Textron Announces Date for Third Quarter Earnings Report and Conference Call

    PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Oct. 1, 2001--Textron Inc. will release its third quarter 2001 financial results on Thursday, October 18, 2001, at approximately 8:00 a.m. Eastern time.
    The company will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. which will be available via webcast at www.textron.com or by direct dial at (800) 230-1096 in the U.S. or (612) 288-0340 outside of the U.S. (request the Textron Earnings Conference).
    The call will be recorded and available for playback beginning at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time on October 18 by dialing (320) 365-3844 - Access Code 603145.

    Textron Inc. (www.textron.com) is a $13 billion, global, multi-industry company with market-leading businesses in Aircraft, Automotive, Industrial Products, Fastening Systems and Finance. Textron has a workforce of 68,000 employees and major manufacturing facilities in 30 countries. Textron is among Fortune magazine's "Global Most Admired Companies" and Industry Week magazine's "Best Managed Companies."