TELEFLEX INC — Director's Dealing 2008

Mar 3, 2008

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TELEFLEX INC (TFX)
CIK: 0000096943
Period of Report: 2008-02-26

Reporting Person: MCDOWELL JULIE (Sr. VP Corp. Communic.)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	429.903	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Option / (Right to Buy)	$35.75	2013-03-07	Common Stock (5000.)		Direct
Stock Option / (Right to Buy)	$37.25	2013-04-25	Common Stock (5000.)		Direct
Stock Option / (Right to Buy)	$51.50	2014-03-01	Common Stock (5000.)		Direct
Stock Option / (Right to Buy)	$52.50	2015-03-07	Common Stock (5000.)		Direct
Stock Option / (Right to Buy)	$45.00	2012-09-23	Common Stock (3000.)		Direct
Stock Option / (Right to Buy)	$64.00	2016-02-21	Common Stock (5590.)		Direct
Stock Option / (Right to Buy)	$68.25	2017-02-26	Common Stock (5868.)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Exercisable for one-third of the shares on each of 3/7/06, 3/7/07 and 3/7/08.

F2: Exercisable for one-third of the shares on each of 2/21/07, 2/21/08 and 2/21/09.

F3: Exercisable for one-third of the shares on each of 2/26/08, 2/26/09 and 2/26/10.