Filed by United Technologies Corporation
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Raytheon Company
Commission File No. 001-13699
Date: June 11, 2019
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June 10, 2019
Dear ,
By now, you have likely heard that United Technologies intends to merge with the Raytheon Company through a merger-of-equals that will create
Raytheon Technologies Corporation. This merger is about building a balanced aerospace and defense company to deliver the innovative, connected solutions that will address our customers’ most complex challenges for the future.
As this announcement is only the first step in the process, there are no immediate changes or impacts to you. The Collins Aerospace team who
support you today will remain the same as well as our commitment to stay on track and to continuously improve upon our delivery of industry-leading quality products, services and solutions to you every day.
We expect the merger with Raytheon to close in the first half of 2020, following the completion of United Technologies’ portfolio separation,
which remains on track. As the process to close the deal evolves, we will keep you informed of any changes when we have the information.
We’re truly excited about the future and how together, we will redefine aerospace.
Thank you for being a valued customer.
Sincerely,
Kelly Ortberg
Chief Executive Officer
Collins Aerospace
Cautionary Statement
This communication contains statements which, to the extent they are not statements of historical or present fact, constitute
“forward-looking statements” under the securities laws. From time to time, oral or written forward-looking statements may also be included in other information released to the public. These forward-looking statements are intended to provide
Raytheon Company’s and United Technologies’ respective management’s current expectations or plans for our future operating and financial performance, based on assumptions currently believed to be valid. Forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “expectations,” “plans,” “strategy,” “prospects,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “anticipate,” “will,” “should,” “see,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “confident,” “on track” and other words
of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements relating to future sales, earnings, cash flow, results of operations, uses of cash, share repurchases, tax rates, R&D spend, other measures of
financial performance, potential future plans, strategies or transactions, credit ratings and net indebtedness, other anticipated benefits of the proposed merger or the spin-offs by United Technologies of Otis and Carrier into separate
independent companies (the “separation transactions”), including estimated synergies and customer cost savings resulting from the proposed merger, the expected timing of completion of the proposed merger and the separation transactions,
estimated costs associated with such transactions and other statements that are not historical facts. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such risks,
uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies
and Raytheon Company operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in
construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters, the financial condition of our customers and suppliers, and the risks associated with U.S. government sales (including changes or shifts in defense spending due to budgetary constraints,
spending cuts resulting from sequestration, a government shutdown, or otherwise, and uncertain funding of programs); (2) challenges in the development,
production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits (including our expected returns under customer contracts) of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of the proposed merger and the separation transactions and other merger, acquisition and divestiture activity, including among other things the
integration of or with other businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation and incurrence of related costs and expenses; (4) future
levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness that may be incurred in connection with the proposed merger and the separation transactions, and capital spending and research and development spending; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases
by the companies of their respective common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed
merger; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer-directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof (including the potential termination of U.S. government contracts and performance under undefinitized
contract awards and the potential inability to recover termination costs); (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) the ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies, Raytheon Company and the businesses of each operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the
U.K.’s pending withdrawal from the European Union, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the
effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory and other laws and regulations (including, among other things,
export and import requirements such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations, anti-bribery and anti-corruption requirements, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, industrial cooperation
agreement obligations, and procurement and other regulations) in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies, Raytheon Company and the businesses
of each operate; (17) negative effects of the announcement or pendency of the proposed merger or the separation transactions on the market price of United
Technologies’ and/or Raytheon Company’s respective common stock and/or on their respective financial performance; (18) the ability of the parties to receive the
required regulatory approvals for the proposed merger (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the transaction) and approvals of
United Technologies’ shareowners and Raytheon Company’s shareholders and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the merger on a timely basis or at all; (19) the
occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of the parties to terminate the merger agreement; (20) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies’ shares to be issued in the proposed merger, significant transaction costs and/or unknown liabilities; (21) the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the proposed merger cannot be realized in full or at all or may take longer to realize than expected, including risks associated
with third party contracts containing consent and/or other provisions that may be triggered by the proposed transaction; (22) risks associated with
transaction-related litigation; (23) the possibility that costs or difficulties related to the integration of United Technologies’ and Raytheon Company’s
operations will be greater than expected; (24) risks relating to completed merger, acquisition and divestiture activity, including United Technologies’
integration of Rockwell Collins, including the risk that the integration may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected or may not result in the achievement of estimated synergies within the contemplated time frame or at all;
(25) the ability of each of Raytheon Company, United Technologies, the
companies resulting from the separation transactions and the combined company to retain and hire key personnel; (26) the expected benefits and timing of the
separation transactions, and the risk that conditions to the separation transactions will not be satisfied and/or that the separation transactions will not be completed within the expected time frame, on the expected terms or at all; (27) the intended qualification of (i) the merger as a tax-free reorganization and (ii) the separation transactions as tax-free to United Technologies and United
Technologies’ shareowners, in each case, for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (28) the possibility that any opinions, consents, approvals or rulings required in connection with the separation transactions will not be received or obtained within the expected time frame, on the expected terms or at all; (29) expected financing transactions undertaken in connection with the proposed merger and the separation transactions and risks associated with additional
indebtedness; (30) the risk that dissynergy costs, costs of restructuring
transactions and other costs incurred in connection with the separation transactions will exceed United Technologies’ estimates; and (31) the impact of the
proposed merger and the separation transactions on the respective businesses of Raytheon Company and United Technologies and the risk that the separation transactions may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected, including the
impact on United Technologies’ resources, systems, procedures and controls, diversion of its management’s attention and the impact on relationships with customers, suppliers, employees and other business counterparties. There can be no
assurance that the proposed merger, the separation transactions or any other transaction described above will in fact be consummated in the manner described or at all. For additional information on identifying factors that may cause actual
results to vary materially from those stated in forward-looking statements, see the reports of United Technologies and Raytheon Company on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
from time to time. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and United Technologies and Raytheon Company assume no obligation to update or revise such statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
Additional Information
In connection with the proposed merger, United Technologies will file a registration statement on Form S-4, which will include a document
that serves as a prospectus of United Technologies and a joint proxy statement of United Technologies and Raytheon Company (the “joint proxy statement/prospectus”), and each party will file other documents regarding the proposed merger with the
SEC. In addition, in connection with the separation transactions, subsidiaries of United Technologies will file registration statements on Form 10 or S-1. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND
OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. A definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to United Technologies’ shareowners and Raytheon Company’s
shareholders. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain the registration statements and the joint proxy statement/prospectus free of charge from the SEC’s website or from United Technologies or Raytheon Company. The documents filed
by United Technologies with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at United Technologies’ website at www.utc.com or at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from United Technologies by requesting
them by mail at UTC Corporate Secretary, 10 Farm Springs Road, Farmington, CT, 06032, by telephone at 1-860-728-7870 or by email at corpsec@corphq.utc.com. The documents filed by Raytheon Company with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at
Raytheon Company’s website at www.raytheon.com or at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge from Raytheon Company by requesting them by mail at Raytheon Company, Investor Relations, 870 Winter
Street, Waltham, MA, 02541, by telephone at 1-781-522-5123 or by email at invest@raytheon.com.
Participants in the Solicitation
United Technologies and Raytheon Company and their respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees
may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed merger. Information about United Technologies’ directors and executive officers is available in United Technologies’ proxy statement dated March 18,
2019, for its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareowners. Information about Raytheon Company’s directors and executive officers is available in Raytheon Company’s proxy statement dated April 16, 2019, for its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Other
information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials
to be filed with the SEC regarding the transaction when they become available. Investors should read the joint proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free
copies of these documents from United Technologies or Raytheon Company as indicated above.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale
of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of
a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.