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): May 26, 2016

RAYTHEON COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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)

 

 

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):

 

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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 26, 2016. 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 27, 2016.

 

1. Raytheon’s shareholders elected, by a majority of the votes cast, each of the ten nominees to the Board of Directors as follows:

 

Director

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

Tracy A. Atkinson

  227,757,232   2,451,273   1,179,573   31,927,233

Robert E. Beauchamp

  227,606,344   2,541,754   1,239,980   31,927,233

James E. Cartwright

  226,600,253   3,645,673   1,142,152   31,927,233

Vernon E. Clark

  227,722,571   2,529,877   1,135,630   31,927,233

Stephen J. Hadley

  228,031,875   2,125,308   1,230,895   31,927,233

Thomas A. Kennedy

  223,611,688   5,961,326   1,815,064   31,927,233

Letitia A. Long

  228,691,908   1,534,496   1,161,674   31,927,233

George R. Oliver

  227,583,225   2,515,509   1,289,344   31,927,233

Michael C. Ruettgers

  225,178,353   4,997,195   1,212,530   31,927,233

William R. Spivey

  224,579,494   5,524,311   1,284,273   31,927,233

 

2. Raytheon’s shareholders voted on the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

219,533,125

  10,076,197   1,778,756   31,927,233

 

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, 2016 as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

258,611,364

  3,791,898   912,049

 

4. Raytheon’s shareholders voted on a Company proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s By-Laws to designate Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain legal actions as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

140,477,206

  89,487,816   1,423,056   31,927,233

 

5. Raytheon’s shareholders voted on a shareholder proposal regarding a share repurchase preference policy as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

5,160,422

  223,538,067   2,689,589   31,927,233

 

6. Raytheon’s shareholders voted on a shareholder proposal regarding a proxy access by-law as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

79,444,867

  149,079,881   2,863,330   31,927,233


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.

 

    RAYTHEON COMPANY
Date: May 31, 2016     By:   /s/ Frank R. Jimenez
     

Frank R. Jimenez

Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary