Stuart A. Randle Joins Teleflex Board of Directors

May 1, 2009

LIMERICK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 1, 2009-- Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE:TFX) announced today that Stuart A. Randle, president and chief executive officer of GI Dynamics, Inc., has joined the company’s Board of Directors.

Jeffrey P. Black, chairman and chief executive officer of Teleflex, said, “This appointment further strengthens the Board with expertise in the medical industry. Stuart’s extensive operational experience will be of great value to Teleflex as we continue to assume a leadership position in the healthcare arena.”

Mr. Randle is president and chief executive officer of GI Dynamics, Inc., a company in the Boston area focused on developing new therapies for the treatment of Obesity and Diabetes. GI Dynamics is pioneering the approach of noninvasive metabolic control through novel removable devices that modify metabolic pathways. The company has also assembled a world class group of advisors with specialties in bariatric surgery gastroenterology, endocrinology and medical weight loss.

Mr. Randle earned an MBA from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.

Additionally, Jeffrey P. Black, Sigismundus W. W. Lubsen and Harold L. Yoh III were re-elected to the Board. Messrs. Black, Lubsen, Yoh and Randle will serve a three-year term expiring in 2012.

About Teleflex

Teleflex is a diversified company with a significant presence in medical technology and niche businesses serving aerospace and commercial markets, worldwide. Additional information about Teleflex can be obtained from the company's website at www.teleflex.com.

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