FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): May 13, 2004

 

RAYTHEON COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   1-13699   95-1778500
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

870 Winter Street

Waltham, Massachusetts

  02451
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 522-3000


Item 7(c)    Exhibits

 

The following Exhibit is furnished as part of Item 9 of this report:

 

99.1    Press release dated May 13, 2004 issued by Raytheon Company

 

Item 9    Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On May 13, 2004, Raytheon Company issued a press release announcing an agreement to settle “In re Raytheon Securities Litigation,” a securities class action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: May 13, 2004

 

RAYTHEON COMPANY
By:   /s/    JAY B. STEPHENS        
   
   

Jay B. Stephens

Senior Vice President and

General Counsel

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description


99.1    Press release dated May 13, 2004 issued by Raytheon Company