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TEXTRON 2016 PROXY STATEMENT
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
To the Shareholders of Textron Inc.:
The 2016 annual meeting of shareholders of Textron Inc. will be held
on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at the Company’s principal
executive office located at 40 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode
Island for the following purposes:
1. To elect the eleven director nominees named in the proxy statement to
hold office until the next annual shareholders’ meeting;
2. To approve Textron’s executive compensation on an advisory basis;
3. To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of Ernst & Young LLP
as Textron’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016; and
4. To transact any other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.
You are entitled to vote all shares of common stock registered in your name at the close of business on March 1, 2016. If
your shares are held in the name of your broker or bank and you wish to attend the meeting in person and vote your shares, your
broker or bank must issue to you a proxy covering your shares.
As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we are making our proxy materials available to
shareholders primarily via the Internet, rather than mailing printed copies of these materials to shareholders. On March 8, 2016,
we mailed to many of our shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) containing instructions
on how to access and review our proxy materials, including our Proxy Statement and the Annual Report to Shareholders, and
vote online. This process is designed to expedite shareholders’ receipt of proxy materials, lower the cost of the annual meeting,
and help conserve natural resources. If you received a Notice by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials
unless you request one. If you would prefer to receive printed proxy materials, please follow the instructions included in the Notice.
Shareholders who requested paper copies of the proxy materials or previously elected to receive our proxy materials electronically
did not receive the Notice and will receive the proxy materials in the format requested.
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to cast your vote as soon as possible so that your shares
may be represented at the meeting. You may vote your shares via the Internet or by telephone by following the
instructions included on the Notice. Alternatively, if you received paper copies of the proxy materials by mail, you can
also vote by mail by following the instructions on the proxy card.
A list of shareholders entitled to vote at the 2016 annual meeting will be open to examination by any shareholder, for any
purpose germane to the meeting, for ten days prior to the meeting, at Textron’s principal executive office, 40 Westminster Street,
Providence, Rhode Island 02903.
By order of the Board of Directors,
E. Robert Lupone
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Providence, Rhode Island
March 8, 2016
Date and Time
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Place
Company’s principal executive office
40 Westminster Street
Providence, Rhode Island