Teleflex Declares Dividend

    PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.--Nov. 5, 2002--Teleflex Incorporated announced that its Board of Directors took action on November 4, 2002, to declare a cash dividend of eighteen cents ($0.18) per share of common stock. This dividend is payable December 16, 2002 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 25, 2002.
    Teleflex is a diversified industrial company with annual revenues of approximately $2 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.