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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TELEFLEX INCORPORATED</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>23-1147939</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>155 South Limerick Road, Limerick, Pennsylvania</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>19468</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>LAURENCE G. MILLER, ESQ.<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Teleflex Incorporated<BR>
155 South Limerick Road<BR>
Limerick, Pennsylvania 19468<BR>
(610)&nbsp;948-5100</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies to:<BR>
<B>ALAN SINGER, ESQ.<BR>
Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP<BR>
1701 Market Street<BR>
Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR>
(215)&nbsp;963-5000</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $1.00 par value
per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,500,000 shares<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">123,875,000</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), based upon the average of the high and low sales prices
of the Common Stock of the Registrant reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February&nbsp;20,
2009.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also
covers such additional shares as may hereinafter be offered to prevent dilution resulting from
stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar capital adjustments.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the &#147;SEC,&#148;
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are incorporated in this registration statement by
reference:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;8, 2009 (excluding
information and exhibits that were furnished and not filed) and February&nbsp;25, 2009 (excluding
information and exhibits that were furnished and not filed);
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The description of the shares of our Common Stock, $1.00 par value, set forth in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;16, 1994; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents that we file pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement that indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
or deemed to be a part of this registration statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
registration statement or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated by
reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement
contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be a part of
this registration statement after the most recent effective date may modify or replace existing
statements contained in this registration statement. In either case, any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>EXPERTS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The financial statements and management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting (which is included in Management&#146;s Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting) incorporated in this registration statement by reference to the Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008 have been so incorporated in
reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting
firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP consents to the incorporation by reference in
this registration statement of its reports relating to audited financial statements and
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in a document subsequently
filed by the Registrant, such audited financial statements shall be incorporated herein in reliance
upon such reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm,
given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the shares of common stock that may be offered under the Plan will be passed
upon for us by James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel. As of February&nbsp;20, 2009, Mr.&nbsp;Leyden (a)
beneficially owned 133 shares of our common stock, (b)&nbsp;held 909 shares of restricted stock, 208 of
which are scheduled to vest within sixty (60)&nbsp;days thereafter and (c)&nbsp;held options to acquire
15,000 shares of our common stock, 13,166 of which are exercisable as of such date or within sixty
(60)&nbsp;days thereafter.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) permits a corporation,
in its certificate of incorporation, to eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided that such a provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a)&nbsp;for any
breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b)&nbsp;for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(c)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the GCL (relating to unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock
purchases or redemptions), or (d)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. Article&nbsp;THIRTEENTH of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that
except to the extent otherwise provided by the DGCL, our directors shall not be personally liable
to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duty as directors.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation has the power to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation in such capacity in another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was
unlawful. In the case of an action or suit brought by or in the right of the corporation,
indemnification of any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or person serving
at the request of the corporation in such capacity in another enterprise) against expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit is permitted if such person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; however, no
indemnification is permitted in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall
have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware
Court of Chancery, or the court in which such action or suit was brought, shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Article&nbsp;V of our Bylaws provides
generally that we will indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she
is the legal representative, is or was or has agreed to become our director, officer or employee or
is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee, agent or similar functionary of
another enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such
capacity, against expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or in his or her behalf in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding, subject to the conditions substantively similar to those in
Section&nbsp;145 to the DGCL, described above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the DGCL, a Delaware corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or
was serving in such capacity at the request of the corporation for another enterprise, against any
liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising
out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation has the power to indemnify such
person against such liability under the Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL. Article&nbsp;V of our Bylaws requires
that we purchase and maintain insurance to protect us and any person who is or was or has agreed to
become our director or officer or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer,
employee, agent or similar functionary of another enterprise against any expense, liability or loss asserted against him
or her or incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in any such capacity, or arising out of
his or her status as such, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify him or her against
such liability under the provisions of Article&nbsp;V of the Bylaws, provided that such insurance is
available on acceptable terms, as determined by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of
Directors. We have purchased directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.1.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Certificate of Incorporation &#151; incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3(a) to our Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended June&nbsp;30, 1985.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.1.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on April&nbsp;24, 1987 &#151; incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3 to our Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended June&nbsp;28, 1987.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.1.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May&nbsp;11, 1989 &#151; incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3 to our Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended June&nbsp;25, 1989.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.1.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May&nbsp;14, 1998 &#151; incorporated by reference to
the last paragraph under &#147;PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION&#148;
contained in our proxy statement for our 1998 annual meeting of shareholders,
deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;25, 1998.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.1.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May&nbsp;11, 2007 &#151; incorporated by reference to
the second paragraph under &#147;&#147;PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK &#151; Amendment of
Certificate of Incorporation&#148; contained in our proxy statement for our 2007
annual meeting of shareholders, deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2007.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company &#151; incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K filed on March&nbsp;20, 2006.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel (included in his opinion
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (included as part of the Registrant&#146;s signature page hereof)</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;17. Undertakings.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">provided, however, that paragraph (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Limerick, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this
25<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of February, 2009.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">TELEFLEX INCORPORATED<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jeffrey P. Black
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD colspan="2" valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Jeffrey P. Black&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD colspan="2" valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below in so
signing also makes, constitutes and appoints Kevin K. Gordon and Laurence G. Miller, or either of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to execute any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and
in each case to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey P. Black
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey P. Black
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and<Br> President
(principal
executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George Babich, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George Babich, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patricia C. Barron
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patricia C. Barron
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William R. Cook
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William R. Cook
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey A. Graves
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey A. Graves
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen K. Klasko
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen K. Klasko
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sigismundus W. W. Lubsen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sigismundus W. W. Lubsen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Benson F. Smith
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Benson F. Smith
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Harold L. Yoh III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harold L. Yoh III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James W. Zug
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James W. Zug
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
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Kevin K. Gordon
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financial
officer)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2009</TD>
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Charles E. Williams
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accounting
officer)
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Certificate of Incorporation &#151; incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3(a) to our Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended June&nbsp;30, 1985.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on April&nbsp;24, 1987 &#151; incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3 to our Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended June&nbsp;28, 1987.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May&nbsp;11, 1989 &#151; incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3 to our Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended June&nbsp;25, 1989 (filed with Form
8, dated August&nbsp;23, 1989).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May&nbsp;14, 1998 &#151; incorporated by reference to
the last paragraph under &#147;PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION&#148;
contained in our proxy statement for our 1998 annual meeting of shareholders,
deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;25, 1998.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May&nbsp;11, 2007 &#151; incorporated by reference to
the second paragraph under &#147;&#147;PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK &#151; Amendment of
Certificate of Incorporation&#148; contained in our proxy statement for our 2007
annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2007.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company &#151; incorporated by reference to
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
23-1147939
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
155 South Limerick Road, Limerick, Pennsylvania
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
19468
(Zip Code)
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
LAURENCE G. MILLER, ESQ.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Teleflex Incorporated
155 South Limerick Road
Limerick, Pennsylvania 19468
(610) 948-5100
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
ALAN SINGER, ESQ.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 963-5000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Proposed
Securities to Be
Amount to Be
Proposed Maximum Offering
Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
Registered
Registered
Price Per Share (1)
Offering Price(1)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value
per share
2,500,000 shares
(2)
$
49.55
$
123,875,000
$
4,868.29
(1)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low sales prices
of the Common Stock of the Registrant reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February 20,
2009.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also
covers such additional shares as may hereinafter be offered to prevent dilution resulting from
stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar capital adjustments.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the "SEC,"
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are incorporated in this registration statement by
reference:
1. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008;
2. Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 8, 2009 (excluding
information and exhibits that were furnished and not filed) and February 25, 2009 (excluding
information and exhibits that were furnished and not filed);
3. The description of the shares of our Common Stock, $1.00 par value, set forth in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on March 16, 1994; and
All documents that we file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement that indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
or deemed to be a part of this registration statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
registration statement or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated by
reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement
contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be a part of
this registration statement after the most recent effective date may modify or replace existing
statements contained in this registration statement. In either case, any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
EXPERTS
The financial statements and management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting (which is included in Management's Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting) incorporated in this registration statement by reference to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 have been so incorporated in
reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting
firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
In the event that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP consents to the incorporation by reference in
this registration statement of its reports relating to audited financial statements and
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in a document subsequently
filed by the Registrant, such audited financial statements shall be incorporated herein in reliance
upon such reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm,
given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the shares of common stock that may be offered under the Plan will be passed
upon for us by James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel. As of February 20, 2009, Mr. Leyden (a)
beneficially owned 133 shares of our common stock, (b) held 909 shares of restricted stock, 208 of
which are scheduled to vest within sixty (60) days thereafter and (c) held options to acquire
15,000 shares of our common stock, 13,166 of which are exercisable as of such date or within sixty
(60) days thereafter.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") permits a corporation,
in its certificate of incorporation, to eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided that such a provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(c) under Section 174 of the GCL (relating to unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock
purchases or redemptions), or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. Article THIRTEENTH of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that
except to the extent otherwise provided by the DGCL, our directors shall not be personally liable
to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duty as directors.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation has the power to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation in such capacity in another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was
unlawful. In the case of an action or suit brought by or in the right of the corporation,
indemnification of any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or person serving
at the request of the corporation in such capacity in another enterprise) against expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit is permitted if such person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; however, no
indemnification is permitted in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall
have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware
Court of Chancery, or the court in which such action or suit was brought, shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Article V of our Bylaws provides
generally that we will indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she
is the legal representative, is or was or has agreed to become our director, officer or employee or
is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee, agent or similar functionary of
another enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such
capacity, against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or in his or her behalf in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding, subject to the conditions substantively similar to those in
Section 145 to the DGCL, described above.
Under the DGCL, a Delaware corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or
was serving in such capacity at the request of the corporation for another enterprise, against any
liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising
out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation has the power to indemnify such
person against such liability under the Section 145 of the DGCL. Article V of our Bylaws requires
that we purchase and maintain insurance to protect us and any person who is or was or has agreed to
become our director or officer or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer,
employee, agent or similar functionary of another enterprise against any expense, liability or loss asserted against him
or her or incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in any such capacity, or arising out of
his or her status as such, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify him or her against
such liability under the provisions of Article V of the Bylaws, provided that such insurance is
available on acceptable terms, as determined by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of
Directors. We have purchased directors' and officers' liability insurance.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation — incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3(a) to our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 1985.
4.1.2
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on April 24, 1987 — incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3 to our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 28, 1987.
4.1.3
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May 11, 1989 — incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3 to our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 25, 1989.
4.1.4
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May 14, 1998 — incorporated by reference to
the last paragraph under "PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION"
contained in our proxy statement for our 1998 annual meeting of shareholders,
deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 1998.
4.1.5
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May 11, 2007 — incorporated by reference to
the second paragraph under ""PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK — Amendment of
Certificate of Incorporation" contained in our proxy statement for our 2007
annual meeting of shareholders, deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 29, 2007.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company — incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Form 10-K filed on March 20, 2006.
5.1
Opinion of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel (included in his opinion
filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
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Powers of Attorney (included as part of the Registrant's signature page hereof)
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Item 9. Undertakings.
Item 17. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraph (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Limerick, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this
25
th
day of February, 2009.
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Jeffrey P. Black
Name:
Jeffrey P. Black
Title:
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below in so
signing also makes, constitutes and appoints Kevin K. Gordon and Laurence G. Miller, or either of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to execute any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and
in each case to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ Jeffrey P. Black
Jeffrey P. Black
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President
(principal
executive officer)
February 25, 2009
/s/ George Babich, Jr.
Director
February 25, 2009
George Babich, Jr.
/s/ Patricia C. Barron
Patricia C. Barron
Director
February 25, 2009
/s/ William R. Cook
William R. Cook
Director
February 25, 2009
/s/ Jeffrey A. Graves
Jeffrey A. Graves
Director
February 25, 2009
/s/ Stephen K. Klasko
Stephen K. Klasko
Director
February 25, 2009
/s/ Sigismundus W. W. Lubsen
Sigismundus W. W. Lubsen
Director
February 25, 2009
/s/ Benson F. Smith
Benson F. Smith
Director
February 25, 2009
/s/ Harold L. Yoh III
Harold L. Yoh III
Director
February 25, 2009
/s/ James W. Zug
James W. Zug
Director
February 25, 2009
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/s/ Kevin K. Gordon
Kevin K. Gordon
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal
financial
officer)
February 25, 2009
/s/ Charles E. Williams
Charles E. Williams
Corporate controller and Chief Accounting Officer (principal
accounting
officer)
February 25, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation — incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3(a) to our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 1985.
4.1.2
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on April 24, 1987 — incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3 to our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 28, 1987.
4.1.3
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May 11, 1989 — incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3 to our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 25, 1989 (filed with Form
8, dated August 23, 1989).
4.1.4
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May 14, 1998 — incorporated by reference to
the last paragraph under "PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION"
contained in our proxy statement for our 1998 annual meeting of shareholders,
deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 1998.
4.1.5
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware on May 11, 2007 — incorporated by reference to
the second paragraph under ""PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK — Amendment of
Certificate of Incorporation" contained in our proxy statement for our 2007
annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 29, 2007.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company — incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Form 10-K filed on March 20, 2006.
5.1
Opinion of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel (included in his opinion
filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
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Powers of Attorney (included as part of the Registrant's signature page hereof)