Felony Disclosure

0491-EX-PL-2013 Text Documents

Boeing Company, The

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Exhibit Summary of Boeing Felony Convictions Past Boeine: Convictions: The Boeing Company has pled guilty to felonies on two occasions. In November 1989, Boeing pled guilty in federal court to two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 641 and § 642 (unlawful conveyance). These convictions relate to the activity of a Boeing employee in its Washington D.C. office who improperly conveyed two government documents. In June 1982, Boeing pled guilty in federal court to forty counts of violating 18 V.S.C. §§ 1001 and 1002 (false statements). These convictions relate to false statements that Boeing made in applications to the Exim Bank as to whether payments were made to non regular agents in connection with sales of commercial aircraft. Past Rockwell Convictions .In December 1996, The Boeing Company completed the acquisition of the aerospaceunits of Rockwell International Corporation. The acquired units became a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, named Boeing North American, Inc. The acquired units had the following felony convictions, all of them prior to the acquisition. In March 1989, Rockwell pled guilty in federal court to one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 371 (conspiracy to commit a fraud against the United States), one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 401 (criminal contempt) and one count of violating 18 U.S.C § 1001 (false statements). These convictions arose out of activity by the Satellite and Space Electronics Division of Rockwell which was performing work under contracts for the United States government on the Global Positioning System program. The convictions were due to failure to disclose facts relating to a subcontract the disclosure of which were required by the Truth in Negotiations Act, and submission of false claims for payment under a Global Positioning System contract in violation of a prior court injunction. In March 1992, Rockwell agreedto plead guilty in federal court to five felony and five misdemeanorcounts of violating the ResourceConservationand RecoveryAct, 42 V.S.C. §§ 6901 ~~, andthe CleanWaterAct, 33 V.S.C. §§ 1251~ ~ Theseconvictionsaroseout of activity performed by Rockwell in managingthe Rocky Flats Nuclear WeaponsPlant under contractto the Departmentof Energy. In April 1996,Rockwell pled guilty in federalcourtto threecountsof violating 42 V.S.C. § 6928 (for unlawful storageand disposalof hazardouswaste). Theseconvictionsresultedfrom activity by employeesof the Rockwell Rocketdynedivision testsite in Simi Hills, California. Past McDonnell Douf!las Convictions: In August 1997, Boeing completed the acquisition of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing. McDonnell Douglas Corporation had the following felony convictions, all of them prior to the acquisition. In September1981,McDonnell Douglas Corporationpled guilty in federal court to five counts of violating 18 V.S.C. § 1001 (false statements),three countsof violating V.S.C. § 1341 (fraud by mail) and two countsof violating 18 V.S.C. § 1343(fraud by wire). Theseconvictionsrelate to false or incomplete statementsmade in Exim Bank filings concerning commission sales representativesusedin the saleof commercialaircraft in five countries.


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