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TEXTRON 2017 PROXY STATEMENT
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
BOARD MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS
The Board of Directors believes that the Board, as a whole, should possess a combination of skills, professional experience
and diversity of backgrounds necessary to oversee the Company’s business. In addition, the Board believes that there are
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individually and in the broader context of the Board’s overall composition and the Company’s current and future needs.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for developing and recommending criteria for director
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with these criteria, which are set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and Policies and are summarized
below under “Board Committees—Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”. These criteria include possessing
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overall composition of the Board. In addition, each Board member has demonstrated core business competencies, including
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time to be fully engaged in their role as a Textron Board member. Finally, all of our directors, other than our current CEO,
satisfy the independence standards established by the New York Stock Exchange.
NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR
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to which the Company paid a fee. It is the intention of the persons named on the accompanying proxy card, unless otherwise
instructed, to vote “for” each of the directors who have been nominated for election. If any director nominee is unable or
unwilling to serve as a nominee at the time of the annual meeting, the persons named as proxies will vote for the balance of
the nominees and may vote for a substitute nominee designated by the present Board. Both Dain M. Hancock, a director since
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meeting in accordance with our retirement policy.
Textron’s directors have experience with businesses that operate in industries in which Textron operates, such as the defense,
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to Textron’s operations. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and our Board have determined that each of
our directors has the experience, attributes and skills needed to collectively comprise an effective and well-functioning Board.
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of our individual Board members, are included below:
Scott C. Donnelly
Director Since 2009
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September 2010. Previously, Mr. Donnelly was the President and CEO of General Electric (GE) Company’s
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maker of commercial and military jet engines and components as well as integrated digital, electric power
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facilities in the U.S., India, China and Germany and held various other management positions since joining
GE in 1989. In 2013, Mr. Donnelly joined the board of directors of Medtronic plc.
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• Deep operational experience in innovation, manufacturing, sales and marketing, portfolio
management, talent development and business processes
• First-hand, real-time experience in, and understanding of, Textron operations