direct
2006-05-05	Common Stock	A	334.3	—	Acquired	8232.	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-05-05	Stock Option / (Right to Buy)	$68.25	A	80000.	Acquired	2016-05-05	Common Stock (80000.)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Total number of shares of Common Stock held by Reporting Person indirectly by the 401(k) Trustee is based on a plan statement dated as of May 5, 2006.

F2: Exercisable for one-third of the shares on each of 5/5/07, 5/5/08 and 5/5/09.