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| Dear Shareholder:
I am pleased to invite you to attend the Company’s 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held on Monday, April 30, 2001, beginning at 10:00 a.m. local time, in Seattle, Washington. We will meet in the Grand Ballroom of The Westin Seattle, which is located at 1900 Fifth Avenue. The Annual Meeting will be accessible to the hearing impaired through the use of a sign language interpreter. Activities at the Annual Meeting will be limited to the items of business listed in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. We will elect three directors and vote on eight shareholder proposals, if they are presented. Your Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the election of the nominees and AGAINST Proposals 2 through 9. We will also report on the activities of the Company, and you will have an opportunity to submit questions or comments on matters of interest to shareholders generally. Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual
Meeting in person, I urge you to vote your proxy as soon as possible.
You can vote by telephone, over the Internet, or by mail with a traditional
proxy card. Voting by any of the three methods will make sure you are
represented at the Annual Meeting even if you are not there in person.
Please review the instructions on the proxy card regarding each of these
options.
THE BOEING COMPANY |
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| Time | 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 30, 2001 | |
| Place | Grand Ballroom, The Westin Seattle, 1900 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101 | |
| Items of Business |
1. | To elect three people to the Board of Directors for three-year terms expiring in 2004; |
| 2. | To vote on a shareholder proposal on offsets in foreign military contracts; | |
| 3. | To vote on a shareholder proposal on military activities in space; | |
| 4. | To vote on a shareholder proposal on linking executive compensation to social performance; | |
| 5. | To vote on a shareholder proposal on simple majority votes; | |
| 6. | To vote on a shareholder proposal on annual election of the entire Board of Directors; | |
| 7. | To vote on a shareholder proposal on pension plans; | |
| 8. | To vote on a shareholder proposal on audit committee members; | |
| 9. | To vote on a shareholder proposal on stock option plans; and | |
| 10. | To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. | |
| Record Date | You are entitled to vote if you were a shareholder at the close of business on Thursday, March 1, 2001. | |
| Meeting Admission |
If your Boeing stock is held in a brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered the beneficial owner of shares held in street name and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by your broker or nominee. Your name does not appear on the list of shareholders. If your stock is held in street name, you must bring a letter or account statement showing that you were the beneficial owner of the stock on the record date in order to be admitted to the meeting. | |
| Voting by Proxy |
Please submit a proxy as soon as possible so that your shares can be voted at the meeting. Submitting the enclosed form of proxy will appoint Philip M. Condit, Kenneth M. Duberstein, and Paul E. Gray as your proxies. | |
| You may submit your proxy (1) by telephone, (2) over the Internet, or (3) by mail. For instructions, please refer to pages 2 through 5 of this proxy statement or the proxy card. | ||
JAMES C. JOHNSON
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