Form 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

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 15, 2005

 


 

RAYTHEON COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   1-13699   95-1778500
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

870 Winter Street

Waltham, Massachusetts

  02451
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 522-3000

 


 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ 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))

 



Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On April 15, 2005, Raytheon Company (“Raytheon” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it had submitted an offer of settlement to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which the staff has agreed to recommend to the SEC, to resolve a pending, previously-disclosed investigation into the Company’s disclosures and accounting practices, primarily related to its Raytheon Aircraft Company (“RAC”) commuter aircraft business, during the period from 1997 to 2001. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

The following Exhibit is furnished as part of Item 7.01 of this report:

 

  99.1 Press release dated April 15, 2005 issued by Raytheon Company.


SIGNATURE

 

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

 

Dated: April 15, 2005

 

RAYTHEON COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Jay B. Stephens


    Jay B. Stephens
    Senior Vice President and General Counsel