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Mr. Campbell joined Textron in September 1992 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He was named Chief Executive Officer in
July 1998 and was appointed Chairman of our Board of Directors in February 1999. Mr. Campbell served as President and Chief Operating Officer
from January 1994 to July 1998 and reassumed the position of President in September 2001. Mr. Campbell relinquished the title of President in
January 2009. Mr. Campbell has been a Director of Textron since January 1994.
Mr. Donnelly joined Textron in June 2008 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and was promoted to President and Chief
Operating Officer in January 2009. Previously, Mr. Donnelly was the President and CEO of General Electric Company’s Aviation business unit, a
position he had held since July 2005. GE’s Aviation business unit is a $16 billion maker of commercial and military jet engines and components
as well as integrated digital, electric power and mechanical systems for aircraft. Prior to July 2005, Mr. Donnelly served as Senior Vice President
of GE Global Research, one of the world’s largest and most diversified industrial research organizations with facilities in the U.S., India, China and
Germany and held various other management positions since joining General Electric in 1989.
Mr. Bohlen joined Textron in November 1999 as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer and became Executive Vice President and
Chief Innovation Officer in April 2000.
Mr. Butler joined Textron in July 1997 as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer and became Executive Vice President
Administration and Chief Human Resources Officer in January 1999.
Mr. Yates has been Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of Textron since 2004. He served as Vice President and Corporate Controller
since 1995. Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Paul Revere Insurance Group, a publicly-
traded company and former subsidiary of Textron.
Ms. Howell has been Executive Vice President Government Affairs, Strategy and Business Development, International, Communications and
Investor Relations since October 2000. Ms. Howell joined Textron in 1980 and became an Executive Vice President in August 1995.
Mr. O’Donnell joined Textron as Executive Vice President and General Counsel in March 2000. Mr. O’Donnell is a partner in the Washington,
D.C.-based law firm of Williams & Connolly, which he first joined in 1977. From 1989 to 1992, he served as General Counsel of the U.S.
Department of Defense.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The principal market on which our common stock is traded is the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TXT.” Our stock also is traded on
the Chicago Stock Exchange. At January 3, 2009, there were approximately 15,000 record holders of Textron common stock. On July 18, 2007,
our Board of Directors approved a two-for-one split of our common stock effected in the form of a 100% stock dividend. The additional shares
resulting from the stock split were distributed on August 24, 2007 to shareholders of record on August 3, 2007. Prior period per share data have
been restated to reflect this stock split.
The high and low common stock prices per share as reported on the New York Stock Exchange and the dividends paid per share, are provided in
the following table:
2008 2007
Dividends Dividends
High Low per Share High Low per Share
First quarter $71.30 $51.26 $0.23 $49.10 $44.08 $0.194
Second quarter 64.24 47.73 0.23 56.91 45.35 0.194
Third quarter 48.87 32.04 0.23 63.13 53.01 0.230
Fourth quarter 29.28 11.69 0.23 73.38 62.58 0.230
Executive Officers of the Registrant