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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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Textron Inc.	

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        Due to vendor error the headings for the S&P 500 and Peer Group in the legend and table of the Performance Graph were reversed. The corrected Performance Graph is set forth below.
 
 PERFORMANCE GRAPH
        Set forth below is a stock performance graph which shows the change in market value of $100 invested on December 31, 1999, in Textron common stock, Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index and a peer group index. The cumulative total shareholder return assumes dividends are reinvested. Textron is a global, multi-industry company with operations in five business segments — Bell, Cessna, Fastening Systems, Industrial and Finance. The peer group consists of 17 companies in comparable industries in the following Standard & Poor's 500 price index industry groups: aerospace/defense — The Boeing Company, General Dynamics Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation and Northrop Grumman Corporation; auto parts & equipment — ITT Industries, Inc.; defense electronics — Raytheon Company; diversified machinery — Dover Corporation; diversified manufacturing — Crane Co., Honeywell International, Inc., Illinois Tool Works Inc., Johnson Controls Inc., Tyco International LTD. and United Technologies Corporation; electrical equipment — Rockwell International Company; specialized manufacturing — Millipore Corporation, Pall Corp. and Parker Hannifin Corp. The companies in the indices are weighted by market capitalization.

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Textron Inc.	 	$	100.00	 	$	62.16	 	$	56.89	 	$	60.78	 	$	83.38	 	$	110.20	
Peer Group	 	$	100.00	 	$	123.48	 	$	113.43	 	$	82.62	 	$	109.84	 	$	130.24	
S&P 500	 	$	100.00	 	$	90.89	 	$	80.09	 	$	62.39	 	$	80.29	 	$	89.02	
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