Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2014

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment were as follows (in millions):

	Balance at year-end
	2014			2013
Land	$	33.7		$	34.0
Buildings	175.3			171.0
Equipment and software	545.0			519.7
	754.0			724.7
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(417.5		)	(367.0		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	336.5		$	357.7

Selected Components of Balance Sheet

The following table presents the balance of selected components of Teledyne’s balance sheet (in millions):

Balance sheet items	Balance sheet location	December 28, 2014		December 29, 2013
Deferred tax assets	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	42.8	$	31.9
Income tax receivable	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	13.6	$	—
Deferred compensation assets	Other assets	$	49.6	$	44.7
Salaries and wages	Accrued liabilities	$	108.7	$	103.2
Customer deposits and credits	Accrued liabilities	$	47.9	$	55.6
Product warranty reserves	Accrued liabilities	$	14.9	$	14.1
Accrued pension obligation	Other long-term liabilities	$	14.2	$	8.5
Accrued postretirement benefits	Other long-term liabilities	$	11.6	$	10.3
Deferred tax liabilities	Other long-term liabilities	$	77.3	$	112.3
Deferred compensation liabilities	Other long-term liabilities	$	45.8	$	43.1