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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2003.

Registration No. 333-35324



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


THE BOEING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  91-0425694
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 North Riverside
Chicago, IL 60606-1596
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

BAO DEFERRED COMPENSATION VOLUNTARY SAVINGS PLAN

BAO RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

VOLUNTARY SAVINGS PLAN FOR BAO AIRCRAFT AND TRAINER OPERATIONS EMPLOYEES

VOLUNTARY SAVINGS PLAN FOR BAO FLORIDA I.A.M. EMPLOYEES

BOEING—OAK RIDGE, INC. VOLUNTARY SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plans)

JAMES C. JOHNSON
Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel
The Boeing Company
100 North Riverside
Chicago, IL 60606-1596
(312) 544-2000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Copy to:
J. SUE MORGAN
Perkins Coie LLP
1201 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099




        By means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-35324, filed with the Commission on April 21, 2000 (the "2000 Registration Statement"), the Registrant hereby deregisters (1) 26,358 shares of its common stock, par value $5.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), which were registered for the BAO Deferred Compensation Voluntary Savings Plan; (2) 22,132 shares of Common Stock which were registered for the BAO Retirement and Savings Plan; (3) 28,606 shares of Common Stock which were registered for the Voluntary Savings Plan for BAO Aircraft and Trainer Operations Employees; and (4) 7,699 shares of Common Stock which were registered for the Voluntary Savings Plan for BAO Florida I.A.M. Employees (collectively, the "BAO Plans"). This deregistration is being made as required in conjunction with the merger of the BAO Plans into the BAO Voluntary Savings Plan.

        Also by means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the 2000 Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby deregisters 42,454 shares of Common Stock which were registered for the Boeing—Oak Ridge, Inc. Voluntary Savings Plan (the "Oak Ridge Plan"). This deregistration is being made as required in conjunction with the merger of the Oak Ridge Plan with The Boeing Company Voluntary Investment Plan.



PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on August 1, 2003.


 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

 

 
  By: /s/  MICHAEL M. SEARS      
Michael M. Sears
Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman
and Chief Financial Officer

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 1, 2003.

Signature
  Title

 

 

 
/s/  PHILIP M. CONDIT      
Philip M. Condit
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/  
MICHAEL M. SEARS      
Michael M. Sears

 

Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/  
JAMES A. BELL      
James A. Bell

 

Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

*

John H. Biggs

 

Director

*

John E. Bryson

 

Director

*

Kenneth M. Duberstein

 

Director

*

Paul E. Gray

 

Director

*

John F. McDonnell

 

Director
     

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W. James McNerney, Jr.

 

Director

*

Lewis E. Platt

 

Director

*

Rozanne L. Ridgway

 

Director


John M. Shalikashvili

 

Director

*

Harry C. Stonecipher

 

Director

*By:

 

/s/  
PHILIP M. CONDIT    

Philip M. Condit
Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

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THE PLANS

        Pursuant to requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the persons who administer the BAO Deferred Compensation Voluntary Savings Plan, the BAO Retirement and Savings Plan, the Voluntary Savings Plan for BAO Aircraft and Trainer Operations Employees, the Voluntary Savings Plan for BAO Florida I.A.M. Employees, and the Boeing—Oak Ridge, Inc. Voluntary Savings Plan have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on August 1, 2003.


 

BAO DEFERRED COMPENSATION
VOLUNTARY SAVINGS PLAN

 

By:

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

By:

 

/s/  
MICHAEL M. SEARS      
Michael M. Sears
Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman
and Chief Financial Officer

 

BAO RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN

 

By:

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

By:

 

/s/  
MICHAEL M. SEARS      
Michael M. Sears
Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman
and Chief Financial Officer

 

VOLUNTARY SAVINGS PLAN FOR BAO
AIRCRAFT AND TRAINER OPERATIONS
EMPLOYEES

 

By:

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

By:

 

/s/  
MICHAEL M. SEARS      
Michael M. Sears
Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman
and Chief Financial Officer

 

VOLUNTARY SAVINGS PLAN FOR BAO
FLORIDA I.A.M. EMPLOYEES

 

By:

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

By:

 

/s/  
MICHAEL M. SEARS      
Michael M. Sears
Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman
and Chief Financial Officer

 

BOEING—OAK RIDGE, INC. VOLUNTARY
SAVINGS PLAN

 

By:

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

By:

 

/s/  
MICHAEL M. SEARS      
Michael M. Sears
Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman
and Chief Financial Officer

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SIGNATURES
THE PLANS