Honeywell Contributes $700 Million in Stock to Its Pension Plans

    MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J.--Dec. 30, 2002--Honeywell today announced it contributed $700 million in stock to the company's pension fund in an effort to improve the funded status of its U.S. defined benefit pension plans.
    Following a $100 million cash contribution in September, the company has committed a total of $800 million in cash and stock in 2002 toward its U.S. pension plans.
    Honeywell has appointed U.S. Trust Company, N.A. as an independent fiduciary to make all investment decisions with respect to the contributed shares.
    Honeywell is a diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; turbochargers; automotive products; specialty chemicals; fibers; plastics; and electronic and advanced materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell is one of 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol HON, as well as on the London, Chicago and Pacific Stock Exchanges. For more information about Honeywell, visit www.honeywell.com.

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