Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 02, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Selected Components of Balance Sheet

The following table presents the balance of selected components of Teledyne’s balance sheet:

		Balance at
Balance sheet items (in millions)	Balance sheet classification	October 2, 2016		January 3, 2016
Income tax receivable	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	1.6	$	28.8
Deferred compensation assets	Other assets, net	$	48.7	$	47.9
Salaries and wages	Accrued liabilities	$	96.5	$	89.2
Customer deposits and credits	Accrued liabilities	$	68.6	$	37.6
Accrued pension obligation	Other long-term liabilities	$	43.2	$	46.7
Accrued postretirement benefits	Other long-term liabilities	$	8.9	$	9.6
Deferred compensation liabilities	Other long-term liabilities	$	46.9	$	43.9
Deferred tax liabilities	Other long-term liabilities	$	44.6	$	37.9

Company's Product Warranty Reserve

	Nine Months
Warranty Reserve (in millions):	2016			2015
Balance at beginning of year	$	17.1		$	18.5
Accruals for product warranties charged to expense	7.0			4.6
Cost of product warranty claims	(4.7		)	(5.5		)
Acquisitions	0.3			0.2
Balance at end of period	$	19.7		$	17.8