Form 8-K GENERAL ELECTRIC CO For: Sep 01

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On September 1, 2016, General Electric Company ("GE" or the "Company") filed with the Secretary of State of New York a Certificate of Change (the "Certificate of Change") to its restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation").

The Certificate of Change amends GE's Certificate of Incorporation to reflect the relocation of GE's headquarters and to provide that the Secretary of State of New York, as the Company's agent for service of process, shall mail a copy of any process served upon him or her to the Company's Vice President, Litigation, at 41 Farnsworth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

A copy of the Certificate of Change is included as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

Exhibit 3.1

Certificate of Change to GE's Certificate of Incorporation updating the address for service of process, dated September 1, 2016.

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.

 

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE

OF

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

(Under Section 805-A of the

Business Corporation Law of the State of New York)

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1. The name of the corporation is General Electric Company. It was incorporated under the name General Electric Company.

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation was filed by the Department of State on April 15, 1892, following the creation of General Electric Company pursuant to a Special Act of the New York Legislature, Chapter 323, Laws of 1892, effective April 15, 1892.

3. The following was authorized by the Board of Directors:

To change the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the corporation which may be served on him or her, such that Section 7 of the Certificate of Incorporation shall read in its entirety as set forth below:

Section 7. Agent for Process

The Secretary of State of the State of New York is designated as the agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process served upon him or her is Vice President, Litigation, General Electric Company, 41 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210.

/s/ Christoph A. Pereira_______________________

Christoph A. Pereira

Vice President, Chief Corporate, Securities & Finance Counsel and Associate Secretary