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| Independent Auditors’ Report |
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| Board of Directors and Shareholders,
The Boeing Company: |
| We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements
of financial position of The Boeing Company
and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December
31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements
of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended December
31,
2001. These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is
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express an opinion on these financial statements based
on our audits. |
| We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. Those standards require that we plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing
the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. |
| In our opinion, the financial statements (Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements) referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of The Boeing Company and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the results of their operations
and their cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. |
| As discussed in Note 23 to the consolidated financial
statements, in 2001 the Company changed its method of
accounting for derivative financial statements to confirm
to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.133,
Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments and
Hedging Activities, as amended. |
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chicago, Illinois
January 28, 2002 |
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