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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 1049 Camino Dos Rios Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

March 12, 2021

Dear Stockholder:

We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (the “Company”) to be held virtually on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. You will be able to attend and participate in the annual meeting online, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting: www.meetingcenter.io/289456985 on the meeting date and at the time described in the accompanying Proxy Statement. The password for the meeting is TDY2021. There is no physical location for the annual meeting.

This booklet includes the Notice of Meeting as well as the Company’s Proxy Statement.

We know that you may be unable to attend the virtual Annual Meeting. The proxies that we solicit give you the opportunity to vote on all matters that are scheduled to come before the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend, you can be sure that your shares are represented by promptly voting and submitting your proxy by phone or by Internet as described in the following materials, or if you request that proxy materials be mailed to you, by completing, signing, dating, and returning your proxy card enclosed with those materials in the postage-paid envelope provided to you.

Thank you for your investment in our Company. We look forward to your attendance virtually at the 2021 Annual Meeting.

Sincerely,

Robert Mehrabian

Executive Chairman

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated

Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Agenda

Stockholders will be asked to vote upon the following proposals at the Annual Meeting:

The 2021 Proxy Statement and the 2020 Annual Report to Stockholders are available at www.envisionreports.com/TDY

To access the virtual Annual Meeting, go to www.meetingcenter.io/289456985 before the scheduled start time. Online access to the meeting will begin at 8:45 a.m. Pacific. Teledyne’s proxy materials are currently available at www.envisionreports.com/TDY.

Attending the Virtual Meeting as a Stockholder of Record

If you were a holder of record of common stock of Teledyne at the close of business on March 3, 2021 (the “Record Date”) (i.e., you held your shares in your own name as reflected in the records of our transfer agent, Computershare), you can attend the meeting by accessing www.meetingcenter.io/289456985 and entering the 15-digit control number on the Proxy Card or Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials you previously received. The meeting password is TDY2021.

Registering to Attend the Annual Meeting as a Beneficial Owner

If you were a beneficial holder of record of common stock of Teledyne as of the Record Date (i.e. you hold your shares in “street name” through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker), you must register in advance to virtually attend the Annual Meeting. To register, you must obtain a legal proxy, executed in your favor, from the holder of record and submit proof of your legal proxy reflecting the number of shares of Teledyne common stock you held as of the Record Date, along with your name and email address, to Computershare. Please forward the email from your broker, or attach an image of your legal proxy to legalproxy@computershare.com. Requests for registration must be labeled as “Legal Proxy” and be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern, on April 23, 2021. You will then receive a confirmation of your registration, with a control number, by email from Computershare. At the time of the meeting, go to www.meetingcenter.io/289456985 and enter your control number and the meeting password TDY2021.

Asking Questions

If you are attending the meeting as a stockholder of record or registered beneficial owner, questions can be submitted by accessing the meeting center at www.meetingcenter.io/289456985, entering your control number and meeting password TDY2021, and clicking on the message icon in the upper right hand corner of the page. To return to the main page, click the “i” icon at the top of the screen. Questions will be answered after the meeting by following up directly with stockholder of record or registered beneficial owner.

Voting Shares

If you have not already voted your shares in advance, you will be able to vote your shares electronically during the Annual Meeting by clicking on the “Cast Your Vote” link on the Meeting Center site. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote and submit your proxy in advance of the meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting.

Attending the Annual Meeting as a Guest

If you would like to enter the meeting as a guest in listen-only mode, click on the “I am a Guest” button after entering the meeting center at www.meetingcenter.io/289456985 and enter the information requested on the following screen. Please note you will not have the ability to ask questions or vote during the meeting if you participate as a guest.

Only holders of Teledyne common stock as of the close of business on the Record Date or their authorized representatives by proxy may attend the Annual Meeting. Please see the questions and answers section of the accompanying Proxy Statement for more information about attending the Annual Meeting. For information about the Company, please visit our website at www.teledyne.com.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Melanie S. Cibik

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer

and Secretary

March 12, 2021

Your vote is important:

Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the Annual Meeting, please vote as soon as possible by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting to ensure that your shares are represented and voted at the Annual Meeting.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting Stockholders to be Held on April 28, 2021. The Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and 2020 Annual Report are available at: www.envisionreports.com/tdy

Proxy Statement

    TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED  |  2021 Proxy Statement

Notice of Internet Availability

Pursuant to rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we have elected to furnish our Proxy Statement and Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2021 (the “2020 Annual Report”) to certain of our stockholders over the Internet, which allows us to reduce costs associated with the Annual Meeting and helps to reduce the environmental impact and costs of printing and distributing paper copies of proxy materials. On or about March 12, 2021, the Company will mail to each stockholder (other than those stockholders who previously had requested paper delivery of proxy materials) a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access and review the proxy materials, including this Proxy Statement and the Company’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K online (the “eProxy Notice”). The eProxy Notice also contains instructions on how to request a paper copy of the Proxy Statement and 2020 Annual Report. All other stockholders will receive printed copies of the Proxy Statement and the 2020 Annual Report, which will be mailed to such stockholders on or about March 12, 2021.

Cautionary Statements

Disclosures in this Proxy Statement may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts are forward-looking and usually identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “approximate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe” and other words of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial matters. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this Proxy Statement include the matters discussed regarding the expectation of performance under compensation plans, anticipated financial and operational performance of the Company. The forward-looking statements contained in this Proxy Statement involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on current expectations and assumptions about future events, taking into account all information currently known to the Company. Although the Company considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory, and other risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are beyond the Company’s control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance, and results of the Company’s business and forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set forth in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the 2020 Annual Report, and in the other documents the Company files from time to time with the SEC.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the Company does not intend to correct or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Incorporation by Reference

Neither the Personnel and Compensation Committee Report nor the Audit Committee Report shall be deemed soliciting material or filed with the SEC and neither of them shall be deemed incorporated by reference into any prior or future filings made by us under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate such information by reference. In addition, this document includes several website addresses. These website addresses are intended to provide inactive, textual references only. The information on these websites is not part of this Proxy Statement.

2021 Proxy Statement Summary

This summary highlights information about the Company and the upcoming Annual Meeting. As it is only a summary, please review the complete Proxy Statement and the Company’s 2020 Annual Report before you vote. References to “Teledyne,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Teledyne Technologies Incorporated.

2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

How to Cast Your Vote

Your vote is important. Please carefully review the proxy materials and vote using one of the following advance voting methods. The deadline for voting by telephone is 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on April 27, 2021. If you vote by mail, your proxy card must be received before the Annual Meeting. If you hold shares in the Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 401(k) Plan, your voting instructions must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on April 23, 2021.

Registered Stockholders
If you hold shares through our transfer agent, Computershare, please use one of the following options:
Visit www.envisionreports.com/tdy		Call 1-866-641-4276 or the number on your proxy card		Sign, date and return your proxy card by mail
Beneficial Owners
If you hold shares through your bank or brokerage account, please vote by returning the voting instruction card, or by following the instructions for voting via telephone or the Internet, as provided by the bank, broker, or other organization. If you own shares in different accounts or in more than one name, you may receive different voting instructions for each type of ownership. Please vote all of your shares.

If you are a stockholder of record or a beneficial owner who has a legal proxy to vote the shares, you may choose to vote online at the Annual Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, please cast your vote as soon as possible. See the “Questions and Answers About the Meeting and Voting” section for more details.

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Voting Matters and Board Recommendations

In addition, stockholders will transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and at any adjournments or postponements of the meeting.

Snapshot of 2021 Director Nominees

We believe that all of our Class I directors, who are being nominated for re-election at the Annual Meeting, and highly-qualified and are vital members of a well-rounded, experienced Board. All director nominees possess high integrity, innovative thinking, a proven record of success, knowledge of corporate governance requirements and practices, and commitment to sustainability and social issues.

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The following table provides summary information about each director nominee standing for election to the Board for a three-year term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting. As further described below, our director nominees represent a diverse range of backgrounds and overall experience.

Diversity

The board regularly assesses the diversity of its members and nominees as part of its annual evaluation process. We believe that our 11 directors represent a diverse and broad range of attributes, qualifications, experiences, and skills to provide an effective mix of viewpoints and knowledge.

Director nominees are selected on the basis of, among other criteria, experience, knowledge, skills, expertise, integrity, diversity, ability to make independent analytical inquiries, understanding of, or familiarity with, the Company’s business products or markets or similar business products or markets and willingness to devote adequate time and effort to Board responsibilities. The Nominating and Governance Committee and the Board believe that a diverse board leads to improved Company performance by encouraging new ideas, expanding the knowledge base available to management and fostering a boardroom culture that promotes innovation and vigorous deliberation. Consequently, when evaluating potential nominees, the Nominating and Governance Committee considers individual characteristics that may bring diversity to the Board, including gender, race, national origin, age, professional background, unique skill sets and areas of expertise. As part of

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its charter mandate, the Nominating and Governance Committee monitors our efforts in areas of diversity and keeps abreast of current and emerging trends with respect to diversity issues that may affect our business operations, performance or public image.

Governance Highlights

We are committed to good corporate governance, which promotes the long-term interests of stockholders, strengthens Board and management accountability and helps build public trust in the Company. Our corporate governance practices, highlighted below, are described in greater detail in the “Corporate Governance” section of this Proxy Statement.

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Corporate Responsibility

Corporate responsibility is part of our overall culture. Our four Core Values – Integrity, Respect, Responsibility, and Citizenship – guide the decisions we make as an organization.

Board Composition and Practices

Information and Meetings

The Board of Directors directs the management of the business and affairs of the Company as provided in our Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Bylaws”) and pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”). Members of the Board stay informed about our business through discussions with the senior management and other officers and managers of the Company and its subsidiaries, by reviewing information provided to them and participating in Board and committee meetings.

We encourage, but do not require, that all our directors attend all meetings of the Board of Directors, all committee meetings for all committees on which the directors serve and the annual stockholders meeting. In 2020, the Board held eight meetings and acted by written consent twice. During 2020, all directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and Board committees of which they were members. Due to COVID-19, all the current directors attended virtually the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Number of Directors

The Board of Directors determines the number of directors, which under our By-laws must consist of not less than four members and not more than 12 members. The Board has currently fixed the number at 11 members. Upon Ms. Austin’s retirement at the 2021 Annual Meeting, the number has been fixed at ten members.

Director Terms

The directors are divided into three classes and the directors in each class serve for a three-year term. The term of one class of directors expires each year at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board may fill a vacancy by electing a new director to the same class as the director being replaced. The Board may also create a new director position in any class and elect a director to hold the newly created position until the term of the class expires.

Directors’ Retirement Policy

On June 1, 2000, we adopted a retirement policy for directors. This policy, as amended, generally requires directors to retire at the Annual Meeting following their 75th birthday. This policy also requires a director to offer to tender his or her resignation if such director has a change in professional status. Mr. Crocker, who is 81, Dr. Mehrabian, who is 79, and Mr. Smith, who is 77, were granted waivers through the 2022 Annual Meeting. Mr. Dahlberg, who is 76, was granted a waiver through the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Dr. von Schack, who will be 77 on the date of the Annual Meeting, and Mr. Lorne, who is 75, were each granted a waiver to permit him to stand for election at the 2021 Annual Meeting and, if elected at such meeting, to continue to serve as a director at least through the remainder of his term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board believes each such director continues to contribute to the effectiveness of our Board.

Board Structure

The Board of Directors currently consists of 11 directors, ten of whom are considered independent under existing rules of the NYSE and the SEC. Ms. Austin, who has served as a director since 2006, has notified the Company of her intent to cease being a member of the Board at the 2021 Annual Meeting. Following the 2021 Annual Meeting, the size of the Board will be reduced to 10. The Board thanks Ms. Austin for her service to the Company and its stockholders.

The Chairman of the Board, Dr. Mehrabian, is also our Executive Chairman and our former President and Chief Executive Officer, and therefore is not considered an independent director. The Executive Chairman presides at meetings of stockholders and Board meetings. The Board has formally designated Michael Smith,

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one of our independent directors, to serve as the lead director. Our non-management directors meet in executive session without management (including the Executive Chairman and President and Chief Executive Officer) on a regularly scheduled basis, with the lead director presiding in such sessions. In addition, the Board’s three standing committees consist solely of independent directors.

The Board made the decision to separate the roles of the Executive Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer in 2019 to further succession planning and also to allow the Executive Chairman to focus his efforts on mergers and acquisitions and on ongoing margin enhancement initiatives. The Board believes that its current leadership structure effectively allocates authority, responsibility and oversight between management and the independent members of the Board, thus ensuring the Board’s ability to carry out its roles and responsibilities on behalf of the Company’s stockholders.

The functions of the Board are carried out by the full Board, and when delegated, by the Board committees. Each director is a full and equal participant in the major strategic and policy decisions of our Company and the Chairman has no greater or lesser vote on matters considered by the Board.

Executive Officers

The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers who are required to file reports under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Biographical information for Robert Mehrabian, our Executive Chairman of the Board, is included with the director biographies. The biographies for our other executive officers are below.

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Item 1 on Proxy Card — Election of Directors

The Board, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, has nominated the following Class I directors: Denise R. Cade, Simon M. Lorne, and Wesley W. von Schack, for election at this year’s Annual Meeting, to hold office for three-year terms until the 2024 Annual Meeting. All of the nominees currently serve as directors on the Board. Mr. Lorne and Dr. von Schack were elected to the Board by the Company’s stockholders at the 2018 Annual Meeting. Ms. Cade was appointed to the Board on July 23, 2019. Each director nominee has agreed to be named in this Proxy Statement.

If a nominee becomes unable to serve, the proxies will vote for a Board-designated substitute or the Board may reduce the number of directors. The Board has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve.

Majority Voting for Directors

Our Bylaws provide a majority voting standard for election of directors in uncontested elections. Each director will be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, meaning that the number of votes cast “FOR” a director nominee exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the number of votes cast with respect to that director’s election. The Board has adopted a policy whereby all director nominees must submit a contingent resignation in writing to the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee. The resignation becomes effective only if the director is not elected by a majority of votes cast and the Board accepts the resignation. The Nominating and Governance Committee or another committee appointed by the Board will recommend to the Board whether to accept or reject the resignation or whether other action should be taken. The Board will act on such committee’s recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days following the date of the certification of the election results. The director who was not elected by a majority of votes cast will not participate in the Board’s decision with respect to such resignation. If the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the nominees who receive the highest number of votes cast will be elected.

Unless otherwise instructed, the individuals named as proxies in the proxy card will vote each proxy received by them for the election of the three named nominees. You may withhold authority for the proxies to vote your shares on any or all of the nominees by following the instructions on your proxy card.

Director Nominees

The Board has affirmatively determined that each of the nominees qualifies for election under the Company’s criteria for evaluation of directors (see “Director Qualifications, Skills, and Attributes”). The following pages include biographical information about each of our directors (including the director nominees) and their specific experiences, qualifications, skills, and attributes that have led the Board and the Nominating and Governance Committee to conclude that they should serve as directors on the Board. In addition, the Board has determined that each non-employee director nominee qualifies as an independent director under the applicable NYSE listing standards.

Item 1 on Proxy Card — Election of Directors (continued)

Director Qualification, Skills, and Attributes

Our directors have substantial leadership, management, and industry experience and expertise in various fields. Four of our 11 directors self-identify as having diverse characteristics (race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural background). This diversity of experience and background of our directors, illustrated in the skills matrix and director nominees’ biographies that follow, is brought to bear in Board deliberations, during which multiple perspectives are considered in developing dynamic solutions to achieve our strategic priorities to reduce complexity, drive returns, and advance sustainably.

Because the skills matrix below is a summary, it does not include all of the qualifications, skills, attributes, experiences, and diversity that each director offers.

Attributes, Experience and Skills

Age

60

58

82

76

53

75

69

79

70

77

76

Diversity(a)

✓

✓

✓

✓

CEO/C-Suite

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Financial and Accounting

✓

✓

Legal and Compliance

✓

✓

✓

Governance

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Banking

✓

✓

✓

Government, Defense or Military

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Energy

✓

✓

Information and Cybersecurity

✓

✓

✓

✓

Other Industry

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Additional background information about the nominees and continuing directors follows, including the specific experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills that the Board believes qualifies each of the below named individuals to serve as a director of the Company, considering the Company’s business and structure.

Background information about the director nominees, including the business experience, individual skills, and qualifications that each director contributes to the Board’s effectiveness as a whole, are described on the following pages.

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Nominees — For Terms Expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting (Class I)

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The Board of Directors Recommends

a Vote FOR the Election of the Nominees.

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Continuing Directors — Terms Expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting (Class II)

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Continuing Directors — Terms Expiring at 2023 Annual Meeting (Class III)

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Director Retiring at the 2021 Annual Meeting

Corporate Governance

Director Independence

In April 2020, our Nominating and Governance Committee assessed, and our Board determined, the independence of each director in accordance with applicable NYSE and SEC rules, as then in effect, with the exception of Ms. Kumbier, for whom such assessment and determination took place in October 2020. To comply with such rules, our Nominating and Governance Committee considered various relationship categories including: whether the director is an employee, amount of stock ownership, and commercial, industrial, banking, consulting, legal, accounting or auditing, charitable and familial relationships, as well as a range of individual circumstances (including social friendships between certain members of the Board). See “Certain Transactions” at page 83. The Nominating and Governance Committee, followed by the Board, determined that each member of our Board of Directors did not have any material relationships with us and was thus independent, except for Dr. Mehrabian, our Executive Chairman. Our management, after reviewing director questionnaires, reported to our Board in February 2021 that information on which the Board based its independence assessment in 2020 had not materially changed. The independent directors by name are: Roxanne S. Austin, Denise R. Cade, Charles Crocker, Kenneth C. Dahlberg, Michelle A. Kumbier, Simon M. Lorne, Robert A. Malone, Jane C. Sherburne, Michael T. Smith and Wesley W. von Schack.

The Nominating and Governance Committee, followed by the Board, also determined that each member of our Personnel and Compensation Committee is a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

All of the Board’s standing committees consist only of independent directors.

Corporate Governance and Ethics Guidelines

Our Board of Directors has adopted many “best practices” in corporate governance, including separate standing committees of the Board for each of audit, nominating and governance and personnel and compensation matters, charters for each of the committees, and corporate ethics and compliance guidelines.

Our ethics and compliance guidelines for employees are contained in the Global Code of Ethical Business Conduct. These guidelines apply to all our employees, including our principal executive, financial and accounting officers. Our employees receive annual ethics training and questionnaires are distributed annually to various personnel to confirm compliance with these guidelines. We also have a specialized code of ethics for financial executives that supplements the employee guidelines. In addition, we have ethics and compliance guidelines for our third-party service providers.

Our Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for directors. This code is intended to provide guidance to directors to help them recognize and deal with ethical issues, including conflicts of interest, corporate opportunities, fair dealing, compliance with law and proper use of the Company’s assets. It also provides mechanisms to report possible unethical conduct.

Our Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines. These Corporate Governance Guidelines were initially developed by our Nominating and Governance Committee and are reviewed at least annually by such Committee. These Corporate Governance Guidelines incorporate practices and policies under which our Board has operated since its inception, in addition to many of the requirements of the SEC and the NYSE. Some of the principal subjects covered by the Corporate Governance Guidelines include:

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Copies of our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Global Code of Ethical Business Conduct, Code of Ethics for Financial Professionals, Directors’ Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Ethics Code of Conduct for Service Providers, Corporate Governance Guidelines and Committee charters are available on our website at www.teledyne.com under “Who We Are” — “Corporate Governance”. We intend to post any amendments to these documents and any waivers of the provisions thereof related to directors or executive officers on our website. If at any time you would like to receive a paper copy of these documents free-of-charge, please write to Melanie S. Cibik, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, 1049 Camino Dos Rios, Thousand Oaks, California 91360.

Risk Management Oversight

The risk oversight function of the Board of Directors is carried out by both the Board and the Audit Committee. As provided in its charter, the Audit Committee meets periodically with management to discuss the Company’s major financial and operating risk exposures and the steps, guidelines and policies taken or implemented relating to risk assessment and risk management. Matters of strategic risk are considered by the Board as a whole. At each regularly scheduled meeting of the Audit Committee, our Vice President, Business Risk Assurance reports directly to the Audit Committee on the activities of the Company’s internal audit function. Management also reports to the Audit Committee on legal, finance, accounting and compliance matters at least quarterly and on tax, pension and information technology and cyber security matters periodically. The Board is provided with reports on legal matters at periodically scheduled meetings and on other matters related to risk oversight on an as needed basis. In addition, the Audit Committee reviews with management the “risk factors” that appear in our Annual Report on Form 10-K prior to its filing.

We have an Enterprise Risk Management Committee, consisting of executive officers and other employees, to identify significant company risks and determine whether we have appropriate risk management policies, practices and procedures in place. Our Senior Vice President and Treasurer, periodically reports to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors on the progress and results of the actions taken by this committee.

Hedging Policy

Our insider trading policy prohibits short sales of our stock, buying or selling put or call options on our stock, holding our stock in a margin account or pledging our stock as collateral for a loan, or entering into hedging or monetization transactions with respect to our stock, in each case without prior advance approval from our Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary. The foregoing prohibitions apply to our directors, executive officers and any employee who participates in our stock option program.

Board Evaluation Process

Every year the Board and each standing committee of the Board assesses its performance. The evaluation process is overseen by the Nominating and Governance Committee and involves separate interviews of each director by internal counsel to solicit feedback on several issues, including:

The results are summarized by the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary and discussed by the Board and each committee in executive session. In addition to providing an

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opportunity for directors to discuss a wide range of governance-related topics, the evaluation process is used by the Board and each committee to identify opportunities for improvement, make changes to the committee charters, processes and policies, and is linked to our Board’s succession planning activities.

Risks Related to Compensation Policies and Practices

The Company and the Personnel and Compensation Committee have undertaken a process to determine whether the Company’s overall compensation program for employees creates incentives for employees to take excessive or unreasonable risks that could materially harm the Company. As part of this process, the Company received input and analysis from its independent compensation consultant, Exequity LLP, and management prepared a framework of potential risk and evaluated the Company’s compensation policies in the context of this framework. The results of this evaluation were reviewed by and discussed with the Personnel and Compensation Committee.

We believe that several features of our compensation policies for management employees appropriately mitigate such risks, including a balanced mix of long- and short-term compensation incentives, the use of incentive award plans with capped payouts, the use of a diverse mix of performance measures in our incentive award plans and our stock ownership requirements for key officers. In addition, we use our annual business plan as a baseline for our Annual Incentive Plan targets, which the Personnel and Compensation Committee regards as setting an appropriate level of risk taking for the Company. We also believe the Company’s internal legal and financial controls appropriately mitigate the probability and potential impact of an individual employee committing the Company to a harmful long-term business transaction in exchange for short-term compensation benefits. In light of these features of our compensation program and these additional controls, our management and our Personnel and Compensation Committee have concluded that the risks arising from our employee compensation policies and practices are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Communications with the Board

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that any interested parties desiring to communicate with our non-management directors, including our lead director, may contact them through our Secretary, Melanie S. Cibik, whose address is: Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, 1049 Camino Dos Rios, Thousand Oaks, California 91360. The Secretary will review each communication received and decide as to whether the communication, or a summary thereof, will be forwarded to the Nominating and Governance Committee or other appropriate Board committee or member.

Stockholder Engagement

We regularly engage with our stockholders to understand their perspectives on Teledyne, including our strategies, financial performance, management and executive compensation. As part of this program, senior management regularly meets with institutional investors. During fiscal year 2020, senior management met with many institutional investors, including the majority of our top 25 investors with actively managed funds, through virtual investor conferences, virtual meetings and telephone conferences.

Corporate Responsibility

Teledyne continuously operates within our Global Code of Ethical Business Conduct. We firmly believe that improvement is possible only if we measure our performance and constantly raise our standards through ethically oriented practices, including our contributions and commitment to having a positive measurable impact on humanity. Our Global Code of Ethical Business Conduct and other policies and information related to corporate social responsibility can be found at www.teledyne.com under “Who We Are” — “Corporate Governance.”

Sustainability and Climate Change

While we remain committed to consistent financial performance, our businesses continue to also focus on developing solutions to address sustainability and climate challenges facing humanity today.

Corporate Governance (continued)

Our broad range of precision measurement technologies for environmental monitoring and climate research are unique in the world. Our sensors and instruments are deployed everywhere, from pole to pole, in space, on aircraft and drones, on land, on the sea surface, in the water column, and on the seafloor. They operate around the clock, measuring greenhouse gases from space, precisely monitoring air and water quality throughout the world, and are continuously profiling all of Earth’s oceans.

Applications of our instruments provide scientists information that spans time from the origin of the universe to providing real-time data on air pollution and dangerous storms, such as time-critical warning of hurricanes and tsunamis.

Environment

Teledyne is a global leader in breakthrough design, production and distribution of sophisticated water and air quality instruments.

Ocean

The ocean covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface, holds 97% of its water, produces more than half the world’s oxygen, and stores 50 times more carbon dioxide than Earth’s atmosphere. Changes in the ocean affect weather patterns, climate, and food security. Despite the vital importance of the ocean, more than 80% of our ocean is unmapped and unexplored.

Space

Teledyne’s contributions to space exploration through our visible and infrared sensors have advanced our scientific understanding of the formation and evolution of the Universe, solar system, planets and moons and how humankind’s actions affect Earth’s climate, atmosphere, oceans and land.

Business Ethics

Corporate Governance (continued)

Community

Anti-Corruption

Teledyne Technologies maintains an anti-corruption program with the core elements of an effective compliance program, including tone at the top, risk assessment, written policies and procedures, effective training and education, effective lines of communication, internal monitoring and auditing, and enforcement. The program and its requirements apply to Teledyne employees and to third parties who act on Teledyne’s behalf.

Ethics Help Line

We have a confidential Ethics Help Line, where questions or concerns about us can be raised confidentially and anonymously. The Ethics Help line is available to all our employees, as well as concerned individuals outside the Company. The toll-free help line number is 1-877-666-6968. International dialing instructions are available at www.teledyne.ethicspoint.com. Issues can also be reported via that website. The receipt of material concerns about our accounting, internal controls and auditing matters will be reported to the Audit Committee.

Committees of Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors has established an Audit Committee, a Nominating and Governance Committee and a Personnel and Compensation Committee. From time to time, our Board of Directors may establish other committees. Each of the Audit Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee and Personnel and Compensation Committee has a written charter that can be accessed on our website at www.teledyne.com under “Who We Are — Corporate Governance.”

Audit Committee

The members of the Audit Committee are:

      Simon M. Lorne, Chair

      Denise R. Cade

      Kenneth C. Dahlberg

      Michelle A. Kumbier

      Robert A. Malone

      Jane C. Sherburne

      Michael T. Smith

The Audit Committee held six meetings in 2020.

The primary purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board’s oversight of the integrity of our financial statements, our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the qualification and the independence of our independent auditor, and the performance of our internal audit function and independent auditor. As provided in its charter, the Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, retention, compensation, oversight, evaluation and termination of our independent auditor (including resolving disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting). The Audit Committee has been designated as the “qualified legal compliance committee.” In carrying out its responsibilities, the Audit Committee undertakes to do many things, including:

Committees of Our Board of Directors (continued)

The charter of the Audit Committee was last amended and restated on December 17, 2019. (The charter is available on the Corporate Governance Web Page:https://www.teledyne.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance). The Audit Committee charter provides that our senior internal auditing executive reports directly and separately to the Chair of the Audit Committee and the Executive Chairman. As required by the charter, our Audit Committee also has established procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal controls and auditing matters.

The Audit Committee meets the size, independence and financial sophistication and expertise requirements of the NYSE, including the enhanced independence requirements for Audit Committee members under Exchange Act Rule 10A- 3. The Board of Directors has determined that Simon M. Lorne is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the SEC regulations and all of the members are “independent” and “financially literate” under the NYSE listing standards. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that no director may serve as a member of the Audit Committee if such director serves on the audit committees of more than two other public companies unless the Board determines that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such director to effectively serve on the Audit Committee. Any such determination must be disclosed in the annual Proxy Statement. None of our Audit Committee members serve on more than two other audit committees of public companies. Besides our Audit Committee, Mr. Smith simultaneously serves on the audit committee of two other public companies and Mr. Malone simultaneously serves on the audit committee of one other public company.

The report of the Audit Committee is included under “Item 2 on Proxy Card — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” at page 36.

Nominating and Governance Committee

The members of the Nominating and Governance Committee are:

      Michael T. Smith, Chair

      Denise R. Cade

      Roxanne S. Austin

      Charles Crocker

      Simon M. Lorne

The Nominating and Governance Committee held four meetings in 2020.

The Nominating and Governance Committee undertakes to:

Committees of Our Board of Directors (continued)

The charter of the Nominating and Governance Committee was last amended and restated on December 18, 2019. The members of the Nominating and Governance Committee are “independent” under the NYSE listing standards. (The charter is available on the Corporate Governance Web Page: https://www.teledyne.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance).

The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider stockholder recommendations for nominees for director. Any stockholders interested in recommending a nominee should follow the procedures outlined in “Other Information — 2022 Annual Meeting and Stockholder Proposals” at page 89. Stockholder recommendations for nominees will be given the same consideration as nominees for director from other sources.

The Nominating and Governance Committee utilizes a variety of methods for identifying and evaluating all nominees for directors. The Committee periodically assesses the appropriate size of the Board and whether vacancies on the Board are expected due to retirement, change in professional status or otherwise. Candidates may come to the attention of the Committee through current Board members, members of our management, stockholders and other persons. The Committee to date has not engaged a professional search firm. Candidates are evaluated at meetings of the Committee and may be considered at any point during the year.

As stated in the Corporate Governance Guidelines, nominees for director are to be selected based on, among other criteria, experience, knowledge, skills, expertise, integrity, diversity, ability to make analytical inquiries, understanding of or familiarity with our business, products or markets or similar business, products or markets, and willingness to devote adequate time and effort to Board responsibilities. The Committee may establish additional criteria and is responsible for assessing the appropriate balance of criteria required of Board members.

Committees of Our Board of Directors (continued)

Personnel and Compensation Committee

The members of the Personnel and Compensation Committee are:

      Charles Crocker, Chair

      Roxanne S. Austin

      Kenneth C. Dahlberg

      Michelle A. Kumbier

      Robert A. Malone

      Jane C. Sherburne

      Wesley W. von Schack

The Personnel and Compensation Committee held five meetings in 2020.

The Personnel and Compensation Committee’s principal authority and responsibilities include:

While reviewed annually, the charter of the Personnel and Compensation Committee was last amended and restated on December 18, 2018. (The charter is available on the Corporate Governance Web Page: https://www.teledyne.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance). The members of the Personnel and Compensation Committee are “independent” under the NYSE listing standards.

Our Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer work with the Personnel and Compensation Committee Chair, our Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary and our Vice President of Human Resources in establishing the agenda for the Committee and together make compensation recommendations for the named executives (other than themselves). The Personnel and Compensation

Committees of Our Board of Directors (continued)

Committee’s Chair reports the committee’s recommendations on executive compensation to the Board. The Personnel and Compensation Committee has the authority, under its charter, to obtain advice and assistance from internal or external legal, accounting or other advisors. The Personnel and Compensation Committee has the sole authority and resources to retain and terminate any compensation consultant to be used to assist in the evaluation of the Executive Chairman’s, the Chief Executive Officer’s or other executive officers’ compensation and has sole authority to approve the consultant’s fees and other retention terms. As discussed below under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the Committee retained Exequity LLP to assist the Committee in fulfilling its responsibilities in 2020. The Personnel and Compensation Committee may delegate its responsibility to control and manage the plan assets of our employee benefit plans. In addition, under the terms of our stock incentive plans, the Personnel and Compensation Committee may delegate certain powers and authority under the stock incentive plan as it deems appropriate to a subcommittee and/or designated officers and, as discussed below under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the Personnel and Compensation Committee has made a limited delegation of authority to our Executive Chairman to grant stock options pursuant to this authority.

The report of the Personnel and Compensation Committee is included under “Executive and Director Compensation” at page 66.

Item 2 on Proxy Card — Ratification of Appointment of

Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent

Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee has appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2021. Deloitte & Touche LLP has served as our independent registered public accounting firm effective May 1, 2015. The Audit Committee believes that Deloitte & Touche LLP is knowledgeable about our operations and accounting practices and is well qualified to act in the capacity of independent registered public accounting firm. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2021 is subject to the continued approval of the Audit Committee.

Although the appointment of an independent registered public accounting firm is not required to be approved by the stockholders, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors believe that stockholders should participate in such selection through ratification. The proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP will be approved by the stockholders if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares cast on the proposal by holders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting. Unless otherwise instructed, the individuals named as proxies in the proxy card will vote each proxy received by them in favor of ratifying the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2021. If you specifically abstain from voting on the proposal, your shares will not affect the outcome of the vote. If the stockholders do not ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Audit Committee will reconsider the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as an independent registered public accounting firm. Notwithstanding the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditors, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may direct the appointment of new independent auditors at any time during the year if the Audit Committee believes that such a change would be in the best interests of Teledyne and its stockholders. It is expected that representatives of Deloitte & Touche LLP will be present at the meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement and respond to appropriate questions.

The Board of Directors Recommends

a Vote FOR Ratification of the Appointment

of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the

Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

Fees Billed by Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The following table sets forth fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP for professional services rendered for the 2020 fiscal year and for the 2019 fiscal year (in thousands).

Item 2 on Proxy Card — Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (continued)

Guidelines Regarding External Auditing Firms

Our Audit Committee has adopted guidelines relating to the rendering of services by external auditors. The principal terms are as follows:

Pre-Approval of Audit Services.    The guidelines require the approval of the Audit Committee prior to retaining any firm to perform any Audit Services. “Audit Services” include the services necessary to audit our consolidated financial statements for a specified fiscal year and the following audit and audit-related services: (a) Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71 quarterly review services; (b) regulatory and employee benefit plan financial statement audits; and (c) compliance and statutory attestation services for our subsidiaries. Subject to limited exceptions, the policies further provide that the Audit Committee must pre-approve the engagement of our independent registered public accounting firm to provide any services other than Audit Services. The Chair of the Audit Committee may, however, pre-approve the engagement of our independent registered public accounting firm for such non-audit services to the extent the fee is reasonably expected to be less than $150,000. Pre-approval will not be required for de minimis services if (i) the costs of such services in the aggregate are less than $150,000 or 5% of the total fees of our independent registered public accounting firm, whichever is lesser during such fiscal year, (ii) such services were not recognized by us at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly and subsequently approved by the Audit Committee or the Chair of the Audit Committee (if reasonably expected to be less than $150,000 or 5% of the total fees of our independent registered public accounting firm, whichever is lesser) prior to completion of the audit.

Executive Relationship Limitation.    The guidelines provide that no firm shall perform for us any Audit Service if the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Controller, or Chief Accounting Officer, or any person serving in an equivalent position for the Company, was employed by that firm and participated in any capacity in the Company’s audit during the one-year period preceding the date of the initiation of the audit.

Non-Audit Services Limitations.    If the fee for any non-audit services is reasonably expected to be $350,000 or more, we must seek at least one competing bid from another firm prior to engaging our independent registered public accounting firm, unless there are exceptional circumstances or if it relates to the public offering of our securities. Management will determine whether awarding the assignment to our independent registered public accounting firm would be advantageous to us because our independent registered public accounting firm could utilize its deeper knowledge of the Company to do a more efficient and effective job than another provider of services or could perform the services for a lower fee. While price will be a factor in evaluating competing proposals, professional competence, client service and experience in handling similar matters are also key factors. Prior to retaining our independent registered public accounting firm to perform services other than Audit Services, management will consider whether such retention could impair our independent registered public accounting firm’s independence.

The guidelines prohibit us from engaging our independent registered public accounting firm to perform any of the following non-audit services or other services that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines by regulation to be prohibited: bookkeeping or other services related to accounting records or financial statements; financial information systems design and implementation; appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; actuarial services; internal auditing outsourcing services; management functions or human resources; broker or dealer, investment advisor, or investment banking services; individual tax services to executives; roles that involve financial reporting responsibility; or legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit.

Hiring Limitation.    To avoid appearances of conflicts of interest, we will not hire before a one-year cooling-off period into either a finance function or an audit function personnel of our independent registered public accounting firm who are at the level of partner, principal or manager if such person worked on the audit of our consolidated financial statements during the fiscal year just ended or if such person is working on the audit of our consolidated financial statements for the current fiscal year.

Item 2 on Proxy Card — Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (continued)

Audit Partner Rotation.    The guidelines provide that neither the lead or coordinating partner of our independent registered public accounting firm having primary responsibility for our audit, nor the partner responsible for reviewing our audit, shall perform Audit Services for the Company for more than five consecutive fiscal years. An audit director can perform Audit Services for up to seven consecutive fiscal years.

On a quarterly basis in executive session, our independent registered public accounting firm reviews with the Audit Committee all audit, non-audit and tax services it provides to us. For 2020, all audit and non-audit services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm were pre-approved in accordance with our policies.

In making its recommendation to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2020 fiscal year, the Audit Committee considered whether the provision of non-audit services by Deloitte & Touche LLP is compatible with maintaining Deloitte & Touche LLP’s independence.

Audit Committee Report

The following report of the Audit Committee is included in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. It does not constitute “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC and is not incorporated by reference into any of our filings under the Exchange Act.

Report of the Audit Committee

The following is the report of the Audit Committee with respect to the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2021 (the “Financial Statements”) of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and its consolidated subsidiaries (the “Company”).

The responsibilities of the Audit Committee are set forth in the Audit Committee Charter, as amended and restated as of December 17, 2019, which has been adopted by the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee is comprised of seven directors. The Company’s Board of Directors has determined that each of the members of the Audit Committee is independent in accordance with the applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange. The Board of Directors has also determined that at least one director has “financial management expertise” under New York Stock Exchange listing standards and that Simon M. Lorne is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Commission regulations.

Management is responsible for the preparation, presentation and integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the Company’s internal controls and financial reporting process and the procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte & Touche”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, is responsible for performing an independent audit of the Company’s Financial Statements and expressing an opinion as to their conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the Company’s Financial Statements with management and Deloitte & Touche and discussed with Deloitte & Touche the matters required to be discussed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Audit Committee has received written disclosures and the letter from Deloitte & Touche required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding Deloitte & Touche’s communication with the Audit Committee concerning independence and has discussed with Deloitte & Touche its independence.

The members of the Audit Committee are not professionally engaged in the practice of auditing or accounting and are not, and do not represent themselves to be, performing the functions of auditors or accountants. Members of the Audit Committee may rely without independent verification on the information provided to them and on the representations made by management and Deloitte & Touche. Accordingly, the Audit Committee’s oversight does not provide an independent basis to determine that management has maintained appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles, or appropriate internal controls and procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the Audit Committee’s considerations and discussions referred to above do not assure that the audit of the Company’s financial statements has been carried out in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, that the financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or that the Company’s auditors are in fact “independent.”

Based on these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Financial Statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2021, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Audit Committee Report (continued)

Submitted by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:

      Simon M. Lorne, Chair

      Denise R. Cade

      Kenneth C. Dahlberg

      Michelle A. Kumbier

      Robert A. Malone

      Jane C. Sherburne

      Michael T. Smith

February 23, 2021

Item 3 on Proxy Card — Advisory Resolution on

Executive Compensation

In accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act, which was added under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, we are asking stockholders to approve on an advisory basis a resolution on the Company’s executive compensation as reported in this Proxy Statement. As described below in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this Proxy Statement, our executive compensation program is designed to attract and retain high quality executives and to align the interest of management with the interests of stockholders by rewarding both short- and long-term performance.

Our balanced portfolio of technologies and the operational improvement initiatives we first started in 2019 helped us successfully navigate a tumultuous 2020. Financial highlights included:

We urge stockholders to read the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” below, which describes in more detail how our executive compensation policies and procedures operate and are designed to achieve our compensation objectives, as well as the Summary Compensation Table and related compensation tables and narratives which provide detailed information on the compensation of our named executives. The Personnel and Compensation Committee believes that the policies and procedures articulated in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” are effective in achieving our goals and that the compensation of our named executives reported in this Proxy Statement has supported and contributed to the Company’s success.

We are asking stockholders to approve the following advisory resolution at the 2021 Annual Meeting:

RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executives during 2020, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Summary Compensation Table and the related compensation tables and narrative in the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, is hereby APPROVED, on an advisory basis.

This advisory resolution, commonly referred to as a “say on pay” resolution, is not binding on the Board of Directors or the Company. Although non-binding, the Board and the Personnel and Compensation Committee will carefully review and consider the voting results when evaluating our executive compensation program.

The proposal to adopt the advisory resolution set forth above will be approved by the stockholders if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares cast by those holders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting. If you sign and return your proxy card, your shares will be voted (unless you indicate to the contrary) to approve the advisory resolution. If you specifically abstain from voting on the proposal, your shares will not affect the outcome of the vote.

Item 3 on Proxy Card — Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation (continued)

Following the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our Board of Directors voted to hold a vote on this advisory “say on pay” resolution on an annual basis. Therefore, we currently expect our next say on pay proposal (after the vote on this Item 3) will be held at our next annual meeting in 2022, although the Board of Directors may decide to modify this practice.

The Board of Directors Recommends

a Vote FOR Approval of the Advisory Resolution

on Executive Compensation.

Other Business

We know of no business that may be presented for consideration at the meeting other than the three action items indicated in the Notice of Annual Meeting. If other matters are properly presented at the meeting, including a proposal to adjourn or postpone the meeting, the persons designated as proxies in your proxy card may vote at their discretion.

Following adjournment of the formal business meeting, stockholders will have an opportunity to submit questions about our Company and businesses. Questions will be answered after the meeting by following up directly with the stockholder of record or the registered beneficial owner.

Stock Ownership Information

Five Percent Owners of Common Stock

The following table sets forth the number of shares of our common stock owned beneficially by each person or entity known to us to own beneficially more than five percent of our outstanding common stock. As of February 15, 2021, we had received notice that the individuals and entities listed in the following table are beneficial owners of five percent or more of our common stock. In general, “beneficial ownership” includes those shares that a person or entity has the power to vote or transfer, and options to acquire common stock that are exercisable currently or within 60 days. As of February 15, 2021, we had 37,000,446 shares outstanding.

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Stock Ownership Information (continued)

Stock Ownership of Management

The following table shows, as of February 15, 2021, the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by (i) our directors and executive officers named in the executive compensation tables, and (ii) our directors and Section 16 statutory officers as a group, including shares as to which a right to acquire ownership exists (for example, through the exercise of stock options) within the meaning of Rule 13d-3(d)(1) under the Exchange Act. Certain shares beneficially owned by our officers and directors may be held in accounts with third party brokerage firms.

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Stock Ownership Information (continued)

Phantom Shares.    Prior to January 1, 2015, non-employee directors could elect to defer payment of up to 75% of their annual retainer fees and committee chair fees and 100% of their meeting fees under the Teledyne Technologies Incorporated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (Deferred Compensation Plan). Non-employee directors could elect to have their deferred monies treated as though they are invested in our common stock (Teledyne Common Stock Phantom Fund). Deferrals to the Teledyne Common Stock Phantom Fund mirrored actual purchases of stock, but no actual stock is issued, and the award is settled in cash. There are no voting or other stockholder rights associated with the Teledyne Common Stock Phantom Fund. As of February 15, 2021, the following directors had the following number of phantom shares of common stock under the Deferred Compensation Plan: Charles Crocker — 451 phantom shares; Simon M. Lorne — 1,049 phantom shares; and Michael T. Smith — 1,245 phantom shares.

Stock Ownership Information (continued)

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans as of January 3, 2021

The following table summarizes information about our common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrant and rights under all of our equity compensation plans, as of January 3, 2021:

Executive and Director Compensation

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) provides a detailed description of our executive compensation philosophy and programs, the compensation decisions the Personnel and Compensation Committee (referred to as the “Committee” in this CD&A) has made under those programs, and the factors considered in making those decisions. This CD&A focuses on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers for 2020, who are listed below and appear in the Compensation Tables beginning on page 67.

The following individuals represented our named executive officers (NEOs) for 2020:

Our Compensation Objectives and Core Principles

Our objective with respect to executive compensation is to attract and retain executives of the highest quality and to align the interests of management with the interests of stockholders by rewarding both short- and long-term performance. To this end, we are guided by the following principles:

Compensation Discussion and Analysis (continued)

Checklist of Compensation Practices

Highlights of 2020 Performance and Stockholder Return

Our balanced portfolio of technologies and the operational improvement initiatives we first started in 2019 helped us successfully navigate a tumultuous 2020. Financial highlights included:

Compensation Discussion and Analysis (continued)

The graph below shows Teledyne’s cumulative total stockholder return (i.e. price change plus reinvestment of dividends) on our common stock for the five fiscal years ending January 3, 2021, as compared to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index, the Standard & Poor’s 1500 Industrials and the Russell 1000 Index. We have included the S&P 500 Index which will eventually replace the Russell 1000 Index in our stock price performance graph because in June 2020 Teledyne graduated from the Russell 1000 Index to the S&P 500 Index. For this reason, for awards granted after January 1, 2021, the S&P 500 Index has been selected to replace the Russell 1000 Index as a performance measure in our long-term compensation programs. The graph assumes $100 was invested on December 31, 2015. In accordance with the rules of the SEC, this presentation is not incorporated by reference into any of our registration statements under the Securities Act.

Role of the Committee, Management, and Independent Compensation Consultant

The Committee reviews and administers the compensation for Dr. Mehrabian and Mr. Pichelli and other members of senior management, including the NEOs. In the case of Dr. Mehrabian and Mr. Pichelli, the compensation determinations made by the Committee are reviewed by the entire Board. The Committee is composed exclusively of independent directors that are deemed “outside directors” under 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and “non-employee directors” under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

In 2020, the Committee retained Exequity LLP (“Exequity”), an independent compensation consultant, to assist the Committee in fulfilling its responsibilities. The services that Exequity performed for Teledyne were related to executive and director compensation and were primarily in support of decision-making by the Committee and, in the case of director compensation, the Nominating and Governance Committee. No other services were provided by Exequity for the Company during 2020. In January 2020, the Committee conducted a conflict of interest assessment of its retention of Exequity, and no conflicts of interest were identified. In reaching these conclusions, the Committee considered factors set forth in applicable rules promulgated by the SEC.

The Committee is charged with the review and approval of the corporate goals and objectives relevant to NEO compensation, evaluate the NEOs’ performance in light of those goals and objectives, and determine and

Compensation Discussion and Analysis (continued)

approve all NEO compensation based on this evaluation. Dr. Mehrabian and Mr. Pichelli work with the Committee Chair, our Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary and the Vice President of Human Resources in establishing the agenda for the Committee and make compensation recommendations for the other NEOs (other than themselves).

2020 Say-on-Pay Vote

At the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 22, 2020, the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed with an approval rate of over 98% of the votes cast. The Committee believes this level of stockholder support reflects a strong endorsement of our executive compensation policies and philosophy and, as a result, did not change its approach to executive compensation in 2020. The Committee will continue to consider the outcome of the Company’s “say on pay” votes when making future compensation decisions for the named executives.

Components of 2020 Executive Compensation Program

The Committee determines compensation for our senior executives, including our NEOs. The Committee sets target amounts for overall compensation and specific compensation components and determines the mix of short- and long-term compensation in part by benchmarking Teledyne’s pay against compensation at peer group companies. The Committee also receives advice and assistance in setting compensation from Exequity. The below table shows the compensation components applicable to 2020 executive compensation.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis (continued)

Base Salaries

Base salary is fixed cash compensation delivered in return for day-to-day job responsibilities, leadership skills and experience. The Committee annually reviews base salary for our NEOs in October of each year and makes adjustments when appropriate based on market competitiveness. The Committee may also make periodic adjustments in connection with promotions or changes in responsibility.

Base salary for all NEOs generally will be targeted at the industry/market median for comparable positions unless there are sound reasons, such as competitive factors for a particular executive’s skill set, for varying significantly from industry medians. The Committee’s judgment will always be the guiding factor in base salary determinations, as well as any other compensation issue. The principal factors considered in decisions to adjust base salary are changes in compensation in our general industry and at our peer companies, our recent and projected financial performance, individual performance measured against pre-established goals and objectives, criticality of the executive’s role, level of experience and market demand.

Please see 2020 Compensation Decisions for Named Executive Officers beginning on page 50 for 2020 base salary determinations for all of our NEOs.

Annual Incentives

Annual Incentive Plan (“AIP”) cash bonus awards are determined under the Amended and Restated Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 2014 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”). AIP award opportunities are expressed as a percentage of a participant’s base salary and are based on the achievement of pre-defined performance measures, with up to 200% of the target award eligible to be paid in the case of significant over-achievement. No AIP bonus will be earned in any year unless operating profit is positive, after accruing for bonus payments, and operating profit is at least 75% of the operating plan, subject in each case to modification by the Committee. The majority of the award is based on Teledyne’s achievement of certain financial performance goals, with a smaller portion tied to the achievement of pre-established individual goals.

For 2020, 40% of the awards were tied to the achievement of predetermined levels of operating profit, 25% to the achievement of predetermined levels of revenue, 15% to the achievement of predetermined levels of managed working capital as a percentage of revenue and 20% to the achievement of specified individual performance objectives. These predetermined levels may vary by business unit. In addition, per the Committee’s policy, downward (but not upward) discretionary adjustments are allowed with respect to awards to NEOs. AIP awards are generally paid from a pool not to exceed 11% of operating profit, subject to modification by the Committee.

See 2020 Compensation Decisions for Named Executive Officers beginning on page 50 for details of the 2020 AIP awards paid to each of our NEOs.

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

The Company grants long-term incentive compensation to reward performance over the longer term and align the interests of employees with stockholders. The majority of these awards are performance-based.

Long-term incentives consist of three components: stock options, a three-year PSP and a performance-based restricted stock award program. We believe that the incentives provided by our stock options, PSP award and performance-based restricted stock award programs are consistent with our compensation goals of employee retention, rewarding executives for long-term performance and rewarding executives for long-term increases in our stock price, both in absolute terms and as compared to the broader market. We believe the three-year vesting or performance period of our long-term incentives is consistent with market practice and our overall compensation objectives.

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Stock Options.    Stock options provide our employees, including NEOs, with the opportunity to participate in stockholder value created as a result of stock price appreciation, which furthers our objective of aligning the interests of management with the interests of our stockholders.

All stock options granted are non-qualified stock options, vest at a rate of one-third per year, with full vesting at the end of three years and have a term of ten years. A description of the terms under our incentive plans related to the treatment of stock options upon termination of employment can be found under the heading “Potential Payments Upon Termination or a Change in Control” on page 78 of this Proxy Statement.

Performance Share Program.    PSP awards are intended to reward NEOs to the extent we achieve specific pre-established financial performance goals and provide a greater long-term return to stockholders relative to a broader market index. The PSP provides grants of performance share units, which key officers and executives may earn if we meet specified performance objectives over a three-year period. PSP awards are paid out in stock and cash in three annual installments following the end of a three-year performance period. Forty percent of the award is based on the achievement of specified levels of income before taxes, 30% on the achievement of specified levels of revenue, and 30% on the achievement of specified levels of return to stockholders relative to an index. The PSP award is expressed as a percentage of the participant’s base salary as of the date that the award is granted. The percentage may be increased on a prorated basis during the award cycle in the case of promotions. In addition, changes to base salaries during the term of the award are not factored into the calculation except in the case of promotion.

Beginning with the 2021-2023 performance cycle, the Company discontinued the PSP, which provided for awards made every three years, and transitioned to a Performance Plan, which will provide for overlapping three-year performance periods, with cash payouts, if any, following the end of each three-year performance period.

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award Program.    The performance-based restricted stock award program provides for awards of performance-based restricted stock, generally each calendar year, to NEOs at an aggregate fair market value equal to a percentage of each recipient’s annual base salary as of the date of the grant, unless otherwise determined by the Committee. The shares of restricted stock are subject to both time-based and performance-based restrictions. In general, the restricted period for each award of performance-based restricted stock extends from the date of the grant to the third anniversary of such date, with the restrictions lapsing in full on the third anniversary. However, unless the Committee determines otherwise, if we fail to meet certain minimum performance goals for a multi-year performance cycle (typically three years) established by the Committee, then all of the restricted stock would be forfeited. If we achieve the minimum performance goals but fail to attain an aggregate level of 100% of the targeted performance goals, then a portion of the restricted stock would be forfeited.

See 2020 Compensation Decisions for Named Executive Officers beginning on page 50 for details of the 2020 long-term incentive awards granted to each of our NEOs.

Peer Group Comparisons

Our peer group that we use for comparative purposes is intended to be representative of companies of similar size to us in the industries in which we compete, specifically instrumentation, digital imaging, aerospace and defense electronics and systems engineering. Such peer group is not used for the purposes of the performance graph included in the “Executive Summary and 2020 Overview” section above and in our Annual Report. To provide benchmark data for those jobs not matched to positions in the peer group, data from other published survey sources was used as additional reference, including the Aon Hewitt Total Compensation Survey.

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The peer group used to provide benchmark information for 2020 pay decisions was comprised of the following companies:

The Committee reviews the peer group on an annual basis, with assistance from Exequity. In 2020 we removed Crane Co., which had become an outlier in terms of size, and Moog, Inc., which was an outlier in terms of size and also had a dual class structure with significant employee plan ownership, and added Mettler-Toledo International and Fortive Corporation. The peer group as modified by the changes made in 2020 was referenced in determining 2021 executive compensation.

At the time our peer group was reviewed by the Committee in 2020, our peer group contained companies having median annual revenues and market capitalizations of $2.8 billion and $13.4 billion, respectively. In 2020, Teledyne’s annual revenues were approximately $3.1 billion with a market capitalization that was approximately $14.5 billion at the end of fiscal 2020. In assessing executive compensation, the Committee also reviews data collected from a broader industry group consisting of 104 companies to understand what an executive with comparable responsibility to a Teledyne executive would earn in the broader industry. The companies in the general industry group have annual revenues of between $1.5 billion and $7 billion and the general industry group excludes financial organizations.

2020 Compensation Decisions for Named Executive Officers

Our compensation program is designed to provide competitive levels of pay opportunity and to align programs with internal performance objectives and shareholder value creation, while motivating and retaining talent. In October of each year the Committee, with assistance from Exequity, reviews and compares each named executive’s pay to various market data points for that named executive’s position. The Committee is guided by market benchmark information in setting compensation levels and determining the mix of cash and non-cash compensation. It typically aims to set pay at the 50th percentile, but this positioning may vary when appropriate based on an executive’s experience, tenure, criticality of role, and variance in pay from standard benchmarks. The Committee will consider the amount of prior salary increases, AIP awards, and long-term equity grants as factors in determining compensation for the current period.

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The table below shows the competitive position of compensation in 2020 for each of our NEOs. It reflects targeted total compensation in terms of percentage deviation from the peer group and general industry median for each of our NEOs as presented to the Committee in October 2020. For purposes of this review, the Committee considers an executive’s total targeted annual compensation to be the sum of current year base salary, target bonus levels, the aggregate fair value of stock options granted during the fiscal year, the grant date fair value of performance-based restricted stock granted during the fiscal year and the target value of triennial PSP awards, annualized over three years. The analysis seeks to identify market levels of typical annual pay opportunity associated with normal pay programs. A consistent approach to quantifying pay opportunity is applied to peer companies and Teledyne to ensure accurate and meaningful comparisons. For purposes of this review, Dr. Mehrabian, as Executive Chairman, was benchmarked against chief executive officer positions.

The following table shows the allocation of 2020 compensation among base salary, target AIP awards, and target long-term equity grants for Dr. Mehrabian, our Executive Chairman and Mr. Pichelli, our President and Chief Executive Officer, in 2020, and all other named executives as a group. We believe this allocation emphasizes our focus on variable, rather than fixed, pay.