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2
LETTER TO THE SHAREHOLDERS AND
EMPLOYEES OF THE BOEING COMPANY
Standing now at the beginning of our second
century, the opportunity for further discovery and
achievement is as vast and exciting for us as it was
for Bill Boeing and the other pioneers of aviation a
century ago. Drawing on our founders’ passion for
innovation, integrity and technical excellence, we are
eager and ready to solve the world’s toughest chal-
lenges for our customers and embrace the unique
role our company plays in global advancement.
As we recognize our accomplishments of the past
year, and review our strong financial and market
positions, our eyes are fixed on the future and our
commitment to build an even bigger, better Boeing
and an even stronger team for winning in our
second century.
2015 REVIEW
Thanks to the tremendous efforts of more than
160,000 employees and our global partners, Boeing
extended its leadership of the aerospace industry in
2015 with record deliveries and revenues at Boeing
Commercial Airplanes and solid sales and healthy
margins in Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
We continued to deliver on our strategies to convert
our record backlog into profitable growth; drive
productivity and greater affordability throughout the
company; and invest in our people, products and
services to strengthen and grow our businesses for
the future. We also demonstrated our commitment
to provide increasing returns and significant cash to
our shareholders.
Over the past 100 years, generations of
talented Boeing employees helped build the
world’s largest aerospace company—and
shaped the course of history with amazing
innovations along the way. In that time,
human beings went from walking on Earth
to walking on the moon, and from riding
horses to flying jet airplanes and spaceships.
With each decade, aerospace technology
crossed another frontier, and with each
crossing, the world changed.
Dennis A. Muilenburg
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer