Teleflex Increases Dividend 6 Percent; Twenty-five Consecutive Years of Increases..So There Fellas

    PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.--April 26, 2002--Teleflex Incorporated announced today that its Board of Directors had declared an increase in the quarterly cash dividend from 17 cents ($0.17) per share to 18 cents ($0.18) per share of common stock. This dividend is payable June 14, 2002 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 24, 2002. The new annual rate of 72 cents ($0.72) per share is an increase of 6 % over the previous rate.
    Teleflex is a diversified industrial company with worldwide sales of more than $1.9 billion. Its businesses serve the aerospace, medical, automotive, marine and industrial markets. Teleflex has increased its cash dividend to shareholders in each of the 25 years since it began paying dividends in 1977. The company offers a Dividend Reinvestment & Direct Stock Purchase and Sale Plan. For information about the Plan, call 1-877-842-1572 (toll free), or log on to www.investpower.com to make an initial purchase. Additional information about Teleflex can be obtained from the company's Web site on the Internet at www.teleflex.com.