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THIS DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES PART OF A PROSPECTUS COVERING SECURITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.

Exhibit 10.14
THE BOEING COMPANY 
EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL SAVINGS PLAN  
 AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2022

									
	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Article I	Introduction	1
	Article II	Definitions	3
	2.1	Account	3
	2.2	Administrator	3
	2.3	Affiliate or Subsidiary	3
	2.4	Authorized Period of Absence	3
	2.5	Base Pay	3
	2.6	Base Pay Deferrals	4
	2.7	Base Pay Rate	4
	2.8	Beneficiary	4
	2.9	Board of Directors	4
	2.10	Boeing 401(k)	4
	2.11	BSS Plan	4
	2.12	Cash Incentive	5
	2.13	Cash Incentive Deferrals	5
	2.14	Code	5
	2.15	Company	5
	2.16	Company Contributions	5
	2.17	Company Non-Elective Contributions	6
	2.18	Compensation	6
	2.19	Compensation Committee	6
	2.20	Contribution Credit	6
	2.21	Controlled Group	6
	2.22	DC SERP Contributions	6
	2.23	Deferral Election	6
	2.24	DCP	7
	2.25	DCP Deferrals	7
	2.26	DCP Matching Contributions	7
	2.27	E-Series Payroll	7
	2.28	Earnings Credits	7
	2.29	Election Period	7
	2.30	Eligibility Determination Date	7
	2.31	Eligible Employee	7
	2.32	Employee	8
	2.33	Extra Deferrals	8
	2.34	Executive SSP+ Company Contributions	8
	2.35	Incentive Matching Contributions	8
	2.36	Newly Eligible	8
	2.37	Participant	9
	2.38	Participant Deferrals	9

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	2.39	Performance Awards	9
	2.40	Plan	9
	2.41	Plan Year	9
	2.42	PVP	9
	2.43	Restoration Deferrals	9
	2.44	Restoration Matching Contributions	9
	2.45	Restoration SSP+ Company Contributions	9
	2.46	Restoration True-Up Contributions	10
	2.47	Separation from Service	10
	2.48	Service	10
	2.49	Specified Employee	10
	2.50	Unforeseeable Emergency	10
	2.51	Vested Performance Award Deferrals	10
	Article III	Participant Deferrals	11
	3.1	Annual Participation and Deferrals – Eligibility	11
	3.2	Mid-Year Participation– Eligibility	12
	3.3	Deferral Elections	12
	3.4	Cancellation of Deferral Election Due to Unforeseeable Emergency	14
	3.5	Crediting of Deferrals to Account	14
	Article IV	Company Contributions	15
	4.1	Restoration Matching Contributions	15
	4.2	Restoration True-Up Contributions	15
	4.3	Incentive Matching Contributions	16
	4.4	Company Non-Elective Contributions (Component of the Executive Benefit)	16
	4.5	DC SERP Contributions (Component of the Executive Benefit)	17
	Article V	Vesting and Forfeiture Rules	21
	5.1	Vesting	21
	5.2	Extra Deferral Vesting	21
	5.3	Restoration Vesting	21
	5.4	Executive Benefit Vesting	21
	5.5	Executive SSP+ Company Contribution Forfeiture Rules	21
	5.6	DC SERP Vesting	23
	5.7	DC SERP Forfeiture Rules	26
	Article VI	Distributions	28
	6.1	Form and Timing of Distribution	28
	6.2	Death Benefits	32
	6.3	Rehires and Authorized Periods of Absence/Reduced Level of Services	33
	Article VII	Accounts	36
	7.1	Participant Accounts	36
	7.2	Earnings Credits	36
	7.3	Investment Election Changes and Restrictions	38

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	7.4	Missing Participants and Improper Credits	38
	Article VIII	Administration	39
	8.1	Plan Administration	39
	8.2	Claims Procedure	39
	Article IX	Amendment and Termination	40
	Article X	Miscellaneous	41
	10.1	No Employment Rights	41
	10.2	Anti-Assignment	41
	10.3	Unfunded Status of Plan	41
	10.4	Delays or Acceleration in Payment	41
	10.5	Involuntary Inclusion in Income	41
	10.6	Compliance with Code Section 409A	42
	10.7	Construction	42
	10.8	Legal Action	42
	10.9	Tax Withholding	42
	10.10	Liability for Benefit Payments	42
	10.11	Recovery of Plan Overpayments	43
	10.12	Notice	43
	APPENDIX A List of Excluded Entities	A-1
	APPENDIX B Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company	B-1

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ARTICLE I
Introduction
Plan Overview
The Boeing Company Executive Supplemental Savings Plan provides four separate components: 
(i)Extra Deferrals, the purpose of which is to provide a means by which eligible employees may defer payment of their base salaries and awards made under eligible incentive compensation plans (a traditional deferred compensation benefit); 
(ii)the Restoration Benefit, the purpose of which is to restore the benefits of eligible employees under The Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement Plan (“Boeing 401(k),” previously named The Boeing Company Voluntary Investment Plan), to the extent that these qualified plan benefits are limited by Code sections 415 and 401(a)(17);
(iii)Executive Benefit, which includes Company Non-Elective Contributions, DC SERP Contributions, and historic Executive SSP+ Company Contributions; and 
(iv)DCP Accounts, which are the recordkeeping accounts established for Participants who participated in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company, which was frozen December 31, 2018 and merged into this Plan effective January 1, 2022.  
Plan History
The Plan (originally named, the Supplemental Benefit Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company) (the “Plan”) was originally established effective January 1, 1978, by The Boeing Company.  
The Plan has been amended and restated from time to time since its original effective date, including on January 1, 2008, to comply with section 409A of the Code.  
As of January 1, 2022, the Plan is amended and restated to (A) reflect the merger of the Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company with and into the Plan, (B) eliminate Restoration SSP+ Company Contributions and Executive SSP+ Company Contributions, (C) add a new Restoration True-Up Contribution, Incentive Matching Contribution and Company Non-Elective Contribution, (D) simplify the mid-year enrollment provisions in the Participant Deferral component of the Plan, and (E) make certain other changes.
Plan Status
The Plan is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan subject to Code section 409A. It is also intended that the Plan shall be, in part, an excess benefit plan as defined in section 3(36) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), to the extent benefits are paid in excess of the limits imposed by Code section 415.  To the extent any part of the Plan is not an excess benefit plan, it is intended that the Plan is an unfunded plan maintained primarily 
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for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of management or highly compensated employees under sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.
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ARTICLE II
Definitions
2.1Account
“Account” means the recordkeeping account established for each Participant, for purposes of accounting for the allocations made hereunder and the Earnings Credits thereon.  Each Account will consist of the following sub-accounts, to the extent applicable, and the Earnings Credits thereon:
(a)the Restoration Account (consisting of Restoration Deferrals, Restoration Matching Contributions, Restoration True-Up Contributions, and for periods prior to January 1, 2022, Restoration SSP+ Company Contributions); 
(b)the Extra Deferral Account (consisting of Extra Deferrals, Cash Incentive Deferrals, Incentive Matching Contributions, and Vested Performance Award Deferrals); 
(c)the Executive Benefit Account (consisting of Company Non-Elective Contributions, DC SERP Contributions and for periods prior to January 1, 2022, the Executive SSP+ Company Contributions); and
(d)the DCP Account (consisting of DCP Deferrals and DCP Match made to the DCP prior to January 1, 2019).
2.2Administrator
“Administrator” means the Employee Benefit Plans Committee of The Boeing Company.
2.3Affiliate or Subsidiary
“Affiliate” or “Subsidiary” means a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code section 1563(a), determined without regard to Code sections 1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(c)), a group of trades or businesses (whether incorporated or not) which are under common control within the meaning of Code section 414(c), or an affiliated service group (as defined in Code sections 414(m) or 414(o)), in each case of which The Boeing Company is a part.
2.4Authorized Period of Absence
“Authorized Period of Absence” means a leave of absence approved by the Company.
2.5Base Pay
“Base Pay” means an Employee’s base pay (salary) from the Company.  For clarity, this is the same as an Employee’s “Compensation” as such term is defined under the Boeing 401(k), but determined (A) without regard to the limitation on such compensation under Code section 401(a)(17) and (B) prior to any deferrals of compensation made hereunder.  
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Base Pay does not include amounts earned while an Employee is represented by a union with a collective bargaining agreement covering such Employee that does not provide for participation in the Plan.
In no event will Base Pay include payments under any incentive compensation or performance award plan, without regard to whether they are included in the definition of “Compensation” under the Boeing 401(k).
2.6Base Pay Deferrals
“Base Pay Deferrals” means deferrals of Base Pay that are made pursuant to Section 3.1(A). 
2.7Base Pay Rate
“Base Pay Rate” means an Employee’s annual rate of Base Pay.  
2.8Beneficiary
“Beneficiary” means the person or persons designated by a Participant to receive distributions from the Plan upon the Participant’s death, in accordance with the rules established by the Administrator.  If no effective designation is on file, then the Beneficiary shall be the person or persons designated by a Participant under the Boeing 401(k) to receive any benefit payable from the Boeing 401(k) upon the death of the Participant.  If no effective designation is on file under this Plan or the Boeing 401(k), or if the designated beneficiary does not survive the Participant, then the default beneficiary rules stated in the Boeing 401(k) will apply to determine the Beneficiary under the Plan.  A Beneficiary may disclaim his or her benefit in accordance with the rules established by the Administrator, and in the case of an effective disclaimer, the Participant’s designation of such individual will be treated as ineffective and the rules described above for an ineffective beneficiary designation will apply. 
2.9Board of Directors
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of The Boeing Company.
2.10Boeing 401(k) 
“Boeing 401(k)” means the Boeing 401(k) Retirement Plan, as amended.
2.11BSS Plan
“BSS Plan” means the BSS Retirement Plan, as amended.
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2.12Cash Incentive
“Cash Incentive” means the amount awarded to the Participant under The Boeing Company Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan or the Incentive Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries, as applicable.
Cash Incentive deferred by the Participant under Article III will be deemed to have been paid as if those amounts had not been deferred, for purposes of calculating Company Non-Elective Contributions under Article IV.  
Cash Incentive that is paid after a Participant’s termination of employment from the Controlled Group will remain subject to the Participant’s deferral election under Article III, but will not be counted for purposes of calculating the Company Non-Elective Contribution under Article IV.
2.13Cash Incentive Deferrals
“Cash Incentive Deferrals” means deferrals of Cash Incentive that are made pursuant to Section 3.1(A). 
2.14Code
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  Any reference to a specific provision of the Code includes any successor provision thereto and the regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder. 
2.15Company
“Company” means The Boeing Company, its successors in interest, and any Affiliate or Subsidiary that has adopted this Plan with the consent of The Boeing Company.  An Affiliate or Subsidiary is deemed to have adopted this Plan, and The Boeing Company is deemed to have consented to such adoption, if the Affiliate or Subsidiary (a) participates in the Boeing 401(k) and (b) is not an excluded employer for purposes of this Plan.  A list of excluded employers, as updated from time to time, is attached hereto as Appendix A.
2.16Company Contributions
“Company Contributions” mean Restoration Matching Contributions, Restoration True-Up Contributions, Company Non-Elective Contributions, Incentive Matching Contributions, and DC SERP Contributions.  For periods prior to January 1, 2022, Company Contributions also included Restoration SSP+ Company Contributions and Executive SSP+ Company Contributions.
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2.17Company Non-Elective Contributions
“Company Non-Elective Contributions” mean the contributions allocated pursuant to Section 4.4.
2.18Compensation
“Compensation” means a Participant’s Base Pay, Cash Incentive, and Performance Awards. 
2.19Compensation Committee
“Compensation Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. 
2.20Contribution Credit
“Contribution Credit” means the applicable percentage used to compute an eligible Participant’s DC SERP Contributions under Section 4.5.
2.21Controlled Group
“Controlled Group” means the Company and any Affiliate or Subsidiary.
2.22DC SERP Contributions
“DC SERP Contributions” means the contributions allocated pursuant to Section 4.5.
2.23Deferral Election
“Deferral Election” means the elections made by an Eligible Employee to defer a portion of his or her eligible Compensation in accordance with Article III, including any Restoration Deferral Election and any Extra Deferral Election.
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2.24DCP
“DCP” means the Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company, which was merged into this Plan effective January 1, 2022.
2.25DCP Deferrals
“DCP Deferrals” mean the portion of a Participant’s Base Pay, Cash Incentive, or Performance Awards, if any, that he or she elected to defer on a pre-tax basis under the DCP prior to January 1, 2019.
2.26DCP Matching Contributions
“DCP Matching Contributions” mean the matching contributions that were previously made under the DCP.
2.27E-Series Payroll
“E-Series Payroll” means the executive designation of level E-1 to E-5 at the Company.
2.28Earnings Credits
“Earnings Credits” means the adjustment to a Participant’s Account under Section 7.2, which may be positive or negative.
2.29Election Period
“Election Period” means the period or periods established by the Administrator during which an eligible Employee may submit Deferral Elections, all in accordance with such timing and other requirements as the Administrator may establish and, in all cases, the applicable rules under Code section 409A.  In no event will (a) an annual Election Period expire later than December 31 of the Plan Year in which the election is made and/or (b) a mid-year Election Period be more than thirty (30) days after the Employee first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan.  
2.30Eligibility Determination Date
“Eligibility Determination Date” means (a) for purposes of Section 3.1, with respect to any Plan Year, the November 1 of the preceding Plan Year (or, effective on and after November 1, 2021, such other date as determined by the Administrator with respect to any Employee(s); provided that such determination complies with the requirements of section 409A of the Code), and (b) for purposes of the definition of “Newly Eligible,” the date an Eligible Employee is hired or rehired into the status of an Eligible Employee.
2.31Eligible Employee
“Eligible Employee” means, with respect to any Plan Year (or portion of a Plan Year, in the case of a mid-year enrollment) if applicable, an individual who is an Employee and is paid on a U.S. dollar-based payroll as of the Eligibility Determination Date, and who has satisfied any additional requirements to make Extra Deferrals under Section 3.1(A) or 3.2, to make Restoration Deferrals under Section 3.1(B) or 3.2, to receive allocations of Restoration Matching Contributions under Section 4.1, to receive allocations of Restoration True-Up Contributions under Section 4.2, to receive allocations of Incentive Matching Contributions under Section 4.3, to receive allocations of Company Non-
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Elective Contributions under Section 4.4, and/or to receive allocations of DC SERP Contributions under Section 4.5, in each case, if any and to the extent applicable.  
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein:  (i) an Employee is an Eligible Employee only if the Employee is eligible for the Boeing 401(k), and is not eligible for The Boeing Company Supplemental Savings Plan and (ii) an Employee shall not be considered an Eligible Employee hereunder if the Administrator has excluded his or her employer from participation in the Plan. A list of excluded employers, as updated from time to time, is attached hereto as Appendix A.
2.32Employee
“Employee” means any person who is employed by any member of the Controlled Group, is designated as a common law employee on such member’s payroll, and is assigned by such member to the E-Series Payroll.
2.33Extra Deferrals
“Extra Deferrals” means any Base Pay Deferral, Cash Incentive Deferral or Vested Performance Award Deferral that a Participant elects to defer on a pre-tax basis in accordance with Section 3.1(A) and, to the extent applicable, Section 3.2(A).
2.34Executive SSP+ Company Contributions
“Executive SSP+ Company Contributions” means the historic Executive SSP+ Company Contributions that were credited to a Participant’s Account with respect to periods prior to January 1, 2022.  
2.35Incentive Matching Contributions
“Incentive Matching Contributions” mean the contributions allocated pursuant to Section 4.3.
2.36Newly Eligible
“Newly Eligible” means an individual who (i) is hired or rehired as an Employee, (ii) was not eligible to participate in the Plan or in a deferred compensation plan that is aggregated with the Plan under the aggregation rules of section 409A of the Code (including The Boeing Company Supplemental Savings Plan), other than the crediting of earnings, within the 24-month period immediately preceding the Eligibility Determination Date (or, has taken a full distribution of his or her interest in such plan), and (iii) is paid on a U.S. dollar-based payroll as of the Eligibility Determination Date.
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2.37Participant
“Participant” means an Eligible Employee who has elected to defer Compensation or who is eligible to receive a Company Contribution hereunder, or for purposes of Articles V through X, an Employee or former Employee who has amounts credited to his or her Account.
2.38Participant Deferrals
“Participant Deferrals” mean Extra Deferrals and Restoration Deferrals.
2.39Performance Awards
“Performance Awards” means any award designated as such under The Boeing Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan and any successor or other long-term incentive plan that may be maintained by the Company from time to time.
2.40Plan
“Plan” means The Boeing Company Executive Supplemental Savings Plan as herein set forth, together with any amendments that may be adopted from time to time.
2.41Plan Year
“Plan Year” means the calendar year.
2.42PVP
“PVP” means The Pension Value Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company, as amended.
2.43Restoration Deferrals 
“Restoration Deferrals” means the portion of a Participant’s Compensation, if any, that he or she elects to defer on a pre-tax basis under this Plan in accordance with Section 3.1(B) and, to the extent applicable, Section 3.2.
2.44Restoration Matching Contributions
“Restoration Matching Contributions” means the amount credited to a Participant’s Account under Section 4.1.
2.45Restoration SSP+ Company Contributions
“Restoration SSP+ Company Contributions” means the historic Restoration SSP+ Company Contributions that were credited to a Participant’s Account with respect to periods prior to January 1, 2022.
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2.46Restoration True-Up Contributions
“Restoration True-Up Contributions” means the contributions allocated pursuant to Section 4.2.
2.47Separation from Service
“Separation from Service” or “Separates from Service” means an Employee’s death, retirement or termination of employment from the Controlled Group within the meaning of Code section 409A.  For purposes of determining whether a Separation from Service has occurred, Affiliates and Subsidiaries are defined by using the language “at least 80 percent” to define the controlled group under Code section 1563(a) in lieu of the 50 percent default rule stated in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(h)(3).
A Separation from Service is deemed to include a reasonably anticipated permanent reduction in the level of services performed by an Employee to less than 50 percent of the average level of services performed by the Employee during the immediately preceding 36-month period.
2.48Service
“Service” means the Participant’s years of service with the Controlled Group, determined in the same manner as the service time calculation under the Boeing Service Awards Program procedure, in completed whole years.
2.49Specified Employee
“Specified Employee” means an Employee who is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code section 409A.  Specified Employee status is determined on the last day of the prior Plan Year, to take effect as of April 1 of the Plan Year for a 12-month period.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Specified Employees shall be determined by including the employees who are reasonably determined to be the 75 top-paid officers of the Controlled Group as of the determination date, rather than the 50 top-paid officers as provided under Code section 416(i)(1)(A), to the extent permitted under Code section 409A.
2.50Unforeseeable Emergency
“Unforeseeable Emergency” means “unforeseeable emergency” within the meaning of Code section 409A, as determined by the Administrator.
2.51Vested Performance Award Deferrals
“Vested Performance Award Deferrals” means deferrals of Performance Awards under Section 3.1(A).
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ARTICLE III
Participant Deferrals

3.1Annual Participation and Deferrals – Eligibility
The Plan provides Eligible Employees with two ways to defer Compensation on a pre-tax basis– the Extra Deferral component and the Restoration Deferral component.  Only Eligible Employees will be permitted to participate.
Elections to take effect with respect to a full Plan Year will generally be made during the annual Election Period.
(A)Extra Deferral Component
An individual is an Eligible Employee for purposes of making an Extra Deferral Election for a Plan Year if he or she is an Employee paid on a U.S. dollar-based payroll as of the Eligibility Determination Date.  
In any Extra Deferral Election, an Eligible Employee may defer up to a maximum of: (i) in the case of Base Pay Deferrals, 50% of his or her Base Pay payable in the Plan Year to which the Deferral Election applies, (ii) in the case of Cash Incentive Deferrals, 100% of his or her Cash Incentive earned in the Plan Year to which the Deferral Election applies (even if payable in a subsequent Plan Year), and/or (iii) in the case of Vested Performance Award Deferrals, 100% of his or her Performance Awards granted in the Plan Year to which the Deferral Election applies, which grant generally covers the next three (3) Plan Years (even if payable in a subsequent Plan Year).  For clarity, Extra Deferrals will be made without regard to the Code section 401(a)(17) and 415(c) limitations.
Extra Deferrals will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date the Compensation would otherwise be payable, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible.
(B)Restoration Deferral Component
In any Restoration Deferral Election, an Eligible Employee may elect a deferral percentage up to the maximum percentage of his or her Base Pay that the Employee can elect to contribute on a pre-tax, after-tax and/or Roth basis under the Boeing 401(k).  Restoration Deferrals will be made from the Eligible Employee’s Base Pay only after either:  (1) Base Pay for the applicable Plan Year reaches the limitation under Code section 401(a)(17), as indexed, for such Plan Year or (2) the Participant’s annual additions under the Boeing 401(k) for the applicable Plan Year reach the dollar limitation of Code section 415(c), as indexed.  
Restoration Deferrals will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date the Compensation would otherwise be payable, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible.
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3.2Mid-Year Participation– Eligibility
To the extent permitted by and in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Administrator, an Employee who is Newly Eligible during a Plan Year may elect (A) Extra Deferrals up to a maximum of 50% of the Base Pay earned and payable in each full regular pay period commencing after the end of the Election Period (or such other date determined by the Administrator in accordance with Code Section 409A) for the remainder of the applicable Plan Year, (B) Restoration Deferrals (if the Eligible Employee satisfies the criteria of this Section) and (C) the form and time of distribution of the Account with respect to such Plan Year, as permitted by Section 6.1.  Such mid-year elections will be made during the mid-year Election Period.  Different mid-year election rules applied with respect to Plan Years prior to January 1, 2022.  Mid-year elections cannot be made for Cash Incentive Deferrals or Vested Performance Award Deferrals.  
In any mid-year Restoration Deferral election, an Eligible Employee will be permitted to make a Restoration Deferral election with respect to Base Pay earned and payable in each full regular pay period commencing after the end of the Election Period for the remainder of such Plan Year up to the maximum percentage of his or her Base Pay that the Employee can elect to contribute on a pre-tax, after-tax and/or Roth basis under the Boeing 401(k) for such period.  Restoration Deferrals will be made from the Eligible Employee’s Base Pay only after either:  (1) Base Pay for the applicable Plan Year reaches the limitation under Code section 401(a)(17), as indexed, for such Plan Year or (2) the Participant’s annual additions under the Boeing 401(k) for the applicable Plan Year reach the dollar limitation of Code section 415(c), as indexed.
3.3Deferral Elections
An Eligible Employee may elect to defer a percentage of his or her eligible Compensation for a Plan Year (or portion of a Plan Year in the case of a mid-year enrollment) on a pre-tax basis by executing and delivering one or more timely Deferral Election(s) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.3.  The type and amount of eligible Compensation that may be deferred is described in Section 3.1 (for annual deferrals) and Section 3.2 (for mid-year deferrals).  
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent any Eligible Employee had in effect an active (A) Restoration Deferral Election under this Plan immediately prior to its amendment and restatement as of January 1, 2019 and does not timely change such Restoration Deferral Election with respect to the Plan Year beginning on January 1, 2019, such Eligible Employee shall be deemed to have continued such active Restoration Deferral Election with respect to the Plan Year beginning on January 1, 2019 and (except as otherwise provided below for Employees who cease to be Eligible Employees) future Plan Years on an “evergreen basis” unless and until such Eligible Employee changes such Restoration Deferral Election in accordance with this Section 3.3; or (B) election to defer compensation under the DCP immediately prior to that plan’s amendment and restatement as of January 1, 2019 and fails either to make a timely Extra Deferral Election or to indicate affirmatively that he or she does not wish to make an Extra Deferral Election with respect to the Plan Year beginning on January 1, 2019, such Eligible Employee shall be deemed to have made an Extra Deferral Election identical to such election to defer compensation under the DCP with respect to the Plan Year beginning on January 1, 2019 and (except as otherwise provided below for Employees who cease to be Eligible Employees) future Plan Years on an “evergreen basis” unless and until such Eligible Employee changes such Extra Deferral Election in accordance with this Section 3.3.
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(A)Deferral Elections
An Eligible Employee’s Deferral Election(s) must be made in accordance with rules established by the Administrator. An Eligible Employee may make separate Extra Deferral Elections with respect to Base Pay, Cash Incentive and Performance Awards and/or a separate Restoration Deferral Election with respect to Base Pay, each to the extent described in Section 3.1 or 3.2, as applicable.
Eligible Employees may make new Deferral Elections for each succeeding Plan Year.   An Eligible Employee’s Deferral Election will be “evergreen” – it will carry-over from Plan Year to Plan Year (or from a partial Plan Year to the subsequent Plan Year in the case of a mid-year enrollment) unless it is changed or cancelled in accordance with rules established by the Administrator or as otherwise provided in this Plan. 
In the case of an Employee who ceases to be an Eligible Employee during the Plan Year (e.g., due to a reclassification as other than E-Series Payroll or Separation from Service) the Employee’s Deferral Election(s) shall remain in effect with respect to the Plan Year in which the Employee ceases to be an Eligible Employee, but will automatically be cancelled with respect to future Deferrals (i.e., Deferrals with respect to subsequent Plan Years).
(B)Distribution Elections 
Deferral Elections will include an option to elect the form and timing of distribution with regard to the Participant Deferrals, as described in Article VI, as applicable.  
Any election made as to the form and timing of distribution with respect to Restoration Deferrals will apply to the Participant’s entire Restoration Account.  
(C)Timing and Irrevocability of Elections
In general, the Deferral Election must be filed during the applicable Election Period.  
Deferral Elections with respect to a full Plan Year will generally become irrevocable as of the end of the Election Period.  Deferral Elections with respect to a mid-year participation will become irrevocable as of the last day of the mid-year Election Period. 
Once Deferral Elections become irrevocable they generally may not be modified with respect to the Plan Year, and the Compensation, to which they apply.  Likewise, an Employee who makes a Restoration Deferral Election will be subject to restrictions on mid-year contribution election changes under the Boeing 401(k), in accordance with the terms of the Boeing 401(k).
See Section 3.4 for a limited exception to the general rule on the irrevocability of Deferral Elections, in the event of Unforeseeable Emergency.
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(D)No Mid-Year Elections 
Except as provided in this Article III, an Employee who becomes Newly Eligible during a Plan Year (including as a result of a salary increase) will not be eligible to make Participant Deferrals during such Plan Year.  
3.4Cancellation of Deferral Election Due to Unforeseeable Emergency 
Notwithstanding the irrevocability rule described in Section 3.3, a Participant will be permitted to cancel an existing Deferral Election with regard to a Plan Year during that Plan Year, if the Participant incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency, as determined by the Administrator.
If a Participant has elected and received a distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency under Section 6.1(I), the Participant will be deemed to have elected to cancel his or her Deferral Election(s) that relate to Base Pay for the remainder of the applicable Plan Year.
3.5Crediting of Deferrals to Account
In all cases, Participant Deferrals will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date the Compensation would otherwise have been payable, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible.
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ARTICLE IV
Company Contributions
4.1Restoration Matching Contributions 
A Participant who defers Base Pay pursuant to a Restoration Deferral Election under Section 3.3 will be credited with a Restoration Matching Contribution from the Company related to such Restoration Deferrals.  This Restoration Matching Contribution will equal a percentage (determined based on the matching contribution formula applicable to the Participant under the Boeing 401(k) for the Plan Year) of the Participant’s Restoration Deferrals for the Plan Year. 
Restoration Matching Contributions under this Plan apply only to Participant Deferrals of Base Pay made pursuant to a Restoration Deferral Election.  Restoration Matching Contributions will not be made with respect to Participant Deferrals of Base Pay made pursuant to an Extra Deferral Election.
An Eligible Employee must make a timely Restoration Deferral Election, as described in Section 3.3, to become eligible to participate in the Restoration Matching Contribution component of the Plan.  Distribution elections are discussed in Article VI.
Restoration Matching Contributions will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date that the underlying Restoration Deferrals are credited to the Participant’s Account.
4.2Restoration True-Up Contributions
The Company may choose to make a Restoration True-Up Contribution to this Plan on behalf of certain Eligible Employees.  The Restoration True-Up Contribution, if any, will be equal to the portion of the matching contribution true-up that would have been made to the Boeing 401(k) for the Eligible Employee but for the limitations imposed by Code section 415(c), as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided that no Company Non-Elective Contribution will be made if the Employee terminates from employment prior to the last business day of the Plan Year for any reason other than retirement (for this purpose, after attaining age 55 with 10 years of service or after attaining age 62 with 1 year of service), disability (for this purpose, meaning the Eligible Employee is determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration), layoff, or death.  
An Eligible Employee for purposes of this Section 4.2 need not make (or be eligible to make) a timely Restoration Deferral Election for a Plan Year in order to receive an allocation of Restoration True-Up Contributions for such Plan Year.  Available distribution elections are discussed in Article VI.
The Restoration True-Up Contribution, if any, will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date that true-up contributions are made to the Boeing 401(k), or as soon as thereafter administratively feasible.
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4.3Incentive Matching Contributions
Subject to the conditions of this Section 4.3, a Participant who makes Cash Incentive Deferrals under Section 3.3 will be credited with an Incentive Matching Contribution from the Company related to such Cash Incentive Deferrals.  This Incentive Matching Contribution will equal a percentage (determined based on the matching contribution formula applicable to the Participant under the Boeing 401(k) for the Plan Year) of the Participant’s Cash Incentive Deferrals for the Plan Year. 
An Eligible Employee must make a timely Cash Incentive Deferral Election, as described in Section 3.3, to become eligible for the related Incentive Matching Contributions.  Distribution elections are discussed in Article VI.
Incentive Matching Contributions will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date that the underlying Cash Incentive Deferrals are credited to the Participant’s Account.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incentive Matching Contribution will be made with respect to any Cash Incentive Deferrals that are paid (or, but for the Participant’s Cash Incentive Deferral election, would be paid) after the date the Participant terminates from employment.
4.4Company Non-Elective Contributions (Component of the Executive Benefit)
The Company may make a Company Non-Elective Contribution to this Plan with respect to a Plan Year on behalf of certain Eligible Employees; provided that no Company Non-Elective Contribution will be made if the Employee terminates from employment prior to the last business day of the Plan Year for any reason other than retirement (for this purpose, after attaining age 55 with 10 years of service or after attaining age 62 with 1 year of service), disability (for this purpose, meaning the Eligible Employee is determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration), layoff, or death.  
The Company Non-Elective Contribution for a Plan Year will equal a percentage of the eligible Participant’s Compensation paid by the Company during the applicable pay periods within such Plan Year.  This percentage will be equal to the Company discretionary non-elective contribution percentage for which the Participant is eligible for such pay period under the Boeing 401(k).  
An Eligible Employee for purposes of this Section 4.4 need not make (or be eligible to make) deferrals to the Plan in order to receive an allocation of Company Non-Elective Contributions for such Plan Year.  Available distribution elections are discussed in Article VI.
A Company Non-Elective Contribution will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date the related Company 401(k) Non-Elective Contribution is made to the Boeing 401(k), or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible.
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4.5DC SERP Contributions (Component of the Executive Benefit)
(A)Eligibility
An Employee is eligible to receive DC SERP Contributions with respect to a Plan Year for so long as he or she satisfies the conditions in either (i) or (ii) below.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no DC SERP Contributions will be made for: (i) any elected officer on or after January 1, 2020, or (ii) any Employee who is hired or promoted onto the E-Series Payroll on or after January 1, 2020.  
(i)Hired Between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2019 
An Employee satisfies the conditions in this subsection (i) if:
(a)The Employee was hired on or after January 1, 2009, but before January 1, 2020, 
(b)The Employee is on the E-Series Payroll in level E-1, E-2, or E-3, and was on the E-Series Payroll (in any level E-1 through E-5) as of December 31, 2019, 
(c)The Employee is not an elected officer of the Company, and
(d)The Employee is ineligible to accrue benefits under any defined benefit plan maintained by the Controlled Group. 
(ii)Hired Before January 1, 2009
An Employee satisfies the conditions in this subsection (ii) if:
(a)The Employee was hired before January 1, 2009,
(b)The Employee was on the E-series Payroll (in any level E-1 through E-5) as of December 31, 2019, and
(c)The Employee is not an elected officer of the Company.
For purposes of determining eligibility for the DC SERP, the term “hired” generally refers to an Employee’s most recent date of hire or rehire with the Company, except as provided below, regardless of the date on which the Employee joins the E-Series Payroll.  
For this purpose:
(a)Approved Leaves of Absence.  A return to the Controlled Group directly from an approved leave of absence, without incurring a termination of employment, is not considered a rehire.
For this purpose, an Employee’s period of employment with ULA or USA will be considered an approved leave of absence, to the extent that the Employee first transferred directly from the Controlled Group to ULA or USA and subsequently transferred directly from ULA or USA back to the Controlled Group.
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(b)Transfers.  A transfer of employment among members of the Controlled Group, without interruption, is not considered a rehire and, accordingly, the most recent date of hire or rehire for purposes of determining such a transferred Employee’s eligibility would be the Employee’s most recent date of hire or rehire with the Company’s controlled group member from which the Employee transferred.
(c)Layoffs.  A rehire to the Controlled Group following a termination of employment due to layoff generally will not be treated as a rehire, if rehire occurs within six years of the layoff event.  However, a laid off Employee who commences a retirement benefit during this six year period will be treated as a rehire if he or she later rehires to the Controlled Group.
An individual who became a “group-acquired employee” after September 30, 2008 and before January 1, 2009 will be deemed to have been hired on or after January 1, 2009, for purposes of determining eligibility to receive a contribution for periods on and after January 1, 2009.  No contribution will be paid prior to January 1, 2009.  For this purpose, a “group-acquired employee” refers to an employee of the Company who became such as an immediate or ultimate result of a merger to which the Company was a party, or of the acquisition by the Company of all or part of the assets, businesses or capital stock of another corporation or firm.
(B)DC SERP Participation 
An Eligible Employee will be a Participant in the DC SERP for the period(s), if any, that the Employee satisfies the eligibility conditions in Section 4.5(A).
(C)DC SERP Contributions
Each Participant eligible for DC SERP Contributions shall be entitled to contributions under this Plan as described below. 
(i)Payroll Contributions
Contributions will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date the Base Pay and Cash Incentive otherwise would be payable, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible.
(a)Hired Between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2019
A Participant described in Section 4.5(A)(i) (Hired Between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2019) will receive a DC SERP contribution equal to a Contribution Credit times the sum of the Participant’s Base Pay and Cash Incentive, for each applicable pay period.  The Contribution Credit for a pay period is determined by the Participant’s level as of such pay period as follows:
(1)2%, for a Participant at level E-2 through E-3.
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(2)4%, for a Participant at level E-1.
If a Participant changes levels during a pay period, the Participant’s level as in effect on the last day of the pay period will apply.  For purposes of calculating the DC SERP contribution, a Participant’s Base Pay and Cash Incentive will be counted solely to the extent that (1) the Participant is on the E-Series Payroll during the applicable pay period or (2) such Cash Incentive is paid after a Participant’s termination of employment from the Controlled Group but on or before such Participant receives his or her final regular paycheck.
(b)Hired Before January 1, 2009
A Participant described in Section 4.5(A)(ii) (Hired Before January 1, 2009) will receive a DC SERP contribution equal to a Contribution Credit times the sum of the Participant’s Base Pay and Cash Incentive, for each applicable pay period.  For purposes of calculating the DC SERP contribution, a Participant’s Base Pay and Cash Incentive will be counted solely to the extent that (1) the Participant is on the E-Series Payroll during the applicable pay period or (2) such Cash Incentive is paid after a Participant’s termination of employment from the Controlled Group but on or before such Participant receives his or her final regular paycheck.
The Contribution Credit will equal the sum of (i) and, if applicable, (ii):
(1)5%
(2)For a Participant who has attained age 55 (or will attain age 55 by the end of a Plan Year), 0.5% times the Participant’s whole years of Benefit Service (as defined under the PVP and/or BSS Plan, as applicable, and determined as of January 1, 2016), subject to the limitation herein.  The supplemental percentage credited under this subsection (ii) will be contributed for a period not to exceed seven years.  This seven-year period will commence on January 1, 2016 (or on January 1 of the year in which the Participant attains age 55, or on the date of promotion to the E-Series Payroll, whichever is latest) and will be measured in the aggregate over a Participant’s lifetime (i.e., regardless of whether the Participant has multiple periods of employment with the Controlled Group).
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(ii)One-Time Contribution
An Employee who satisfies the requirements described in Section 4.5(A)(i) (Hired Between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2019), and who is first promoted to a level of E-1 through E-3 (from a position at a level of E-4 or E-5) during the Plan Year, will receive a one-time additional contribution equal to the product of (a), (b) and (c) below.
(a)2%
(b)The sum of:
(1)the Participant’s Base Pay Rate in effect immediately following the promotion, and
(2)his or her Cash Incentive target percentage multiplied by the Base Pay Rate, both as in effect immediately following the promotion.
(c)The Participant’s whole years of Service as of the date of first promotion to a level of E-1 through E-3 (from a position at a level of E-4 or E-5); provided that, for such purpose, a Participant’s years of Service will be limited to Service earned since his or her most recent hire date.
This amount will be credited to the Participant’s Account as of the date of first promotion to a level of E-1 through E-3, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible.
A Participant who has received a one-time contribution under this Section upon promotion to a level of E-1 through E-3 will be ineligible for any further contributions under this subsection (C)(ii).

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ARTICLE V
Vesting and Forfeiture Rules
5.1Vesting
This Article V describes the vesting and forfeiture rules applicable to certain benefits under the Plan.  In addition to the rules set forth in this Article V, see Section 7.4 regarding missing participants and improper credits, Section 10.2 regarding anti-assignment, Section 10.3 regarding the unfunded nature of this Plan, and Appendix B for forfeiture rules applicable to the DCP Account.
5.2Extra Deferral Vesting
A Participant’s interest in his or her Extra Deferral Account will be 100% vested at all times.
5.3Restoration Vesting 
A Participant’s interest in his or her Restoration Account will be 100% vested at all times.
5.4Executive Benefit Vesting
Subject to Section 5.5 and Section 5.6, a Participant’s interest in his or her Executive Benefit Account will be 100% vested at all times.
5.5Executive SSP+ Company Contribution Forfeiture Rules
The Administrator may determine, in its sole discretion, that a Participant will forfeit any part or all of the portion of his or her legacy Executive SSP+ Company Contribution Account that is attributable to Executive SSP+ Company Contributions made on and after January 1, 2017, if any of the following circumstances occur while employed by the Controlled Group or within five (5) years after termination of such employment:
(A)The Participant is convicted of a felony involving theft, fraud, embezzlement, or other similar unlawful acts against the Controlled Group or against the Controlled Group’s interests.  For purposes of this Plan, “other similar unlawful acts against the Controlled Group or against the Controlled Group’s interests” shall include any other unlawful act (i) committed against the Controlled Group, or the interests of the Controlled Group, including, but not limited to, a governmental agency or instrumentality which conducts business with the Controlled Group, or a customer of the Controlled Group, or (ii) affecting the Controlled Group or the interests of the Controlled Group, in such a manner that is determined to be detrimental to, prejudicial to or in conflict with the Controlled Group or the interests of the Controlled Group, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
(B)The Participant, directly or indirectly, engages in any activity, whether individually or as an employee, consultant or otherwise, which the Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, to be an activity in which the Participant is “engaging in competition” with any significant aspect of Controlled Group business.  For purposes of this Plan, “engaging in competition” shall include but is not limited to representing, providing services to, or being an employee of or associated in a business capacity with, any person or entity that is engaged, directly or indirectly, in competition with any Controlled Group business or that takes a position adverse 
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to any Controlled Group business, regardless of the position or duties the Participant takes, in such a manner that is determined to be detrimental to, prejudicial to or in conflict with the interests of the Controlled Group, all as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
(C)The Participant, without the advance approval of The Boeing Company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources (or successor position thereto), induces or attempts to induce, directly or indirectly, any of the Controlled Group’s employees, representatives or consultants to terminate, discontinue or cease working with or for the Controlled Group, or to breach any contract with the Controlled Group, in order to work with or for, or enter into a contract with, the Participant or any third party.
(D)The Participant disparages or otherwise makes any statements about the Controlled Group, its products, or its employees that could be in any way viewed as negative or critical.  Nothing in this paragraph will apply to legally protected communications to government agencies or statements made in the course of sworn testimony in administrative, judicial, or arbitral proceedings.
(E)The Participant uses or discloses proprietary or confidential information, including but not limited to trade secrets, of the Controlled Group.  Nothing in this paragraph will apply to legally protected communications to government agencies or statements made in the course of sworn testimony in administrative, judicial, or arbitral proceedings.
To the extent the Participant has already received or commenced payment of such portion of his or her Executive SSP+ Company Contribution Account, the Administrator will be entitled to pursue any and all legal and equitable relief against the Participant to enforce the forfeiture of and recover the amount distributed from such Executive SSP+ Company Contribution Account.  The forfeiture provisions will continue to apply unless and to the extent modified by a court of competent jurisdiction.  However, if any portion of these forfeiture provisions is held by such a court to be unenforceable, these provisions shall be deemed amended to limit their scope to the broadest scope that such authority determines is enforceable, and as so amended shall continue in effect.
In addition, the Administrator will, in all appropriate circumstances, require reimbursement of any Executive SSP+ Company Contribution Account attributable to Executive SSP+ Company Contributions made on and after January 1, 2017, which are attributable to an incentive award that the Controlled Group seeks to recover under the clawback provision of any plan providing Cash Incentive.
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5.6DC SERP Vesting
No payments shall be made from a Participant’s DC SERP Account except to the extent such Participant is vested in his or her DC SERP Account. 
(A)General DC SERP Vesting Rule for Participants Hired Between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2019
A Participant described in Section 4.5(A)(i) (Hired Between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2019) will vest 100% in his or her DC SERP Account component(s) covered under this subsection (A) on the date the Participant satisfies the conditions in any of (i), (ii) or (iii) below.
(i)The Participant has been on the E-Series Payroll at a level of E-1 through E-3 for a period of 36 consecutive months.  (For Participants with prior periods of employment, a period of consecutive months before January 1, 2009 on the E-Series Payroll at a level of E-1 through E-3 will be counted for purposes of determining whether this 36 consecutive month requirement has been satisfied.)
(ii)The Participant dies while an Employee.
(iii)The Participant is laid off from a position at level E-1 through E-3 and is eligible for benefits under The Boeing Company Executive Layoff Benefits Plan.
See subsection  (C) below for additional vesting rules for these Participants based on age and Service.
(B)General DC SERP Vesting Rule for Participants Hired Before January 1, 2009
A Participant described in Section 4.5(A)(ii) (Hired Before January 1, 2009) will vest 100% in his or her DC SERP Account component covered under this subsection (B) on the date the Participant satisfies the conditions in any of (i), (ii) or (iii) below.
(i)The Participant has been on the E-Series Payroll for a period of 36 consecutive months.  For a Participant on the E-Series Payroll as of January 1, 2016, a period of consecutive months before January 1, 2016 on the E-Series Payroll will be counted for purposes of determining whether this 36 consecutive month requirement has been satisfied.
(ii)The Participant is fully vested under the PVP and/or BSS Plan, as applicable, and dies while an Employee before his or her DC SERP Account commences payment under this Plan.
(iii)The Participant is laid off from an E-Series position and is eligible for benefits under The Boeing Company Executive Layoff Benefits Plan.
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(C)Special Vesting Rules for Participants Hired Between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2019 with 55/10 or 62/1
Special vesting rules apply for a Participant described in Section 4.5(A)(i) (Hired Between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2019) who has attained either (i) or (ii) while employed by the Controlled Group.
(i)Age 55 with 10 years of Service, or
(ii)Age 62 with one year of Service.
This Participant will be 100% vested in the portion of his or her DC SERP Account described in Section 4.5(C)(i) (Payroll Contributions) after he or she has been on the E-Series Payroll for a period of 36 consecutive months.
This Participant will vest ratably in the portion of his or her DC SERP Account described in Section 4.5(C)(ii) (One-Time Contribution), if any, at the rate of 1/36 for each consecutive month that the Participant is on the E-Series Payroll at a level of E-1 through E-3, starting with the date on which the Participant was first promoted to the E-Series Payroll at a level of E-1 through E-3.  This pro rata vesting rule is not intended to preclude the acceleration of vesting under subsections (A)(ii) (death) or (iii) (layoff) above, if applicable.
(D)Authorized Period of Absence
For purposes of this Section, an Authorized Period of Absence from the E-Series Payroll will count as a period on the E-Series Payroll, and an Authorized Period of Absence from a position at level E-1 through E-3 will count as a period at these levels.
If an Employee ceases to be at the applicable level for any reason other than an Authorized Period of Absence, and the Employee later returns to a position at the applicable level, these non-consecutive periods of service will not be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the 36-consecutive month requirement has been met.
(E)Transfers to and from ULA and USA
For purposes of computing vesting for a Participant who transfers employment directly from the Controlled Group to ULA or USA, uninterrupted service at ULA or USA as an executive in a position at a comparable level will be credited toward the 36 consecutive months requirements described herein, provided that the Participant transfers directly from the E-Series Payroll (or a position at level E-1 through E-3 if applicable) at the Controlled Group to comparable executive status at ULA or USA, as applicable.  ULA and USA service will not be credited toward vesting under this Plan for any period following the Participant’s removal from this executive status.  For purposes of computing vesting for a participant who transfers employment directly from ULA or USA to the Controlled Group, uninterrupted service at ULA or USA as an executive at a position comparable to the E-Series Payroll (or a position at level E-1 through E-3, if applicable) will be credited toward the 36 consecutive months requirements described herein, provided that the Participant transfers directly from this executive status at ULA or USA to a position at a comparable level at the Controlled Group.  ULA and USA service will not be credited toward vesting under this Plan for any period 
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prior to the Participant’s attainment of this executive status at ULA or USA, as applicable.
(F)Impact of Separation from Service/Transfer
(i)Payroll Contributions.  If a Participant Separates from Service (other than due to an Authorized Period of Absence) or transfers off of the E-Series Payroll (or a position at level E-1 through E-3, if applicable) before becoming 100% vested in the payroll contribution portion of his or her DC SERP Account described in Section 4.5(C)(i)(A) and/or (i)(B), as applicable, the Participant will forfeit all rights to the nonvested portion of his or her DC SERP Account attributable to the period prior to his or her Separation from Service or transfer.  To the extent any benefit under this Plan becomes vested during an Authorized Period of Absence that continues after a deemed Separation from Service, it will remain subject to the payment timing rules under Section 6.1.
(ii)One-Time Contributions.  If a Participant stops accruing service toward satisfaction of applicable vesting requirements (such as due to a Separation from Service) after becoming partially vested in the one-time contribution portion of the DC SERP Account, under subsection (C) above, and the Participant subsequently resumes accruing service toward satisfaction of applicable vesting requirements, the DC SERP Account accrued after such resumption will not be vested until the Participant satisfies the requirements of subsection (A) or (C) above following such resumption.
(iii)Multiple DC SERP Account Components.  Separate vesting requirements apply to each component of a Participant’s DC SERP Account described in Sections 4.4(C)(i)(a), (i)(b), and (ii).  This means that a Participant who has accrued more than one DC SERP Account component (such as, due to a Separation from Service and subsequent rehire) must satisfy the vesting requirements applicable to each such component.  If a Participant Separates from Service after becoming 100% vested in a particular DC SERP Account component, the Participant will be fully vested in any additional accruals under the same DC SERP Account component following rehire or return (even if the Participant fails to be at the applicable pay level for 36 consecutive months following rehire or return).  The Participant will not, however, be fully vested in any amounts accrued under a different DC SERP Account component unless and until the corresponding applicable vesting requirements under this Section 5.5 otherwise have been satisfied.
See Section 7.4 regarding missing participants and improper credits, Section 10.2 regarding anti-assignment, and Section 10.3 regarding the unfunded nature of this Plan.  Any amounts forfeited hereunder will not later be reinstated.
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5.7DC SERP Forfeiture Rules
The Administrator may determine, in its sole discretion, that a Participant will forfeit any part or all of his or her DC SERP Account if any of the following circumstances occur while employed by the Controlled Group or within five (5) years after termination of such employment:
(A)The Participant is convicted of a felony involving theft, fraud, embezzlement, or other similar unlawful acts against the Controlled Group or against the Controlled Group’s interests.  For purposes of this Plan, “other similar unlawful acts against the Controlled Group or against the Controlled Group’s interests” shall include any other unlawful act (i) committed against the Controlled Group, or the interests of the Controlled Group, including, but not limited to, a governmental agency or instrumentality which conducts business with the Controlled Group, or a customer of the Controlled Group, or (ii) affecting the Controlled Group or the interests of the Controlled Group, in such a manner that is determined to be detrimental to, prejudicial to or in conflict with the Controlled Group or the interests of the Controlled Group, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
(B)The Participant, directly or indirectly, engages in any activity, whether individually or as an employee, consultant or otherwise, which the Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, to be an activity in which the Participant is “engaging in competition” with any significant aspect of Controlled Group business.  For purposes of this Plan, “engaging in competition” shall include but is not limited to representing, providing services to, or being an employee of or associated in a business capacity with, any person or entity that is engaged, directly or indirectly, in competition with any Controlled Group business or that takes a position adverse to any Controlled Group business, regardless of the position or duties the Participant takes, in such a manner that is determined to be detrimental to, prejudicial to or in conflict with the interests of the Controlled Group, all as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
(C)The Participant, without the advance approval of The Boeing Company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources (or equivalent but for title), induces or attempts to induce, directly or indirectly, any of the Controlled Group’s employees, representatives or consultants to terminate, discontinue or cease working with or for the Controlled Group, or to breach any contract with the Controlled Group, in order to work with or for, or enter into a contract with, the Participant or any third party.
(D)The Participant disparages or otherwise makes any statements about the Controlled Group, its products, or its employees that could be in any way viewed as negative or critical.  Nothing in this paragraph will apply to legally protected communications to government agencies or statements made in the course of sworn testimony in administrative, judicial, or arbitral proceedings.
(E)With respect to contributions made to the Plan on and after January 1, 2017, the Participant uses or discloses proprietary or confidential information, including but not limited to trade secrets, of the Controlled Group.  Nothing in this paragraph will apply to legally protected communications to government agencies or 
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statements made in the course of sworn testimony in administrative, judicial, or arbitral proceedings.
To the extent the Participant has already received or commenced payment of his or her DC SERP Account, the Administrator will be entitled to pursue any and all legal and equitable relief against the Participant to enforce the forfeiture of and recover such benefit.  The forfeiture provisions will continue to apply unless and to the extent modified by a court of competent jurisdiction.  However, if any portion of these forfeiture provisions is held by such a court to be unenforceable, these provisions shall be deemed amended to limit their scope to the broadest scope that such authority determines is enforceable, and as so amended shall continue in effect.
In addition, the Administrator will, in all appropriate circumstances, require forfeiture or reimbursement of any portion of a DC SERP Account attributable to an incentive award that the Controlled Group seeks to recover under the clawback provision of any plan providing Cash Incentive.
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ARTICLE VI
Distributions
6.1Form and Timing of Distribution
(A)Extra Deferral Account
A Participant may elect the form and timing of distribution with regard to his or her Extra Deferral Account as described below, subject to the cash-out rule in subsection (E) below.  This distribution election must be made at the same time the Participant makes his or her first Extra Deferral Election.
If a Participant fails to make a timely election with regard to the timing of payment of his or her Extra Deferral Account, then the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive payment in January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s Separation from Service (subject to subsection (H)).  If a Participant fails to make a timely election with regard to the form of payment of his or her Extra Deferral Account, then the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive payment in a lump sum.  
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent the Participant had in effect a distribution election under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company immediately prior to January 1, 2019 and fails to make a timely election with regard to the timing or form of payment of his or her Extra Deferral Account, such distribution election shall apply automatically to any future deferrals of the same type credited under this Plan and such Participant will only be permitted to change such deemed election in accordance with subsection (F) below.
A Participant may change a distribution election (or deemed distribution election) with respect to his or her entire Extra Deferral Account after the initial Extra Deferral Election is made (or deemed made), to the extent permitted and in accordance with the conditions stated under subsection (F) below.
(B)Restoration Account
A Participant may elect the form and timing of distribution with regard to his or her Restoration Account as described below, subject to the cash-out rule in subsection (E) below.  This distribution election must be made at the same time the Participant makes his or her first Restoration Deferral Election or, if earlier, during the enrollment period immediately preceding the first year with respect to which the Participant receives a Company contribution to his or her Restoration Account.   Any election made as to the form and timing of distribution will apply to the Participant’s entire Restoration Account, including the Restoration True-Up Contributions and the Restoration SSP+ Company Contributions made for Plan Years prior to January 1, 2022, if any.  
If a Participant fails to make a timely election with regard to the timing of payment of his or her Restoration Account, then the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive payment in January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s Separation from Service (subject to subsection (H)).  If a Participant fails to make a timely election with regard to the form of payment of his or her Restoration Account, then the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive payment in a lump sum.
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A Participant may change a distribution election (or deemed distribution election) with respect to his or her entire Restoration Account after the initial Restoration Deferral Election is made (or deemed made), to the extent permitted and in accordance with the conditions stated under subsection (F) below.
(C)Executive Benefit Account 
No initial distribution elections are permitted or required with regard to a Participant’s Executive Benefit Account, to which is credited Company Non-Elective Contributions, Executive SSP+ Company Contributions and DC SERP Contributions. Rather, a Participant is deemed to have elected to receive his or her Executive Benefit Account in a lump sum, payable in January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service (subject to subsection (H)).
A Participant may change his or her deemed distribution election with respect to his or her Executive Benefit Account to the extent permitted and in accordance with the conditions stated under subsection (F) below.
(D)Timing and Form of Distribution
(i)Lump Sum Distribution
The lump sum distribution option is a single lump sum payment that will be made in the later of:  (i) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service, or (ii) January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s attainment of a specified age (subject to subsection (E) below), as elected by the Participant under this Section 6.1 (in each case subject to subsection (H) below).  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (H) below, the amount of such distribution will equal the value of the Participant’s Account as of the first business day of January of the Plan Year of payment (or such other distribution valuation date as is specified by the Administrator), and no additional interest or earnings will be credited thereafter.
(ii)    Installment Payment
The installment payment option is a series of annual installment payments for a period between 2 and 15 years, as elected by the Participant under this Section 6.1.  Annual installment payments, if elected, will begin in the later of:  (i) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service, or (ii) January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s attainment of a specified age (subject to (E) below), as elected by the Participant under this Section 6.1 (in each case subject to subsection (H) below).  Payments will continue to be made each January thereafter until the full amount of the benefit has been paid.
The amount payable to the Participant each year shall be computed by dividing the balance in the Account (or the applicable portion of the Account) as of the first business day of January of the Plan Year in which payment is to be made (or such other distribution valuation date as is specified by the Administrator) by the number of years remaining in the distribution period.  No additional earnings or interest will be credited to a Participant’s account with respect to an installment payment after the valuation date used to determine the amount of such payment.  See 
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Section 6.1(E) below for application of the cash-out rule to installment payments.
(E)Cash-outs
Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the six-month delay in payment for Specified Employees under subsection (H), if a Participant has elected to receive installments and his or her remaining Account balance is $10,000 or less upon any scheduled payment date (excluding the balance of the DCP Account), the entire remaining balance will be paid as one final installment payment at that time.  
(F)Changes to Distribution Election or Deemed Election
A Participant may change a distribution election (or deemed election) after the initial distribution election becomes effective (or deemed effective) only once with regard to each of the following subaccounts:  the Participant’s Restoration Account, Executive Benefit Account, Extra Deferral Account, and DCP Account (Deferrals) and DCP Account (Match).
Such election must change the time of payment (consistent with the requirement of clause (iii) below) and may change the form of payment (from lump sum to installments, or vice versa).  Subject to the following paragraph, such election may be made at any time and need not be made during an annual enrollment period. If an election change is made by an Eligible Employee during the annual enrollment period, it can be changed during such period and the last change on file (if any) as of the end of the annual enrollment period will be irrevocable.  If the election change is made by an Eligible Employee outside of the annual enrollment period or at any time by a Participant who is not an Eligible Employee, such election change will be irrevocable when made.  
To the extent any such changes would defer commencement of any portion of the Participant’s Restoration Account, Executive Benefit Account, Extra Deferral Account or DCP Account beyond both age 701⁄2 and Separation from Service, the changes will not be effective.
(i)A new distribution election must be submitted in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Administrator at least 12 months before the existing scheduled distribution date under the applicable subaccount.
(ii)The revised distribution election must not take effect for at least 12 months after it is made.
(iii)The new distribution election must provide for an additional deferral period of at least 5 years beyond the original distribution date.
In no event can installment payments be changed or revoked once they have begun.  In all cases, payments will be made in January (subject to subsection (H)).
(G)Distributions At Age 701⁄2
Payment of benefits under this Plan will begin no later than the first January following the calendar year in which the Participant both attains (or would have attained) age 701⁄2 and is Separated from Service.  Payment of benefits for Participants actively employed beyond age 701⁄2 will begin no later than the first 
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January following the calendar year in which the Participant Separates from Service.  Subject to subsection (D), any election made by a Participant to the contrary will not be effective.
(H)Specified Employees
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this Article VI, a Specified Employee will not receive any distribution under this Plan during the six-month period immediately following his or her Separation from Service.
Subject to subsection (F) above, the Account of a Specified Employee will be distributed in the form elected (or deemed elected) under subsection (A), (B), or (C) above, as applicable.  This distribution will be made or commence as of the latest of:
(1)the time elected (or deemed elected) under subsection (A), (B), or (C), as applicable,
(2)the month following completion of the six-month waiting period (for Specified Employees who Separate from Service between July 1 and December 31), and
(3)January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service (for Specified Employees who Separate from Service between January 1 and June 30).
If a Participant has elected installments, subsequent installment payments will be made in January of each successive year until the Account is exhausted.
For payments occurring other than in January, the amount of the distribution will be determined based on the value of the Participant’s Account as of the first business day of the month that payment will be made (or such other distribution valuation date as is specified by the Administrator).  No additional earnings or interest will be credited to a Participant’s account with respect to a payment after the valuation date used to determine the amount of such payment.
In the event of a Specified Employee’s death during the six-month waiting period, the waiting period will cease to apply.  The Specified Employee’s benefits will be distributed in accordance with Section 6.2 (Death Benefits) below.
(I)Distribution Due to Unforeseeable Emergency
A Participant or Beneficiary may elect to receive a distribution of all or a portion of his or her Extra Deferral Account, DCP Account, Restoration Account, and his or her Executive SSP+ Company Contribution Account immediately, regardless of whether benefit payments have commenced, to the extent that the Participant or Beneficiary incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency.  A Participant or Beneficiary may not receive a distribution of his or her DC SERP Account solely in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, even if fully vested.
The amount of the distribution will be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need, including any taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution, as determined by the Administrator.
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6.2Death Benefits
If a Participant dies before his or her entire Account has been distributed, the remaining balance will be distributed to his or her Beneficiary in accordance with the Participant’s election or deemed election as to form and timing filed with the Administrator with regard to such Account(s).  Distributions to the Beneficiary will be made at the same time (or as soon as practicable following the Company’s receipt of a notice of the Participant’s death) and in the same form as the payment that otherwise would have been made to the Participant.  
If a Beneficiary dies after the Participant, but before receiving the payment of all amounts due hereunder, then the unpaid amounts will be paid to the individual(s) designated (in accordance with the rules established by the Administrator) by the Beneficiary as his or her beneficiary(ies), or if no such designation has been made (or if such individual(s) do(es) not survive to receive payment), then such unpaid amounts will be paid to the Beneficiary’s estate, in a single lump sum, as soon as practicable after the Beneficiary’s death.
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6.3Rehires and Authorized Periods of Absence/Reduced Level of Services
This Section 6.3 addresses the form and timing of payment for a Participant who is rehired by the Company following a Separation from Service, or who remains employed after a Separation from Service has occurred (for example, due to an extended Authorized Period of Absence or due to reduced level of services).
In the event that a Participant forfeits a nonvested DC SERP Account upon a Separation from Service, this benefit will not be restored upon rehire.  This rule applies regardless of whether the Participant satisfies the vesting criteria under Section 5.5 following rehire.
(A)After Commencing Benefits
This subsection (A) applies to a Participant who has received or begun receiving benefits under the Plan because he or she has experienced a Separation from Service and has attained the specified age (if applicable).
(i)Rehires.  Installment payments that commenced prior to the Participant’s rehire with respect to Participant Deferrals made and Company Contributions received before the Participant’s Separation from Service (“Old Account”) will not be suspended by reason of the Participant’s rehire.  This Old Account will continue to be paid until exhausted, without regard to the period of rehire.
Participant Deferrals made and Company Contributions received attributable to periods after the date of rehire (“New Account”) will remain subject to the Participant’s earlier distribution election or deemed election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 6.1(D) (subject to the change rules in Section 6.1(F)), without regard to any Separation from Service that occurred prior to rehire.  As a result, the New Account will be distributed in January following the Participant’s Separation from Service after rehire (subject to any 6-month delay for Specified Employees), in the form selected under the original distribution election or deemed election.  This is because the Participant already has attained the specified age under Section 6.1(D) but has not yet experienced a Separation from Service attributable to the New Account.
(ii)Authorized Period of Absence/Reduced Level of Services.  To the extent a Participant made additional Participant Deferrals or received additional Company Contributions while on an Authorized Period of Absence or during a period of a reduced level of services that constituted a Separation from Service under Code section 409A, such Participant Deferrals made and Company Contributions received (to the extent vested) will be distributed in January of the first Plan Year following the year in which they are made, in accordance with the Participant’s earlier distribution election or deemed election.  This is because the Participant has already satisfied the conditions for payment under Section 6.1(D); namely, he or she has attained the specified age and has experienced a Separation from Service attributable to such Participant Deferrals made and contributions received.
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(B)Before Commencing Benefits
This subsection (B) applies to a Participant who has not begun receiving benefits under the Plan.
(i)Rehires.  The rehired Participant’s Old Account, to the extent vested, will be distributed in accordance with the Participant’s earlier distribution election or deemed election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 6.1(D) (subject to the change rules in Section 6.1(F)).  This means that, for example, if the Participant’s original distribution election selected benefits in the form of a lump sum (or installments) payable in January following attainment of a specified age under Section 6.1(D), then the Participant’s Old Account (to the extent vested) will be payable as a lump sum (or installments, if so elected) in January following the year in which he or she attains the specified age, even if the Participant has not had a subsequent Separation from Service after rehire.  This result will not change in the event that the Participant attains the specified age after the initial Separation from Service, but is rehired before benefits actually begin.
The Participant’s New Account will remain subject to the Participant’s earlier distribution election or deemed election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 6.1(D) (subject to the change rules in Section 6.1(F)), without regard to any Separation from Service that occurred prior to rehire, as described in Section 6.3(A) above.  As a result, the New Account will be distributed either (i) in January following the Participant’s Separation from Service after rehire, or (ii) in January following both the Participant’s Separation from Service after rehire and after attainment of the specified age, in accordance with the original distribution election or deemed election.  This is because the Participant has not yet experienced a Separation from Service attributable to the New Account.
(ii)Authorized Period of Absence/Reduced Level of Services.  Any Participant Deferrals made or Company Contributions received during an Authorized Period of Absence or a period of a reduced level of services (to the extent vested) will be distributed in accordance with the Participant’s earlier distribution election or deemed election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 6.1(D) (subject to the change rules in Section 6.1(F)).  This means that, for example, if the Participant’s original distribution election selected benefits in the form of a lump sum (or installments) payable in January following attainment of a specified age under Section 6.1(D), then any Participant Deferrals made and contributions received during an Authorized Period of Absence or a period of a reduced level of services  will be payable as a lump sum (or installments, if so elected) in January following the year in which he or she attains the specified age.  
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This result will not change in the event that the Participant attains the specified age while on an Authorized Period of Absence or during a period of a reduced level of services, but resumes (or increases his or her level of) services before benefits actually begin.

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ARTICLE VII
Accounts
7.1Participant Accounts
The Administrator will establish and maintain an Account for each Participant, for each period of employment.  Solely for this purpose, a period of employment will be treated as commencing upon a Participant’s eligibility for the Plan (following hire or rehire as applicable) and ending with his or her Separation from Service.
Each Account will be credited with Participant Deferrals and Company Contributions for the relevant period of employment, as well as Earnings Credits described in Section 7.2 below.  Each Account will be reduced as payments are made.
In connection with the January 1, 2019 amendment and restatement of the Plan, there was a one-time transfer of certain Restoration Benefit sub-accounts of certain participants from the Plan to The Boeing Company Supplemental Savings Plan (the “SSP”) such that the opening account balances of such participants in the SSP on January 1, 2019 was equal to the closing balance of such participants’ Restoration Accounts in the Plan on December 31, 2018.  The affected participants were: (A) each Employee (as defined in the SSP) who was an Eligible Employee (as defined in the SSP) on January 1, 2019, and was a participant in the Restoration Benefit of the Plan prior to 2019 and (B) each other current or former Employee (as defined in the SSP) who was not as of January 1, 2019 and had never been on the E-Series Payroll (as such term is defined in the Plan). 
7.2Earnings Credits
A Participant’s Account(s) will be credited, at the Participant’s (or, if applicable, Beneficiary’s) election, with earnings under one or more of the following, as the individual elects and subject to any rules or limitations as may be imposed by the Administrator:  (i) the Interest Fund method, (ii) the Boeing Stock Fund method, or (iii) the Other Investment Funds method, each as described below.  In the absence of an election the Interest Fund method will be used.  
(A)Interest Fund Method
Under this method, a Participant’s Interest Fund method sub-account shall be adjusted daily in accordance with changes in the unit value of the sub-account to reflect interest, based on the Participant’s sub-account balance.
Interest will be calculated for each Plan Year as the mean between the high and low (during the first eleven months of the preceding Plan Year) of yields on AA-rated industrial bonds as reported by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., rounded to the nearest 1⁄4th of one percent.  Participants will be notified annually of the established interest rate.
(B)Boeing Stock Fund Method
Under this method, a Participant’s Boeing Stock Fund sub-account shall be credited with the number of shares of the common stock of The Boeing Company that could be purchased with the amount credited to such sub-account, based on the Fair Market Value of the common stock of The Boeing Company on the day the sub-account is so credited (or on the next business day on which the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open, if the Exchange is closed on the 
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day the sub-account is credited) excluding commissions, taxes, and other charges.  Such number shall be recorded as stock units in the Participant’s sub-account, for bookkeeping purposes only.  For purposes of the Plan, “Fair Market Value” means the closing price for the common stock of The Boeing Company as reported for the “New York Stock Exchange - Composite Transactions” for a single trading day.  The number of stock units in a sub-account shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, and other like adjustments in the common stock of The Boeing Company.
Each Participant’s Boeing Stock Fund sub-account periodically shall be credited with the number of shares of the common stock of The Boeing Company that could be purchased, as set forth in the preceding paragraph, with an amount equal to the cash dividends that would be payable on the number of shares of the common stock of The Boeing Company that equals the number of stock units in a Participant’s sub-account.  The timing and methodology will mirror the Boeing 401(k) dividend process.  Participants will be notified annually of the number of stock units, and the dividend equivalents, credited to their sub-account.
(C)Other Investment Funds Method
Under this method, a Participant may choose to diversify his or her Other Investment Funds sub-account by electing that it be credited (or charged) with the expenses, income, gains and losses on investment funds similar to those offered under the Boeing 401(k) (excluding the Boeing Stock Fund and Stable Value Fund offered thereunder) as designated by the Administrator from time to time, pursuant to an election by the Participant to have the Participant’s sub-account credited as though the Participant had elected to invest in such funds in such increments as the Participant will direct in accordance with rules established by the Administrator or its delegates; provided that the Administrator may disregard such elections in its discretion.
Earnings credits to a Participant’s Account(s) may be subject to valuation adjustments in accordance with the procedures established by the Administrator; provided, in no event will the portion of a Participant’s Account(s) that has been distributed as of the time a valuation adjustment is made be subject to such valuation adjustment.
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7.3Investment Election Changes and Restrictions
A Participant may change how future additions to his or her Account(s) are deemed invested anytime during the Plan Year subject to the Administrator’s rules and restrictions.  The Participant may also transfer any portion of his or her sub-accounts from one investment fund to another on a daily basis, provided that a Participant may not transfer funds from one investment fund to another and back on the same day.
In addition, transfers cannot be made into the Boeing Stock Fund for 30 calendar days after transferring funds out of the Boeing Stock Fund.  This restriction applies regardless of the number of units or the dollar value of the transfer.  However, the Participant may continue to direct future additions into the Boeing Stock Fund and make transfers out of this investment fund at any time, subject to insider trading rules.
7.4Missing Participants and Improper Credits
A Participant’s Account may be forfeited or reduced upon the occurrence of one of the following events, even if 100% vested:
(A)The Administrator is unable to locate a Participant or Beneficiary to distribute amounts from his or her Account (a “missing participant”).
(B)The Administrator recaptures amounts improperly credited to a Participant’s Account.
See also Section 10.2 regarding anti-assignment and Section 10.3 regarding the unfunded nature of this Plan.
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ARTICLE VIII
Administration
8.1Plan Administration
The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator.  The Administrator shall make such rules, interpretations, determinations of fact and computations as it may deem appropriate, including (without limitation) requiring the use of an electronic or telephonic system for purposes of Participant elections and designations.  Any decision of the Administrator with respect to the Plan, including (without limitation) any determination of eligibility to participate in the Plan and any calculation of Plan benefits, shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.  The Administrator shall submit to the Compensation Committee periodic reports covering the operation of the Plan.
8.2Claims Procedure
The procedures for making claims for benefits under the Plan and for having the denial of a benefits claim reviewed shall be the same as those procedures set forth in the Boeing 401(k), provided that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors shall be substituted for the Administrator thereunder for purposes of the review of claims and appeals with respect to benefits under the Plan for elected officers of the Company (other than determinations related to potential forfeiture or reimbursement of benefits under Sections 5.5 or 5.7 of the Plan, which such determinations shall be made by the Administrator).
See Section 10.8 regarding limitations on subsequent legal action.
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ARTICLE IX
Amendment and Termination
The Board of Directors, the Compensation Committee, the Administrator, and their respective delegate or delegates shall each have the authority to amend the Plan at any time, including, but not limited to, the authority to adopt amendments to combine or transfer all or part of the Plan with or to other plans maintained by the Controlled Group (including a termination of the Plan for that purpose) or to change the timing of eligibility for participation in the Plan; provided, however, that the Compensation Committee shall have the exclusive authority to adopt any amendments or make any other changes to the Plan that change the rate or amount of Company-provided benefits for employees on the E-Series Payroll.  The Board of Directors shall have the authority to terminate the Plan at any time.  
In the event of Plan amendment or termination, a Participant’s benefits under the Plan shall not be less than the Plan benefits to which the Participant would be entitled if the Participant had terminated employment immediately prior to such amendment or termination of the Plan, increased or decreased by any Earnings Credits attributable to periods on or after the effective date of such amendment or termination.
In general, upon the termination of the Plan with respect to any Participant, the affected Participants will not be entitled to receive a distribution until the time specified in Article VI.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Boeing Company may, in its discretion, terminate the entire Plan and pay each Participant a single lump-sum distribution of his or her entire accrued benefit to the extent permitted under conditions set forth in Code section 409A and any IRS or Treasury guidance thereunder.
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ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
10.1No Employment Rights
Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any person any right to remain in the employ of the Company or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, or affect any right of the Company or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, to terminate a person’s employment with or without cause.
10.2Anti-Assignment
No benefit under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, charge, execution, attachment, garnishment, or any other legal process.  Any attempt to take such action shall be void and shall authorize the Administrator, in its sole and absolute discretion, to forfeit all further right and interest in any benefit under this Plan.  In addition, a Participant’s Account may be reduced by the amount of any tax obligation paid by the Company or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, on behalf of a Participant, Beneficiary, or any other person, if such individual fails to reimburse the Company or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, for such obligation.
10.3Unfunded Status of Plan
No funds shall be segregated or earmarked for or in the Account of any current or former Participant, Beneficiary or other person under the Plan.  However, the Company or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, may establish one or more trusts to assist in meeting its obligations under the Plan, the assets of which shall be subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Company or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable.  No current or former Participant, Beneficiary or other person, individually or as a member of a group, shall have any right, title or interest in any account, fund, grantor trust, or any asset that may be acquired by the Company or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, in respect of its obligations under the Plan (other than as a general creditor of the Company or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, with an unsecured claim against its general assets).
10.4Delays or Acceleration in Payment
Payment of benefits under this Plan may be delayed or accelerated to the extent permitted by Code section 409A, as determined by the Administrator.
10.5Involuntary Inclusion in Income
If a determination is made that the Account of any Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) is subject to current income taxation under Code section 409A, then the taxable portion of such Account will be immediately distributed to the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary), notwithstanding the general timing rules otherwise described herein.
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10.6Compliance with Code Section 409A
It is intended that amounts deferred under this Plan will not be taxable under Code section 409A with respect to any individual.  All provisions of this Plan shall be construed in a manner consistent with this intent.
10.7Construction
The validity of the Plan or any of its provisions will be determined under and will be construed according to federal law and, to the extent permissible, according to the internal laws of the state of Illinois.  If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, such determination will not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been included.
10.8Legal Action
No legal action may be brought in court on a claim for benefits under the Plan after 180 days following the decision on appeal (or 180 days following the expiration of the time to make an appeal decision if no appeal is made).  The Plan, all benefits awarded thereunder, and all determinations and other actions with respect thereto, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States.  Participants irrevocably consent to the nonexclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal and state courts located in the State of Illinois, Cook County.
10.9Tax Withholding
The Company, or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, has the right to deduct any federal, state, local or foreign taxes that are required to be withheld from any payments made hereunder.  In addition, if prior to the date of payment of any amount hereunder, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax imposed under Code Sections 3101, 3121(a) and 3121(v)(2), where applicable, becomes due, then the Company, or other member of the Controlled Group, as applicable, shall have the right to deduct such tax from any other payments made to the Participant or direct that the Participant’s Account be reduced by the amount needed to pay the Participant’s portion of such tax, plus an amount equal to the withholding taxes due under federal, state or local law resulting from the payment of such FICA tax, and an additional amount to pay the additional income tax at source on wages attributable to the pyramiding of the Code section 3401 wages and taxes, but no greater than the aggregate of the FICA tax amount and the income tax withholding related to such FICA tax amount.  Each Participant shall be responsible for the payment of all individual tax liabilities relating to any benefits under the Plan that exceed the amounts withheld.
10.10Liability for Benefit Payments
The obligation to pay or provide for payment of a benefit hereunder to any Participant or Beneficiary shall be the sole and exclusive liability and responsibility of the employer which employed the Participant during the period which contributions were made, unless another entity has specifically assumed such liability.  No other affiliate or subsidiary of such employer shall be liable or responsible for such payment, and nothing in the Plan shall be construed as creating or imposing any joint or shared liability for any such payment.  The fact that a company other than the employer actually makes one or more payments to a Participant or Beneficiary shall not be deemed a waiver of this provision; 
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rather, any such payment shall be deemed to have been made on behalf of and for the account of the employer.
10.11Recovery of Plan Overpayments
The Plan shall have the right to offset from any future benefit payments due hereunder to (or with respect to) such individual the amount of such excess in such manner as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion or, if such offset is not possible, the Administrator may undertake such actions as it deems reasonable to recover the excess.
10.12Notice
Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given under the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to (a) The Boeing Company’s headquarters, with attention to the Secretary of the Company, if the notice or filing is to be made to the Administrator or the Company or (b) the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s address on file with the Company, if the notice or filing is to be made to such individual.  Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery, or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.
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APPENDIX A
List of Excluded Entities

[Reserved.]

This Appendix A may be updated by the Administrator from time to time without the need for a formal amendment to the Plan.
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APPENDIX B
Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company
The provisions of this Appendix B apply to DCP Accounts and individuals who were participants in the DCP as of December 31, 2021.  In the event of a conflict between this Appendix B and the other provisions of the Plan, the provisions in this Appendix B shall control.
No DCP Deferrals were made to the DCP with respect to Base Pay earned and paid on and after January 1, 2019, Annual Incentive Awards with performance periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019, or Performance Awards with grant dates on or after January 1, 2019.  
Effective with respect to amounts deferred on or after January 1, 2006 (including amounts for which Deferral Elections were made prior to January 1, 2006) the Company no longer provided any DCP Matching Contributions on any DCP Deferrals into a Boeing Stock Fund account; provided that in the case of DCP Deferrals that were the subject of a deferral election into a Boeing Stock Fund account made prior to January 1, 2005, the Company continued to match such DCP Deferrals of Boeing Stock Units and Performance Share Awards that are not yet vested (upon vesting) and such DCP Deferrals of 2005 Annual Incentive Awards that were paid in 2006.  To the extent that the Company previously a DCP Matching Contribution with respect to all or part of any amounts previously deferred under the DCP, each such DCP Matching Contribution was deferred together with the Deferral to which it relates, and is subject to all of the Participant elections (including default elections) with respect to such Deferral.
1.Forfeiture and Reinstatement of Matching Contributions
(A)Any DCP Matching Contribution shall be canceled and forfeited if the Participant Separates from Service for any reason other than retirement under a retirement plan sponsored by the Company, disability as determined by the Company, layoff, or death.  The forfeited DCP Matching Contribution (and any Earnings Credits that would have accrued but for the forfeiture) will be reinstated upon rehire, only where (i) the Participant’s Separation from Service occurred while the Participant was on an Authorized Period of Absence or due to a reasonably anticipated permanent reduction in the level of services performed by the Participant to less than 50 percent of the average level of services performed by the Participant during the immediately preceding 36-month period, and (ii) the Participant’s Separation from Service was deemed a Separation from Service under Code section 409A or the terms of this Plan (i.e., the Participant did not incur a termination of employment with the Controlled Group).  
(B)Reinstatement of the Participant’s forfeited benefits will occur upon (i) return to active employment with the Company within the Authorized Period of Absence, (ii) termination of the Authorized Period of Absence or period of a reduced level of services due to retirement under a plan sponsored by the Company, disability as determined by the Company, layoff or death, or (iii) the Participant’s return to active employment at a level of services that is 50 percent or more of the average level of services performed by the Participant prior to his or her prior deemed Separation from Service due to a reduction in services.  Such reinstated benefits will remain subject to the forfeiture provisions of the first sentence of section 1(A) the payment timing rules under Section 3(A) hereof.
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2.DCP Deferrals Eligible for Diversification  
The following DCP Deferrals are eligible for investment diversification:
(A)DCP Deferrals of Base Pay (once earned);
(B)DCP Deferrals of cash Annual Incentive Awards (once earned);
(C)Vested Boeing Stock Unit (BSU) DCP Deferrals;
(D)Unvested BSU DCP Deferrals (once vested);
(E)Performance Share DCP Deferrals that were vested as of December 31, 2005;
(F)In the case of a Participant whose termination of employment occurred on or before December 31, 2005, any DCP Matching Contributions credited to the Participant’s Accounts on or before January 3, 2006 (the next business day the Exchange is open); and
(G)Performance Awards.
Performance Shares that were unvested as of December 31, 2005, and deferred into the Boeing Stock Fund account shall not be eligible for diversification, even upon vesting.  DCP Matching contributions (except as described in (F) above) also shall not be eligible for diversification.  Amounts eligible for diversification are sometimes referred to as “transferable amounts” and amounts not eligible for diversification are sometimes referred to as “nontransferable amounts.”
3.Form and Timing of Distribution.
(A)General Rule
A Participant in the DCP was permitted to elect the form and timing of distribution with regard to his or her entire Account as described in subsections 6.1(D)(i) and 6.1(D)(ii).  This distribution election was required to be made at the same time the Participant made his or her Deferral Election.
In the event that no distribution option was elected, the Participant is deemed to have elected to receive a single lump sum payable in January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s Separation from Service.
(B)Changes to Distribution Election
A Participant may change a distribution election with regard to his or her entire Account only to the extent permitted by Section 6.1(F) of the Plan.
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(C)Separate Election for Matching Contributions
Notwithstanding the foregoing subsections (A) and (B), Participants who terminate employment on or after January 1, 2006, were permitted to make a separate election under subsection (A) above as to the time and form of distribution of (i) the Participant’s Company Matching Contributions and (ii) the balance of the Participant’s Plan Account.  Such a Participant may also make a separate one-time distribution election change under subsection (B) above with respect to each such separate election under this subsection (C).
(D)Separate Election for Annual Installments
If a Participant makes a separate election under subsection (C)(ii) above to receive the balance of the Participant’s DCP Account in annual installment payments, the Participant may further elect to receive either:
(i)The Participant’s nontransferable Performance Shares (Performance Shares that vested or vest after December 31, 2005, that are deferred into the Boeing Stock Fund), first, or
(ii)A prorated payment of all the funds in the Participant’s Account each year.
(E)Distributions At Age 70 1⁄2
See Section 6.1(G) of the Plan.
(F)Specified Employees
See Section 6.1(H) of the Plan.
(G)Distribution Due to Unforeseeable Emergency
See Section 6.1(I) of the Plan.
(H)    Death Benefits
If a Participant only has a DCP Account under this Plan, then the Participant’s beneficiary designation made under the DCP prior to January 1, 2022 will apply hereunder, unless and until changed by the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan.  If a Participant has both a DCP Account and another Account under the Plan, then the Participant’s beneficiary designation under the DCP will become null and void as of January 1, 2022, and such Participant who wishes to designate a Beneficiary must make a new beneficiary designation in accordance with the terms of the Plan. 
4.Rehires
See Section 6.3 of the Plan.
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