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Teleflex Declares Dividend

25 January 1999

Teleflex Declares Dividend; Board Approves Dividend Reinvestment & Stock Purchase Plan

    PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.--Nov. 3, 1998--Teleflex Incorporated announced that its Board of Directors took action on November 2, to declare a cash dividend of eleven and one half cents ($0.115) per share of common stock.
    This dividend is payable December 15, 1998, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 25, 1998.
    The Board of Directors has approved a Dividend Reinvestment & Stock Purchase Plan to be implemented during the first quarter of 1999. Shareholders of record will have the opportunity to reinvest their quarterly cash dividends automatically. Shareholders will also have an option to invest additional cash in shares of Teleflex Common Stock.
    Dividend Reinvestment & Stock Purchase Plan booklets will be mailed in early January 1999 to shareholders whose stock is registered directly in their own names.