GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP — Regulatory Filings 2003

Jun 27, 2003

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

x	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (No Fee Required)
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002
OR
o	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (No Fee Required)

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 1-3671

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

B. Name of issuer of the securities help pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

3190 Fairview Park Drive Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4253

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

INDEX OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(a)	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
	Independent Auditors’ Report	1
	Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2002 and 2001	2
	Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002	3
	Notes to Financial Statements	4-9
(b)	SIGNATURE	10
(c)	EXHIBITS
	Exhibit 23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP
	Exhibit 99.2 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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Independent Auditors’ Report

To the General Dynamics Corporation Hourly Employees Savings and Stock Investment Plan and Participants:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the General Dynamics Corporation Hourly Employees Savings and Stock Investment Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ KPMG LLP

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2002 and 2001

	2002
Assets:
Investments in Master Trust at fair value (note 4)	$ 361,375,691	392,171,660
Investments in Master Trust at contract value (notes 4 and 8)	247,725,723	230,991,600
Participant loans	16,175,429	12,050,814
Contributions receivable — employer	291,604	—
Contributions receivable — employee	611,545	—
Total assets	626,179,992	635,214,074
Liabilities:
Accrued administrative expenses	72,539	70,168
Net assets available for benefits	$ 626,107,453	635,143,906

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year ended December 31, 2002

Additions to net assets attributable to: — Participation in income of master trust — investment loss (note 4)	$ (11,535,179	)
Transfers in from other plans	9,556,373
Contributions:
Participant	25,946,006
Employer	14,098,830
	40,044,836
Total additions	38,066,030
Deductions from net assets attributable to:
Benefits paid to participants	45,914,740
Administrative expenses	1,187,743
Total deductions	47,102,483
Net decrease	(9,036,453	)
Net assets available for benefits:
Beginning of year	635,143,906
End of year	$ 626,107,453

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002 and 2001

(1) Plan Description

The following description of the General Dynamics Corporation Hourly Employees Savings and Stock Investment Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

(a)	General
	The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering eligible hourly
employees of General Dynamics Corporation (the Company). The Plan
document was restated effective January 1, 2001 to comply with recent
legislative changes. Substantially all hourly employees of the Company
are eligible to participate immediately upon hire except those not
included as eligible by a collective
bargaining agreement. The Company is the Plan sponsor and the Plan
administrator. During 2002, the Gulfstream Aerospace Technologies
Hourly 401(k) Plan (Gulfstream Plan) was merged into the Plan. Total assets
transferred to the Plan were $9,556,373.
(b)	Contributions
	Other than noted below, participants may contribute 1 to 10% of base
earnings up to $12.01 per hour and 1 to 6% of base earnings in excess
of $12.01 per hour up to $25.00 per hour and another 1 to 4% of base
earnings on an unmatched basis. In addition, participants at Advanced
Information Systems (AIS), Advanced Technical Products (ATP), C4,
Land Systems, and
Network Systems (NS) may contribute 1 to 15% of their base earnings on
a pre-tax basis. Participants at Bath Iron Works (BIW) may contribute
1 to 16% of their base earnings on a pre-tax basis.
	Most company matching contributions to the Plan are invested in Company
common stock. However, at certain locations, the Company match follows
the participant’s election. Generally, participants that are eligible
for the Company matching contribution and invest 100% in the General
Dynamics Stock Fund receive a 100% Company matching contribution in the
General Dynamics Stock Fund. Participants that are eligible for the Company
matching contribution but invest less than 100% in the General Dynamics
Stock Fund receive a 50% Company matching contribution in the General
Dynamics Stock Fund. The matching contributions vary for participants at
AIS, ATP, BIW, CA, NS, and Gulfstream.
(c)	Participant Accounts
	Each participant shall direct his or her contributions to be invested in
1% increments in various funds. Changes to investment elections can be
made according to rules set by the Plan administrator. Each
participant’s account is credited with allocations of
(a) his or her pre-tax contributions, (b) the Company’s
contributions and (c) the earnings on all contributions. The benefit to which a participant is
entitled is based on the vested balance of his or her account.
(d)	Vesting
	Participants are eligible to participate in the Plan upon hire, and
their contributions are always 100% vested. Vesting in the Company’s
contribution portion of their accounts is based on years of continuous
service. Although the time required for vesting varies among
participants at different subsidiaries of the Company, a participant
will be 100% vested after having no more than three years of continuous
service. Generally, for participants from many of the Company’s
subsidiaries, contributions invested in the General Dynamics Stock Fund
must be maintained in that fund for five years before becoming eligible
for transfer to any other fund. Therefore, a portion of the balance in
the General Dynamics Stock Fund represents nonparticipant-directed
investments due to the match. With the exception of the General Dynamics
Stock Fund, all other investment funds are completely
participant-directed.

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002 and 2001

(e)	Participant Loans
	The Plan permits active participants and employed inactive participants
to borrow up to 50% of the vested amount in their accounts (as limited
by the Plan and the Internal Revenue Service) and to repay the loan by regular payroll deductions over a
period of up to five years. Loans are issued at the prime rate of
interest. The Plan also offers primary residence loans (up to twenty
years).
(f)	Payment of Benefits
	On termination of service due to death, disability, or retirement, a
participant may elect to (a) receive a lump-sum amount equal to the
value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account, (b)
roll over the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her
account into another qualified plan or (c) receive annual installments
over a specified period. Participants may also receive hardship
withdrawals in a lump-sum payment. Active participants are eligible
to receive in-service, hardship, or age 59 1/2 withdrawals.
(g)	Forfeited Accounts
	Total forfeited nonvested accounts during 2002 totaled $48,682. These
amounts were used to reduce future employer contributions.

(2) Summary of Accounting Policies

(a)	Basis of Accounting
	The accompanying financial statements are prepared under the accrual
basis of accounting.
(b)	Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
	The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value using the quoted market
price of the underlying assets except for its fully benefit-responsive
investment contracts with insurance companies, which are valued at
contract value (see note 8). Loans are carried at cost, which
approximates fair value. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded
on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis.
Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
(c)	Use of Estimates
	The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
(d)	Payment of Benefits
	Benefits are recorded when paid.

(3) Tax Status

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a favorable determination letter on March 18, 1999, indicating that the Plan is a qualified profit-sharing plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The trust formed thereunder is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a). Although the Plan has been amended subsequent to the date of the latest determination from the IRS, the Plan administrator

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002 and 2001

and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.

(4) Investments

| The Plan’s investments are held by the General Dynamics Corporation Savings
and Stock Investment Plan Master Trust (the Master Trust), which was
established for the investment of assets of the Plan and the General
Dynamics Corporation Savings and Stock Investment Plan (the Plans). Each
participating plan has an undivided interest in the Master Trust. Prior to
February 28, 2002, the Northern Trust Company was the trustee for the
Master Trust. The recordkeepers prior to February 28, 2002 were Hewitt
Associates and Northern Trust Retirement Consulting, LLC. On February 28,
2002, the General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. Retirement
Investment Management Experience Plan (OTS Plan) merged into the
General Dynamics Savings and Stock Investment Plan, at which time the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company (Boston)
became an additional trustee, which holds the assets that were transferred
from the OTS Plan. In addition, Mellon Employee Benefit Solutions, Inc.
(Mellon) became an additional recordkeeper for the assets that were
transferred from the OTS Plan. In October 2002, $1,374,922 of assets were
transferred from Boston to the Northern Trust Company. The Company plans
to transfer the remaining assets from Boston to the Northern Trust Company
during 2003. |
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| At December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Plan’s interest in the net assets of the
Master Trust was approximately 16.2% and 16.9%, respectively. Net assets
and net participation in the income of the Master Trust are allocated to
the Plans according to their percentage interest in the Master Trust. |
| The following table presents the reported value of investments for the
Master Trust as of December 31, 2002 and 2001: |

Guaranteed investment contracts	2002 — $ 1,508,932,776	1,372,946,375
General Dynamics Corporation common stock	1,229,038,124	1,217,794,358
Investments in registered investment companies	796,398,964	920,881,483
Investments in corporate bonds	262,216,969	206,661,368
Participant loans	63,802,097	47,052,396
Cash and cash equivalents	5,575,593	3,158,526
Total	$ 3,865,964,523	3,768,494,506

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002 and 2001

The interests for each of the Plans participating in the Master Trust net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2002 and 2001 were as follows:

General Dynamics Corporation Savings and Stock Investment Plan	2002 — $ 3,247,401,553	3,132,935,404
General Dynamics Corporation Hourly Employees Savings and Stock Investment Plan	626,107,453	635,143,906
Total	$ 3,873,509,006	3,768,079,310

Investment income (loss) for the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2002 is as follows:

| Net investment loss in depreciation of investments in registered investment
companies | (212,843,819 | ) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Interest | 98,373,883 | |
| Net investment gain in appreciation of investments in corporate bonds | 18,775,563 | |
| Dividends | 17,538,873 | |
| Net investment gain in appreciation of General Dynamics Corporation
common stock | 4,757,704 | |
| Net investment gain in appreciation of guaranteed investment contracts | 317,448 | |
| $ | (73,080,348 | ) |

The interests of each of the Plans participating in the investment income in the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2002 were as follows:

General Dynamics Corporation Savings and Stock Investment Plan	$	)
General Dynamics Corporation Hourly Employees Savings and Stock Investment Plan	(11,535,179	)
Total	$ (73,080,348	)

The investments of the Master Trust that represent five percent or more of the Plan’s net assets each year, were as follows:

Fixed Income Fund	2002 — $ 1,508,115,565	1,372,218,765
General Dynamics Corporation common stock	1,229,038,124	1,217,794,358
S&P 500 Stock Index Fund	561,132,443	743,555,410
Bond Fund	216,357,123	169,242,175

(5) Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). In the event the Plan is terminated, each participant will automatically become vested in the unvested Company contributions. Each participant will receive

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002 and 2001

payments based on the specific dollar amounts and shares of the Company’s common stock in his or her account.

(6) Plan Administration

The Master Trust primarily pays administrative expenses, although employees of the Company perform certain administrative functions that are not reimbursed by the Master Trust. Although the Company reimbursed no costs in 2002, the Plan document provides that the Company may reimburse these costs. Total administrative expenses of the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2002 were $7,155,081. Administrative expenses are allocated to the Plan using the percentage of the Plan’s interest in the net assets of the Master Trust.

(7) Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits as reported in the financial statements at December 31, 2002 and 2001 to Form 5500:

| Net assets available for benefits as reported in the
financial statements | 2002 — $ 626,107,453 | | 635,143,906 | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amount allocated to withdrawing participants | (727,516 | ) | (504,261 | ) |
| Net assets available for benefits as reported
in the Form 5500 | 625,379,937 | | 634,639,645 | |

The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants as reported in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2002, to Form 5500:

Benefits paid to participants as reported in the financial statements	$
Add: Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at
December 31, 2002	727,516
Less: Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at
December 31, 2001	(504,261	)
Benefits paid to participants as reported in the Form 5500	$ 46,137,995

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded on the Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31, 2002, but not yet paid as of that date.

(8) Investment Contracts with Insurance Companies

Most investments held by the Master Trust are recorded at quoted market value as stated on public exchanges as of December 31, 2002 and 2001. The Company values the guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) in the Fixed Income Fund and Long Beach Prudential Fund in accordance with AICPA Statement of Position No. 94-4, Reporting of Investment Contracts Held by Health and Welfare Benefit Plans and Defined Contribution Pension Plans . As of December 31, 2002 and 2001, the GICs included in the Master Trust are reported at contract value because they have been determined to be fully benefit responsive (i.e., participants may direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value). There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuers or otherwise. The contract value of the GICs at December 31, 2002, was $1,508,932,776 as compared to the fair value of

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION HOURLY EMPLOYEES SAVINGS AND STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2002 and 2001

$1,626,354,393. The average yield and crediting interest rates ranged from 6.0% to 12.3% for 2002 and from 6.3% to 9.2% for 2001.

(9) Derivative Financial Instruments

To reduce interest rate risk, the Master Trust has entered into U.S. Treasury and Agency Bond futures contracts. These futures contracts serve to match the price sensitivity and duration of the Master Trust assets with the duration of various obligations of the Master Trust. A futures contract is a contract to purchase U.S. Treasury or Agency Bonds, Notes or Bills at a fixed price on a set date in the future, generally during the next three to six months. The Master Trust pays or receives cash daily for changes in market price of these instruments, with gains or losses reflected in investment income. The total fair value of derivatives at December 31, 2002 and 2001 was $22,985,359 and $9,292,812, respectively, and is included in Corporate Bonds.

(10) Non-participant-directed investments

Information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and for the year ended December 31, 2002 is as follows:

General Dynamics Corporation common stock	2002 — $ 188,263,648	174,853,999
Change in net assets:
Participation in income of the Master Trust	$ 4,920,586
Participants’ contributions	15,288,706
Employer’s contributions	12,125,338
Distributions to withdrawn participants	(12,191,315	)
Interfund transfers	(6,733,666	)
Net increase	$ 13,409,649

(11) Related Party Transactions

The Plan may, at the discretion of the Plan’s participants or via the Company match, invest through the Master Trust an unlimited amount of its assets in common stock of the Company. The Master Trust held 15,179,221 and 14,996,339 shares of common stock of the Company as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Dividends in the Master Trust on the Company’s common stock were $17,538,873 for the year ended December 31, 2002.

(12) Subsequent Event

Effective February 1, 2003, the NASSCO 401(k) Savings Plan merged into the Plan and all assets were transferred to the Plan’s trustee.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
	As Plan
Administrator of the General Dynamics Corporation Savings and Stock Investment Plan
By	/s/ JOHN W. SCHWARTZ John W. Schwartz Vice President and Controller

Dated: June 27, 2003

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