Amended Current Report Filing (8-k/a)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): July 22, 2015

RAYTHEON COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State of Incorporation)	1-13699 (Commission File Number)	95-1778500 (IRS Employer Identification Number)

870 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02.	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Raytheon Company (the “Company”) is filing this amendment to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 24, 2015, which reported the election of Robert E. Beauchamp as an independent director to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) on July 22, 2015. At the time of his election, the Board had not decided on which of the Board’s standing committees Mr. Beauchamp would serve.

On October 1, 2015, the Board voted to appoint Mr. Beauchamp to the Board’s Management Development and Compensation Committee effective immediately as of such date.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

			RAYTHEON COMPANY
Date:	October 6, 2015	By:	/s/ Frank R. Jimenez
			Frank R. Jimenez
			Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary