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TFX-EX10.15.1_2014.12.31-10K

Exhibit 10.15.1

Contract of Employment

This agreement sets out the main particulars of the terms and conditions of employment in compliance with the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts, 1994-2001.  

	
		
	Date issued

	27th  September 2011

	Employee

	Tony Kennedy

	Address   

	[ADDRESS OMITTED]

	Employer
	Teleflex Medical Europe Ltd (the “Company”)

	Registered Address
	Garrycastle Business & Technology Park
Athlone
Co. Westmeath
Ireland

	
			
	1.
	Job Title
	VP of Manufacturing EMEA

	2.
	Function/Business
	Manufacturing

	3.
	Commencement
	Your employment with the Company will begin on 2nd of July 2007(the “date of commencement”)

The Company reserves the right to refer you to a Company Doctor to undergo a medical examination for occupational health reasons, before the date of commencement.

	4.
	Probation Period
	Your employment will be probationary for the first 6 months. The probationary period may be extended at the Company’s discretion, but will not, in any case, exceed 9 months. Termination of this agreement during or at the end of the probationary period shall be at the discretion of the Company, giving two weeks notice.

	5.
	Place of Work
	Your place of work will be home based but from time to time travel to offices will be required as appropriate for your role. Your contract and services will provide to the company which is based in Garrycastle Business & Technology Park Athlone Co. Westmeath Ireland.

	6.
	Hours
	Your normal working week will be 39 hours with a 45 min lunch period daily. The normal working week will be from 8.15 am to 5.00 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8.15 am to 4.00 p.m. on Friday. The Company reserves the right to alter these working hours from time to time. You may from time to time be required to work overtime depending on the requirements of your work and at the discretion of management. Where possible you will be notified in advance. You may from time to time be required to work on [Bank holidays] depending on the requirements of your work, where possible you will be notified in advance.

	7.
	Duties
	During the course of your employment, it may be necessary to expand or amend your job duties, within the general scope of your position, or change your function within the Company or the Teleflex (Medical) Group (the “Group”). The Company reserves the right to change your function and/or assign other job duties to you at any time, it being understood that you will not be assigned duties which you cannot reasonably perform.

	8.
	Remuneration
	Your basic salary is €170,560 per annum less statutory and agreed deductions.  Salary is payable by Direct Debit, Monthly in arrears.  Salaries are reviewed annually at the Company’s discretion.  You have the right to request a written statement of your hourly rate of pay for any pay reference period falling within the previous twelve months. 

In addition to your base salary, you may be considered for participation in the Company’s Annual Incentive Award Program (“AIP”) with a target payout of 25%. The AIP is designed to provide an annual cash incentive award to eligible employees. Any potential award would be based on your performance and the financial performance of the Company. The terms and conditions of the AIP will be determined by the Company in its absolute discretion and may be amended or terminated by it at any time.

You will receive on a yearly base €18,000 gross as a car allowance, paid in 12 monthly instalments.

The Company will be entitled to deduct from your salary or any other amounts which may be due to you by the Company (including but not limited to wages, holiday pay, sick pay, pay in lieu of notice, incentive or bonus payments, allowances or expenses) any amounts that are owed by you to the Company or any Group company. After giving you written notice and by you agreeing to the terms and conditions set out in this agreement you consent to the deduction of such sums.

	9.
	Annual leave
	Annual leave entitlement 24 days per calendar year and proportionately less for less then twelve month’s service. Further details can be found in our employee Handbook. 

The Company holiday year runs from January 1st to December 31st.  Unused holidays may not be carried forward from one year to the next unless otherwise agreed with the Company in writing.

During any continuous period of sickness absence of one month or more, you shall not accrue any statutory or contractual holiday entitlements. 

Public Holidays shall be given in accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997.

If a termination of this contract occurs and the paid holidays already exceed the paid holiday entitlement on the date of termination, the Company will deduct the excess holiday pay from any termination pay. 

Annual Leave must be agreed with your manager as early as possible.  Management will normally try to accommodate individual preferences for holiday dates, but the needs of the business may have to take precedence, particularly where inadequate notice is given.

	10.
	Private Health Cover
	With immediate effect upon joining you will be eligible to receive fully subsidised health insurance for yourself and your dependants (Aviva Healthcare Cover – Company Care), subject to completion of an application form.

	11.
	Retirement
	The normal retirement date is when you reach 65 years of age, when all benefits cease.

	12.
	Retirement Benefit
	All employees over 18 may be able to elect to join the Company’s Defined Contribution pension scheme (the “Scheme”) immediately on joining the Company, subject to the provisions of its trust deed and rules. The current employee contribution is 5% of basic salary and the Company currently contributes 5% of basic salary. The pension is a Defined Contribution Scheme administered by Irish Life Assurance plc. Full details of the pension scheme will be provided to you and you will be required to complete an application form if you wish to join.

The normal retirement date from the Company’s employment is your 65th birthday. If you opt to join the Scheme your retirement benefits will become payable from this date.

Whilst the Company intends to continue the operation of the current Scheme indefinitely it must as a matter of ordinary business prudence reserve its right to amend or terminate the Scheme at its discretion.

	13.
	Life assurance Benefit
	You will be eligible for life assurance to the value of 4 times your basic salary immediately on joining the Company. This benefit is currently insured with Friends First and cover will be subject to completion of whatever forms and provision of whatever information the Company and Friend First require. The cover will continue for as long as you are employed up to the retirement age of 65.

	14.
	Sick Pay
	You must notify your department within two hours of your normal start time that you are absent from work because of sickness or injury. For absences in excess of 3 working days (on a weekly basis thereafter) you must submit a doctor’s certificate in line with company sick pay requirements. The company operates a sick pay benefit for employees who cannot attend work as a result of a genuine illness. 

The Company will continue to pay your basic salary for a period of six months. Sick pay is subject to your compliance with the Company’s absence/sick pay policy and absence reporting procedures. Any sick pay paid by the Company will be calculated by reference to your basic salary less any state disability benefits which you are eligible to receive, whether or not actually recovered by you.

	15.
	Long Term Disability Benefits
	If you are continuously absent from work due to accident or illness for a period in excess of 6 months you may be eligible to receive a long-term disability benefit equal to 2/3rds of your basic annual salary (inclusive of any state disability benefit payable to a single person to which you may be entitled, whether or not actually recovered by you) subject to a medical certification. Payment of the benefit ceases on return to work, death or attainment of age 65. This benefit is insured with Friends First. The provision of the cover for this benefit is subject to completion of whatever forms and provision of whatever information the Company and Friends First require.

	16.
	Medical
	You may, at the Company’s request, be required to undergo a medical examination for occupational health reasons at any time during your employment. In circumstances where a medical evaluation is required, you will be requested to sign an Access to Medical Records form to allow the Company to receive a report. 

	17.
	Change in Benefits
	All benefits will be subject to the terms and conditions of the benefit plan under which they are provided. The Company reserves the right at all times to vary or discontinue any benefit plans (including any Company pension contributions) in which you may be eligible to participate and or to substitute new benefit plans for any plan in which you may be eligible to participate. Any Company benefit plan which is insured will be subject to and conditional upon the terms and conditions of the relevant policy of insurance.

	18.
	Cessation of Benefits
	All benefits payable or otherwise made available to you under any Company benefit plan(s) in which you may be entitled to participate from time to time shall automatically cease, as shall your eligibility to participate in such plan(s), upon the termination of your employment for any reason whatsoever. In the event of such termination, the Company shall be under no obligation to replace the terminated or discontinued benefit plan(s) and/or provide the same or similar benefits or compensation in lieu.

	19.
	Disclosure of Information
	It is a condition of employment that you will:

(a)    Not disclose to any unauthorised person any confidential information about the interest or business of the Company or the Group, or the customers of the Company or the Group. This restriction will continue to apply after the termination of your employment without limit on point of time but will cease to apply to information or knowledge which may reasonably be said to have come into the public domain other than by reason of breach of the provisions of this agreement;  

(b)    On the termination of your employment for whatever reason, you will return to the Company all files, correspondence, records, data, computer files, specifications, models, notes, formulations, lists, papers, reports and other documents/papers and all copies thereof belonging to the Company;

(c)    Not disclose personal data held by the Company or the Group, or the customers of the Company or the Group, to any person without appropriate authorisation from the Company;  

(d)    Agree to abide by the terms set out in the Company’s Security Declaration;

Agree to comply with all Company policies for the maintenance of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and to protect personal data.

	20.
	Personal Data
	For the purposes of administration, it is necessary for the Company to hold and process personal information about you which is subject to the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 (the “Acts”). In addition, the Company may from time to time, require that the personal information is transferred within the Group, outside the European Union. By signing this agreement you are giving explicit consent (as defined in the Acts) to the Company processing, both manually and by electronic means, your personal and sensitive personal data for the purposes of the administration and management of your employment and/or the Company’s business.

The Company will treat all personal/sensitive personal data as confidential and will not use or process it other than for legitimate purposes. The Company will ensure that the information is accurate, kept up to date and not kept for longer than is necessary.  Measures will also be taken to safeguard against unauthorised or unlawful processing and accidental loss or destruction or damage to the data.

You have the right to inspect, review and, if necessary, update your personal details on an annual basis. Normally you will be able to inspect your file within 7 working days of this request. If your personal circumstances change at any time you should update your personal records accordingly. This will ensure that the information remains accurate. 

The Group abides with the European Union – Unites States Safe Harbor Privacy Principles as set forth by the United States Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of personal information collected by the Group within the European Union.

The Group collects processes and maintains limited personal information (i.e. name, address, telephone number, data of birth, hire date, title, position, benefit, salary data, etc.) about its employees as necessary for the administration of human resources function, policies and practices. The Group will take responsible steps to ensure that data is reliable for its intended use, accurate, complete and current. Employees should contact their local Human Resources representative for the following:

•    Access to your data
•    Correct, amend or delete information that is inaccurate or incomplete
•    Opt-out of having personal information:
o    disclosed to a non-agent third party
o    Used for a purpose other than the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorised by the employee.
•    Opt-in and explicitly consent to the disclosure of the sensitive personal information to a non-agent third party or the use of the information for a purpose other than that for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by the individual.  

The Group takes reasonable precautions to protect personal information it collect and maintains from loss, misuse (including unauthorised access), disclosure, alteration and destruction. When the Group deems it necessary to transmit your data to one of its agents, it will assure the data is adequately safeguarded. 

Please refer to the EU Safe Harbor Privacy Policy HRP-017 for additional details.

	21.
	Other Employment
	It is a condition of your employment that you will not work for any other company or business during your employment without first obtaining written permission from the Company. However, you must ensure that your combined hours of work do not exceed a total of 48 hours per week in accordance with the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997.

	22.
	Termination
	You or the Company may terminate your employment at any time by serving notice in writing as follows:

6 months of Notice

The Company reserves the right to pay your salary in lieu of notice instead of requiring you to work out any period of notice.

The Company shall have the right to terminate this agreement without notice (or payment in lieu of notice) in cases of gross misconduct, negligence or dishonesty.

On termination of your employment, for whatever reason, you will keep secret and not use for your benefit or for the benefit of others any confidential information obtained or which otherwise came into your possession during your employment. 

In the event that notice of termination has been given by either you or the Company, provided always that the Company shall continue to pay your salary and contractual benefits until your employment terminates, the Company may in its absolute discretion without breaking the terms of your contract of employment or giving rise to any claim against the Company for all or part of your notice period :-

(a)       exclude your from the premises of the Company;
(b)   require you to carry out specified duties for the Company  or to carry out no duties;
(c)   announce to employees, suppliers and customers that you have been given notice of termination or have resigned (as the case may be); 
(d)   Instruct you not to communicate orally or in writing with suppliers, customers, employees, agents or representatives of the Company until your employment has terminated.

For the avoidance of doubt, your duties and obligations under this agreement continue to apply during such period, any such period to be referred to hereinafter as a “Garden Leave” period and you will remain subject to your duty of fidelity to the Company. However, subject to provisions of this clause you will be free to seek new employment to commence following the termination of the Garden Leave Period.

	23.
	Post-termination Restrictions
	After the termination of your employment, howsoever arising, you will not either directly or indirectly (without the prior consent of the Company) for a period of six months thereafter (such period to be reduced by the duration of any Garden Leave period): 

(a)    work for, be engaged by, concerned with or interested in (except as the holder of any shares, stock or debentures which in aggregate do not exceed 1% of the total shares, stocks or debentures of a company quoted on any recognised stock exchange) in any medical device business and/or associated business which operates from or carries on business in Ireland in competition with the Company Business within the island of Ireland; 

(b)    canvass or solicit, or by any other means seek or solicit, in competition with the Company, business from any customer or client (or a prospective customer or client with whom the Company has reached an advanced stage of negotiation) at the time of the termination of your employment with whom you had material dealings during your employment in the twelve month period prior to your termination date;

a.    employ or solicit, or by any other means seek or solicit, whether on your own behalf or on behalf of others, any person who is or was employed or engaged by the Company or by the Group at any time during the six month period immediately preceding the date on which your employment with the Company terminated, and who, by means of such employment, is or is likely to be in possession of confidential information relating to the Company or the Group.

For the purposes of this clause “Company Business” shall mean Teleflex Medical Europe Limited and any part of such business operated by the Company or any associated company at the date of termination of your employment.

You acknowledge and agree that all of the restrictions contained in this letter are reasonable and necessary to protect the interests of the Company, and you agree that the Company may seek equitable remedies to enforce them in addition to any other legal remedies it has.

Each of the restrictions set out in this clause is an entirely separate, severable and independent restriction and all such restrictions will (without prejudice to their generality) apply to any action taken by you whether as agent, representative, principal, employee or consultant or as a director or other officer of any company, or by any company controlled by you or any associate of yours.

In the event that any of the restrictions contained in this clause  are adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to go beyond what is reasonable, in all the circumstances, for the protection of the legitimate interests of the Company and/or Group but would be adjudged reasonable if any particular restriction or restrictions, or part thereof, were deleted in any manner, then the restrictions in question shall apply with such deletions as may be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction, without affecting the remaining provisions thereof.

	24.
	Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures
	Details of the Company’s Disciplinary Procedure can be found in the Employee Handbook. The Company reserves its rights to suspend you on full pay pending the outcome of any investigation or disciplinary inquiry.

Any work related grievances should initially be taken up with your line manager. There are subsequent steps, as outlined in the Company’s Grievance Procedure, details of which can be found in the Employee Handbook. 

	25.
	Health and Safety
	Employees are reminded that they have a statutory duty to observe all health and safety rules and take all reasonable care to promote the health and safety at work of themselves and their fellow employees. Wilful breaches of or any failure to comply with the terms of the policy by an employee, will be fully investigated and where appropriate may result in disciplinary action.  Further details can be found in the Employee Handbook. 

	26.
	Equal Opportunities
	The Company is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We recognise the potential of a diverse workforce. The Company is committed to ensuring that no employee receives less favourable treatment on grounds of colour, race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, family status or membership of the Traveller Community. 

The overall responsibility for the policy lies with the Company, however all staff are required to comply with the policy and to act in accordance with its objectives so as to remove any barriers to equal opportunity. Any act of discrimination, victimisation or any failure to comply with the terms of the policy by an employee, will be fully investigated and where appropriate may result in disciplinary action.

	27.
	Basis of Agreement
	These terms of engagement form the sole basis of agreement between you and the Company and supersede any previous agreements (whether written or oral) between you and the Company and any other Teleflex Group Company.  The Company reserves the right to change these conditions, but only by serving written notice by letter, circular or by posting notices. 

If there is a conflict between these terms and those set out in any Company booklet or procedure, these terms will prevail.

	28.
	Search
	The Company reserves the right to search employees on entering or leaving the Company’s premises, as well as any package, handbag, motor vehicle or other items which are brought by employees on to the Company’s premises. 

	29.
	Computer Use
	It is necessary for the Company to protect its interests by monitoring computer usage and all communications on its private networks (including office telephone networks and email systems).  You understand and accept that the Company collects information on all Internet user account and email activity and that this information is periodically reviewed by authorised staff to ensure compliance with the Company’s computer use policy and to detect any unauthorised use of the Company’s computers. A breach of the Company’s computer use policy or any unauthorised use of a Company computer may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. 

	30.
	Collective Agreements
	There is no collective agreement which directly affects your employment.

	31.
	Governing Law
	This agreement and your employment shall at all times and in all respects be governed by the law of Ireland. 

	32.
	Intellectual Property Rights
	As an employee of the Company, you agree to give the Company full written details of all Inventions and of all works embodying Intellectual Property Rights made wholly or partially by you at any time during the course of your employment with the Company which relate to, or are reasonably capable of being used in, the business of the Company or the Group. 

You acknowledge that all Intellectual Property Rights subsisting (or which may in the future subsist) in all such Inventions and works shall automatically, on creation, vest in the Company and you waive any moral rights in relation to the same. To the extent that they do not vest automatically, you will hold them on trust for the Company. You agree to promptly execute all documents and do all acts as may, in the opinion of the Company, be necessary to give effect to this provision.

You agree to appoint the Company to be your attorney to execute and do any such instrument or thing and generally to use your name for the purpose of giving the Company or its nominee the full benefit of these provisions. 

To the extent that you cannot assign any Intellectual Property Rights in all such Inventions and works to the Company (or its nominee), it is agreed that any such right (including, where applicable, any moral right such as a right of paternity or integrity) will be waived as against the Company. You may not under any circumstances exercise any Intellectual Property Rights against the Company or the Group or any nominee of any of them.

Please note that the following definitions apply to the above provisions: 

“Intellectual Property Rights”: patents, rights to Inventions, copyright and related rights, trade marks, trade names and domain names, moral rights, rights in get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing off, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications (or rights to apply) for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which may now or in the future subsist in any part of the world;

“Inventions”: inventions, ideas and improvements, whether or not patentable, and whether or not recorded in any medium.

I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT SET OUT ABOVE AND AGREE TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT UNDER THESE TERMS, SUBJECT TO ANY AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL TERMS STATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING LETTER.

	
		
	Signed:
	/s/ Tony Kennedy

	 
	 

	Signed:
	/s/ Monika Vikander-Hegarty

	 
	Monika Vikander-Hegarty on behalf of the CompanyTFX-EX10.15.2_2014.12.31-10K

Exhibit 10.15.2

Teleflex Incorporated
155 South Limerick Road
Limerick, PA  19468 USA
Phone:  610-948-5100
www.teleflex.com
Tony Kennedy
[ADDRESS OMITTED]
[ADDRESS OMITTED]

29 April 2013
Dear Tony
Changes to term and conditions of employment
Farther to our recent discussions, I am delighted to confirm your new position as Senior Vice President of Global Operations for Teleflex Incorporated (the “Parent Company”), regarding which the contract of employment entered into between you and Teleflex Medical Europe Ltd. (the “Company”), which was signed as of 27 September 2011 (the “Contract”), will apply henceforward as if made between you and the Parent Company, save for the changes below.
The following clauses in the Contract are replaced in their entirety.      For ease or reference I have followed the same numbering used in the Contract.

	
		
	1.  Job Title
	With effect from 1 May 2013, your title will be Senior Vice President of Global Operations of the Parent Company.  
Your new position with the Parent Company will commence on 1 May 2013.

	3. Commencement
	For the avoidance of doubt, your employment with the Company commenced on 2 July 2007.
Your new position with the Parent Company will commence on 1 May 2013.

	7.  Duties
	You will have global responsibility for all aspects of manufacturing operations in Teleflex, including but not limited to:  adherence with all regulatory, safety, and compliance standards; operating efficiency within established financial goals and performance expectations; product delivery to customer and/or R&D specifications; and overall management and development of the operations organization.  During the course of your employment, it may be necessary to expand or amend your job duties, within the general scope of your position, or change your function within the Company or the Parent Company.  The Company reserves the right to change your function and/or assign other job duties to you at any time, it being understood that you will not be assigned duties which you cannot reasonably perform.

	8.  Remuneration
	Your basic salary is €251,680.00 per annum less statutory and agreed deductions.  Salary is payable by direct debit, monthly in arrears.  Salaries are reviewed at the Parent Company’s discretion.  You have the right to request a written statement of your hourly rate of pay for any pay reference period falling within the previous twelve months.  
In addition to your base salary, you may be considered for participation in the Parent Company’s Annual Incentive Award Program (“AIP”) with a target payout of 45%.  The AIP is designed to provide an annual cash incentive award to eligible employees.  Any potential award would be based on your performance and the performance of the Parent Company.  The terms and conditions of the AIP will be determined by the Parent Company in its absolute discretion and may be amended or terminated by it at any time.
You will receive on a yearly basis €18,000 gross as a car allowance, paid in 12 monthly installments.
The Parent Company will be entitled to deduct from your salary or any other amounts which may be due to you by the Parent Company (including but not limited to wages, holiday pay, sick pay, pay in lieu of notice, incentive or bonus payments, allowances or expenses) any amounts that are owed by you to the Parent Company or any Group company.  After giving you written notice and by you agreeing to the terms and conditions set out in the Contract and this letter, you consent to the deduction of such sums.

	11.  Retirement
	Your normal retirement date will be your 65th birthday and this statement constitutes notice that your contract of employment will expire on that date (unless it has terminated at an earlier date) without any further notice being issued to you.

	13.  Life assurance benefit
	You will be eligible for life assurance to the value of four times your basic salary.  This benefit is currently insured with Friends First and is subject to the completion of such forms and the provision of such information as the Company and Friends First shall require.  The cover will continue for as long as you are employed up to the retirement age of 65.

	23.  Post-termination restrictions
	For the purposes of this clause:
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the first mentioned Person;
“Group” means the Parent Company and all Affiliates;
“Person” means an individual, a corporation or other entity or a government or governmental agency or institution, which may include a Restricted Competitor;
“Relevant Business” means the business or businesses from time to time carried on by the Group limited to the activities with which you are materially concerned or involved in the course of your employment during the 12 month period prior to the Termination Date;
“Restricted Area” means Ireland, the UK, Italy, Germany, Japan or any country in which the Group carries on a significant amount of Relevant Business at the Termination Date.  For this purpose, a country shall be regarded as significant if at the Termination Date or in the most recent financial year of the Group derived at least 10 per cent of its revenues or pre-tax profits in that country, and you were materially involved in the Group’s activities in that country in the twelve months prior to the Termination Date;
“Restricted Competitor” means CR Bard, Covidian, Coloplast, Astratech, Smiths Medical, Intersurgical B Brawn, Vigon and/or Datascope, or any merged, acquiring or successor entity of any one of these organisations, or any third party that may, between the commencement of this Agreement and the Termination Date, acquire all or a substantial part of the assets or business of any one of these organisations;
“Termination Date” means the date on which your employment is terminated by either party.
23.1 You acknowledge:
(a)  that the Group is in a unique and highly specialized business;
(b)  that the Group’s market is international in scope with a limited number of competitors;
(c)  that the Group possess a valuable body of confidential information;
(d)  that the Group will give you access to confidential information in order to carry out your duties;
(e)  that your duties include, without limitation, a duty of trust and confidence and a duty to act at all times in the best interests of the Group;
(f)  that your knowledge of confidential information directly benefits you by enabling you to perform your duties;
(g)  that unless required for the performance of your duties the disclosure of any confidential information to any actual or potential competitor of the Group will place the Group at a serious competitive disadvantage and would cause immeasurable (financial and other) damage to the Relevant Business;
(h)  that if, on leaving the employment of the Parent Company, you were to hold any position in any actual or potential competitor to the Relevant Business, it could place the Group at a serious competitive disadvantage and would cause immeasurable (financial and other) damage to the Relevant Business.
23.2  Competition and Non-Solicitation
During the continuance of this Agreement and for a period of 12 months (such period to be reduced by such period spent on garden leave) from the Termination Date, whether terminated by the Parent Company or by you, you shall not within the Restricted Area, without the prior written consent of the Parent Company;
(a)  directly or indirectly in any capacity either on your own behalf or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other Person;
(i)  be engaged, concerned or interested in any capacity either on your own behalf or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other Person in the Relevant Business or in any business wholly or partly in competition with the Relevant Business;
(ii)  solicit or entice or endeavor to solicit or entice away from the Parent Company or any Affiliate or employ any Person who was employed in a senior executive, supervisory, technical, sales or administrative capacity by the Parent Company or any Affiliate, at any time during the 12 months preceding the Termination Date;
(iii)  directly or indirectly call on or solicit for the purpose of diverting or taking away from the Parent Company or any Affiliate (including, by divulging any confidential information to any competitor or potential competitor of the Parent Company or any Affiliate) any Person who is at the Termination Date, or at any time during the 12 month period prior to the Termination Date had been a material or regular customer of the Parent Company or any Affiliate with whom you had direct personal contact as a representative of the Parent Company or any Affiliate, or a potential material or regular customer whose identity is known to you at the Termination Date as one whom the Parent Company or any Affiliate was actively soliciting as a potential customer within 12 months prior to the Termination Date;
(iv)  interfere or seek to interfere or take steps as may interfere with the continuance of supplies to the Parent Company or any Affiliate (or the terms relating to such supplies) from any Persons who are or who have been supplying components, materials, goods or services to the Parent Company or to any Affiliate at any time during the 12 month period immediately preceding Termination Date; or
(v)  be engaged, concerned or interested in any Person who is or was at any time during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the Termination Date a significant or regular customer of or supplier to the Parent Company or any Affiliate, or who is or had been during the said 12 month period negotiating with the Parent Company for the supply of a significant volume of services or goods, if such engagement, concern or interest causes or would cause the supplier or customer to cease or materially to reduce its orders or contracts with, or the volume of goods and services received from the Parent Company or any Affiliate.
23.3  You acknowledge and agree as follows:
(i)  that the restrictions set out in clause 23.2(a)(i) apply in the Restricted Area to Restricted Competitors only; and
(ii)  that the list of Restricted Competitors does not represent the entirety of the market in which the Group and you are engaged and excludes a number of significant multinational competitors covering the markets that you are responsible for on behalf of the Parent Company and Group, and as such, the restrictions set out in this clause 23 do not in any way impact on your ability to obtain employment outside of the Parent Company or Group.
23.4  You agree that if during the continuance in force of the restrictions set out in this clause 23, you receive an offer of employment from any person, you will immediately provide that person with a complete and accurate copy of this clause.
23.5  You acknowledge that while it is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that the restrictions set out in this clause 23 are no greater than is necessary for the protection of the interests of the Parent Company and any affiliate, nevertheless in the event that any of the said restrictions be adjudged to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction but would be adjudged fair and reasonable if any part of the wording thereof were amended, modified, deleted or reduced in scope, then this clause shall apply with such amendments, modifications, deletions and reductions in scope as may be necessary to make them valid and effective.
23.6  Nothing contained in this clause 23 shall act to prevent you from using generic skills learnt while employed by the Parent Company in any business or activity which is not in competition with the Parent Company or Group.

In addition to the foregoing, your employment with the Parent Company will be on the basis that your prior service with the Company will be fully recognized.  The Contract as amended by this letter, sets out your terms and conditions of employment with the Parent Company.
Finally, I would be grateful if you would, on or before May 1, 2013, sign this letter to confirm that you have read, understand and accept the terms and conditions set out above and the amendments to your contract.

Yours sincerely,

/s/ Cam Hicks        

Cam Hicks
Vice President, Global Human Resources
For and on behalf of Teleflex Incorporated

I hereby agree to the variation of my contract set out in the latter above

Signed:  /s/ Tony Kennedy        
Dated:  30th day of March 2013

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