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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

August 10, 2017
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
The Boeing Company
 
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
1-442
91-0425694
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
100 N. Riverside, Chicago, IL
60606-1596
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(312) 544-2000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August 10, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Boeing Company (the “Company”) elected Caroline B. Kennedy, the former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, as a director. The Board has appointed Ms. Kennedy to the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee. Ms. Kennedy will participate in the Company’s nonemployee director compensation program, which is described on pages 18 to 20 of the Company’s proxy statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2017. A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the election of Ms. Kennedy is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On August 10, 2017, the Board adopted an amendment to Article II, Section 1 of the Company’s By-Laws to increase the number of directors from thirteen to fourteen. A copy of the amended and restated By-Laws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
3.2
 
By-Laws of The Boeing Company, as amended and restated effective August 10, 2017
99.1
 
Press Release issued by The Boeing Company dated August 10, 2017






SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized. 
THE BOEING COMPANY
(Registrant)
 
 
By:
/s/ Grant M. Dixton
 
Grant M. Dixton

 
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 
 
Date:
August 10, 2017







INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
3.2
 
By-Laws of The Boeing Company, as amended and restated effective August 10, 2017
99.1
 
Press Release issued by The Boeing Company dated August 10, 2017