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accession: "0001094285-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDY"
cik: "0001094285"
company_name: "TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-28T20:27:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:36:21.609143+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Teledyne Vice Chairman Jason VanWees to retire Feb 1, 2027; Mary Grace DeForest named VP of IR and M&A

## Summary
- VanWees, Vice Chairman since 2021 and with Teledyne since before its 1999 spin-off, will retire effective February 1, 2027, at age 55.
- VanWees led the identification and acquisition of 75 businesses for cumulative consideration of $12.8 billion.
- Mary Grace DeForest, SVP and GM of Teledyne Microwave (880 employees, $320M annual revenue), becomes Corporate VP of Investor Relations and M&A effective November 1, 2026.
- Executive Chairman Robert Mehrabian cites compound annual shareholder return above 17% over nearly 27 years, sales up ~8x and market cap up over 100x; the roles overlap to ensure continuity.
- DeForest joined Teledyne in 2011 as a manufacturing engineer and has held roles at Teledyne Marine, Digital Imaging and Defense Electronics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001094285-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDY
- cik: 0001094285
- company_name: TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-28T20:27:53+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094285/000109428526000050/0001094285-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1094285/000109428526000050/tdy-20260928.htm

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