Form 10-Q GENERAL ELECTRIC CO For: Jun 30

July 31, 2019 6:13 AM

Exhibit 3(i)

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of General Electric Company¹

Section 1. Name

The name of the corporation is General Electric Company.

Section 2. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are as follows:

To manufacture, process, construct, develop, assemble, and produce in any way, to sell, lease, supply, and distribute in any way, to purchase, lease, mine, extract, and acquire in any way, to own, operate, experiment with, deal in, service, finance, and use in any way, equipment, apparatus, appliances, devices, structures, materials, processes, information, tangible and intangible property, services and systems of every kind, nature and description:

1. for any electrical, or energy-conversion, application or purpose, including but not limited to the production, transmission, distribution, storage, regulation, control and use in any manner of electricity, or in any way connected with or deriving from any electrical, or energy-conversion, application or purpose, and,

2.for any other application or purpose, whatsoever, including but not limited to industrial, utility, consumer, defense, governmental, scientific, educational, cultural, financial, recreational, agricultural, transportation, construction, mining, and communication applications or purposes.


B.	To conduct studies and research and development, and to engage in any other activity relating to the development, application, and dissemination of information concerning science, technology, and other fields of endeavor.


C.	To acquire by purchase, subscription or otherwise all or part of any interest in the property, assets, business, or good will of any corporation, association, firm, or individual, and to dispose of, or otherwise deal with, such property, assets, business or good will.


D.	To engage in any activity which may promote the interests of the corporation, or enhance the value of its property, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and in furtherance of the foregoing purposes to exercise all powers now or hereafter granted or permitted by law, including the powers specified in the New York Business Corporation Law.

Section 3. Authorized Shares


A.	General Authorization

The aggregate number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue is 13,250,000,000 shares, consisting of:

¹Text of Certificate of Incorporation as set forth in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Department of State of New York on January 16, 2014, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment dated December 2, 2015, the Certificate of Amendment dated January 19, 2016, the Certificate of Change dated September 1, 2016 and the Certificate of Amendment dated May 13, 2019. General Electric Company was created by a Special Act of the New York Legislature, Chapter 323, Laws of 1892, effective April 15, 1892.


1.	13,200,000,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $0.06 per share; and


2.	50,000,000 shares of preferred stock having a par value of $1 per share.


B.	Preferred Stock

1.The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law and the provisions of this subsection B, to provide for the issuance of the preferred shares in series, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the Business Corporation Law, to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each such series. The authority of the Board with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(a) The number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series;

(b) The dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates;

(c) Whether that series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

(d) Whether that series shall have conversion privileges and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(e) Whether or not the shares of that series shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

(f) The rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation;

(g) Any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of that series.

2.Dividends on outstanding preferred shares shall be declared and paid, or set apart for payment, before any dividends shall be declared and paid, or set apart for payment, on the common shares with respect to the same dividend period.

3.Series A, Series B and Series C of Preferred Stock

(a)Designation. Three series of preferred stock designated the “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A” (hereinafter called “Series A”), “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B” (hereinafter called “Series B”) and “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C” (hereinafter called “Series C,” and together with the Series A and the Series B, the “Preferred Stock”) are established and the authorized number of shares that shall constitute each such series of Preferred Stock is as follows:

(i)2,777,625 shares of Series A, $1.00 par value per share and having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share;

(ii)2,072,525 shares of Series B, $1.00 par value per share and having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share; and



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(iii)1,094,100 shares of Series C, $1.00 par value per share and having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share.

Such number of shares of each series of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof); provided, however, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock to less than the number of shares of such series of Preferred Stock then issued and outstanding plus the number of shares of such series of Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding rights, options or warrants or upon conversion of outstanding securities issued by the corporation. The “original issue date” of the shares of each series of the Preferred Stock shall be December 3, 2015. Shares of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock undesignated as to series.

(b) Ranking. The shares of the Preferred Stock shall rank:

(i) senior, with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, to the common stock and to any other class or series of capital stock of the corporation now or hereafter authorized, issued or outstanding that, by its terms, expressly provides that it ranks junior to each series of the Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, as the case may be (collectively, such common and such other capital stock, “Junior Securities”); and

(ii) on a parity, with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, with any other class or series of capital stock of the corporation now or hereafter authorized, issued or outstanding that, by its terms, does not expressly provide that it ranks junior to each series of the Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, as the case may be (collectively, such other capital stock, “Parity Securities”).

Each series of Preferred Stock shall rank on a parity, with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, with each of the other series of Preferred Stock.

The corporation may authorize and issue additional shares of Junior Securities and Parity Securities without the consent of the holders of the Preferred Stock. The corporation may not issue any class or series of capital stock of the corporation that, by its terms, expressly provides that it ranks senior to the Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends or distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, as the case may be.

(c) Dividends. (i) Holders of the Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends, non-cumulative cash dividends based on the liquidation preference of each series of the Preferred Stock at a rate equal to:

(1) with respect to Series A:

(i) 4.00% per annum for each semi-annual dividend period from and including the original issue date to, but excluding, June 15, 2022 (the “Series A Fixed Rate Period”),



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(ii) three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 2.28% per annum, for each quarterly dividend period from and including June 15, 2022 to, but not including, the redemption date of the Series A, if any (the “Series A Floating Rate Period”);

(2) with respect to Series B:

(i) 4.10% per annum for each semi-annual dividend period from and including the original issue date to, but excluding, December 15, 2022 (the “Series B Fixed Rate Period”);

(ii) three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 2.32% per annum, for each quarterly dividend period from and including December 15, 2022 to, but not including, the redemption date of the Series B, if any (the “Series B Floating Rate Period”);

(3) with respect to Series C:

(i) 4.20% per annum for each semi-annual dividend period from and including the original issue date to, but excluding, June 15, 2023 (the “Series C Fixed Rate Period,” and together with the Series A Fixed Rate Period and the Series B Fixed Rate Period, the “Fixed Rate Periods”); and

(ii) three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 2.37% per annum, for each quarterly dividend period from and including June 15, 2023 to, but not including, the redemption date of the Series C, if any (the “Series C Floating Rate Period,” and together with the Series A Floating Rate Period and the Series B Floating Rate Period, the “Floating Rate Periods”).

In the event the corporation issues additional shares of any series of Preferred Stock after the original issue date for such series, any dividends on such additional shares shall accrue from the issue date of such additional shares.

References to the “accrual” (or similar terms) of dividends on each series of the Preferred Stock refer only to the determination of the amount of such dividend and do not imply that any right to a dividend arises prior to the date on which a dividend is declared.

(ii) When, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), dividends will be payable on each series of the Preferred Stock on the following dates (each such date, a “dividend payment date”):

(1) with respect to Series A:

(i) during the Series A Fixed Rate Period, dividends will be payable semi-annually, in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2015 and ending on June 15, 2022;

(ii) during the Series A Floating Rate Period, dividends will be payable quarterly, in arrears, on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2022;

(2) with respect to Series B:



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(i) during the Series B Fixed Rate Period, dividends will be payable semi-annually, in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2015 and ending on December 15, 2022;

(ii) during the Series B Floating Rate Period, dividends will be payable quarterly, in arrears, on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2023;

(3) with respect to Series C:

(i) during the Series C Fixed Rate Period, dividends will be payable semi-annually, in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2015 and ending on June 15, 2023; and

(ii) during the Series C Floating Rate Period, dividends will be payable quarterly, in arrears, on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2023.

In the event that any dividend payment date during a Fixed Rate Period on which dividends would otherwise be payable is not a Business Day, the dividend payment date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, without any adjustment to the dividend amount. In the event that any dividend payment date during a Floating Rate Period on which dividends would otherwise be payable is not a Business Day, the dividend payment date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and dividends will accrue to, but exclude, the date dividends are paid. However, if the postponement would cause the dividend payment date to fall in the next calendar month during a Floating Rate Period, the dividend payment date will instead be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day. A “Business Day” means any weekday that is not a legal holiday in New York, New York and that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or regulation to be closed.

(iii) Dividends will be payable to holders of record of the Preferred Stock as they appear on the corporation’s stock register on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day before the applicable dividend payment date, or such other record date, no earlier than 30 calendar days before the applicable dividend payment date, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof).

(iv) A “dividend period” is the period from and including a dividend payment date to, but excluding, the next dividend payment date (without giving effect during a Fixed Rate Period to any adjustment of the dividend payment date because any such date is not a Business Day), except that the initial dividend period during a Fixed Rate Period will commence on and include the original issue date of the relevant series of the Preferred Stock. Dividends payable on the Preferred Stock for a Fixed Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends payable on the Preferred Stock for a Floating Rate Period will be computed based on the actual number of days in a dividend period and a 360-day year. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. Dividends on the Preferred Stock will cease to accrue on the redemption date, if any, unless the corporation defaults in the redemption (which would include a default in the payment of the redemption price) of the shares of the Preferred Stock called for redemption.

(v) The dividend rate for each dividend period in a Floating Rate Period will be determined by the calculation agent using three-month LIBOR as in effect on the second London banking day prior to the beginning of the dividend period, which date is the “dividend determination



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date” for the dividend period. The calculation agent then will add the spread of (a) 2.28% (in respect of the Series A), (b) 2.32% (in respect of the Series B) and (c) 2.37% (in respect of the Series C), in each case, per annum, to the three-month LIBOR as determined on the dividend determination date. Absent manifest error, the calculation agent’s determination of the dividend rate for a dividend period for any series of Preferred Stock will be binding and conclusive on the holders of any such series of Preferred Stock, the transfer agent and the corporation. The calculation agent will notify the corporation of each determination of the dividend rate and will make the dividend rate available to any stockholder upon request.

A “London banking day” is any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

The “calculation agent” means, at any time, the person or entity appointed by the corporation and serving as such agent at such time. The corporation may terminate any such appointment and may appoint a successor agent at any time and from time to time, provided that the corporation shall use its best efforts to ensure that there is, at all relevant times when any series of Preferred Stock is outstanding, a person or entity appointed and serving as such agent. The calculation agent may be a person or entity affiliated with the corporation.

The term “three-month LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months in amounts of at least $1,000,000, as that rate appears on Reuters screen page “LIBOR01” (or its equivalent on Bloomberg) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the relevant dividend determination date. If no offered rate appears on Reuters screen page “LIBOR01” on the relevant dividend determination date at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, the corporation will select four major banks in the London interbank market and will request each of their principal London offices to provide a quotation of the rate at which three-month deposits in U.S. dollars in amounts of at least $1,000,000 are offered by it to prime banks in the London interbank market, on that date and at that time, that is representative of single transactions at that time. The corporation shall notify the calculation agent of the quotations. If at least two quotations are provided, three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest

.00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided. Otherwise, the corporation will select three major banks in New York City and will request each of them to provide a quotation of the rate offered by it at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the dividend determination date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having an index maturity of three months for the applicable dividend period in an amount of at least $1,000,000 that is representative of single transactions at that time. If three quotations are provided to the calculation agent by the corporation, three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided. Otherwise, three-month LIBOR for the next dividend period will be equal to three-month LIBOR in effect for the then-current dividend period.

(vi) Dividends on each series of the Preferred Stock will not be cumulative and will not be mandatory. If the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) does not declare a dividend on any series of Preferred Stock in respect of a dividend period, then no dividend shall be deemed to have accrued for such dividend period, be payable on the applicable dividend payment date or be cumulative, and the corporation will have no obligation to pay any dividend for that dividend period, whether or not the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) declares a dividend for any future dividend period on such series of Preferred Stock, any other series of Preferred Stock or on any other series of the corporation’s preferred stock or common stock.



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(vii) While any series of the Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless, in each case, the full dividends for the preceding dividend period on all outstanding shares of such series of Preferred Stock have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside:

(1) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Securities (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in Junior Securities or (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption, repurchase or exchange of any rights under any such plan);

(2) no shares of Junior Securities shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the corporation, directly or indirectly (nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the corporation) (other than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Securities for or into other Junior Securities, (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Securities for or into another share of Junior Securities, (iii) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Securities, (iv) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Securities in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (v) purchases of shares of Junior Securities pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Securities existing prior to the preceding dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, or (vi) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged); and

(3) no shares of Parity Securities shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the corporation, directly or indirectly (other than (i) pursuant to offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Preferred Stock and such Parity Securities; (ii) by conversion into or exchange for Junior Securities; (iii) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Securities for or into other Parity Securities; (iv) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Securities; (v) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of the Parity Securities in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; or (vi) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Parity Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged).

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this paragraph (vii) shall limit the corporation from taking any of the actions set forth in this paragraph (vii) after the original issue date of the Preferred Stock and prior to the first dividend payment date.

(viii) When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of any series of Preferred Stock and any Parity Securities, all dividends declared upon shares of any series of Preferred Stock and any Parity Securities will be declared on a proportional basis so that the ratio of dividends to be declared on any such series of Preferred Stock for the then-current dividend period to dividends to be declared on any Parity Securities is the same as the ratio of accrued but undeclared dividends on such series of Preferred Stock for the then-current dividend period to accrued but undeclared dividends, including any accumulations in the case of Parity Securities that accrue cumulative dividends, on any Parity Securities.



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(ix) Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise), as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), may be declared and paid on the corporation’s Junior Securities and the corporation’s Parity Securities from time to time out of any assets legally available for such payment, and the holders of the Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.

(d) Liquidation. (i) Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the business and affairs of the corporation, either voluntarily or involuntarily, holders of each series of the Preferred Stock are entitled to receive a liquidating distribution of $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, out of assets of the corporation available for distribution to stockholders before the corporation makes any distribution of assets to the holders of the corporation’s Junior Securities. Distributions will be made only to the extent of the corporation’s assets that are available after satisfaction of all liabilities to creditors and subject to the rights of holders of any securities ranking senior to the Preferred Stock and pro rata as to each series of the Preferred Stock and any other shares of the corporation’s stock ranking equally as to such distribution. Holders of Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any other amounts from the corporation after they have received their full liquidating distribution.

(ii) In any such distribution, if the assets of the corporation are not sufficient to pay the liquidation preferences plus declared and unpaid dividends in full to all holders of each series of the Preferred Stock and all holders of any Parity Securities, the amounts paid to the holders of the Preferred Stock and any Parity Securities will be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidating distribution owed to those holders. If the liquidation preference plus declared and unpaid dividends has been paid in full to all holders of each series of the Preferred Stock and any Parity Securities, the holders of the corporation’s Junior Securities shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.

(iii) For purposes of this section, the merger or consolidation of the corporation with any other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of the Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation for cash, securities or other property, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the business and affairs of the corporation.

(e) Redemption. (i) Each series of the Preferred Stock is perpetual and has no maturity date. None of the series of the Preferred Stock is subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. The corporation may redeem, to the extent of lawfully available funds, any of the Preferred Stock at the option of the corporation, in whole or in part, from time to time, on any dividend payment date on or after June 15, 2022 (in respect of the Series A), December 15, 2022 (in respect of the Series B) or June 15, 2023 (in respect of the Series C), in each case, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends.

(ii) If shares of any series of the Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall be given by first class mail to the holders of record of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed, mailed not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof (provided that, if such shares of the Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company, or “DTC”, the corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC). Each notice of redemption will include a statement setting forth: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares and series of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by the holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed from the holder; (iii) the



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redemption price; (iv) the place or places where the certificates evidencing shares of the Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the redemption date. If notice of redemption of any shares of the Preferred Stock has been duly given and if the funds necessary for such redemption have been irrevocably set aside by the corporation for the benefit of the holders of any shares of the Preferred Stock so called for redemption, then, on and after the redemption date, dividends will cease to accrue on such shares of Preferred Stock, such shares of Preferred Stock shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of such shares will terminate, except the right to receive the redemption price plus any declared and unpaid dividends without accumulation of any undeclared dividends.

(iii) In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of a series of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata, by lot or in such other manner as the corporation may determine to be equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of the Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time.

(iv) The holders of the Preferred Stock do not have the right to require the redemption or purchase by the corporation of any of the shares of any of the series of the Preferred Stock.

(f) Voting Rights. (i) Except as provided below or as expressly required by law, the holders of shares of Preferred Stock shall have no voting power, and no right to vote on any matter at any time, either as a separate series or class or together with any other series or class of shares of capital stock, and shall not be entitled to call a meeting of such holders for any purpose, nor shall they be entitled to participate in any meeting of the holders of the corporation’s common stock.

(ii) Each share of each series of the Preferred Stock will have one vote whenever it is entitled to voting rights. If the corporation redeems or calls for redemption all outstanding shares of each series of the Preferred Stock and irrevocably deposits in trust sufficient funds to effect such redemption, the shares of each series of the Preferred Stock will not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of voting and the voting provisions with respect to the Preferred Stock shall not apply.

(iii) If the corporation fails to pay, or declare and set apart for payment, dividends on outstanding shares of any series of the Preferred Stock or any other series of preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred for three semi-annual or six quarterly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, the number of directors of the corporation shall automatically be increased by two at the corporation’s first annual meeting of shareholders held thereafter, and shall remain increased until continuous noncumulative dividends for at least one year on all outstanding shares of each series of the Preferred Stock and any other series of preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred shall have been paid, or declared and set apart for payment, in full. At such annual meeting, the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock and all series of other preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred, shall have the right, voting as a class, to elect such two additional members of the Board of Directors to hold office for a term of one year. Upon the payments, or the declarations and setting apart for payments, in full, of continuous noncumulative dividends for at least one year on all outstanding shares of each series of the Preferred Stock and any other series of preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred, the terms of the two additional directors so elected shall forthwith terminate, and the number of directors shall automatically be reduced by two, and such voting right of the holders of shares of each series of the Preferred Stock and such other series of



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preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred shall cease, subject to increase in the number of directors as described above and to revesting of such voting right in the event of each and every additional failure in the payment of dividends for three semi-annual or six quarterly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, as described above.

The holders of each series of the Preferred Stock, together with holders of shares of other preferred stock entitled to elect members of the Board of Directors, voting together as a class, may remove and replace (without cause) either of the members of the Board of Directors they elected. If the office of either such member of the Board of Directors becomes vacant for any reason other than removal, the remaining member of the Board of Directors elected in accordance with this paragraph (iii) may choose a successor who will hold office for the unexpired term of the vacant office.

(iv) For purposes of the voting rights provided under Section 804 or any other provision of Article 8 (or any successor provision) of the New York Business Corporation Law, the granting of additional voting rights to holders of the Preferred Stock shall be deemed to not adversely affect the rights of the holders of shares of the Preferred Stock and shall be permitted without the consent or vote of any such holders.

(g) Conversion Rights. The Preferred Stock will not be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or series of stock or other securities of the corporation.

(h) Preemptive Rights. The holders of shares of Preferred Stock will have no preemptive rights with respect to any shares of the corporation’s capital stock or any of its other securities convertible into or carrying rights or options to purchase any such capital stock.

(i) Purchase. The corporation may purchase and sell the Preferred Stock from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) may determine.

(j) Certificates. Except as otherwise expressly provided below, each series of the Preferred Stock shall be issued solely in the form of one or more permanent global stock certificates (each a “Global Certificate”) registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or nominee thereof or custodian therefor. No Global Certificate may be exchanged in whole or in part for certificates registered, and no transfer of a Global Certificate in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any person other than the Depositary for such Global Certificate or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue its services as Depositary for such Global Certificate and no successor Depositary has been appointed within 90 days after such notice or (ii) ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as the depositary and so notifies the corporation, and no successor Depositary has been appointed within 90 days after such notice or the corporation becoming aware that the Depositary is no longer so registered or (B) the corporation determines at any time that any series of the Preferred Stock shall no longer be represented by Global Certificates and shall inform such Depositary of such determination. In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in the preceding sentence, the corporation will promptly make available to the transfer agent a reasonable supply of certificates for such affected series of the Preferred Stock in definitive, fully registered form.

For purposes of the foregoing, “Depositary” means a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is designated by the corporation to act as depositary for each series of the Preferred Stock.



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Global Certificates may include legends in substantially the following form and/or such other notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules, the Depositary or agreements to which the corporation is subject:

“THIS STOCK CERTIFICATE IS A PERMANENT GLOBAL STOCK CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (A NEW YORK CORPORATION) OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”


4.	Series D of Preferred Stock

(a) Designation. A series of preferred stock designated the “Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D” (hereinafter called “Series D”) is established and the authorized number of shares that shall constitute such series is 5,944,250 shares, $1.00 par value per share and having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share.

Such number of shares of Series D may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof); provided, however, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series D to less than the number of shares of Series D then issued and outstanding plus the number of shares of Series D issuable upon exercise of outstanding rights, options or warrants or upon conversion of outstanding securities issued by the corporation. The “original issue date” of the shares of Series D shall be January 20, 2016. Any outstanding shares of Series D that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock undesignated as to series.

(b) Ranking. The shares of Series D shall rank:

(i) senior, with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, to the common stock and to any other class or series of capital stock of the corporation now or hereafter authorized, issued or outstanding that, by its terms, expressly provides that it ranks junior to the shares of Series D with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, as the case may be (collectively, such common and such other capital stock, “Junior Securities”); and



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expressly provide that it ranks junior to the shares of Series D with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, as the case may be (collectively, such other capital stock, “Parity Securities”).

The Series D shall rank on a parity, with respect to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, with each series of preferred stock issued by the corporation prior to the original issue date of the Series D.

The corporation may authorize and issue additional shares of Junior Securities and Parity Securities without the consent of the holders of the shares of Series D. The corporation may not issue any class or series of capital stock of the corporation that, by its terms, expressly provides that it ranks senior to the shares of Series D with respect to the payment of dividends or distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, as the case may be.

(c) Dividends. (i) Holders of the shares of Series D will be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends, non-cumulative cash dividends based on the liquidation preference of the Series D at a rate equal to:

(1) 5.00% per annum for each semi-annual dividend period from and including the original issue date to, but excluding, January 21, 2021 (the “Series D Fixed Rate Period”); and

(2) three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 3.33% per annum, for each quarterly dividend period from and including January 21, 2021 to, but not including, the redemption date of the Series D, if any (the “Series D Floating Rate Period”).

In the event the corporation issues additional shares of Series D after the original issue date, any dividends on such additional shares shall accrue from the issue date of such additional shares.

References to the “accrual” (or similar terms) of dividends on the Series D refer only to the determination of the amount of such dividend and do not imply that any right to a dividend arises prior to the date on which a dividend is declared.

(ii) When, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), dividends will be payable on Series D on the following dates (each such date, a “dividend payment date”):

(1) during the Series D Fixed Rate Period, dividends will be payable semi-annually, in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2016 (provided that the final semi-annual dividend period during the Series D Fixed Rate Period will be from December 15, 2020 to, but excluding, January 21, 2021 and the final dividend payment date with respect to the Series D Fixed Rate Period will be January 21, 2021); and

(2) during the Series D Floating Rate Period, dividends will be payable quarterly, in arrears, on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2021. The initial quarterly dividend period during the Series D Floating Rate Period will be from January 21, 2021 to, but excluding, March 15, 2021.

In the event that any dividend payment date during the Series D Fixed Rate Period on which dividends would otherwise be payable is not a Business Day, the dividend payment date will be



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postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, without any adjustment to the dividend amount. In the event that any dividend payment date during the Series D Floating Rate Period on which dividends would otherwise be payable is not a Business Day, the dividend payment date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day and dividends will accrue to, but exclude, the date dividends are paid. However, if the postponement would cause the dividend payment date to fall in the next calendar month during the Series D Floating Rate Period, the dividend payment date will instead be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day. A “Business Day” means any weekday that is not a legal holiday in New York, New York and that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or regulation to be closed.

(iii) Dividends will be payable to holders of record of the shares of Series D as they appear on the corporation’s stock register on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day before the applicable dividend payment date, or such other record date, no earlier than 30 calendar days before the applicable dividend payment date, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof).

(iv) A “dividend period” is the period from and including a dividend payment date to, but excluding, the next dividend payment date (without giving effect during the Series D Fixed Rate Period to any adjustment of the dividend payment date because any such date is not a Business Day), except that the initial dividend period during the Series D Fixed Rate Period will commence on and include the original issue date of the Series D. Dividends payable on the Series D for the Series D Fixed Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends payable on the Series D for the Series D Floating Rate Period will be computed based on the actual number of days in a dividend period and a 360-day year. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. Dividends on the Series D will cease to accrue on the redemption date, if any, unless the corporation defaults in the redemption (which would include a default in the payment of the redemption price) of the shares of Series D called for redemption.

(v) The dividend rate for each dividend period in the Series D Floating Rate Period will be determined by the calculation agent using three-month LIBOR as in effect on the second London banking day prior to the beginning of the dividend period, which date is the “dividend determination date” for the dividend period. The calculation agent then will add the spread of 3.33% per annum to the three-month LIBOR as determined on the dividend determination date. Absent manifest error, the calculation agent’s determination of the dividend rate for a dividend period for the Series D will be binding and conclusive on the holders of shares of Series D, the transfer agent and the corporation. The calculation agent will notify the corporation of each determination of the dividend rate and will make the dividend rate available to any stockholder upon request.

A “London banking day” is any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

The “calculation agent” means, at any time, the person or entity appointed by the corporation and serving as such agent at such time. The corporation may terminate any such appointment and may appoint a successor agent at any time and from time to time, provided that the corporation shall use its best efforts to ensure that there is, at all relevant times when any shares of Series D are outstanding, a person or entity appointed and serving as such agent. The calculation agent may be a person or entity affiliated with the corporation.

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appears on Reuters screen page “LIBOR01” (or its equivalent on Bloomberg) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the relevant dividend determination date. If no offered rate appears on Reuters screen page “LIBOR01” on the relevant dividend determination date at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, the corporation will select four major banks in the London interbank market and will request each of their principal London offices to provide a quotation of the rate at which three-month deposits in U.S. dollars in amounts of at least $1,000,000 are offered by it to prime banks in the London interbank market, on that date and at that time, that is representative of single transactions at that time. The corporation shall notify the calculation agent of the quotations. If at least two quotations are provided, three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided. Otherwise, the corporation will select three major banks in New York City and will request each of them to provide a quotation of the rate offered by it at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the dividend determination date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having an index maturity of three months for the applicable dividend period in an amount of at least $1,000,000 that is representative of single transactions at that time. If three quotations are provided to the calculation agent by the corporation, three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest .00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided. Otherwise, three-month LIBOR for the next dividend period will be equal to three-month LIBOR in effect for the then-current dividend period.

(vi) Dividends on the Series D will not be cumulative and will not be mandatory. If the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) does not declare a dividend on the Series D in respect of a dividend period, then no dividend shall be deemed to have accrued for such dividend period, be payable on the applicable dividend payment date or be cumulative, and the corporation will have no obligation to pay any dividend for that dividend period, whether or not the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) declares a dividend for any future dividend period on the Series D or on any other series of the corporation’s preferred stock or common stock.

(vii) While the Series D remains outstanding, unless, in each case, the full dividends for the preceding dividend period on all outstanding shares of Series D have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside:



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purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged); and

(3) no shares of Parity Securities shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the corporation, directly or indirectly (other than (i) pursuant to offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series D and such Parity Securities; (ii) by conversion into or exchange for Junior Securities; (iii) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Securities for or into other Parity Securities; (iv) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Securities; (v) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of the Parity Securities in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; or (vi) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Parity Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged).

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this paragraph (vii) shall limit the corporation from taking any of the actions set forth in this paragraph (vii) after the original issue date of the Series D and prior to the first dividend payment date.

(viii) When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series D and any Parity Securities, all dividends declared upon shares of Series D and any Parity Securities will be declared on a proportional basis so that the ratio of dividends to be declared on any Series D for the then-current dividend period to dividends to be declared on any Parity Securities is the same as the ratio of accrued but undeclared dividends on the Series D for the then-current dividend period to accrued but undeclared dividends, including any accumulations in the case of Parity Securities that accrue cumulative dividends, on any Parity Securities.

(ix) Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise), as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), may be declared and paid on the corporation’s Junior Securities and the corporation’s Parity Securities from time to time out of any assets legally available for such payment, and the holders of shares of Series D shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividend.

(d) Liquidation. (i) Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the business and affairs of the corporation, either voluntarily or involuntarily, holders of shares of Series D are entitled to receive a liquidating distribution of $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends, out of assets of the corporation available for distribution to stockholders before the corporation makes any distribution of assets to the holders of the corporation’s Junior Securities. Distributions will be made only to the extent of the corporation’s assets that are available after satisfaction of all liabilities to creditors and subject to the rights of holders of any securities ranking senior to the Series D and pro rata as to the Series D and any other shares of the corporation’s stock ranking equally as to such distribution. Holders of shares of Series D will not be entitled to any other amounts from the corporation after they have received their full liquidating distribution.

(ii) In any such distribution, if the assets of the corporation are not sufficient to pay the liquidation preferences plus declared and unpaid dividends in full to all holders of shares of Series D and all holders of any Parity Securities, the amounts paid to the holders of shares of Series D and any Parity Securities will be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidating distribution owed to those holders. If the liquidation preference plus declared and unpaid dividends has been paid in full to all holders of shares of Series D and any Parity Securities, the holders of the corporation’s Junior Securities shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the corporation according to their respective rights and preferences.



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(iii) For purposes of this section, the merger or consolidation of the corporation with any other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of shares of Series D receive cash, securities or property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation for cash, securities or other property, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the business and affairs of the corporation.

(e) Redemption. (i) The Series D is perpetual and has no maturity date. The Series D is not subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. The corporation may redeem, to the extent of lawfully available funds, the Series D, at the option of the corporation, in whole or in part, from time to time, on any dividend payment date on or after January 21, 2021, at a redemption price equal to $1,000 per share, plus any declared and unpaid dividends, without accumulation of any undeclared dividends.

(ii) If shares of Series D are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall be given by first class mail to the holders of record of the shares of Series D to be redeemed, mailed not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof (provided that, if such shares of Series D are held in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company, or “DTC”, the corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted by DTC). Each notice of redemption will include a statement setting forth: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of Series D to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by the holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares of Series D to be redeemed from the holder; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where the certificates evidencing shares of Series D are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the redemption date. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series D has been duly given and if the funds necessary for such redemption have been irrevocably set aside by the corporation for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Series D so called for redemption, then, on and after the redemption date, dividends will cease to accrue on such shares of Series D, such shares of Series D shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of such shares will terminate, except the right to receive the redemption price plus any declared and unpaid dividends without accumulation of any undeclared dividends.

(iii) In case of any redemption of only part of the shares of Series D at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata, by lot or in such other manner as the corporation may determine to be equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series D shall be redeemed from time to time.

(iv) The holders of the shares of Series D do not have the right to require the redemption or purchase by the corporation of any of the shares of Series D.

(f) Voting Rights. (i) Except as provided below or as expressly required by law, the holders of shares of Series D shall have no voting power, and no right to vote on any matter at any time, either as a separate series or class or together with any other series or class of shares of capital stock, and shall not be entitled to call a meeting of such holders for any purpose, nor shall they be entitled to participate in any meeting of the holders of the corporation’s common stock.

(ii) Each share of Series D will have one vote whenever it is entitled to voting rights. If the corporation redeems or calls for redemption all outstanding shares of Series D and irrevocably deposits in trust sufficient funds to effect such redemption, the shares of Series D will not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of voting and the voting provisions with respect to the Series D shall not apply.



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(iii) If the corporation fails to pay, or declare and set apart for payment, dividends on outstanding shares of Series D or any other series of preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred for three semi-annual or six quarterly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, the number of directors of the corporation shall automatically be increased by two at the corporation’s first annual meeting of shareholders held thereafter, and shall remain increased until continuous noncumulative dividends for at least one year on all outstanding shares of Series D and any other series of preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred shall have been paid, or declared and set apart for payment, in full. At such annual meeting, the holders of the shares of Series D and all series of other preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred, shall have the right, voting as a class, to elect such two additional members of the Board of Directors to hold office for a term of one year. Upon the payments, or the declarations and setting apart for payments, in full, of continuous noncumulative dividends for at least one year on all outstanding shares of Series D and any other series of preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred, the terms of the two additional directors so elected shall forthwith terminate, and the number of directors shall automatically be reduced by two, and such voting right of the holders of shares of Series D and such other series of preferred stock upon which equivalent voting rights have been conferred shall cease, subject to increase in the number of directors as described above and to revesting of such voting right in the event of each and every additional failure in the payment of dividends for three semi-annual or six quarterly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, as described above.

The holders of shares of Series D, together with holders of shares of other preferred stock entitled to elect members of the Board of Directors, voting together as a class, may remove and replace (without cause) either of the members of the Board of Directors they elected. If the office of either such member of the Board of Directors becomes vacant for any reason other than removal, the remaining member of the Board of Directors elected in accordance with this paragraph (iii) may choose a successor who will hold office for the unexpired term of the vacant office.

(iv) For purposes of the voting rights provided under Section 804 or any other provision of Article 8 (or any successor provision) of the New York Business Corporation Law, the granting of additional voting rights to holders of shares of Series D shall be deemed to not adversely affect the rights of the holders of shares of Series D and shall be permitted without the consent or vote of any such holders.

(g) Conversion Rights. The Series D will not be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or series of stock or other securities of the corporation.

(h) Preemptive Rights. The holders of shares of Series D will have no preemptive rights with respect to any shares of the corporation’s capital stock or any of its other securities convertible into or carrying rights or options to purchase any such capital stock.

(i) Purchase. The corporation may purchase and sell the Series D from time to time to such extent, in such manner, and upon such terms as the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) may determine.

(j) Defined terms. Terms defined in this Section 3.B.4 shall have such meaning when used in this Section 3.B.4 only.

C. Preemptive Rights

No present or future holder of any shares of the corporation of any class or series, whether heretofore or hereafter issued, shall have any preemptive rights with respect to (1) any shares of the corporation of any



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class or series, or (2) any other security of the corporation (including bonds and debentures) convertible into or carrying rights or options to purchase such shares.

Section 4. Office

The office of the corporation is located in the City of Schenectady, County of Schenectady, State of New York.

Section 5. By-laws

The by-laws may be amended or repealed, and new by-laws may be adopted, by the shareholders or the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors shall have no authority to amend or repeal any by-law which is adopted by the shareholders after April 20, 1948, unless such authority is granted to the Board by the specific provisions of a by-law adopted by the shareholders.

Section 6. Directors

The Board of Directors of the corporation shall consist of not less than seven directors, the exact number to be determined pursuant to procedures set forth in the by-laws.

A person who is or was a director of the corporation shall have no personal liability to the corporation or its shareholders for damages for any breach of duty in such capacity except that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit liability where such liability is imposed under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York.

The vote required for election of a director by the shareholders shall, except in a contested election, be the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in favor of or against the election of a nominee at a meeting of shareholders. In a contested election, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election. An election shall be considered contested if as of the record date there are more nominees for election than positions on the board of directors to be filled by election at the meeting.

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.



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Exhibit 3(ii)

By-Laws of General Electric Company^*

Article I

Office

The office of this Company shall be in the City of Schenectady, County of Schenectady, State of New York.

Article II

Directors

A. The stock, property and affairs of this Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors consisting of not less than seven members. The number of Directors shall be such number, not less than the aforesaid minimum, as shall be determined by vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors, except as the number of Directors for any year shall be fixed by the shareholders at any annual statutory meeting by a majority vote of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon. The Directors shall be elected each year, at the annual statutory meeting of the shareholders, to hold office until the next statutory meeting, and until their successors have been elected and have qualified. One-third of the number of Directors constituting the entire Board, as that number shall be determined from time to time, shall be a quorum for the transaction of business.

B. Meetings of Directors

1. The Board of Directors may fix the time or times and the place or places of regular and special meetings of the Board. Special meetings of the Directors also may be held at any time by order of the Chairman of the Board, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, by order of the Chief Executive Officer, if then a separate office, or upon the written direction of two of the Directors.

2. Notice of each special meeting shall be mailed, telegraphed or delivered electronically to each Director at his residence or place of business at least two days before the meeting and notice shall be deemed to be given at the time of mailing or delivery to a telegraph office for transmission, but the said two days' notice need not be given to any Director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him. If the time and place of a regular meeting have not been fixed by the Board, notice of such meeting shall be given as in the case of a special meeting.

3. The Board of Directors may prescribe an order of business for its meetings.

4. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or the committee consent in writing (electronic or otherwise) to the adoption of a resolution authorizing the action. The resolution and the written consent thereto by the members of the Board or committee shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.

5. Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at any such meeting.

C. Election of Directors. In any non-contested election of directors, any incumbent director nominee who receives a greater number of votes cast against his or her election than in favor of his or her election shall immediately tender his or her resignation, and the Board of Directors shall decide, through a process managed by the Board committee responsible for director nominations and excluding the nominee in question, whether to accept the resignation at its next regularly scheduled Board meeting. The Board’s explanation of its decision shall be promptly disclosed on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

^* As last amended and restated by the Board of Directors, effective May 13, 2019.

D. In respect to things not herein specially provided for, the Board of Directors may exercise the powers conferred on them by law.

Article III

Committees of Directors

The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may designate from among its members, one or more committees, each consisting of one or more directors, and each of which, to the extent provided in the applicable resolution, shall have all the authority of the Board to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Board may designate one or more directors as ex officio members of any such committee who may replace any absent member or members at any meeting of such committee.

Article IV

Officers

A. As determined by the Board of Directors, the officers of this Company shall include:

1. A Chairman of the Board, who shall be chosen by the Directors from their own number. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of Directors, and he may at any time call any meeting of the Board of Directors; he may also at his discretion call or attend any meeting of any committee of the Board, whether or not a member of such committee.

2. A Chief Executive Officer of the Company, who shall be chosen by the Directors and may be from their own number and may also serve as Chairman of the Board. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general management, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, of the business of the Company, including the appointment of all officers and employees of the Company for whose election or appointment no other provision is made in these By-laws; he shall also have the power, at any time, to discharge or remove any officer or employee of the Company, subject to the action thereon of the Board of Directors, and shall perform all other duties appropriate to this office.

3. One or more Vice Chairmen, who shall also be chosen by the Directors and who shall be accountable to the Chief Executive Officer.

4. Two or more Vice Presidents, one or more of whom may also be designated Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents accountable to the Chief Executive Officer.

5. A Chief Financial Officer, who shall be the principal financial officer of the Company, and who shall have such duties as the Board, by resolution, shall determine. In the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, the Chairman of the Board may designate a person to exercise the powers of such office.

6. A Controller and a Treasurer who shall be officers of the Company. The Controller and Treasurer shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the Chief Financial Officer. In the absence or disability of the Controller or Treasurer, the Chairman of the Board may designate a person to execute the powers of such office.

7. A Secretary, who shall record in proper books to be kept for that purpose and have custody of the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders of the Company and of meetings of the Board of Directors and of committees of the Board (other than the compensation committee) and who shall be responsible for the custody and care of the seal of the Company. He shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the Company and perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the Board of Directors.

The Secretary may appoint an Associate Secretary and Attesting Secretaries, each of whom shall have the power to affix and attest the corporate seal of the Company, and to attest the execution of documents on behalf of the Company and who shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Secretary; and in the absence or

disability of the Secretary, the Associate Secretary may be designated by the Chairman of the Board to exercise the powers of the Secretary.

8. Such other officers as the Board may from time to time appoint.

B. One person may hold two or more offices, except that no person shall simultaneously hold the offices of Chief Executive Officer and Secretary.

C. All officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors for an initial term which shall continue until the first regularly scheduled Board meeting preceding the next annual statutory meeting of shareholders, and thereafter all officers shall hold office until the next such election of officers or until removed; provided, however, that all officers shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Officers, other than the Chairman of the Board, shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time direct, provided that these powers and duties are not inconsistent with any outstanding Board resolutions. The Chairman of the Board shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time direct.

D. In the event of the absence, incapacity, illness or the death of the Chief Executive Officer, the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, pending action by the Board of Directors, shall be assumed by that Vice Chairman who is senior to the others in length of General Electric Company service.

Article V

Removal of Officers and Employees

A. Any officer or employee of the Company may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Board of Directors. In case of such removal the officer so removed shall forthwith deliver all the property of the Company in his possession, or under his control, to some person to be designated by the Board. Nothing herein contained shall limit the power of any officer to discharge any subordinate.

B. The Board may at any time, in the transaction of business, temporarily delegate any of the duties of any officer to any other officer or person selected by it.

Article VI

Vacancies

Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, or in any office, may be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors.

Article VII

Meetings of Shareholders

A. Meetings of shareholders may be held at such time and in such place within or without the State of New York as the Board of Directors may determine, and the annual statutory meeting required by Section 602(b) of the New York Business Corporation Law shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in April of each year, or as the Board of Directors may from time to time otherwise determine.

B. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the Board, or by the Secretary upon the written request therefor of shareholders holding ten percent of the then issued stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, filed with the Secretary. A shareholder request for a special meeting shall state the purpose(s) of the proposed meeting and shall include the information required for business to be properly brought by a shareholder before the annual meeting of shareholders as set forth in this Article VII with respect to any director nominations or other business proposed to be presented at such special meeting and as to the shareholder(s) requesting such meeting. Business transacted at a special meeting requested by shareholders shall be limited to the purpose(s) stated in the request; provided, however, that nothing in these By-Laws shall

prohibit the Board of Directors from submitting matters to the shareholders at any special meeting requested by shareholders.

C. The Board of Directors may prescribe an order of business for meetings of shareholders. The Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the Chief Executive Officer, if then a separate officer, shall preside at meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may for any meeting of shareholders designate another officer or officers to preside.

D. No business shall be conducted at a meeting of the shareholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article VII. Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors (a Board Nominee) or by any shareholder entitled to vote for the election of directors who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article (a Shareholder Nominee). The proposal of other business that may properly be considered by shareholders at a meeting may be made only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors as permitted by law or (ii) by any shareholder of the Company who was a shareholder of record at the time such shareholder gives notice of such proposal as provided for in this Article, who is entitled to vote on the proposal and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article.

1.For business to be properly brought by a shareholder before the annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholder must give timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Company and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice of intention to make a nomination or to propose other business at the annual meeting must either (i) be sent to the Company in compliance with the requirements of SEC Rule 14a-8, if the proposal is submitted under such rule, or (ii) if not, be mailed and received by, or delivered to, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not earlier than the 150^thday and not later than the close of business on the 120^th day prior to the anniversary of the date the Company commenced mailing of its proxy materials in connection with the most recent annual meeting of shareholders or, if the date of the annual meeting of shareholders is more than 30 days earlier or later than the anniversary date of the most recent annual meeting of shareholders, then not later than the close of business on the earlier of (a) the 10th day after public disclosure of the meeting date, or (b) the 60^th day prior to the date the Company commences mailing of its proxy materials in connection with the annual meeting of shareholders.

2.Only matters as are stated in the notice of a special meeting of shareholders shall be brought before such a meeting and, in the case of a special meeting properly noticed for the election of directors, notice of a shareholder’s intention to make a nomination, in order to be timely, must be mailed and received by, or delivered to, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close of business on the 10th day after public disclosure of the meeting date.

3.A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary to submit business for action at the annual meeting of shareholders shall set forth either the information required by SEC Rule 14a-8 if submitted in accordance with and permitted by such rule or, if a nomination for the election of a director at the annual meeting or a special meeting of shareholders or otherwise not in accordance with such rule: as to the shareholder giving the notice, the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the business is being submitted and, if such shareholder or beneficial owner is an entity, as to each director, executive, managing member or control person of such entity (any such individual or control person, a “control person”): (i) the name and address of the shareholder and such beneficial owners and control persons, (ii) the class, series and number of all shares of stock of the Company held of record and beneficially by such shareholder and such beneficial owners and control persons, and a representation that such shareholder will notify the Company in writing of the class, series and number of such shares owned of record and beneficially as of the record date for the meeting, promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (iii) a representation that the shareholder is entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear at the meeting in person or by proxy to submit the business specified in such notice, (iv) a brief description of the business desired to be submitted to the meeting of shareholders, including the complete text of any resolutions and any amendment to any Company document intended to be presented at the meeting of shareholders, (v) any personal or other direct or indirect material interest of the shareholder and such beneficial owners and control persons in the business to be submitted, (vi) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the shareholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, the shareholder and such beneficial owners and control persons,

the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss, manage risk or benefit from share price change for, or maintain, increase or decrease the voting power of, such shareholder or such beneficial owners or control persons with respect to shares of stock of the Company, and a representation that the shareholder will notify the Company in writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (vii) a representation whether the shareholder or the beneficial owner or control person, if any, will engage in a solicitation with respect to the nomination or business and, if so, the percentage of shares of the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote on such matter that are believed or intended to be held by the shareholders to be solicited, the approximate number of shareholders to be solicited if less than all, and the name of each participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act, regardless of whether such solicitation is subject to such provision) in such solicitation, (viii) all other information relating to the proposed business which may be required to be disclosed under the New York Business Corporation Law or applicable listing standards of the primary exchange on which the Company’s capital stock is listed or included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the SEC and (ix) if the shareholder intends to make a nomination, (a) information regarding each Shareholder Nominee as would have been required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the SEC as well as other information, in each case, as set forth in a completed and signed written questionnaire completed and signed by the Shareholder Nominee, which shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request, (b) any additional information as necessary to permit the Board of Directors to determine if each Shareholder Nominee is independent under applicable listing standards, any applicable rules of the SEC and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board in determining and disclosing the independence of the Company’s directors (the Applicable Independence Standards), (c) a written representation and agreement, in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request, relating to the Shareholder Nominee’s compliance, in his or her individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, if elected as a director, with the Company’s corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines, any other Company code of conduct, policies and guidelines or any rules, regulations and listing standards, in each case as applicable to Company directors, (d) a written representation and agreement that such person (i) is not and will not become a party to any agreement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Company, will act or vote on any issue or question, and (ii) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Company with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director unless the terms of such agreement, arrangement or understanding has been provided to the Company, and (e) the terms of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between the shareholder and each Shareholder Nominee and any other person or persons, including the shareholder, such beneficial owners and any control persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder or that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act if the shareholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant. Notice of intention to make a nomination shall be accompanied by the written consent of each Shareholder Nominee to serve as director of the Company if elected.

E. The officer presiding at the meeting of shareholders shall determine all matters relating to the efficient conduct of the meeting, including, but not limited to, the items of business. The presiding officer shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare that any putative business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Article VII, in which case such business shall not be transacted.

F. The Company shall include in its proxy statement for any annual meeting of shareholders the name, together with the Required Information (defined below), of any Shareholder Nominee identified in a timely notice that satisfies Section D of this Article VII delivered by one or more shareholders who at the time the request is delivered satisfy, or are acting on behalf of persons who satisfy the ownership and other requirements of both Sections D and F of this Article VII (such shareholder or shareholders, and any person on whose behalf they are acting, the Eligible Shareholder), and who expressly elects at the time of providing the notice required by this Article VII to have its nominee included in the Company’s proxy materials pursuant to this Article VII Section F.

1.For purposes of this Article VII Section F, the “Required Information” that the Company will include in its proxy statement is (i) the information concerning the Shareholder Nominee and the Eligible Shareholder that, as determined by the Company, is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the SEC, and (ii) if the Eligible Shareholder so elects, a Statement (defined below).

2.The Company shall not be required to include a Shareholder Nominee in its proxy materials for any meeting of shareholders for which (i) the Secretary receives a notice that the Eligible Shareholder has nominated a person for election to the Board of Directors pursuant to the notice requirements set forth in Article VII Section D and (ii) the Eligible Shareholder does not expressly elect at the time of providing the notice to have its nominee included in the Company’s proxy materials pursuant to this Article VII Section F.

3.The number of Shareholder Nominees (including Shareholder Nominees that were submitted by an Eligible Shareholder for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials pursuant to this Article VII Section F but either are subsequently withdrawn or that the Board of Directors decides to nominate as Board Nominees) appearing in the Company’s proxy materials with respect to a meeting of shareholders shall not exceed 20% of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which notice of a nomination may be delivered pursuant to Article VII Section D (the Final Proxy Access Nomination Date), or if such amount is not a whole number, the closest whole number below 20%. In the event that the number of Shareholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Shareholders pursuant to this Article VII Section F exceeds this maximum number, each Eligible Shareholder shall select one Shareholder Nominee for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials until the maximum number is reached, going in the order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of the Company’s capital stock each Eligible Shareholder disclosed as owned in the written notice of the nomination submitted to the Company. If the maximum number is not reached after each Eligible Shareholder has selected one Shareholder Nominee, this selection process shall continue as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the maximum number is reached.

4.An Eligible Shareholder must have owned (as defined below) 3% or more of the Company’s outstanding capital stock continuously for at least three years (the Required Shares) as of both the date the written notice of the nomination is delivered to or mailed and received by the Company in accordance with Article VII Section D and the record date for determining shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting and must continue to own the Required Shares through the meeting date. For purposes of satisfying the foregoing ownership requirement under this Article VII Section F, (i) the shares of common stock owned by one or more shareholders, or by the person or persons who own shares of the Company’s common stock and on whose behalf any shareholder is acting, may be aggregated, provided that the number of shareholders and other persons whose ownership of shares is aggregated for such purpose shall not exceed twenty, and (ii) a group of funds under common management and investment control shall be treated as one shareholder or person for this purpose. Within the time period specified in Article VII Section D for providing notice of a nomination, an Eligible Shareholder must provide the following information in writing to the Secretary (in addition to the information required to be provided by Article VII Section D): (i) one or more written statements from the record holder of the shares (and from each intermediary through which the shares are or have been held during the requisite three-year holding period) verifying that, as of a date within seven calendar days prior to the date the written notice of the nomination is delivered to or mailed and received by the Company, the Eligible Shareholder owns, and has owned continuously for the preceding three years, the Required Shares, and the Eligible Shareholder’s agreement to provide, within five business days after the record date for the meeting, written statements from the record holder and intermediaries verifying the Eligible Shareholder’s continuous ownership of the Required Shares through the record date, (ii) the written consent of each Shareholder Nominee to be named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected, (iii) a copy of the Schedule 14N that has been filed with the SEC as required by Rule 14a-18 under the Exchange Act, as may be amended, (iv) a representation that the Eligible Shareholder (including each member of any group of shareholders that together is an Eligible Shareholder hereunder) (A) acquired the Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control at the Company, and does not presently have such intent, (B) has not nominated and will not nominate for election to the Board of Directors at the meeting any person other than the Shareholder Nominee(s) being nominated pursuant to this Article VII Section F, (C) has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not and will not be, a “participant” in another person’s “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a director at the meeting other than each Shareholder Nominee or a Board Nominee, (D) will not distribute to any shareholder any form of proxy for the meeting other than the form distributed by the Company, (E) intends to continue to own the

Required Shares through the date of the meeting, (F) will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Company and its shareholders that are or will be true and correct in all material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (G) intends to continue to own the Required Shares for at least one year following the meeting, and (v) an undertaking that the Eligible Shareholder agrees to (A) assume all liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Shareholder’s communications with the Company’s shareholders or out of the information that the Eligible Shareholder provided to the Company, (B) indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Company or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of any nomination submitted by the Eligible Shareholder pursuant to this Article VII Section F, (C) file with the SEC all soliciting and other materials as required under Section F.9 of this Article VII, and (D) comply with all other applicable laws, rules, regulations and listing standards with respect to any solicitation in connection with the meeting. The inspector of elections shall not give effect to the Eligible Shareholder’s votes with respect to the election of directors if the Eligible Shareholder does not comply with each of the representations in clause (iv) above.

5.For purposes of this Article VII Section F, an Eligible Shareholder shall be deemed to “own” only those outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock as to which the shareholder possesses both (i) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares and (ii) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares; provided that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall not include any shares (x) sold by such shareholder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (y) borrowed by such shareholder or any of its affiliates for any purposes or purchased by such shareholder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell or (z) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such shareholder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of (1) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such shareholder’s or affiliates’ full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (2) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such shareholder or affiliate. A shareholder shall “own” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the shareholder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. A shareholder’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the shareholder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney or other instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the shareholder. A person’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which (i) the person has loaned such shares, provided that the person has the power to recall such loaned shares on three business days’ notice; or (ii) the person has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney or other instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the person. Whether outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock are “owned” for these purposes shall be determined by the Board of Directors, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and its shareholders. For purposes of this Article VII Section F, the term “affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act.

6.The Eligible Shareholder may provide to the Secretary, within the time period specified in Article VII Section D for providing notice of a nomination, a written statement for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement for the meeting, not to exceed 500 words, in support of the Shareholder Nominee’s candidacy (the Statement). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VII, the Company may omit from its proxy materials any information or Statement that it believes would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard.

7.The Company shall not be required to include, pursuant to this Article VII Section F, a Shareholder Nominee in its proxy materials (i) for any meeting for which the Secretary receives a notice that the Eligible Shareholder or any other shareholder has nominated a Shareholder Nominee for election to the board of directors pursuant to the requirements of Article VII Section D and does not expressly elect at the time of providing the notice to have its nominee included in the Company’s proxy materials pursuant to this Article VII Section F, (ii) if the Eligible

Shareholder who has nominated such Shareholder Nominee has engaged in or is currently engaged in, or has been or is a “participant” in another person’s, “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a director at the meeting other than its Shareholder Nominee(s) or a Board Nominee, (iii) who is not independent under the Applicable Independence Standards, as determined by the Board of Directors, (iv) whose election as a member of the Board of Directors would cause the Company to be in violation of these By-Laws, the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the listing standards of the principal exchange upon which the Company’s capital stock is traded, or any applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation, (v) who is or has been, within the past three years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, (vi) who is a director, trustee, officer or employee with management functions for any depository institution, depository institution holding company or entity that has been designated as a Systemically Important Financial Institution, each as defined in the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act (DIMIA), provided, however, that this clause (vi) shall apply only while the Company is subject to DIMIA, (vii) who is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in such a criminal proceeding within the past ten years, (viii) who is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ix) if such Shareholder Nominee or the applicable Eligible Shareholder shall have provided information to the Company in respect to such nomination that was untrue in any material respect or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as determined by the Board of Directors, or (x) if the Eligible Shareholder or applicable Shareholder Nominee otherwise contravenes any of the agreements or representations made by such Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee or fails to comply with its obligations pursuant to this Article VII.

8.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Board of Directors or the person presiding at the meeting shall declare a nomination by an Eligible Shareholder to be invalid, and such nomination shall be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company, if (i) the Shareholder Nominee(s) and/or the applicable Eligible Shareholder shall have breached its or their obligations, agreements or representations under this Article VII, as determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding at the meeting, or (ii) the Eligible Shareholder (or a qualified representative thereof) does not appear at the meeting to present any nomination pursuant to this Article VII Section F.

9.The Eligible Shareholder (including any person who owns shares that constitute part of the Eligible Shareholder’s ownership for purposes of satisfying Section F.5 of this Article VII) shall file with the SEC any solicitation or other communication with the Company’s shareholders relating to the meeting at which the Shareholder Nominee will be nominated, regardless of whether any such filing is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act or whether any exemption from filing is available for such solicitation or other communication under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act.

10.No person may be a member of more than one group of persons constituting an Eligible Shareholder under this Article VII Section F.

11.Any Shareholder Nominee who is included in the Company’s proxy materials for a particular meeting of shareholders but either (i) withdraws from or becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at the meeting, or (ii) does not receive at least 25% of the votes cast in favor of the Shareholder Nominee’s election, shall be ineligible to be a Shareholder Nominee pursuant to this Article VII Section F for the next two annual meetings of shareholders following the meeting for which the Shareholder Nominee has been nominated for election.

Article VIII

Stock and Transfer

A. Certificates of stock, signed by the Chairman of the Board, or a Vice Chairman, or the Chief Executive Officer, if then a separate officer, or a Vice President and the Secretary or Treasurer, shall be issued to the shareholders; provided, however, that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Company. Such signatures may be facsimiles, engraved or printed, and in case any such officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed

upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if that officer had not ceased to be such at the date of its issue.

B. The stock shall be transferable only upon the books of the Company, by the holder thereof, in person, or by properly authenticated power of attorney.

C. The Board of Directors may appoint suitable agents in the City of New York and elsewhere, to facilitate transfers by shareholders under such regulations as the Board may from time to time prescribe. The transfer books may be closed by the Board for such periods as may be deemed advisable for dividend or other purposes.

D. The Board of Directors may appoint any bank or trust company in the City of New York or elsewhere, to act as registrar of transfers of stock until otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors. After the appointment of any such registrar of transfers, no certificate thereafter issued for stock shall be binding upon the Company, or have any validity, unless countersigned by any such registrar of transfers, or by a successor of any such registrar appointed by the Board of Directors.

E. The Board of Directors may make such other and further regulations, with reference to the stock and its transfer, as to them may seem advisable from time to time.

F. The Board of Directors may call a meeting or meetings of shareholders for the purpose of authorizing an increase of the stock of this Company, at such time or times as to the Board may seem advisable.

Article IX

Examination of Books

The Board of Directors may, by resolution, make regulations respecting the examination of the books of the Company by shareholders.

Article X

Engineering Decisions and Activities

All engineering decisions made in a particular state pertaining to any project or engineering activities conducted by the Company in such state where so required by law, or where the Chief Executive Officer so directs, shall be made (a) by the employee of the Company who holds a certificate of registration as an engineer in such state and who has been specified by the Chief Executive Officer or the person designated by the Chief Executive Officer to make such specification, as the engineer in responsible charge of such project or engineering activities, or (b) by other responsible engineers under his direction or supervision.

Article XI

Indemnification

A. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as the same exists or may hereafter be in effect, indemnify any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Company (hereinafter, a “director” or “officer”) and who is or was made or threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism, inquiry, investigation, hearing or other proceeding (including any appeal therein), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, legislative or otherwise (hereinafter, a “proceeding“), including an action by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor and an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which such person is serving, has served or has agreed to serve in any capacity at the request of the Company, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Company, or, while a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against (i) judgments, fines, amounts paid or to

be paid in settlement, taxes or penalties, and (ii) costs, charges and expenses, including attorneys fees (hereinafter, “expenses”), incurred in connection with such proceeding, provided, however, that no indemnification shall be provided to any such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer and from which there is no further right to appeal establishes that (i) his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as provided in Section E with respect to a suit to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article XI, the Company shall be required to indemnify a director or officer under this Section A in connection with any suit (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such suit (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors.

B.In addition to the right to indemnification conferred by Section A, a director or officer of the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as the same exists or may hereafter be in effect, also have the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay any amounts so advanced if (i) such person is ultimately found, under the procedure set forth in Section C or by a court of competent jurisdiction, not to be entitled to indemnification under this Article XI or otherwise, or (ii) where indemnification is granted, to the extent the expenses so advanced by the Company exceed the indemnification to which such person is entitled.

C. To receive indemnification under Section A, a director or officer of the Company shall submit to the Company a written request, which shall include documentation or information that is necessary to determine the entitlement of such person to indemnification and that is reasonably available to such person. Upon receipt by the Company of a written request for indemnification, if required by the New York Business Corporation Law, a determination with respect to the request shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors, acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to the proceeding upon a finding that the director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the New York Business Corporation Law, or (ii) if a quorum of such disinterested directors is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by the Board of Directors upon the opinion in writing of independent legal counsel that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the New York Business Corporation Law or by the shareholders upon a finding that such person has met such standard of conduct. The determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be made, and such indemnification shall be paid in full, within 90 days after a written request for indemnification has been received by the Company. Upon making a request for indemnification, a director or officer shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification and the burden of establishing that a director or officer is not entitled to indemnification under this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the Company.

D. To receive an advancement of expenses under Section B, a director or officer shall submit to the Company a written request, which shall reasonably evidence the expenses incurred by such person and shall include the undertaking required by Section B. Expenses shall be paid in full within 30 days after a written request for advancement has been received by the Company.

E. If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses is not paid in full by the Company or on its behalf within the time frames specified in Section C or D, as applicable, a director or officer of the Company may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, such person shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In any suit brought by a director or officer of the Company to enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article XI, or brought by the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that such person is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the Company.

F. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article XI, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as the same exists or may hereafter be in effect, a director or officer of the Company shall be entitled to indemnification against all expenses incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf if such person appears as a witness or

otherwise incurs legal expenses as a result of or related to such person’s service (i) as a director or officer of the Company, or (ii) while a director or officer of the Company, at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which such person is serving, has served or has agreed to serve in any capacity at the request of the Company, in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism, inquiry, investigation, hearing or other proceeding to which such person neither is, nor is threatened to be made, a party.

G. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, or by a committee comprised of members of the Board or members of management as the Board may designate for such purpose, provide indemnification to employees or agents of the Company who are not officers or directors of the Company with such scope and effect as determined by the Board, or such committee.

H. The Company may indemnify any person to whom the Company is permitted by applicable law to provide indemnification or the advancement of expenses, whether pursuant to rights granted pursuant to, or provided by, the New York Business Corporation Law or other rights created by (i) a resolution of shareholders, (ii) a resolution of directors, or (iii) an agreement providing for such indemnification, it being expressly intended that these By-Laws authorize the creation of other rights in any such manner. The right to be indemnified and to the advancement of expenses authorized by this Section H shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

I. The rights conferred by this Article XI shall be contract rights and shall vest at the time a person agrees to become a director or officer of the Company. Such rights shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Company and shall extend to the heirs and legal representatives of such person. Any repeal or modification of the provisions of this Article XI shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any director or officer in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

J. If any provision of this Article XI is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article XI (including without limitation, all portions of any section of this Article XI containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not by themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article XI (including, without limitation, all portions of any section of this Article XI containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

K. This Article XI may be amended, modified or repealed either by action of the Board of Directors of the Company or by the vote of the shareholders.

Article XII

Amendments of By-Laws

These By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed, at any time, in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation of this Company.

Article XIII

Emergency By-Law

A. This Emergency By-law shall become effective if the Defense Council of New York, as constituted under the New York State Defense Emergency Act now in effect or as it may hereafter be amended from time to time, shall order the effectiveness of emergency By-laws of New York Corporations and shall cease to be effective when the Council shall so declare. This Emergency By-law may also become effective in the manner outlined in Section E of this Article.

B. In the event this Emergency By-law shall become effective, the business of the Company shall continue to be managed by those members of the Board of Directors in office at the time the emergency arises who are available to act during the emergency. If less than three such Directors are available to act, additional Directors, in whatever number is necessary to constitute a Board of three Directors, shall be selected automatically from the first available officers or employees in the order provided in the emergency succession list established by the Board of Directors and in effect at the time an emergency arises.

C. For the purposes of Sections B and D.3 of this Article, a Director shall be deemed unavailable to act if he shall fail to attend a Directors meeting called in the manner provided in Section D.1 of this Article. This section, however, shall not affect in any way the right of a Director in office at the time an emergency arises to continue as a Director.

D. The Board of Directors shall be governed by the following basic procedures and shall have the following specific powers in addition to all other powers which it would otherwise have.

1. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by any Director, or by the first available officer or employee in the order provided in the emergency succession list referred to in Section B of this Article, by mailing to all Directors written notice thereof at their residence or place of business at least two days before the meeting and by using other reasonably available means of communication in an effort to contact each Director.

2. Three Directors shall constitute a quorum which may in all cases act by majority vote.

3. If the number of Directors who are available to act shall drop below three, additional Directors, in whatever number is necessary to constitute a Board of three Directors, shall be selected automatically from the first available officers or employees in the order provided in the emergency succession list referred to in Section B of this Article.

4. Additional Directors, beyond the minimum number of three Directors, but not more than three additional Directors, may be elected from any officers or employees on the emergency succession list referred to in Section B of this Article.

5. Any Director, other than a Director in office at the time an emergency arises, may be removed by a majority vote.

6. The Board of Directors may establish any additional procedures and may amend any of the provisions of this Article concerning the interim management of the affairs of the Company in an emergency if it considers it to be in the best interests of the Company to do so, except that it may not change Sections C or D.5 of this Article in any manner which excludes from participation any person who was a Director in office at the time an emergency arises.

7. To the extent that it considers it practical to do so, the Board of Directors shall manage the business of the Company during an emergency in a manner which is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws. It is recognized, however, that in an emergency it may not always be practical to act in this manner and this Emergency By-law is intended to and hereby empowers the Board of Directors with the maximum authority possible under the New York State Defense Emergency Act, and all other applicable law, to conduct the interim management of the affairs of the Company in an emergency in what it considers to be in the best interests of the Company.

E. If an obvious defense emergency exists because of an enemy attack and, if by reason of the emergency, the Defense Council of New York is itself unable to order the effectiveness of emergency by-laws as contemplated by Section A of this Article, then:

1. A quorum of the Board of Directors pursuant to Article II may order the effectiveness of this Emergency By-law or

2. If a quorum of the Board of Directors pursuant to Article II is not present at the first Board of Directors meeting called, in the manner provided in Section D.1 of this Article, after an emergency arises, then the provisions of this Emergency By-law shall automatically become effective and shall remain in effect until it is practical for a normally constituted Board of Directors to resume management of the business of the Company.

Exhibit 31(a)

Certification Pursuant to
Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended

I, H. Lawrence Culp, Jr., certify that:


1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of General Electric Company;


2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 31, 2019

/s/ H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.

H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31(b)

Certification Pursuant to
Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended

I, Jamie S. Miller, certify that:


1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of General Electric Company;


2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 31, 2019

/s/ Jamie S. Miller

Jamie S. Miller

Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32

Certification Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350

In connection with the Quarterly Report of General Electric Company (the “registrant”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “report”), we, H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. and Jamie S. Miller, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of the registrant, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, that to our knowledge:


(1)	The report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and


(2)	The information contained in the report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant.

July 31, 2019

/s/ H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.

H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Jamie S. Miller

Jamie S. Miller

Chief Financial Officer

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