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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): May 31, 2018
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RAYTHEON COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State of Incorporation) | 1-13699 (Commission File Number) | 95-1778500 (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
870 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 522-3000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Raytheon Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 31, 2018. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders. For more information about the proposals set forth below, please see Raytheon’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2018.
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1. | Raytheon’s shareholders elected, by a majority of the votes cast, each of the twelve nominees to the Board of Directors as follows: |
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Director | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
Tracy A. Atkinson | 205,450,117 |
| 3,873,577 |
| 887,913 |
| 40,521,269 |
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Robert E. Beauchamp | 205,565,408 |
| 3,715,720 |
| 930,479 |
| 40,521,269 |
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Adriane M. Brown | 208,023,718 |
| 1,292,939 |
| 894,950 |
| 40,521,269 |
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Vernon E. Clark | 204,444,357 |
| 4,867,956 |
| 899,294 |
| 40,521,269 |
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Stephen J. Hadley | 202,921,983 |
| 6,160,205 |
| 1,129,419 |
| 40,521,269 |
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Thomas A. Kennedy | 196,893,688 |
| 11,183,557 |
| 2,134,362 |
| 40,521,269 |
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Letitia A. Long | 205,231,045 |
| 4,095,406 |
| 885,156 |
| 40,521,269 |
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George R. Oliver | 205,448,308 |
| 3,832,505 |
| 930,794 |
| 40,521,269 |
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Dinesh C. Paliwal | 204,974,711 |
| 4,248,336 |
| 988,560 |
| 40,521,269 |
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William R. Spivey | 200,300,798 |
| 8,946,514 |
| 964,295 |
| 40,521,269 |
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James A. Winnefeld, Jr. | 205,505,389 |
| 3,787,052 |
| 919,166 |
| 40,521,269 |
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Robert O. Work | 207,769,961 |
| 1,499,552 |
| 942,094 |
| 40,521,269 |
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2. | Raytheon’s shareholders voted on the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation as follows: |
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For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
187,840,616 | 20,813,836 | 1,557,155 | 40,521,269 |
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3. | Raytheon’s shareholders voted on the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2018 as follows: |
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For | Against | Abstain |
241,495,006 | 8,192,622 | 1,045,248 |
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4. | Raytheon’s shareholders voted on the shareholder proposal to amend the proxy access by-law as follows: |
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For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
75,470,804 | 132,234,439 | 2,506,364 | 40,521,269 |
SIGNATURES
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.
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| | | RAYTHEON COMPANY | |
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Date: | June 5, 2018 | By: | /s/ Frank R. Jimenez | |
| | | Frank R. Jimenez | |
| | | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
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