Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-175886

 

September 14, 2011

 

Textron Inc.

 

$250,000,000 4.625% Notes due 2016 and $250,000,000 5.950% Notes due 2021

 

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

 

Textron Inc.

Security:

 

4.625% Notes due 2016

 

5.950% Notes due 2021

Size:

 

$250,000,000

 

$250,000,000

Maturity Date:

 

September 21, 2016

 

September 21, 2021

Coupon:

 

4.625%

 

5.950%

Interest Payment Dates:

 

March 21 and September 21, beginning March 21, 2012

 

March 21 and September 21, beginning March 21, 2012

Price to Public:

 

99.960%

 

99.695%

Benchmark Treasury:

 

1.000% due August 31, 2016

 

2.125% due August 15, 2021

Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:

 

100-18 ; 0.884%

 

101-06+ ; 1.991%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

 

375 bps

 

400 bps

Yield:

 

4.634%

 

5.991%

Make-Whole Call:

 

T + 50 bps

 

T + 50 bps (prior to June 21, 2021)

Par Call:

 

––

 

On or after June 21, 2021

Expected Settlement Date (T+5):*

 

September 21, 2011

 

September 21, 2011

CUSIP / ISIN:

 

883203BR1 / US883203BR10

 

883203BS9 / US883203BS92

Anticipated Ratings (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch):

 

Baa3/BBB-/BB+

 

Baa3/BBB-/BB+

Joint Book-Running Managers:

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Co-Managers:

 

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

 


*  It is expected that delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefore on or about September 21, 2011, which is the fifth business day following the date hereof. Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise.  Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes on the date hereof or the next succeeding business day will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+5, to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of notes who wish to trade notes on the date hereof or the next succeeding business day should consult their own advisor.

 

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.

 

You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1-877-858-5407; Goldman, Sachs & Co. at 1-866-471-2526; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 1-212-834-4533 (collect), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1- 800-294-1322 or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 1-866-718-1649.