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

November 9, 2009

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)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

 

 

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On November 9, 2009, The Boeing Company contributed 29,211,295 shares of its common stock to The Boeing Company Employee Retirement Plans Master Trust. The contributed shares have an estimated value of $1.5 billion. Evercore Trust Company, N.A. has been appointed as an independent investment manager to make investment decisions with respect to the contributed shares.

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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, Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel

Dated: November 10, 2009