Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2014

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

Dr. von Schack is a director of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Dr. Mehrabian was also a director of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation until his retirement on April 12, 2011. From May 2010 to July 2014, Ms. Sherburne served as Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is the successor to Mellon Financial Corporation following its merger with The Bank of New York in 2007. Mr. Cahouet had served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Financial Corporation and Mellon Bank, N.A., having retired on December 31, 1998. Mr. Cahouet ceased being a director of Mellon Financial Corporation on April 18, 2000. We maintain various arms-length banking relationships with The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. On March 1, 2013, we entered into a $750.0 million credit facility under which The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is one of 13 lenders, having committed to lend up to $60.0 million. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation also provides cash management services, serves as trustee for the Teledyne Technologies Incorporated Pension Plan and, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides asset management and transition management services for the Pension Plan. Notwithstanding these relationships, our Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Sherburne, Mr. Cahouet and Dr. von Schack are “independent,” within the meaning of the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, and are able to serve on the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee of Teledyne’s Board of Directors, in the case of Mr. Cahouet, on the Personnel and Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee of Teledyne’s Board of Directors, in the case of Dr. von Schack and on the Personnel and Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee, in the case of Ms. Sherburne.