General Electric Company (LON:GEC) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 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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