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The Boeing Company 2009 Annual Report The Boeing Company 2009 Annual Report 69795bo_cvr 1 3/2/10 6:10 PM At Boeing, we aspire to be the strongest, best and best-integrated aerospace-based company in the world — for today and tomorrow. The Boeing Company Contents Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace 1 Operational Summary company and leading manufacturer of 2 Message From Our Chairman commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, 7 The Executive Council the company supports airlines and U.S. 8 Financial Results and allied government customers in more 9 Form 10-K than 90 countries. Our products and tailored services include commercial and 139 Selected Programs, Products military aircraft, satellites, weapons, and Services electronic and defense systems, launch 146 Board of Directors systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance- 146 Company Offi cers based logistics and training. With corporate 147 Shareholder Information offi ces in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 157,000 people across the United States and in 70 countries. Our leadership is strengthened further by hundreds of thousands of people who work for Boeing suppliers worldwide. 69795bo_cvr 2 3/3/10 10:49 PM Operational Operational Summary Summary 2009 Financial Highlights U.S. dollars in millions except per share data 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Revenues 68,281 60,909 66,387 61,530 53,621 Net earnings 1,312 2,672 4,074 2,215 2,572 Earnings per share* 1.87 3.65 5.26 2.84 3.19 Operating margins 3.1% 6.5% 8.8% 4.9% 5.2% Contractual backlog 296,500 323,860 296,964 216,563 160,637 Total backlog† 315,558 351,926 327,137 250,211 205,215 * Represents diluted earnings per share from continuing operations †Total backlog includes contractual and unobligated backlog. See page 20 of the 10-K. – Delivered record revenue of $68.3 – Achieved critical Boeing Commercial billion — up 12 percent from 2008 — on Airplanes milestones with fi rst fl ight of the higher commercial deliveries and growth 787 Dreamliner, delivery of the fi rst 777 in our defense, space and security Freighter, delivery of the 6,000th 737 and business. breaking ground on a 787 fi nal assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. – Earned $1.87 per share, down from $3.65 a share, due principally to the – Met key Defense, Space & Security reclassifi cation of certain 787 costs, the milestones, including approval of full-rate impact of diffi cult market conditions and production for the EA-18G, fi rst fl ight of increased development costs for the the P-8A Poseidon, delivery of the fi rst of 747-8 program. 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets for the Royal Australian Air Force, approval of low- – Maintained a total backlog of rate production for Increment One of the $316 billion — more than four times Brigade Combat Team Modernization current annual revenue. program (formerly Future Combat Systems) – Generated strong operating cash fl ow and 100-percent mission success on of $5.6 billion for the year, refl ecting 21 space shuttle and satellite launches. disciplined operational and working – Extended our environmental leadership capital management across Boeing. in many areas, including conducting – Delivered 481 commercial airplanes, sustainable biofuel demonstration fl ights; including the most-ever 737 and 777 earning recognition from the investor-led deliveries in a given year, and captured Carbon Disclosure Project as the top- 263 gross orders. performing industrial company in climate- change disclosure; receiving Smart Grid – Delivered 121 production military grants from the U.S. Department of aircraft and six satellites. Energy; and piloting programs to deliver – Captured new Boeing Defense, Space military and commercial airplanes painted & Security business, including an Intelsat with chrome-free primer. satellite contract; key proprietary and services contracts; and international sales of eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft to India, 15 Chinooks to Canada and 16 to Italy, and six C-17s to the United Arab Emirates. 1 69795bo_pp1-8 1 3/1/10 4:16 PM Message From Our Chairman W. James McNerney, Jr. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Offi cer 2 69795bo_pp1-8 2 3/1/10 4:16 PM To the Shareholders and Employees of The Boeing Company: Breakthrough innovation is what we do. But it is seldom easy. Add global economic turbulence to the mix, and the chal- lenges of 2009 were among the biggest in our 94-year history. In the end, it was a year of notable aircraft and performing well on the achievement, culminating with the historic Brigade Combat Team Modernization fi rst fl ight of the breakthrough 787 Dream- program (formerly Future Combat liner. Through the tireless determination Systems). However, a reclassifi cation of of employees who proudly serve our cus- costs on the 787 program and higher tomers every day, I believe we’ve turned costs on the 747-8 (due in part to diffi cult momentum in our favor for addressing the market conditions) signifi cantly affected challenges that still lie ahead. our overall fi nancial results. By year’s end, however, our team had made substantial 2009 Review progress on these programs, too. Both During the year, we confronted unprec- airplanes are now in fl ight testing and are edented market environments. The global steadily reducing risk as they move recession and record-setting declines through the certifi cation process. in passenger and cargo air traffi c drove Boeing Commercial Airplanes orders Preparing for an Eventual Rebound down, softened its services revenues and With two tough years behind us, and our slowed wide-body airplane production fi nancial strength and competitive strate- rates. Boeing Defense, Space & Security gies intact, we enter 2010 with growing (formerly Integrated Defense Systems) confi dence about the future. Yet we are was challenged by the changing priorities acutely aware that this is no time for com- of the U.S. Department of Defense and placency. We must execute exceptionally other agencies as they addressed their well, support our customers better every own budget pressures; we felt the impact day and preserve our fi nancial position in most in our Army modernization and mis- a tenuous economy. Our basic challenge sile defense programs. is to balance the fi nancial with the strate- Despite these stresses, and not- gic; it is to produce the short-term results withstanding our development-program that will enable us to pursue long-term challenges, our core operating perfor- growth objectives. mance was strong: Although the global economy shows – We booked record revenues; retained a signs of improvement, we believe it will large, diverse total backlog (which stood take some time for economic indicators at $316 billion at year end); and main- to rebound signifi cantly. Fortunately, our tained strong liquidity and cash fl ows. discipline in setting commercial airplane production rates and diversifying our – Our services businesses and the vast customer base during the recent up-cycle majority of our production programs — is paying off. We ended 2009 with including the 737, 777 and our portfolio Commercial Airplanes’ backlog holding of military aircraft — generated solid strong at more than 3,300 fi rm orders profi t margins. valued at $250 billion. We believe the – We delivered 481 commercial strength of this backlog is suffi cient to airplanes — including the most-ever 737s keep our production lines full until an ex- and 777s in a given year — along with pected recovery in order activity in 2012. 121 military aircraft and six satellites. The commercial airplane market remains – Boeing Capital, our fi nancing arm, suc- a substantial long-term growth opportu- cessfully engaged third-party fi nanciers to nity, and we are strongly positioned for support our customers’ deliveries, while the eventual rebound. generating solid pre-tax earnings, reducing At the same time, we anticipate a its portfolio and returning cash dividends continued fl attening and reprioritization of to the company. U.S. defense budgets, given the size of We made important progress on the federal defi cit and spending increases several development programs — in in other areas. Defense markets outside delivering the fi rst 777 freighters, winning the U.S. are expanding, however, as full-rate production approval for the more countries are making market- and EA-18G electronic-warfare aircraft, fl ying technology-based decisions on defense the fi rst 737-based P-8A maritime patrol and security products. That has created 3 69795bo_pp1-8 3 3/1/10 4:16 PM As we begin 2010, Total Backlog* Commercial Airplane Deliveries For 2009, we our fundamental ($ in billions) 2005–2009 delivered 481 com- product-and- mercial airplanes services strategy 09 315.6 09 481 (including the and competitive- most-ever 737 and ness remain intact, 777 deliveries in 08 351.9 08 375 as refl ected in our a given year), our year-end backlog 6,000th 737 and our of $316 billion. 07 327.1 07 441 fi rst 777 Freighter. 06 250.2 06 398 05 205.2 05 290 *Total backlog includes contractual and un- obligated backlog. See page 20 of the 10-K. huge opportunities for Boeing. International and its unmatched effi ciency remains sales have grown from just 7 percent solid despite temporary weakness in the of total defense revenues in 2004 to 15 demand for very large airplanes. percent in 2009. Over the next fi ve years, As testing of both airplanes contin- we expect international sales to increase ues, their production ramp-ups are also to as much as a quarter of defense and progressing. We plan to deliver our fi rst security revenues. 787 and 747-8 Freighter late this year, Given these market conditions and our and our fi rst passenger variant of the commitments to our customers, we have 747-8 in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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