General Electric (GE) 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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) April 25, 2018
	General Electric Company
	(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York		001-00035	14-0689340
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
41 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA			2210
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code   (617) 443-3000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a)    General Electric Company ("GE" or the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareowners on April 25, 2018 (the "Annual Meeting").

(b)    At the Annual Meeting, shareowners elected all of the Company’s nominees for director; approved our named executives’ compensation (“Say on Pay”); approved an amended GE International Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP Approval”); and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2018 (“Auditor Ratification”). The shareowners did not approve any of the shareowner proposals, which are listed below.

Election of Directors

		For		Against		Abstain		Non-Votes
1.	Sébastien M. Bazin		4,320,551,913		480,845,074		29,272,058		1,618,938,088
2.	W. Geoffrey Beattie		4,384,867,904		417,629,048		28,169,429		1,618,940,752
3.	John J. Brennan		4,462,515,566		343,437,145		24,713,670		1,618,940,752
4.	H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.		4,717,114,030		87,464,430		26,090,585		1,618,938,088
5.	Francisco D’Souza		4,562,034,101		243,154,360		25,477,920		1,618,940,752
6.	John L. Flannery		4,533,802,404		254,412,042		42,454,599		1,618,938,088
7.	Edward P. Garden		4,703,302,412		101,767,140		25,599,493		1,618,938,088
8.	Thomas W. Horton		4,636,263,029		166,034,445		28,371,571		1,618,938,088
9.	Risa Lavizzo-Mourey		4,607,071,929		198,580,294		25,016,822		1,618,938,088
10.	James J. Mulva		4,417,425,346		386,212,527		27,028,508		1,618,940,752
11.	Leslie F. Seidman		4,720,762,969		85,554,031		24,352,045		1,618,938,088
12.	James S. Tisch		4,273,520,868		532,690,278		24,455,235		1,618,940,752

Management Proposals

		For		Against		Abstain		Non-Votes
1.	Say on Pay		4,381,817,430		403,043,694		45,664,941		1,619,081,068
2.	ESPP Approval		4,677,013,600		120,524,504		33,124,141		1,618,944,888
3.	Auditor Ratification		4,164,893,588		2,253,604,783		30,934,937		173,825

Shareowner Proposals

		For		Against		Abstain		Non-Votes
1.	Independent Chair		1,972,422,213		2,817,138,246		40,944,575		1,619,102,099
2.	Cumulative Voting		610,492,031		4,169,025,618		51,144,846		1,618,944,638
3.	Deduct Impact of Stock Buybacks from Executive Pay		312,901,317		4,470,546,187		47,077,161		1,619,082,468
4.	Political Lobbying and Contributions		988,054,419		3,673,870,769		168,719,562		1,618,962,383
5.	Buyback Report		269,188,062		4,524,192,767		37,131,886		1,619,094,418
6.	Written Consent		1,234,496,827		3,540,917,750		55,247,918		1,618,944,638

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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: April 30, 2018	/s/ Christoph A. Pereira
	Christoph A. Pereira Vice President, Chief Corporate, Securities and Finance Counsel

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