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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;2, 2005
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 1pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<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">Delaware<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">23-1147939<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">155 South Limerick Road<BR>
Limerick, Pennsylvania 19468<BR>
(610)&nbsp;948-5100<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Formerly, the Teleflex Voluntary Investment Plan)<br>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>LAURENCE G. MILLER, ESQ</B><BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Teleflex Incorporated<BR>
155 South Limerick Road<BR>
Limerick, Pennsylvania 19468<BR>
(610)&nbsp;948-5100<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.</B><BR>
Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP<BR>
1701 Market Street<BR>
Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR>
(215)&nbsp;963-5000</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</U></DIV>

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$1 per share (3)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">500,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$62.02</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an
indeterminate amount of interests in the Teleflex Incorporated 401(k) Savings Plan, or the &#147;Plan.&#148;</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457 (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act based upon the average of high and low prices for
the common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on July&nbsp;26, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD>Associated with each share of common stock is the right to purchase one one-thousandth of a
share of the registrant&#146;s Series&nbsp;SRP Junior Participating Preference Stock (the &#147;Preference Stock&#148;)
pursuant to a Rights Agreement. Such Preference Stock purchase rights do not carry a separate
price.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<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>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008"> EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w11413exv5w1.htm">Opinion of James J. Leyden</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w11413exv5w2.htm">Internal Revenue Service determination letter</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w11413exv23w2.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;26, 2004;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;27, 2005;
</DIV>







<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
June&nbsp;26, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;9, 2005 and May&nbsp;5, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;The Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;The description of the shares of our common stock, $1 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;7.&nbsp;The description of Preference Stock purchase rights set forth in our Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;14, 1998.
</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. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference
herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated
by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded will not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>EXPERTS</B>
</DIV>

<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 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Teleflex Incorporated for the year ended December&nbsp;26, 2004 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: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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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: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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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 August&nbsp;2, 2005, Mr.&nbsp;Leyden held
options to acquire 5,000 shares of our common stock, none of which are excercisable as of the date
hereof or within 60&nbsp;days thereafter.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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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 limit or eliminate, subject to certain statutory
limitations, the liability of directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breaches of fiduciary duty, except for liability (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;for any willful or
negligent payment of an unlawful dividend, stock purchase or redemption, 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, a corporation has the power to indemnify directors and officers
under certain prescribed circumstances and subject to certain limitations against certain costs and
expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees actually and reasonably incurred, in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which any
of them is a party by reason of being a director or officer of the corporation if it is determined
that the director or officer acted in accordance with the applicable standard of conduct set forth
in such statutory provision. Article&nbsp;XII of our Bylaws provides 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 either civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the
fact that he is or was our director, officer or employee or is or was serving at our request as a
director, officer or employee of another enterprise or is or was a director, officer or employee of
another enterprise or is or was a director, officer or employee of ours or an affiliated enterprise
of ours against certain liabilities, costs and expenses, to the extent that (i)&nbsp;such person is not
insured or otherwise indemnified and (ii)&nbsp;the power to so indemnify has been or may be granted by
statute. Article&nbsp;XII further permits us to purchase and maintain insurance to the extent permitted
by law on behalf of any person who is or was our director, officer, employee or agent, or is or was
serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity. We have
purchased directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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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:
</DIV>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel, regarding legality of securities being registered</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Internal Revenue Service determination letter that the Plan is qualified under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal
Revenue Code</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included as part of the Registrant&#146;s signature page hereof)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>

<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, 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 and each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to 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.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-3
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant</I>. 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 2<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">nd</SUP> day of August, 2005.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Name:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Jeffrey P. Black&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>



<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 Jeffrey P. Black 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>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Jeffrey P. Black
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey P. Black</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Lennox K. Black<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lennox K. Black</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ George Babich, Jr.<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George Babich, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Patricia C. Barron<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patricia C. Barron</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Donald Beckman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald Beckman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ William R. Cook<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William R. Cook</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sigismundus W. W. Lubsen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#95;&#95;&#95;, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Judith M. von Seldeneck</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#95;&#95;&#95;, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Benson F. Smith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#95;&#95;&#95;, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Harold L. Yoh III<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harold L. Yoh III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ James W. Zug
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James W. Zug</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Martin S. Headley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Martin S. Headley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 2, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>The Plan</I>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
person who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Limerick, state
of Pennsylvania, on August&nbsp;2, 2005.
</DIV>


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN<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/ Terry S. Moulder
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Name:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Terry S. Moulder&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Member, Plan Administrative Committee&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151; Opinion of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel regarding legality of securities being
registered</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151; Internal Revenue Service determination letter that the Plan is qualified under Section&nbsp;401 of the
Internal Revenue Code</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151; Consent of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1
hereto)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151; Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151; Powers of Attorney (included as part of the Registrant&#146;s signature page hereof)</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2005
Registration No. 333-___
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 19468
(610) 948-5100
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
(Formerly, the Teleflex Voluntary Investment Plan)
(Full Title of the Plan)
LAURENCE G. MILLER, ESQ
Senior 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
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed
Securities to Be
Amount to Be
Offering Price Per
Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
Registered (1)
Registered
Share (2)
Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value
$1 per share (3)
500,000 shares
$62.02
$31,010,000.00
$3,649.88
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an
indeterminate amount of interests in the Teleflex Incorporated 401(k) Savings Plan, or the "Plan."
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) and Rule 457 (h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of high and low prices for
the common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on July 26, 2005.
(3)
Associated with each share of common stock is the right to purchase one one-thousandth of a
share of the registrant's Series SRP Junior Participating Preference Stock (the "Preference Stock")
pursuant to a Rights Agreement. Such Preference Stock purchase rights do not carry a separate
price.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of James J. Leyden
Internal Revenue Service determination letter
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Table of Contents
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 26, 2004;
2. Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 27, 2005;
3. Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
June 26, 2005;
4. Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 9, 2005 and May 5, 2005;
5. The Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2003;
6. The description of the shares of our common stock, $1 par value, set forth in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on March 16, 1994; and
7. The description of Preference Stock purchase rights set forth in our Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on December 14, 1998.
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 by reference
herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated
by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded will not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.
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 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Teleflex Incorporated for the year ended December 26, 2004 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.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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 August 2, 2005, Mr. Leyden held
options to acquire 5,000 shares of our common stock, none of which are excercisable as of the date
hereof or within 60 days thereafter.
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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 limit or eliminate, subject to certain statutory
limitations, the liability of directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breaches of fiduciary duty, except for liability (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) for any willful or
negligent payment of an unlawful dividend, stock purchase or redemption, 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.
Under Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation has the power to indemnify directors and officers
under certain prescribed circumstances and subject to certain limitations against certain costs and
expenses, including attorney's fees actually and reasonably incurred, in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which any
of them is a party by reason of being a director or officer of the corporation if it is determined
that the director or officer acted in accordance with the applicable standard of conduct set forth
in such statutory provision. Article XII of our Bylaws provides 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 either civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the
fact that he is or was our director, officer or employee or is or was serving at our request as a
director, officer or employee of another enterprise or is or was a director, officer or employee of
another enterprise or is or was a director, officer or employee of ours or an affiliated enterprise
of ours against certain liabilities, costs and expenses, to the extent that (i) such person is not
insured or otherwise indemnified and (ii) the power to so indemnify has been or may be granted by
statute. Article XII further permits us to purchase and maintain insurance to the extent permitted
by law on behalf of any person who is or was our director, officer, employee or agent, or is or was
serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity. We have
purchased directors' and officers' liability insurance.
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
5.1
Opinion of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel, regarding legality of securities being registered
5.2
Internal Revenue Service determination letter that the Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal
Revenue Code
23.1
Consent of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
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Powers of Attorney (included as part of the Registrant's signature page hereof)
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:
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(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, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to 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
The Registrant
. 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 2
nd
day of August, 2005.
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Jeffrey P. Black
Name:
Jeffrey P. Black
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below in so
signing also makes, constitutes and appoints Jeffrey P. Black 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
Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 2, 2005
/s/ Lennox K. Black
Lennox K. Black
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director
August 2, 2005
/s/ George Babich, Jr.
George Babich, Jr.
Director
August 2, 2005
/s/ Patricia C. Barron
Patricia C. Barron
Director
August 2, 2005
/s/ Donald Beckman
Donald Beckman
Director
August 2, 2005
/s/ William R. Cook
William R. Cook
Director
August 2, 2005
Sigismundus W. W. Lubsen
Director
___, 2005
Judith M. von Seldeneck
Director
___, 2005
Benson F. Smith
Director
___, 2005
/s/ Harold L. Yoh III
Harold L. Yoh III
Director
August 2, 2005
/s/ James W. Zug
James W. Zug
Director
August 2, 2005
/s/ Martin S. Headley
Martin S. Headley
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
August 2, 2005
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The Plan
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
person who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Limerick, state
of Pennsylvania, on August 2, 2005.
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/ Terry S. Moulder
Name:
Terry S. Moulder
Title:
Member, Plan Administrative Committee
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
— Opinion of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel regarding legality of securities being
registered
5.2
— Internal Revenue Service determination letter that the Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code
23.1
— Consent of James J. Leyden, Associate General Counsel (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1
hereto)
23.2
— Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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— Powers of Attorney (included as part of the Registrant's signature page hereof)