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 29, 2020 (May 22, 2020)

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
001-00812
 
06-0570975
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

870 Winter Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

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

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company    ☐

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock ($1 par value)
 
RTX
 
New York Stock Exchange
(CUSIP 75513E 101)
       
2.150% Notes due 2030
 
RTX 30
 
New York Stock Exchange
(CUSIP 75513E AB7)
       

Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 22, 2020, Raytheon Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Employee Matters Agreement previously made by and among the Company, Carrier Global Corporation (“Carrier”) and Otis Worldwide Corporation (“Otis”), dated as of April 2, 2020 (the “Agreement”).  Pursuant to the Agreement, in connection with the completed separation on April 3, 2020 of United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”) into three independent, publicly-traded companies – the Company, Carrier and Otis (the “Separation”) – legacy UTC equity awards held by both Company employees and continuing Company non-employee directors that were unvested as of the date of the Separation and certain legacy UTC equity awards held by some former Company employees as of the date of the Separation (collectively, the “Concentrated Awards”) will be converted to continue to relate exclusively to Company common stock.  The Amendment provides that the post-Separation Company stock price used in the applicable conversion ratio for Concentrated Awards held by employees and former employees shall be the opening price on the date of the Separation, instead of the simple average of the volume-weighted average price during each of the fourth and fifth full trading sessions following the Separation (the price originally chosen in the Agreement).

The increase in the Company stock price in the week following the Separation caused material discontinuity between the pre-Separation UTC stock price and the post-Separation Company stock price originally chosen in the Agreement. The Company has the right under the Agreement to choose a different post-Separation Company stock price, solely with respect to Concentrated Awards, to address the impact of this discontinuity on these awards.  The Amendment was approved by a special committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, comprised solely of independent and disinterested directors and formed for the purpose of considering a potential amendment to the Agreement to address this issue.  The committee determined that the Amendment is in the best interests of the Company and its shareowners, is beneficial for employee retention and morale, preserves the Company’s ability to continue to treat employees and retirees fairly in the conversion process, and protects the Company’s reputation as a superior employer.  The agreement of Carrier and Otis would be required to choose a different post-Separation stock price with respect to any legacy UTC equity awards other than the Concentrated Awards.  The Company sought their agreement, but Carrier and Otis did not provide it.

The description set forth above is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

   
First Amendment to Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2020
 
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SIGNATURES

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.

 
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
     
Date: May 29, 2020
By:
/s/ Frank R. Jimenez
   
Name: Frank R. Jimenez
   
Title:  Executive Vice President and General Counsel


Exhibit 10.1


FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

This First Amendment (this “Amendment”) to the Employee Matters Agreement by and among Raytheon Technologies Corporation (formerly United Technologies Corporation) (“Parent”), Carrier Global Corporation (“Carrier”) and Otis Worldwide Corporation (“Otis”) dated as of April 2, 2020 (the “EMA”) is entered into as of May 22, 2020.

WHEREAS, Parent, Carrier and Otis entered into the EMA in connection with the separation (the “Separation”) of Parent, Carrier and Otis into three independent publicly traded companies (all capitalized terms not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the EMA);

WHEREAS, Section 9.07 of the EMA, through its incorporation by reference of Section 10.14 of the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and among Parent, Carrier and Otis, dated as of April 2, 2020 (the “Separation Agreement”), provides that no provision of the EMA may be amended unless such amendment is in writing and signed by the authorized representatives of the Parties against whom it is sought to enforce such amendment;

WHEREAS, Article IV of the EMA provides for the adjustment of certain equity compensation awards and deferred stock units relating to UTC Shares (such awards, the “Parent Concentrated Awards”) in connection with the Separation such that those awards continue to relate solely to UTC Shares after the Separation using a specified ratio that is based on the pre-Separation value of a UTC Share and the post-Separation value of a UTC Share, measured in accordance with the methodology specified in the EMA;

WHEREAS, Parent desires to revise the measurement methodology, with respect to Parent Concentrated Awards, for the post-Separation value of a UTC Share used in such adjustment ratio in light of the unusual market volatility in the five Trading Sessions following the Separation; and

WHEREAS, such revision is enforceable only against Parent.

NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of the Effective Time, the EMA is hereby amended as follows:

1.          The definition of the following term set forth in Section 1.01 of the EMA is restated in its entirety as follows:

“UTC Post-Separation Stock Value” means the simple average of the volume-weighted average per share price of UTC Shares trading on the Applicable Exchange during each of the two (2) consecutive full Trading Sessions occurring immediately after the third full Trading Session after the Effective Time; provided, that the UTC Post-Separation Stock Value shall instead refer to the opening per share trading price of a UTC Share on the Applicable Exchange during the first full Trading Session occurring immediately after the Effective Time with respect to (a) UTC Option Awards that are adjusted pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(i), (b) UTC SAR Awards that are adjusted pursuant to Section 4.02(d)(i), (c) UTC RSU Awards that are adjusted pursuant to Section 4.02(e)(i), (d) UTC PSU Awards that are adjusted pursuant to Section 4.02(f)(i), (e) UTC Shares notionally credited to participants’ accounts under each Retained Deferred Compensation Plan that are adjusted pursuant to Section 6.01, and (f) UTC Shares notionally credited to the account of each participant in a UTC Bifurcated Deferred Compensation Plan immediately following the Effective Time that are adjusted pursuant to Section 6.02(c); provided, further, that the first proviso to this definition shall not apply to any UTC Award to the extent that such application could result in material adverse tax consequences to the holder of such UTC Award, as determined by UTC.”
2.           Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the EMA shall remain in full force and effect.

3.          Article X of the Separation Agreement (other than Section 10.19 (Ancillary Agreements)) is incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Amendment as if set forth herein mutatis mutandis.

[Signature Page Follows.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this First Amendment to the Employee Matters Agreement as of the date set forth above.

  RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION  
       

By:
/s/ Frank R. Jimenez
 
  Name: Frank R. Jimenez  
  Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel