8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

Current Report

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

May 6, 2014

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

The Boeing Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-442   91-0425694

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

100 N. Riverside, Chicago, IL   60606-1596
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(312) 544-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 6, 2014, The Boeing Company (the “Company”) and W. James McNerney, Jr. entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Company and Mr. McNerney dated as of March 13, 2008 (the “Executive Employment Agreement”) pursuant to which accruals under Mr. McNerney’s Supplemental Pension (as described in Section 6(b) of the Executive Employment Agreement) shall cease as of December 31, 2015. In March 2014, the Company made comparable changes to retirement benefits for other executives and non-executive salaried employees, also effective December 31, 2015.

The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.1    Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement dated as of May 6, 2014


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

THE BOEING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Michael F. Lohr

  Michael F. Lohr
  Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: May 12, 2014


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.1    Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement dated as of May 6, 2014