# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000217346
**File Stem:** 0001552781-23-000079
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 5235
**Document Hash:** 7e93736f9e558a52181a840c09906211
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001552781-23-000079.hdr.sgml**: 20230303

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001552781-23-000079

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DEFA14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230303

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230303

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** TEXTRON INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000217346
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** AIRCRAFT & PARTS [3720]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 050315468
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DEFA14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-05480
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23703502

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 40 WESTMINSTER ST
- **CITY:** PROVIDENCE
- **STATE:** RI
- **ZIP:** 02903
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4014212800

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 40 WESTMINSTER ST
- **CITY:** PROVIDENCE
- **STATE:** RI
- **ZIP:** 02903

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN TEXTRON INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19710510

**UNITED STATES** **<br> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**<br> Washington, D.C. 20549

**SCHEDULE 14A**

**Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities**

**Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.)**

<br> 🗹 Filed by the Registrant □ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Check the appropriate box:** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Check the appropriate box:** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;□ | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Preliminary Proxy Statement |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;□ | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CONFIDENTIAL, FOR USE OF THE COMMISSION ONLY (AS PERMITTED BY RULE 14a-6(e)(2)) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;□ | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitive Proxy Statement |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;🗹 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitive Additional Materials |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;□ | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12 |

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**TEXTRON, INC.**

*(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)*

 

 <br> *(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other than the Registrant)*

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;🗹 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**No fee required.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;□ | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;□ | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.** |

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![](card1.jpg)Your Vote Counts! TEXTRON INC. 40 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE, RI 02903 TEXTRON INC. 2023 Annual Meeting Vote by April 25, 2023 11:59 PM ET. For shares held in a Plan, vote by April 23, 2023 11:59 PM ET. You invested in TEXTRON INC. and it's time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy material for the shareholder meeting to be held on April 26, 2023. Vote Virtually at the Meeting\* April 26, 2023 11:00 a.m. EDT Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TXT2023 \*Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number V1.1 For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # D97126-Z84386-P86981 Get informed before you vote View the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to April 12, 2023. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future shareholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy.

![](card2.jpg)THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming shareholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. Vote at www.ProxyVote.com Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click "Sign up for E-delivery". Voting Items Board Recommends D97127-Z84386-P86981 1 Year 1. Election of Directors 1c. R. Kerry Clark 1a. Richard F. Ambrose 1d. Scott C. Donnelly 1b. Kathleen M. Bader 1e. Deborah Lee James 1f. Thomas A. Kennedy 1g. Lionel L. Nowell III 1h. James L. Ziemer 1i. Maria T. Zuber 2. Approval of the advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve executive compensation. 4. Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm. 3. Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. For For For For For For For For For For For Note: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote on such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.