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accession: "0000012927-23-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BA"
cik: "0000012927"
company_name: "BOEING CO"
filed_at: "2023-04-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T03:30:32.161028+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Boeing amends by-laws to specify exclusive forum for certain disputes

## Summary
- Amended Article VII, Section 4 of By-Laws on April 5, 2023.
- Exclusive forum: Delaware state courts; if no jurisdiction, federal district courts for DE or Eastern District VA.
- Applies to derivative actions, fiduciary duty claims, and other intra-corporate disputes.
- Amendment effective immediately; full By-Laws filed as Exhibit 3.2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000012927-23-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BA
- cik: 0000012927
- company_name: BOEING CO
- filed_at: 2023-04-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292723000017/0000012927-23-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292723000017/ba-20230405.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-23-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  BOEING CO: Amended Article VII, Section 4 of By-Laws to specify exclusive forum for disputes if Court of Chancery lacks jurisdiction (effective 2023-04-05).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-04-05
  source text: On April 5, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of The Boeing Company (the "Company") amended Article VII, Section 4, Forum for Adjudication of Disputes, of the Company’s By-Laws (the “By-Laws”) to specify that if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, another state court located in the State of Delaware or, if no state court located in the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware or the federal district court for the Eastern District of Virginia shall be the sole and exclusive forum for resolving certain actions that may affect the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292723000017/0000012927-23-000017-index.htm

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