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BOEING
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Registrant) United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 99R
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SHAREHOLDER ALERT
UFCW 99R
2401 N. Central Ave., 2nd fl.
Phoenix AZ 85004
(602) 572-2149
Sent to shareholders: Feb. __, 1997
INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDER SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSAL FOR ANNUAL
ELECTION OF ALL DIRECTORS (BOARD DECLASSIFICATION)
at BOEING CORPORATION
Annual Stockholders Meeting
April 28, 1997
Seattle WA
Dear Fellow Boeing Shareholder:
We write to alert you to an upcoming vote on the proposal
made by shareholder Chevedden Family Trust
recommending the company declassify its board of directors (that
is, have all directors elected annually).
Boeing has a "classified" or "staggered" board, meaning each
year shareholders only get to vote on one-third of the seats on
the board.
Recently several companies have moved to declassify
their board, such as Mead Paper and Union Pacific. Shareholder
proposals recommending declassification received record support
in 1996. A majority of shareholders voting cast their ballots
against staggered boards at Alumax, General Instrument, Liz
Claiborne, Rowan and Stride Rite.
Many companies have annual election of all directors,
including Hewlett-Packard and U.S. Bancorp. Wayne Huizenga, co-
founder of Blockbuster and Waste Management (WMX), has the
following views on staggered boards, according to The Making of a
Blockbuster (by Business Week reporter Gail DeGeorge, 1996, at p.
211):
He didn't believe in staggered boards, golden parachutes,
poison pills, or any of the other anti-takeover remedies
adopted by U.S. corporations. "The best thing for
shareholders to if someone wants to come in and make a run
at the company, let them make a run. Run the price up,
that's what my job was * * * All these chairmen that want to
put this in place and that in place, they all want to save
their jobs. I don't care about my job.FN1
FN1: Neither Huizenga nor DeGeorge are participants in this
solicitation. They have not been consulted regarding this
quotation nor consented thereto.
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In our view, a director is more likely to be responsive to
shareholder interests if he or she must answer annually to the
shareholders rather than every third year.
Under a classified board, any takeover fully supported by
the shareholders would still take 3 years to fully accomplish,
because it would take 3 annual meetings to replace the whole
board. We believe that is unfair to shareholders.
VOTING PROCEDURE AND VOTING RIGHTS
The proposal will appear in the proxy statement and
proxy card you will be receiving soon from management. We
intend to circulate our own proxy card in support of the proposal
once management releases the information necessary for us to
prepare such a card (names of nominees for election, etc.).
You may revoke a proxy vote any time before the tally by
(1) executing a later proxy card; (2) appearing at the meeting to
vote, or (3) delivering the proxyholder or the Company's
secretary written notice of revocation prior to the date of the
meeting. We will keep the content of all cards we receive
confidential from everyone except our staff, except that at the
meeting our cards must be presented to the company's tabulator in
order to be counted.
SOLICITATION
The costs of this solicitation are being borne by United
Food & Commercial Workers Local 99R, which owns 25 shares of
company common stock. We expect to spend about $2000 on the
solicitation. We represent employees in the Arizona retail food
industry, and are in negotiations over a successor contract for
one Albertson's store. We are organizing other Albertson's stores
over management opposition in what we feel are improper forms.
Albertson's director John Fery is also a Boeing director. We do
not ask for your support in the labor dispute and do not believe
it relevant to how you should vote on a corporate governance
proposal. Even if these labor problems are resolved, we will
present your proxy cards at the shareholders meeting. We have
pursued and will pursue similar shareholder proposals at other
companies similarly connected to Albertson's.
RECORD DATE/SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION/ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Information on these subjects will be contained in
management's forthcoming proxy statement.
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL FOR ANNUAL ELECTION OF
ALL DIRECTORS (BOARD DECLASSIFICATION).
Sincerely,
William McDonough
President UFCW 99
