GENERAL ELECTRIC CO — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2021

Mar 22, 2021

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Voting Items		Board — Recommends
1.	Election of Directors
	Nominees:
1a.	Sébastien Bazin	●	For
1b.	Ashton Carter	●	For
1c.	H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.	●	For
1d.	Francisco D’Souza	●	For
1e.	Edward Garden	●	For
1f.	Thomas Horton	●	For
1g.	Risa Lavizzo-Mourey	●	For
1h.	Catherine Lesjak	●	For
1i.	Paula Rosput Reynolds	●	For
1j.	Leslie Seidman	●	For
1k.	James Tisch	●	For
2.	Advisory Approval of Our Named Executives’ Compensation	●	For
3 .	Ratification of Deloitte as Independent Auditor for 2021	●	For
4 .	Approval of Reverse Stock Split and Reduction in our Authorized Stock and Par Value	●	For
5 .	Require Nomination of at Least Two Candidates for Each Board Seat	●	Against
6 .	Require the Chairman of the Board to be Independent	●	Against
7 .	Report on Meeting the Criteria of the Net Zero Indicator	●	For

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