Exhibit 99.1
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY
Consent in Lieu of Meeting of Stockholders
September 11, 2019
The undersigned, General Electric Company and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, “GE”), together being the majority stockholder of Baker Hughes, a GE company, a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”), hereby consents to and adopts, effective as of immediately prior to (the “Effective Time”), and subject to the subsequent occurrence of, the purchase and sale of the Firm Shares (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, General Electric Company and the representative of the underwriters party thereto), and pursuant to Section 228(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”), the following resolutions:
Name Change
WHEREAS, the board of directors have determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Company to change the name of the Company to Baker Hughes Company (the “Name Change”) and has directed that the Name Change be submitted to the majority stockholder of the Company for approval and adoption;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Name Change be, and it hereby is, approved and adopted as of the Effective Time.
Amended and Restated Charter
WHEREAS, to give effect to the Name Change, the Board of Directors has unanimously determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to amend and restate the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in its entirety in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Second Amended and Restated Charter”).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Second Amended and Restated Charter is, as of the Effective Time, approved and adopted as the Second Amended and Restated Charter of the Company; provided that such amendment and restatement, and the Name Change contemplated thereby, will not become effective until a date that is at least 21 days from the dissemination of the information statement distributed to stockholders of the Company in accordance with Regulation 14C.
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The action taken by this consent shall have the same force and effect as if taken at a meeting of stockholders of the Company, duly called and constituted pursuant to the DGCL.
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