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							Income Statement Data
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						| 
							Revenues
						 | 
						
							$13,878 
						 | 
						
							 $12,104 
						 | 
						
							$12,237 
						 | 
						
							 $11,275 
						 | 
						
							$10,525 
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							Segment profit
						 | 
						
							 1,214 
						 | 
						
							 963 
						 | 
						
							1,132
						 | 
						
							591
						 | 
						
							553
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							Corporate expenses and other, net
						 | 
						
							 (161)
						 | 
						
							 (166)
						 | 
						
							(148)
						 | 
						
							(114)
						 | 
						
							(137)
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							Interest expense, net for Manufacturing group
						 | 
						
							 (148)
						 | 
						
							 (123)
						 | 
						
							(143)
						 | 
						
							(140)
						 | 
						
							 (140)
						 | 
					
					
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							Acquisition and restructuring costs
						 | 
						
							 (52)
						 | 
						
							—
						 | 
						
							—
						 | 
						
							—
						 | 
						
							—
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							Special charges
						 | 
						
							—   
								
						 | 
						
							—
						 | 
						
							—
						 | 
						
							—
						 | 
						
							(190)
						 | 
					
                    
                    
						| 
							Income tax (expense) benefit 
						 | 
						
							 (248)
						 | 
						
							 (176)
						 | 
						
							(260)
						 | 
						
							(95)
						 | 
						
							 6 
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						| 
							Effective tax rate
						 | 
						
							29.1%
						 | 
						
							26.1%
						 | 
						
							30.9%
						 | 
						
							28.2%
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							(6.4%)
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							Income from continuing operations
						 | 
						
							$605 
						 | 
						
							 $498 
						 | 
						
							$581 
						 | 
						
							 $242 
						 | 
						
							$92 
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							Diluted EPS from continuing operations
						 | 
						
							 $2.15 
						 | 
						
							$1.75 
						 | 
						
							$1.97 
						 | 
						
							 $0.79 
						 | 
						
							 $0.30 
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							Balance Sheet Data — Manufacturing Group
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							Cash and equivalents
						 | 
						
							$731 
						 | 
						
							 $1,163 
						 | 
						
							 $1,378 
						 | 
						
							$871 
						 | 
						
							 $898 
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							Accounts receivable, net
						 | 
						
							 1,035 
						 | 
						
							 979 
						 | 
						
							829
						 | 
						
							856
						 | 
						
							892
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							Inventories
						 | 
						
							 3,928 
						 | 
						
							 2,963 
						 | 
						
							2,712
						 | 
						
							2,402
						 | 
						
							2,277
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							Property, plant and equipment, net
						 | 
						
							 2,497 
						 | 
						
							 2,215 
						 | 
						
							2,149
						 | 
						
							1,996
						 | 
						
							1,932
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							Goodwill
						 | 
						
							 2,027 
						 | 
						
							 1,735 
						 | 
						
							1,649
						 | 
						
							1,635
						 | 
						
							1,632
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							Total assets from continuing operations
						 | 
						
							13,076 
						 | 
						
							 11,219 
						 | 
						
							10,711
						 | 
						
							10,402
						 | 
						
							10,333
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							Total debt
						 | 
						
							 2,811 
						 | 
						
							 1,931 
						 | 
						
							2,301
						 | 
						
							2,459
						 | 
						
							2,302
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							Total liabilities from continuing operations
						 | 
						
							 9,028 
						 | 
						
							 7,044 
						 | 
						
							8,076
						 | 
						
							8,070
						 | 
						
							7,933
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							Total company shareholders’ equity
						 | 
						
							 4,272 
						 | 
						
							 4,384 
						 | 
						
							2,991
						 | 
						
							2,745
						 | 
						
							2,972
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							Non-GAAP Cash Flow Calculations — Manufacturing Group
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							Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations — GAAP
						 | 
						
							 $1,097 
						 | 
						
							$658 
						 | 
						
							$958 
						 | 
						
							$761 
						 | 
						
							$730 
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							Less: Capital expenditures
						 | 
						
							 (429)
						 | 
						
							(444)
						 | 
						
							(480)
						 | 
						
							(423)
						 | 
						
							(270)
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							Dividends received from TFC
						 | 
						
							 —   
						 | 
						
							(175)
						 | 
						
							(345)
						 | 
						
							(179)
						 | 
						
							(505)
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							Plus: Total pension contributions1
						 | 
						
							 76 
						 | 
						
							194
						 | 
						
							405
						 | 
						
							642
						 | 
						
							417
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							Proceeds on sale of property, plant and equipment
						 | 
						
							 9 
						 | 
						
							22
						 | 
						
							15
						 | 
						
							17
						 | 
						
							4
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							Capital contributions paid to TFC
						 | 
						
							 —   
						 | 
						
							1
						 | 
						
							240
						 | 
						
							182
						 | 
						
							383
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							Manufacturing cash flow before pension contributions — Non-GAAP2
						 | 
						
							 $753 
						 | 
						
							 $256 
						 | 
						
							 $793 
						 | 
						
							$1,000 
						 | 
						
							$759 
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							Cash Flow Items — Manufacturing Group
						 | 
						 | 
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							Depreciation and amortization
						 | 
						
							 $446 
						 | 
						
							$371 
						 | 
						
							$358 
						 | 
						
							$371 
						 | 
						
							 $362 
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							Net cash used in acquisitions
						 | 
						
							(1,628)
						 | 
						
							(196)
						 | 
						
							(11)
						 | 
						
							(14)
						 | 
						
							(57)
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							Net change in debt
						 | 
						
							 880 
						 | 
						
							(321)
						 | 
						
							299
						 | 
						
							(288)
						 | 
						
							(1,199)
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							Dividends paid
						 | 
						
							 (28)
						 | 
						
							(22)
						 | 
						
							(17)
						 | 
						
							(22)
						 | 
						
							(22)
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							Purchases of Textron common stock
						 | 
						
							 (340)
						 | 
						
							—
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							(272)
						 | 
						
							—
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							—
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							Total number of shares purchased (in thousands)
						 | 
						
							 8,921 
						 | 
						
							—
						 | 
						
							11,103
						 | 
						
							—
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							—
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							Key Ratios
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							Segment profit margin
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							8.7%
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							8.0%
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							9.3%
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							5.2%
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							5.3%
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							Selling and administrative expenses as % of sales
						 | 
						
							9.8%
						 | 
						
							9.3%
						 | 
						
							9.5%
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							10.5%
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							11.7%
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							Inventory turns (based on FIFO)
						 | 
						
							2.7x
						 | 
						
							2.6x
						 | 
						
							2.8x
						 | 
						
							2.8x
						 | 
						
							2.7x
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							Ratio of income to fixed charges — Manufacturing group
						 | 
						
							5.43x
						 | 
						
							6.23x
						 | 
						
							5.84x
						 | 
						
							4.22x
						 | 
						
							3.67x
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							Debt-to-capital (net of cash) — Manufacturing group
						 | 
						
							33%
						 | 
						
							15%
						 | 
						
							24%
						 | 
						
							37%
						 | 
						
							32%
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							Stock-Related Information
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							Stock price at year-end
						 | 
						
							 $42.17 
						 | 
						
							 $36.61 
						 | 
						
							 $24.12 
						 | 
						
							 $18.49 
						 | 
						
							 $23.64 
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							Dividend payout ratio
						 | 
						
							4%
						 | 
						
							5%
						 | 
						
							4%
						 | 
						
							10%
						 | 
						
							26%
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							Dividends declared per share
						 | 
						
							 $0.08 
						 | 
						
							 $0.08 
						 | 
						
							$0.08 
						 | 
						
							 $0.08 
						 | 
						
							 $0.08 
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							Other Statistics
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							Number of employees at year-end
						 | 
						
							34,000
						 | 
						
							32,000
						 | 
						
							33,000
						 | 
						
							32,000
						 | 
						
							32,000
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							Average revenues per employee (in thousands)
						 | 
						
							$408
						 | 
						
							$378
						 | 
						
							$371
						 | 
						
							$352
						 | 
						
							$329
						 |