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| EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE ENTITLED, "GE ANNOUNCES 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS SLATE" - GENERAL ELECTRIC CO | ge3386111-ex991.htm |
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) February 24, 2018
| General Electric Company | ||
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| New York | 001-00035 | 14-0689340 | ||
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| 41 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA | 02210 | |||
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| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On February 26, 2018, General Electric Company (“GE” or the “Company”) announced that its board of directors will nominate 12 directors for election at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareowners to be held on April 25, 2018.
The slate will include three new director candidates: H. Lawrence Culp, Jr., Thomas W. Horton and Leslie F. Seidman. In addition, current directors John L. Flannery, Sébastien M. Bazin, W. Geoffrey Beattie, John J. Brennan, Francisco D’Souza, Edward P. Garden, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, James J. Mulva and James S. Tisch will be renominated for the board. Current directors Marijn E. Dekkers, Peter B. Henry, Susan J. Hockfield, Andrea Jung, Rochelle B. Lazarus, Steven M. Mollenkopf, James E. Rohr and Mary L. Schapiro will not stand for re-election.
John J. Brennan will not stand for re-election at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareowners.
A copy of the press release announcing the board of directors slate is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release entitled, “GE Announces 2018 Board of Directors Slate; Includes Three New Directors,” dated February 26, 2018 |
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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.
| General Electric Company | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: February 27, 2018 | /s/ Christoph A. Pereira | |
| Christoph A. Pereira | ||
| Vice President, Chief Corporate, Securities | ||
| and Finance Counsel | ||
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Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release entitled, “GE Announces 2018 Board of Directors Slate; Includes Three New Directors,” dated February 26, 2018 |
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