UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 19, 2016

 

Baker Hughes Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

         
Delaware   1-9397   76-0207995
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File No.)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

   
2929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas   77019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 439-8600

(former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Changes to Named Executive Officers

 

On May 24, 2016, Baker Hughes Incorporated (the "Company") made the following changes to the Company's named executive officers. Mr. Belgacem Chariag moved from Chief Integration Officer of the Company to the role of President, Global Operations, and Mr. Derek Mathieson moved from Chief Marketing and Technology Officer, to the role of Chief Commercial Officer.

 

Mr. Chariag, age 53, served as Chief Integration Officer since December 2014, President of Global Products and Services from October 2013 to December 2014, and President of Eastern Hemisphere Operations from 2009 to 2013. Prior to joining the Company in 2009, he served as Vice President/Director HSE of Schlumberger Limited from May 2008 to 2009, President of Well Services, a Schlumberger product line, from 2006 to 2008, and Vice President Marketing Oilfield Services for Europe, Africa and CIS of Schlumberger from 2004 to 2006. On May 23, 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company increased Mr. Chariag’s base salary from $700,000 to $750,000 and granted him a restricted stock unit award of 44,120 shares of common stock of the Company. The award vests 100% on the second anniversary of the grant date.

 

Mr. Mathieson, age 46, served as Vice President, Chief Technology and Marketing Officer since September 2015, Chief Strategy Officer from October 2013 to September 2015, President Western Hemisphere Operations from 2012 to 2013, President, Products and Technology from May 2009 to January 2012, and Chief Technology and Marketing Officer of the Company from December 2008 to May 2009.

 

There are no family relationships existing between Messrs. Chariag and Mathieson and any director or executive officer of the Company. There have been no transactions, and no transactions are currently proposed, in which the Company was or is to be a participant and in which Messrs. Chariag and Mathieson or any member of their immediate families had or will have any interest, that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. In addition, there are no arrangements or understandings between Messrs. Chariag and Mathieson and any other persons pursuant to which Messrs. Chariag or Mathieson are appointed to such positions.

 

 
 

Retirement of Chief Accounting Officer

 

On May 19, 2016, Mr. Alan J. Keifer, Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, announced his retirement from the Company, effective July 31, 2016. A replacement for Mr. Keifer has not been appointed yet.

 

Amendment to the Executive Severance Plan

 

On May 24, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the Amendment and Restatement of the Baker Hughes Incorporated Executive Severance Plan under which participants who were previously included in Salary Bands I and II are now covered under a new Salary Band EL and may be eligible for cash severance benefits equal to 12 months of base compensation. The amendments do not affect the Company's named executive officers.

 

Approval of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and Terms and Conditions

 

On May 23, 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved a new form of Baker Hughes Incorporated Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and Terms and Conditions for officer grants under the 2002 Director & Officer Long-Term Incentive Plan that contains a two-year cliff vesting schedule based upon continued employment.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Executive Severance Plan and the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and Terms and Conditions do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the aforementioned documents, copies of which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on May 24, 2016 (the "Annual Meeting") to (i) elect thirteen members to the Board of Directors to serve for a one-year term, (ii) vote on an advisory vote to approve the Company's executive compensation program, (iii) ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016; and (iv) vote on a stockholder proposal regarding a majority vote standard for all non-binding stockholder proposals. Each of the directors nominated was elected, the vote to approve the Company's executive compensation program and the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2016 were approved. The vote on the stockholder proposal regarding a majority vote standard for all non-binding stockholder proposals failed.

 

As of April 1, 2016, the record date, there were 437,879,154 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and 378,848,253 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast with respect to the election of each

 

 
 

director is required for the approval of such director. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the matter is required for the approval of the other proposals.

 

The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes for the election of each director was as follows:

 

Name

Number of Votes  

FOR

Number of Votes

AGAINST

Abstentions

Broker 

Non-Votes

Larry D. Brady 334,176,668 12,531,882 189,339 31,950,364
Gregory D. Brenneman 333,046,185 13,664,602 187,102 31,950,364
Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. 332,133,566 14,580,821 183,502 31,950,364
Martin S. Craighead 335,296,966 10,414,563 1,186,360 31,950,364
William H. Easter III 335,448,669 11,254,263 194,957 31,950,364
Lynn L. Elsenhans 344,595,251 2,122,216 180,422 31,950,364
Anthony G. Fernandes 332,727,087 13,983,963 186,839 31,950,364
Claire W. Gargalli 332,806,723 13,902,531 188,635 31,950,364
Pierre H. Jungels 335,345,218 11,358,593 194,078 31,950,364
James A. Lash 341,225,305 5,475,577 197,007 31,950,364
J. Larry Nichols 329,750,988 16,955,903 190,998 31,950,364
James W. Stewart 336,780,452 9,934,592 182,845 31,950,364
Charles L. Watson 341,786,868 4,926,892 184,129 31,950,364

 

The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the advisory vote related to the Company's executive compensation program was as follows:

 

Number of Votes

FOR

Number of Votes

AGAINST

Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
279,705,915 66,867,524 324,450 31,950,364

 

 
 

The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2016 was as follows:

 

Number of Votes

FOR

Number of Votes

AGAINST

Abstentions

Broker Non -Votes

375,542,708 2,928,194 377,351 -

 

The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the stockholder proposal regarding a majority vote standard for all non-binding stockholder proposals was as follows:

 

Number of Votes 

FOR

Number of Votes

AGAINST

Abstentions

Broker Non -Votes

25,097,841 321,337,420 462,628 31,950,364

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On May 25, 2016, the Company issued a news release announcing organizational and leadership changes.

 

A copy of the news release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. In accordance with General Instructions B.2. of Form 8-K, the information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

 
 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On May 24, 2016, the Board of Directors elected Martin S. Craighead as Chairman of the Board of Directors and J. Larry Nichols as Lead Director. The Board of Directors also approved the following committee assignments.

 

Audit/Ethics Committee Compensation Committee Executive Committee

Finance

Committee

Governance and HS&E Committee
Larry D. Brady Gregory D. Brenneman Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. William H. Easter III Lynn L. Elsenhans
Gregory D. Brenneman Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. Martin S. Craighead * Lynn L. Elsenhans * Anthony G. Fernandes
Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. William H. Easter III J. Larry Nichols Pierre H. Jungels James A. Lash
James A. Lash * Anthony G. Fernandes * James W. Stewart James W. Stewart J. Larry Nichols *
J. Larry Nichols Claire W. Gargalli Charles L. Watson Charles L. Watson  
  Pierre H. Jungels      

* Denotes Chair

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

10.1 Amendment and Restatement of the Baker Hughes Incorporated Executive Severance Plan, effective May 24, 2016
   
10.2 Form of Baker Hughes Incorporated Restricted Stock Award Agreement and Terms and Conditions for officers pursuant to the 2002 Director & Officer Long-Term Incentive Plan    
   
99.1 News release of Baker Hughes Incorporated dated May 25, 2016

 

 
 

Signature

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

         
    BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
     
Dated: May 25, 2016   By:   /s/ Lee Whitley
       

Lee Whitley

Vice President and Corporate Secretary

         
 
 

Exhibit Index

 

10.1 Amendment and Restatement of the Baker Hughes Incorporated Executive Severance Plan, effective May 24, 2016
10.2 Form of Baker Hughes Incorporated Restricted Stock Award Agreement and Terms and Conditions for officers pursuant to the 2002 Director & Officer Long-Term Incentive Plan
99.1 News release of Baker Hughes Incorporated dated May 25, 2016

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN

 

( As Amended and Restated
Effective May 24, 2016)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN

 

( As Amended and Restated Effective May 24, 2016)

 

WHEREAS, Baker Hughes Incorporated, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company” ), recognizes that one of its most valuable assets is its key management executives;

 

WHEREAS , the Company would like to provide severance benefits in the event that a key management executive is involuntarily terminated in certain circumstances;

 

WHEREAS, the Company previously established the Baker Hughes Incorporated Executive Severance Plan (the “Plan” ) to provide for the payment of severance pay in appropriate circumstances; and

 

WHEREAS , the Plan is a constituent benefit program maintained under the Baker Hughes Incorporated Welfare Benefits Plan;

 

WHEREAS , the Company desires to amend and restate the Plan;

 

NOW, THEREFORE , the Company adopts the amendment and restatement of the Program effective May 24, 2016, except insofar as a later effective date is specified.

 

 

 

 

BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN

 

Table of Contents

 

Page

1. ESTABLISHMENT, OBJECTIVE AND DURATION 1
  1.1 Establishment 1
  1.2 Objective 1
  1.3 Duration 1
2. DEFINITIONS 1
  2.1 Capitalized Terms 1
  2.2 Number and Gender 4
  2.3 Headings 4
3. ELIGIBILITY 5
4. BENEFITS 5
  (a) Base Compensation 5
  (b) Outplacement 5
5. OTHER BENEFIT PROGRAMS; PERQUISITES; COMPANY PROPERTY; EXPENSE ACCOUNT 6
  5.1 Other Benefit Programs 6
  5.2 Perquisites; Company Property; Expense Account 6
  (a) Perquisites 6
  (b) Company Property 6
  (c) Expense Account 6
6. TIME OF BENEFITS PAYMENTS 7
7. WITHHOLDING 7
8. REDUCTION FOR OTHER SEVERANCE BENEFITS; NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS; STATUTORY SEVERANCE 7
  8.1 Reduction for Other Severance Benefits 7
  8.2 Non-Exclusivity of Rights 7
  8.3 Statutory Severance 8
9. DEATH OF PARTICIPANT 8
10. NON-SOLICITATION; CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 8
  10.1 Non-Solicitation 8
  10.2 Confidential Information 8

 

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Page

11. UNFUNDED ARRANGEMENT 9
12. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN 9
  12.1 Plan Administrator 9
  12.2 Records and Procedures 9
  12.3 Self-Interest of Plan Administrator 9
  12.4 Compensation and Bonding 9
  12.5 Plan Administrator Powers and Duties 10
  12.6 Reliance Upon Documents, Instruments, etc 10
13. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION 10
14. CLAIMS REVIEW PROCEDURES; CLAIMS APPEALS PROCEDURES 10
  14.1 Claims Review Procedures 10
  14.2 Claims Appeals Procedures 11
15. PARTICIPATION IN THE PLAN BY AFFILIATES 12
  15.1 Adoption Procedure 12
  15.2 No Joint Venture Implied 13
16. DISPUTED PAYMENTS AND FAILURES TO PAY 13
17. MISCELLANEOUS 14
  17.1 Plan Not an Employment Contract 14
  17.2 Alienation Prohibited 14
  17.3 Severability 14
  17.4 Binding Effect 14
  17.5 Arbitration 14
  17.6 Governing Law 15

Exhibit A   Schedule of Benefits 17

  

 

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BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN

 

1. ESTABLISHMENT, OBJECTIVE AND DURATION

 

1.1 Establishment . Baker Hughes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, previously established a severance plan for certain designated employees to be known as the “Baker Hughes Incorporated Executive Severance Plan” (the “ Plan ”).

 

1.2 Objective . The Plan is designed to attract and retain certain designated employees of the Company (defined below) and to provide replacement income if their employment is terminated because of Involuntary Terminations.

 

1.3 Duration . The Plan, as it may be amended by the Board (defined below) from time to time, shall remain in effect until the Board terminates the Plan.

 

2. DEFINITIONS

 

2.1 Capitalized Terms . Whenever used in this Plan, the following capitalized terms in this Section 2.1 shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Affiliate ” means any entity which is a member of (i) of the same controlled group of corporations within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code, (ii) a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code), or (iii) an affiliated service group (within the meaning of section 414(m) of the Code) with Baker Hughes.

 

Baker Hughes ” means Baker Hughes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.

 

Base Compensation ” means a Participant’s base salary or wages measured on an annual basis (as defined in section 3401(a) of the Code for purposes of federal income tax withholding) from the Company, modified by including any portion thereof that such Participant could have received in cash in lieu of (i) any deferrals made by the Participant pursuant to the Baker Hughes Incorporated Supplemental Retirement Plan or (ii) elective contributions made on his behalf by the Company pursuant to a qualified cash or deferred arrangement described in section 401(k) of the Code and any elective contributions under a cafeteria plan described in section 125, and modified further by excluding any bonus, incentive compensation, commissions, expense reimbursements or other expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash and noncash), moving expenses, deferred compensation (other than elective contributions to the Company’s qualified cash or deferred arrangement described in section 401(k) of the Code), welfare benefits as defined in ERISA, overtime pay, special performance compensation amounts and severance compensation.

 

Benefits ” means the severance benefits a Participant is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Other benefits as specified in Section 5 are not considered severance benefits for purposes of the Plan.

 

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Board ” means the Board of Directors of Baker Hughes.

 

Cause ” means (i) the willful and continued failure by the Participant to substantially perform the Participant’s duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Participant’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Participant by the Board (or by a delegate appointed by the Board), which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Participant has not substantially performed the Participant’s duties, or (ii) the willful engaging by the Participant in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company or any of its Affiliates, monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of Sections (i) and (ii) of this definition, (A) no act, or failure to act, on the Participant’s part shall be deemed “willful” if done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in good faith and with reasonable belief that the act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company and (B) in the event of a dispute concerning the application of this provision, no claim by the Company that Cause exists shall be given effect unless the Company establishes to the Board by clear and convincing evidence that Cause exists.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor act.

 

“Committee” means the Administrative Committee appointed by the Board.

 

“Company” means Baker Hughes or an Affiliate that adopts the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.

 

“Confidential Information” means any information, ideas, processes, methods, designs, devices, inventions, data, techniques, models and other information developed or used by the Company or any of its Affiliates and not generally known in the relevant trade or industry relating to the Company's or any Affiliate’s products, services, businesses, operations, employees, customers or suppliers, whether in tangible or intangible form, which gives the Company or any of its Affiliates a competitive advantage, including, without limitation, (i) trade secrets; (ii) information relating to existing or contemplated products, services, technology, designs, processes, formulae, research or product developments; (iii) information relating to business plans or strategies, sales or marketing methods, methods of doing business, prices of sales or services, customer lists, customer usages and/or requirements, supplier information (including the prices of supplies); and (iv) any other confidential information which either the Company or any of its Affiliates may reasonably have the right to protect by patent, copyright or by keeping it secret and confidential. Confidential Information also includes any of the foregoing information of third parties which the Company is obligated to maintain as confidential. Confidential Information does not include (i) information that is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Participant or by any individual or entity to which the Participant delivered such information; (ii) information that becomes available to the Participant from a source that is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company or an

 

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Affiliate; or (iii) information approved for release by written authorization of the Company.

 

“Continuous Service” means a Participant’s service for the Company and Affiliates commencing on his most recent date of hire by the Company or an Affiliate and ending on the date of the complete severance of the Participant’s employment relationship with the Company or an Affiliate without a contemporaneous transfer to the employ of the Company or any Affiliate. For this purpose, a Participant will not be treated as having a new date of hire if he is directly transferred from the employ of the Company or an Affiliate to the employ of an Affiliate or the Company.

 

Employment Termination Date ” means the date on which the employment relationship between the Participant and the Company is terminated due to an Involuntary Termination.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor act.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor act.

 

FICA ” means the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, as amended, or any successor act.

 

“Grandfathered Participant” means an individual who is not classified as executive grade under the Company’s payroll system but who has been designated by the Committee as being eligible to participate in the Plan. The Committee or its delegate shall specify in a written communication to such Grandfathered Participant whether the Grandfathered Participant is to be treated in the same manner as a Participant who is in Salary Band EL or Salary Band III for purposes of the Plan.

 

Involuntary Termination ” means the complete severance of a Participant’s employment relationship with the Company (i) because the Participant’s position is eliminated, (ii) because the Participant and the Company agree to the Participant's resignation of his position at the request of the Company, (iii) which occurs in conjunction with, and during the period that begins 90 days before and ends 180 days after, an acquisition, merger, spin-off, reorganization (either business or personnel), facility closing or a discontinuance of the operations of the divisions in which the Participant is employed, (iv) because the Company terminates the Participant’s employment for a reason other than for Cause or (v) for any other reason which is deemed an Involuntary Termination by the Plan Administrator. An Involuntary Termination does not include (i) a termination for Cause, (ii) a transfer of employment from one Company to another Company or a transfer of employment to a venture or entity in which the Company or an Affiliate has any equity interest, (iii) a temporary absence, such as a Family and Medical Leave Act leave or a temporary layoff in which a Participant retains entitlement to re-employment, (iv) the Participant’s death, disability or Retirement or (v) a voluntary termination by the Participant.

 

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Participant ” means an individual who is (i) employed in the services of the Company, (ii) (a) classified as executive grade under the Company’s payroll system categories or (b) classified by the Committee as being a Grandfathered Participant, and (iii) eligible to participate in the Plan under Section 3.

 

Plan ” means the Baker Hughes Incorporated Executive Severance Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

Plan Administrator ” means Baker Hughes, acting through its delegates. Such delegates shall include the Administrative Committee, and any individual Plan Administrator appointed by the Board with respect to the employee benefit plans of Baker Hughes and its Affiliates, each of which shall have the duties and responsibilities assigned to it from time to time by the Board. As used in the Plan, the term “Plan Administrator” shall refer to the applicable delegate of Baker Hughes as determined pursuant to the actions of the Board.

 

Release Agreement ” means the agreement which a Participant is required to execute and deliver in order to receive the Benefits. The Vice President, Human Resources of Baker Hughes or his designee may adopt more than one form of the Release Agreement to comply with or take into account the laws of different jurisdictions or to take into account individual circumstances.

 

Retirement ” means the Participant’s voluntary termination of his employment after the Participant has attained at least 55 years of age and has at least ten Years of Service.

 

“Section 409A” means section 409A of the Code and the Department of Treasury rules and regulations issued thereunder.

 

“Separation From Service” has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 409A.

 

“Specified Employee” means a person who is, as of the date of the person’s Separation From Service, a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A, taking into account the elections made and procedures established in resolutions adopted by the Administrative Committee of Baker Hughes.

 

“Year of Service” means 365 days of Continuous Service.

 

2.2 Number and Gender . As used in the Plan, unless the context otherwise expressly requires to the contrary, references to the singular include the plural, and vice versa; references to the masculine include the feminine and neuter; references to “including” mean “including (without limitation)”; and references to Sections and clauses mean the sections and clauses of the Plan.

 

2.3 Headings. The headings of Sections herein are included solely for convenience, and if there is any conflict between such headings and the text of the Plan, the text shall control.

 

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3. ELIGIBILITY

 

To be eligible to receive Benefits under the Plan, an individual must (i) be classified as (a) executive grade under the Company’s payroll system categories on the Employment Termination Date or (b) a Grandfathered Participant on the Employment Termination Date, (ii) incur an Involuntary Termination and (iii) execute and deliver to the Plan Administrator a Release Agreement provided to the Participant by the Plan Administrator by the deadline specified by the Plan Administrator. An individual who is classified by the Company as an independent contractor is not eligible to participate in the Plan (even if he is subsequently reclassified by the Internal Revenue Service or a court as a common law employee of the Company and the Company acquiesces to the reclassification).

 

4. BENEFITS

 

The Company shall provide a Participant who has satisfied the eligibility requirements of Section 3 the Benefits described below. No Benefits will be deemed to have accrued prior to a Participant’s Employment Termination Date, and no rights to Benefits will be deemed to have vested until the occurrence of an Involuntary Termination.

 

Further details of the Benefits described in this Section 4 are provided in Exhibit A . Subject to the provisions of Section 13, the Plan Administrator may, from time to time, modify the Benefits to reflect changes in the compensation grade system or for changes in the Benefits approved by the Board.

 

The Committee or its delegate may, in its sole discretion, determine that a Participant who incurs a demotion shall continue to be treated as if he or she were in a specified Salary Band set forth in Exhibit A solely for purposes of the Plan, regardless of such Participant’s actual Salary Band, but in no event will such a Participant be eligible for a benefit greater than the level of benefits that applied to him or her immediately prior to his or her demotion. Any determination provided for in this paragraph shall be communicated to the Participant in writing.

 

(a) Base Compensation . The Company will pay the Participant a cash severance benefit based on the Participant’s Base Compensation at the Employment Termination Date, with the amount of the Base Compensation benefit determined in accordance with the relevant provisions of Exhibit A. The amount of the Participant’s cash severance benefit will depend upon the Company’s classification of the Participant for compensation purposes in the Company’s salary grade system. Notwithstanding the measurement of Base Compensation on an annual basis, a Participant’s Base Compensation for the month in which the Participant’s Employment Termination Date occurs will be used in determining the Base Compensation benefit. A Participant’s Base Compensation severance benefit will be paid in a single sum cash payment in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.

 

(b) Outplacement . Each Participant shall be entitled to outplacement assistance at the expense of the Company determined in accordance with the relevant provisions of Exhibit A and this Section 4(b). No cash will be paid in lieu of outplacement fees and costs. All fees for outplacement assistance shall be paid by the

 

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Company directly to the provider of the outplacement assistance services. The in-kind outplacement assistance services that are provided pursuant to this Section 4(c) shall not be provided beyond the last day of the Participant’s second taxable year following the Participant’s taxable year in which the Participant incurs a Separation From Service.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall provide a Participant who is employed primarily outside of the United States such Benefits as the Plan Administrator determines taking into consideration any prohibitions or restrictions and any statutorily mandated severance benefits applicable to the Participant, with the intent of providing such Participant Benefits that are generally comparable to the Benefits provided to Participants who are employed primarily in the United States. It is the express intent of the Company that any Benefits paid to such a Participant will be in lieu of any statutorily-mandated severance benefits (or other employment termination related benefits), including, but not limited to, gratuities and similar benefits.

 

5. OTHER BENEFIT PROGRAMS; PERQUISITES; COMPANY PROPERTY; EXPENSE ACCOUNT

 

5.1 Other Benefit Programs.

 

The Company will pay the Participant, or cause the Participant to be paid, any other compensation and employee benefits to which he is entitled in accordance with the terms of the applicable compensation and employee benefit arrangements. Nothing in this Section 5.1 shall be construed to mean that a Participant is entitled to any benefits under any particular compensation or employee benefit arrangement.

 

5.2 Perquisites; Company Property; Expense Account.

 

(a) Perquisites . A Participant’s perquisites and perquisite allowance shall terminate effective as of the Participant’s Employment Termination Date. To the extent that the aggregate fair market value of the club memberships to be purchased does not exceed the amount of the dollar limitation in effect under section 402(g)(1) of the Code at the time of the Participant’s Separation From Service, a Participant may, at his option, purchase any of his club memberships held in the Company’s name at the fair market value and on the terms mutually agreed by the Participant and the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator will determine the fair market value of any such membership.

 

(b) Company Property . No later than the Participant’s Employment Termination Date (unless the Plan Administrator agrees otherwise in writing), the Participant shall return to the Company any company-owned property, including, but not limited to, credit cards, documents, files, computers, cellular telephones, personal digital assistants and any other company property of any kind or nature, in Participant’s possession as of his Employment Termination Date.

 

(c) Expense Account . Within 30 days after the Participant’s Employment Termination Date and in accordance with the Company’s then current expense reimbursement policy, the Participant will prepare and submit a final expense account reimbursement request for expenses incurred prior to his Employment Termination Date. The Company shall reimburse eligible expenses promptly but in no event later than the

 

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last day of the Participant’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the Participant incurred the expense. The Participant’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this Section 5.2(c) shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

6. TIME OF BENEFITS PAYMENTS

 

If the Participant is not a Specified Employee and the Participant has timely signed and delivered to the Plan Administrator the Release Agreement furnished to the Participant by the deadline established by the Plan Administrator, the Company shall pay the Participant the cash Benefits described in clause (a) of Section 4 in a single sum cash payment on the date that is 90 days after the date of the Participant’s Separation From Service. A Participant will not be permitted to specify the year in which his payment will be made. If the Participant is a Specified Employee and the Participant has timely signed and delivered to the Plan Administrator the Release Agreement furnished to the Participant by the deadline established by the Plan Administrator, the Company shall pay the Participant the cash Benefits described in clause (a) of Section 4 in a single sum cash payment on the date that is six months after the date of the Participant’s Separation From Service. Whether the Participant is or is not a Specified Employee, the Participant will not be paid the cash Benefits described in clause (a) of Section 4, and the Participant shall forfeit any right to such payments, unless (i) the Participant has signed and delivered to the Plan Administrator the Release Agreement furnished to the Participant and (ii) the period for revoking such Release Agreement shall have expired (in the case of both clause (i) and clause (ii)) prior to the earlier of the deadline established by the Plan Administrator or the applicable payment date (the date that is 90 days after the Participant’s Separation From Service if the Participant is not a Specified Employee or the date that is six months after the date of the Participant’s Separation From Service if the Participant is a Specified Employee).

 

7. WITHHOLDING

 

The Company may withhold from any Benefits paid under the Plan all foreign, federal, and state and local income taxes required to be withheld, and all FICA and other employment taxes required to be withheld; provided that no taxes shall be withheld before Benefits are otherwise scheduled to be paid under the Plan.

 

8. REDUCTION FOR OTHER SEVERANCE BENEFITS; NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS; STATUTORY SEVERANCE

 

8.1 Reduction for Other Severance Benefits . The amount of the Benefits to which a Participant is otherwise entitled under the Plan shall be reduced by the amount, if any, of any other severance payments payable to the Participant by the Company under any other plan, program or individual contractual arrangement; provided, however , that there shall be no such reduction to the extent that such reduction would result in an acceleration of payment of nonqualified deferred compensation that is prohibited under Section 409A.

 

8.2 Non-Exclusivity of Rights . Nothing in the Plan shall prevent or limit the Participant’s continuing or future participation in any benefit, bonus, incentive or other plan or program provided by the Company for which the Participant may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or reduce such rights as the Participant may have under any agreements with the

 

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Company or any of its subsidiaries, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.1. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Participant is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan or program of the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be payable in accordance with such plan or program.

 

8.3 Statutory Severance . If any benefits obligations are required to be paid to a Participant in conjunction with severance of employment under the laws of the country where the Participant is employed or under federal, state or local law, the Benefits paid to the Participant will be deemed to be in satisfaction of any statutorily required benefit obligations to the extent that doing so would not result in an acceleration of payment of nonqualified deferred compensation that is prohibited under Section 409A.

 

9. DEATH OF PARTICIPANT

 

If a Participant dies after his Employment Termination Date but before the Participant receives full payment of the Benefits to which he is entitled, any unpaid Benefits will be paid to the Participant’s surviving spouse, or if the Participant does not have a surviving spouse, to the Participant’s estate. Such payment shall be made within 30 days after the death of the Participant.

 

10. NON-SOLICITATION; CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

 

In consideration for the payment of the Benefits to the Participant, the Participant shall not engage in any of the activities described in this Section 10.

 

10.1 Non-Solicitation . During the period commencing with the Participant’s Employment Termination Date and ending on the first anniversary of such date, the Participant shall not, directly or indirectly,

 

(a) interfere with the relationship of the Company or any Affiliate with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company or any Affiliate, any individual or entity who was or is a material customer or material supplier of, or maintained a material business relationship with the Company or its Affiliates;

 

(b) establish (or take preliminary steps to establish) a business with, or cause or attempt to cause others to establish (or take preliminary steps to establish) a business with, any employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates, if such business is or will compete with the Company or any of its Affiliates; or

 

(c) employ, engage as a consultant or adviser, or solicit the employment, engagement as a consultant or adviser, of any employee or agent of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or cause or attempt to cause any individual or entity to do any of the foregoing.

 

10.2 Confidential Information . During the course of the Participant’s employment with the Company, the Participant may have had access to or received Confidential Information. Each Participant is obligated to keep confidential all such Confidential Information, except that any Participant may disclose the Confidential Information (i) in connection with enforcing his

 

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rights under the Plan or if compelled by law, and in either case, the Participant shall provide written notice to the Company prior to the disclosure or (ii) if the Company provides written consent prior to the disclosure.

 

11. UNFUNDED ARRANGEMENT

 

The Plan is only a general corporate commitment of the Company, and each Participant must rely upon the general credit of the Company for the fulfillment of its obligations hereunder. Under all circumstances, the rights of Participants to any asset held by the Company will be no greater than the rights expressed in the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute a guarantee by the Company that the assets of the Company will be sufficient to pay any Benefit under the Plan or would place the Participant in a secured position ahead of general creditors of the Company. The Participants are only unsecured creditors of the Company with respect to their Benefits, and the Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Company to make Benefit payments in the future. No specific assets of the Company have been or shall be set aside, or shall in any way be transferred to a trust or shall be pledged in any way for the performance of the Company's obligations under the Plan which would remove such assets from being subject to the general creditors of the Company.

 

12. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

12.1 Plan Administrator. Baker Hughes shall be the “plan administrator” and the “named fiduciary” for purposes of ERISA. The Plan shall be administered by the Plan Administrator.

 

12.2 Records and Procedures. The Plan Administrator shall keep appropriate records of its proceedings and the administration of the Plan and shall make available for examination during business hours to any Participant, former Participant or the beneficiary of any Participant or former Participant such records as pertain to that individual’s interest in the Plan. If a Committee is performing duties as the Plan Administrator, the Committee shall designate the individual or individuals who shall be authorized to sign for the Plan Administrator and, upon such designation, the signature of such individual or individuals shall bind the Plan Administrator.

 

12.3 Self-Interest of Plan Administrator. Neither the members of a Committee nor any individual Plan Administrator shall have any right to vote or decide upon any matter relating solely to himself under the Plan or to vote in any case in which his individual right to claim any benefit under the Plan is particularly involved. In any case in which the any Committee member or individual Plan Administrator is so disqualified to act, the other members of the Committee shall decide the matter in which the Committee member or individual Plan Administrator is disqualified.

 

12.4 Compensation and Bonding. Neither the members of a Committee nor any individual Plan Administrator shall receive compensation with respect to their services on the Committee or as Plan Administrator. To the extent required by applicable law, or required by the Company, neither the members of a Committee nor any individual Plan Administrator shall furnish bond or security for the performance of their duties hereunder.

 

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12.5 Plan Administrator Powers and Duties. The Plan Administrator shall supervise the administration and enforcement of the Plan according to the terms and provisions hereof and shall have all powers necessary to accomplish these purposes, including, but not by way of limitation, the right, power, and authority:

 

(a) to make rules, regulations, and bylaws for the administration of the Plan that are not inconsistent with the terms and provisions hereof, and to enforce the terms of the Plan and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Plan Administrator;

 

(b) to construe in its discretion all terms, provisions, conditions, and limitations of the Plan;

 

(c) to correct any defect or to supply any omission or to reconcile any inconsistency that may appear in the Plan in such manner and to such extent as it shall deem in its discretion expedient to effectuate the purposes of the Plan;

 

(d) to employ and compensate such accountants, attorneys, investment advisors, and other agents, employees, and independent contractors as the Plan Administrator may deem necessary or advisable for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan;

 

(e) to determine in its discretion all questions relating to eligibility;

 

(f) to determine whether and when a Participant has incurred an Involuntary Termination; and

 

(g) to make a determination in its discretion as to the right of any individual to a Benefit under the Plan and to prescribe procedures to be followed by Participants, former Participants or beneficiaries in obtaining Benefits hereunder.

 

12.6 Reliance Upon Documents, Instruments, etc. The Plan Administrator may rely upon any certificate, statement or other representation made by or on behalf of the Company, any employee or any Participant, which the Plan Administrator in good faith believes to be genuine, and on any certificate, statement, report or other representation made to it by any agent or any attorney, accountant or other expert retained by it or the Company in connection with the operation and administration of the Plan.

 

13. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

The Board shall have the right to amend or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, for any reason; provided, however, no amendment or termination of the Plan after a Participant’s Employment Termination Date shall affect the Benefits payable to the Participant.

 

14. CLAIMS REVIEW PROCEDURES; CLAIMS APPEALS PROCEDURES

 

14.1 Claims Review Procedures . When a Benefit is due, the Participant (or the person entitled to Benefits under Section 9) should submit a claim to the office designated by the Plan Administrator to receive claims. Under normal circumstances, the Plan Administrator will

 

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make a final decision as to a claim within 60 days after receipt of the claim. If the Plan Administrator notifies the claimant in writing during the initial 60-day period, it may extend the period up to 120 days after the initial receipt of the claim. The written notice must contain the circumstances necessitating the extension and the anticipated date for the final decision. If a claim is denied during the claims period, the Plan Administrator must notify the claimant in writing, and the written notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant:

 

(a) the specific reason or reasons for the denial;

 

(b) specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based;

 

(c) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

 

(d) an explanation of the Plan claims review procedures and time limits, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse benefit determination on review.

 

If a decision is not given to the Participant within the claims review period, the claim is treated as if it were denied on the last day of the claims review period.

 

14.2 Claims Appeals Procedures. For purposes of this section the Participant or the person entitled to Benefits under Section 9 are referred to as the “claimant”). If the claim of the claimant made pursuant to Section 14.1 is denied and he wants a review, he must apply to the Plan Administrator in writing. That application can include any arguments, written comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits. In addition, the claimant is entitled to receive on request and free of charge reasonable access to and copies of all information relevant to the claim. For this purpose, “relevant” means information that was relied on in making the benefit determination or that was submitted, considered or generated in the course of making the determination, without regard to whether it was relied on, and information that demonstrates compliance with the Plan’s administrative procedures and safeguards for assuring and verifying that Plan provisions are applied consistently in making benefit determinations. The Plan Administrator must take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether the information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The claimant may either represent himself or appoint a representative, either of whom has the right to inspect all documents pertaining to the claim and its denial. The Plan Administrator can schedule any meeting with the claimant or his representative that it finds necessary or appropriate to complete its review.

 

The request for review must be filed within 90 days after the denial. If it is not, the denial becomes final. If a timely request is made, the Plan Administrator must make its decision, under normal circumstances, within 60 days of the receipt of the request for review. However, if the Plan Administrator notifies the claimant prior to the expiration of the initial review period, it may extend the period of review up to 120 days following the initial receipt of the request for a

 

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review. All decisions of the Plan Administrator must be in writing and must include the specific reasons for its action, the Plan provisions on which its decision is based, and a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits, and a statement of the claimant’s right to bring an action under section 502(a) of ERISA If a decision is not given to the claimant within the review period, the claim is treated as if it were denied on the last day of the review period.

 

Within 60 days of receipt by a claimant of a notice denying a claim under the preceding paragraph, the claimant or his or her duly authorized representative may request in writing a full and fair review of the claim by the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator may extend the 60-day period where the nature of the benefit involved or other attendant circumstances make such extension appropriate. In connection with such review, the claimant or his or her duly authorized representative may review pertinent documents and may submit issues and comments in writing. The Plan Administrator shall make a decision promptly, and not later than 60 days after the Plan’s receipt of a request for review, unless special circumstances (such as the need to hold a hearing) require an extension of time for processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than 120 days after receipt of a request for review. The decision on review shall be in writing and shall include specific reasons for the decision, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based.

 

15. PARTICIPATION IN THE PLAN BY AFFILIATES

 

15.1 Adoption Procedure.

 

(a) Except to the extent that an Affiliate specifically determines otherwise by appropriate action of its board of directors or noncorporate counterpart, as evidenced by a written instrument executed by an authorized officer of such entity (approved by the board of directors or noncorporate counterpart of the Affiliate), each Affiliate shall participate in the Plan and shall be bound by all the terms, conditions and limitations of the Plan. The Plan Administrator and the Affiliate may agree to incorporate specific provisions relating to the operation of the Plan that apply to the Affiliate.

 

(b) The provisions of the Plan may be modified so as to increase the obligations of an adopting Affiliate only with the consent of such Affiliate, which consent shall be conclusively presumed to have been given by such Affiliate unless the Affiliate gives Baker Hughes written notice of its rejection of the amendment within 30 days after the adoption of the amendment.

 

(c) The provisions of the Plan shall apply separately and equally to each adopting Affiliate and its employees in the same manner as is expressly provided for Baker Hughes and its employees, except that the power to appoint or otherwise affect the Plan Administrator and the power to amend or terminate the Plan shall be exercised by Baker Hughes. The Plan Administrator shall act as the agent for each Affiliate that adopts the Plan for all purposes of administration thereof.

 

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(d) Any Affiliate may, by appropriate action of its board of directors or noncorporate counterpart, terminate its participation in the Plan. Moreover, the Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, terminate an Affiliate’s participation in the Plan at any time.

 

(e) The Plan will terminate with respect to any Affiliate if the Affiliate ceases to be an Affiliate or revokes its adoption of the Plan by resolution of its board of directors or noncorporate counterpart evidenced by a written instrument executed by an authorized officer of the Affiliate. If the Plan terminates with respect to any Affiliate, the employees of that Affiliate will no longer be eligible to be Participants in the Plan.

 

(f) The Plan as maintained by the Affiliates shall constitute a single plan rather than a separate plan of each Affiliate.

 

15.2 No Joint Venture Implied. The document which evidences the adoption of the Plan by an Affiliate shall become a part of the Plan. However, neither the adoption of the Plan by an Affiliate nor any act performed by it in relation to the Plan shall ever create a joint venture or partnership relation between it and any other Affiliate.

 

16. DISPUTED PAYMENTS AND FAILURES TO PAY

 

If the Company fails to make a payment in whole or in part by of the payment deadline specified in the Plan, either intentionally or unintentionally, other than with the consent of the Participant, the Participant shall make prompt and reasonable good faith efforts to collect the remaining portion of the payment. The Company shall pay any such unpaid benefits due to the Participant, together with interest on the unpaid benefits from the date of the payment deadline specified in the Plan at the annual rate of 120 percent of the rate specified in section 1274(b)(2)(8) of the Code within ten business days of discovering that the additional monies are due and payable.

 

The Company shall hold harmless and indemnify the Participant on a fully grossed-up after tax basis from and against (i) any and all taxes imposed under Section 409A by any taxing authority as a result of the Company’s failure to comply with this Section 16, and (ii) all expenses (including reasonable attorneys’, accountants’, and experts’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Participant due to a tax audit or litigation addressing the existence or amount of a tax liability described in clause (i); and (iii) the amount of additional taxes imposed upon the Participant due to the Company’s payment of the initial taxes and expenses described in clauses (i) and (ii).

 

The Company shall make a payment to reimburse the Participant in an amount equal to all federal, state and local taxes imposed upon the Participant that are described in clauses (i) and (iii) of the foregoing paragraph of this Section 16 above, including the amount of additional taxes imposed upon the Participant due to the Company’s payment of the initial taxes on such amounts, by the end of the Participant’s taxable year next following the Participant’s taxable year in which the Participant remits the related taxes to the taxing authority. The Company shall make a payment to reimburse the Participant in an amount equal to all expenses and other amounts incurred due to a tax audit or litigation addressing the existence or amount of a tax

 

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liability pursuant to clause (ii) of the foregoing paragraph of this Section 16 above, by the end of Participant’s taxable year following the Participant’s taxable year in which the taxes that are the subject of the audit or litigation are remitted to the taxing authority, or where as a result of such audit or litigation no taxes are remitted, the end of the Participant’s taxable year following the Participant’s taxable year in which the audit is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the litigation.

 

17. MISCELLANEOUS

 

17.1 Plan Not an Employment Contract . The adoption and maintenance of the Plan is not a contract between the Company and its employees that gives any employee the right to be retained in its employment. Likewise, it is not intended to interfere with the rights of the Company to terminate an employee’s employment at any time with or without notice and with or without cause or to interfere with an employee's right to terminate his employment at any time.

 

17.2 Alienation Prohibited . No Benefits hereunder shall be subject to anticipation or assignment by a Participant, to attachment by, interference with, or control of any creditor of a Participant, or to being taken or reached by any legal or equitable process in satisfaction of any debt or liability of a Participant prior to its actual receipt by the Participant. Any attempted conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage, pledge, or encumbrance of the Benefits hereunder prior to payment thereof shall be void.

 

17.3 Severability . Each provision of this Agreement may be severed. If any provision is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that determination shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.

 

17.4 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon any successor of the Company.

 

17.5 Arbitration . Any controversy arising out of or relating to the Plan, including without limitation, any and all disputes, claims (whether in tort, contract, statutory or otherwise) or disagreements concerning the interpretation or application of the provisions of the Plan, Company’s employment of Participant and the termination of that employment, shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the Employee Benefit Plan Claims Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) then in effect. No arbitration proceeding relating to the Plan may be initiated by either the Company or the Participant unless the claims review and appeals procedures specified in Section 14 have been exhausted. Within ten business days of the initiation of an arbitration hereunder, the Company and the Participant will each separately designate an arbitrator, and within 20 business days of selection, the appointed arbitrators will appoint a neutral arbitrator from the AAA National Panel of Employee Benefit Plan Claims Arbitrators. The arbitrators shall issue their written decision (including a statement of finding of facts) within 30 days from the date of the close of the arbitration hearing. The decision of the arbitrators selected hereunder will be final and binding on both parties. This arbitration provision is expressly made pursuant to and shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sections 1-16 (or replacement or successor statute). Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Arbitration Act, the Company and any Participant agrees that any judgment of the United States District Court for the District in which the headquarters of Baker Hughes is located at the time of

 

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initiation of an arbitration hereunder shall be entered upon the award made pursuant to the arbitration. Nothing in this Section 17.5 shall be construed to, in any way, limit the scope and effect of Section 12. In any arbitration proceeding full effect shall be given to the rights, powers, and authorities of the Plan Administrator under Section 12.

 

17.6 Governing Law . All provisions of the Plan shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Texas, except to the extent preempted by federal law and except to the extent that the conflicts of laws provisions of the State of Texas would require the application of the relevant law of another jurisdiction, in which event the relevant law of the State of Texas will nonetheless apply, with venue for litigation being in Houston, Texas.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has caused this instrument to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 24th day of May, 2016.

 

  BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED  
 
       
  By: /s/ Michele Gest   
  Title: Vice President, Total Rewards  

 

 

 

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BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PLAN

 

Exhibit A
Schedule of Benefits

 

  Severance Benefits Details of Benefit
1.

Base Compensation 

Ungraded (UG) 

Salary Band EL

Salary Band III

 


18 months of Base Compensation* 

12 months of Base Compensation* 

9 months of Base Compensation* 

*Using the Participant’s Base Compensation for the month in which the Participant’s Employment Termination Date occurs. 

     
2. Outplacement Subject to Section 4(b) of the Plan, outplacement services will be provided for the greater of 12 months or until such time as the value of the outplacement services reaches the maximum of $10,000.  The 12-month period commences with the first day of the month following the month in which the Participant’s Employment Termination Date occurs.

 

*Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person’s level of benefits shall not be less than the level of benefits that applied to him or her immediately prior to the reorganization of the Company on May 4, 2009, provided that immediately following May 4, 2009, and at all times during his or her employment with the Company following May 4, 2009, he or she is classified by the Company as at least “Salary Band IV” in the Company’s payroll system (or a comparable classification in any future payroll system).

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

 

PAYABLE IN SHARES

 

The Compensation Committee (the “ Committee ”) of the Board of Directors of Baker Hughes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to the Baker Hughes Incorporated 2002 Director & Officer Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”), hereby awards to you, effective as of Grant Date (the “ Grant Date ”), a certain number of restricted stock units, in each case, as set forth in your Plan account maintained by Fidelity Stock Plan Services (the “ Restricted Stock Units ”), on the following terms and conditions:

 

The Restricted Stock Units that are awarded hereby to you will be subject to the prohibitions and restrictions set forth herein with respect to the sale or other disposition of such Restricted Stock Units and the obligation to forfeit and surrender such Restricted Stock Units to the Company (the “ Forfeiture Restrictions ”). The Forfeiture Restrictions will lapse as to the Restricted Stock Units that are awarded hereby in accordance with the following schedule provided that the termination of your employment with the Company and all Affiliates (a “ Termination of Employment ”) has not occurred prior to the applicable lapse date:

 

On the second anniversary of the Grant Date, the Forfeiture Restrictions will lapse as to all of the Restricted Stock Units subject to this Agreement.

 

If a Change in Control of the Company occurs or you incur a Termination of Employment before the second anniversary of the Grant Date, your rights to the Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement will be determined as provided in the attached Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements (the “ Terms and Conditions ”).

 

Upon the lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to a Restricted Stock Unit that is awarded hereby, the Company will issue to you one share of the Company’s Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), in exchange for such Restricted Stock Unit and thereafter you will have no further rights with respect to such Restricted Stock Unit. Such shares of the Common Stock will be transferable by you (except to the extent that any proposed transfer would, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, constitute a violation of applicable federal or state securities law).

 

If during the period you hold any Restricted Stock Units awarded hereby the Company pays a dividend in cash with respect to the outstanding shares of the Common Stock (a “ Cash Dividend ”), then the Company will credit to an account established for you by the Company under the Plan (the “ Account ”) an amount equal to the product of (a) the Restricted Stock Units awarded hereby that have not been forfeited to the Company or exchanged by the Company for shares of the Common Stock and (b) the amount of the Cash Dividend paid per share of the Common Stock (the “ Dividend Equivalent Credit ”). The Company will pay to you, in cash, an amount equal to the Dividend Equivalent Credits credited to the Account with respect to a Restricted Stock Unit on the date the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to that Restricted Stock Unit lapse (and in no case later than the end of the calendar year in which the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to that Restricted Stock Unit lapse or, if later, the 15th day of the third month following the date the Forfeiture Restrictions applicable to that Restricted Stock Unit lapse).

 

If during the period you hold any Restricted Stock Units awarded hereby the Company pays a dividend in shares of the Common Stock with respect to the outstanding shares of the Common Stock, then the Company will increase the Restricted Stock Units awarded hereby that have not then been exchanged by the Company for shares of the Common Stock by an amount equal to the product of (a) the Restricted Stock Units awarded hereby that have not been forfeited to the Company or exchanged by the Company for shares of the Common Stock and (b) the number of shares of the Common Stock paid by the Company per share of the Common Stock (collectively, the “ Stock Dividend Restricted Stock Units ”). Each Stock Dividend Restricted Stock Unit will be subject to same Forfeiture Restrictions and other restrictions, limitations and conditions applicable to the Restricted Stock Unit for which such Stock Dividend Restricted Stock Unit was awarded and will be exchanged for shares of the Common Stock at the same time and on the same basis as such Restricted Stock Unit.

 

 

 

 

 

The Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred, encumbered or disposed of (other than by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution). Any such attempted sale, assignment, pledge, exchange, hypothecation, transfer, encumbrance or disposition in violation of this Agreement will be void and the Company Group will not be bound thereby.

 

Any shares of the Common Stock issued to you in exchange for Restricted Stock Units awarded hereby may not be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner that would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws. You also agree that the Company may refuse to transfer any such shares of the Common Stock if such proposed transfer would in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities law.

 

The shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under a Registration Statement on Form S-8. A Prospectus describing the Plan and the shares of Common Stock and the Terms and Conditions can be found on the Fidelity Stock Plan Services website at www.netbenefits.fidelity.com. You may also obtain a copy of the Plan Prospectus by requesting it from the Company.

 

Capitalized terms that are not defined herein will have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Plan or the Terms and Conditions.

 

In accepting the award of Restricted Stock Units set forth in this Agreement you accept and agree to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, this Agreement and the Terms and Conditions.

 

BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED

 

 

 

Martin S. Craighead

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENTS

 

These Terms and Conditions are applicable to a restricted stock unit award granted pursuant to the Baker Hughes Incorporated 2002 Director & Officer Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) and are incorporated as part of the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement setting forth the terms of such restricted stock unit award (the “ Agreement ”).

 

1. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT/CHANGE IN CONTROL. The following provisions will apply in the event your employment with the Company and all Affiliates (collectively, the “ Company Group ”) terminates (a “ Termination of Employment ”), or a Change in Control of the Company occurs, before the second anniversary of the Grant Date (the “ Second Anniversary Date ”) under the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement awarded to you (the “ Agreement ”):

 

1.1              Termination Generally . If you incur a Termination of Employment on or before the Second Anniversary Date for any reason other than one of the reasons described in Sections 1.2 through 1.5 below, the Forfeiture Restrictions then applicable to the Restricted Stock Units will not lapse and the number of Restricted Stock Units then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions will be forfeited to the Company on the date of your Termination of Employment.

 

1.2              Potential or Actual Change in Control .

 

(i)                 Termination of Employment Without Cause or for Good Reason in Connection With a Potential Change in Control on or Before the Second Anniversary Date . If you incur a Termination of Employment without Cause on or before the Second Anniversary Date prior to a Change in Control of the Company (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs) and such Termination of Employment is at the request or direction of a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company the consummation of which would constitute a Change in Control of the Company or is otherwise in connection with or in anticipation of a Change in Control of the Company (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs) or (b) you incur a Termination of Employment for Good Reason on or before the Second Anniversary Date prior to a Change in Control of the Company (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs), and such Termination of Employment or the circumstance or event which constitutes Good Reason occurs at the request or direction of a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company the consummation of which would constitute a Change in Control of the Company or is otherwise in connection with or in anticipation of a Change in Control of the Company (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs), then all remaining Forfeiture Restrictions will immediately lapse on the date of your Separation From Service if you are not a Specified Employee or on the date that is six months following your Separation From Service if you are a Specified Employee. For purposes of these Terms and Conditions, “Separation From Service” has the meaning ascribed to that term in

 

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Section 409A and “Specified Employee” means a person who is, as of the date of the person’s Separation From Service, a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A, taking into account the elections made and procedures established in resolutions adopted by the Administrative Committee of Baker Hughes. For purposes of these Terms and Conditions, “Section 409A” means section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the Department of Treasury rules and regulations issued thereunder.

 

(ii)               Termination of Employment Does Not Occur Before a Change in Control on or Before the Second Anniversary Date . If a Change in Control of the Company occurs on or before the Second Anniversary Date and you do not incur a Termination of Employment before the date the Change in Control of the Company occurs, then all remaining Forfeiture Restrictions will lapse at the time specified below. All remaining Forfeiture Restrictions will lapse on the date the Change in Control of the Company occurs if the Change in Control of the Company qualifies as a change in the ownership or effective control of the corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the corporation, within the meaning of Section 409A, or (b) on the Second Anniversary Date, if the Change in Control of the Company does not so qualify.

 

1.3              Divestiture of Business Unit Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement or these Terms and Conditions to the contrary, if the Company Group divests its ownership of a business unit of the Company or one or more Affiliates (a “ Unit ”) and your Termination of Employment in connection with such divestiture (other than for Cause or death or due to your becoming permanently disabled within the meaning of Section 1.4), the Forfeiture Restrictions will lapse at the time specified below as to that number of Restricted Stock Units that are then subject to Forfeiture Restrictions on the date of your Termination of Employment equal to:

 

(1) multiplied by (2) divided by (3)

 

where (1) is the number of Restricted Stock Units that are then subject to Forfeiture Restrictions on the date of your Termination of Employment, (2) is the number of days during the period commencing on the Grant Date and ending on the date of your Termination of Employment, and (3) is the number of days during the period commencing on the Grant Date and ending on the Second Anniversary Date. Such Forfeiture Restrictions specified in the preceding sentence will lapse on the date the Change in Control of the Company occurs if the Change in Control of the Company qualifies as a change in the ownership or effective control of the corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the corporation, within the meaning of Section 409A, or (b) on the Second Anniversary Date, if the Change in Control of the Company does not so qualify. The Forfeiture Restrictions then applicable to all the remaining Restricted Stock Units after the application of the previous provisions of this Section 1.3 will not lapse and such Restricted Stock Units will be immediately forfeited to the Company. A “ Divestiture ” includes the disposition of a Unit to an entity that the Company does not consolidate in its financial statements, whether the disposition is structured as a sale or transfer of stock (or other ownership interest), a merger, a consolidation or a sale or transfer of assets, or a combination thereof, provided that a “ Divestiture ” will not include a disposition that constitutes a Change in Control.

 

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1.4              Disability . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement or these Terms and Conditions to the contrary, if you become permanently disabled before the Second Anniversary Date and while in the active employ of one or more members of the Company Group, all remaining Forfeiture Restrictions will immediately lapse on the date of your Termination of Employment due to your becoming permanently disabled. For purposes of this Section 1.4, you will be “ permanently disabled ” if you (a) are unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (b) are, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company Group.

 

1.5              Death . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement or these Terms and Conditions to the contrary, if you die before the Second Anniversary Date and while in the active employ of one or more members of the Company Group, all remaining Forfeiture Restrictions will immediately lapse on the date of your Termination of Employment due to death.

 

2. PROHIBITED ACTIVITY . Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms and Conditions or the Agreement, if you engage in a “Prohibited Activity,” as described below, while employed by one or more members of the Company Group or within two years after the date of your Termination of Employment, then your right to receive the shares of the Common Stock, to the extent still outstanding at that time, will be completely forfeited. A “ Prohibited Activity ” will be deemed to have occurred, as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion, if you divulge any non-public, confidential or proprietary information of the Company Group, but excluding information that (a) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of your public use, disclosure, or fault, or (b) becomes available to you on a non-confidential basis after the date of your Termination of Employment from a source other than a member of the Company Group prior to the public use or disclosure by you, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement or otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation.

 

3. TAX WITHHOLDING . To the extent that the receipt of the Restricted Stock Units or the lapse of any Forfeiture Restrictions results in income, wages or other compensation to you for any income, employment or other tax purposes with respect to which the Company has a withholding obligation, the Company is authorized to withhold from any shares of Common Stock issued under the Agreement or from any cash or stock remuneration or other payment then or thereafter payable to you any tax required to be withheld by reason of such taxable income, wages or compensation including (without limitation) shares of the Common Stock sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation.

 

4. NONTRANSFERABILITY. The Agreement is not transferable by you otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

 

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5. CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS AND REORGANIZATIONS. The existence of the Restricted Stock Units will not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or any company the stock of which is awarded pursuant to the Agreement to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in its capital structure or its business, engage in any merger or consolidation, issue any debt or equity securities, dissolve or liquidate, or sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its assets or business, or engage in any other corporate act or proceeding.

 

6. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS DO NOT AWARD ANY RIGHTS OF A SHAREHOLDER . You will not have the voting rights or any of the other rights, powers or privileges of a holder of the Common Stock with respect to the Restricted Stock Units that are awarded hereby. Only after a share of the Common Stock is issued in exchange for a Restricted Stock Unit will you have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to such share of Common Stock issued in exchange for a Restricted Stock Unit.

 

7. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP. For purposes of the Agreement, you will be considered to be in the employment of the Company Group as long as you have an employment relationship with the Company Group. The Committee will determine any questions as to whether and when there has been a termination of such employment relationship, and the cause of such termination, under the Plan and the Committee’s determination will be final and binding on all persons.

 

8. NOT AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT . The Agreement is not an employment agreement, and no provision of the Agreement will be construed or interpreted to create an employment relationship between you and the Company or any Affiliate or guarantee the right to remain employed by the Company or any Affiliate for any specified term.

 

9. SECURITIES ACT LEGEND. If you are an officer or affiliate of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, you consent to the placing on any certificate for shares of the Common Stock issued under the Agreement an appropriate legend restricting resale or other transfer of such shares except in accordance with such Act and all applicable rules thereunder.

 

10. LIMIT OF LIABILITY . Under no circumstances will the Company or any Affiliate be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages (including lost profits) of any form incurred by any person, whether or not foreseeable and regardless of the form of the act in which such a claim may be brought, with respect to the Plan.

 

11. DATA PRIVACY . The Company’s Human Resources Department in Houston, Texas (U.S.A.) administers and maintains the data regarding the Plan, the awardees and the restricted stock units granted to awardees for all employees in the Company Group worldwide.

 

The data administered and maintained by the Company includes information that may be considered personal data, including the name of the awardee, the award granted and the number of restricted units included in any award (“ Employee Personal Data ”). From time to time during the course of your employment in the Company Group, the Company may transfer certain of your Employee Personal Data to Affiliates as necessary for the

 

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purpose of implementation, administration and management of your participation in the Plan (the “ Purposes ”), and the Company and its Affiliates may each further transfer your Employee Personal Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan (collectively, “ Data Recipients ”). The countries to which your Employee Personal Data may be transferred may have data protection standards that are different than those in your home country and that offer a level of data protection that is less than that in your home country.

 

In accepting the award of the Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Agreement, you hereby expressly acknowledge that you understand that from time to time during the course of your employment in the Company Group the Company may transfer your Employee Personal Data to Data Recipients for the Purposes. You further acknowledge that you understand that the countries to which your Employee Personal Data may be transferred may have data protection standards that are different than those in your home country and that offer a level of data protection that is less than that in your home country.

 

Further, in accepting the award of the Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Agreement, you hereby expressly affirm that you do not object, and you hereby expressly consent, to the transfer of your Employee Personal Data by the Company to Data Recipients for the Purposes from time to time during the course of your employment in the Company Group.

 

12. RECOUPMENTS. If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under applicable securities laws, if you are then a current or former executive officer of the Company you will forfeit and must repay to the Company any compensation awarded under the Agreement to the extent specified in any of the Company’s compensation recoupment policies established or amended (now or in the future) in compliance with the rules and standards of the Securities and Exchange Commission Committee under or in connection with Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Further, if the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due in whole or in part to your misconduct, you will forfeit and must repay to the Company any compensation awarded under the Agreement to the extent required by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Company’s compensation recoupment policy.

 

13. OTHER AGREEMENTS. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions is intended to reduce the Company’s protections or your obligations under (1) any other agreement between you and the Company or any other member of the Company Group, (2) the common law, or (3) any applicable state, federal or foreign statute.

 

14. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE. The Plan, these Terms and Conditions and the award of the restricted stock units set forth in the Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Plan, these Terms and Conditions and the award of the restricted stock units to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. In accepting the award of the restricted stock units you are deemed to agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts of Harris

 

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County, Texas, to resolve any and all issues that may arise out of or relate to the Plan, these Terms and Conditions and the award of the restricted stock units.

 

15. SEVERABILITY AND BLUE PENCILING . If any single Section or clause of these Terms and Conditions should be found unenforceable, it shall be severed and the remaining Sections and clauses of these Terms and Conditions shall be enforced in accordance with the intent of these Terms and Conditions. If any particular provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, the Company and you specifically authorize the court making such determination to edit the invalid or unenforceable provision to allow these Terms and Conditions, and the provisions thereof, to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent allowed by law or public policy.

 

16. MISCELLANEOUS . The Agreement is awarded pursuant to and is subject to all of the provisions of the Plan, including amendments to the Plan, if any. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and Conditions and the Plan provisions, the Plan provisions will control. The terms “ you ” and “ your ” refer to the Participant named in the Agreement. Capitalized terms that are not defined herein will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan or the Agreement. The Company’s rights under these Terms and Conditions and the Agreement may be assigned by the Company.

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

2929 Allen Parkway

Houston, Texas 77019 

Phone: 713.439.8600 

Fax: 713.439.8280 

www.bakerhughes.com

 

Baker Hughes Announces Organizational and Leadership Changes

 

· Changes align with plans to build on company’s strength as a product innovator

 

· Simplified structure achieves cost efficiencies, supports enhanced commercial strategy and allows the company to better serve customers

 

HOUSTON – (May 25, 2016) – Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI: NYSE) announced today changes to its organizational structure and senior leadership team. The changes follow the company’s May 2 announcement of its plans to capitalize on its leadership position as a product innovator by simplifying its business structure, reducing costs and enhancing its commercial strategy.

 

Changes include:

 

Baker Hughes has consolidated its previous regional operations structure into one global organization with responsibility for driving outstanding operational performance, exceptional service and sales execution, as well as delivering strong operating profits. Belgacem Chariag, who most recently was the company’s Vice President and Chief Integration Officer, will serve as President, Global Operations.

 

Baker Hughes has combined its Technology and Global Products and Services (GPS) organizations to create one global organization responsible for strengthening the company’s technology commercialization and investment strategy. Arthur Soucy, previously President, Europe, Africa and Russia Caspian (EARC) region at Baker Hughes, will serve as President, Products and Technology. He also will be responsible for optimizing the company’s supply chain and procurement capabilities.

 

Derek Mathieson will serve as Chief Commercial Officer of the newly formed Commercial Strategy organization. In this role, Mathieson will lead the commercial growth strategy for the company with responsibility for developing a broader range of sales channels for its products and technology. Mathieson, who previously served as Vice President, Chief Technology and Marketing Officer, also will lead future business incubation efforts as well as corporate development planning and implementation.

 

 
 

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

2929 Allen Parkway

Houston, Texas 77019 

Phone: 713.439.8600 

Fax: 713.439.8280 

www.bakerhughes.com

 

 

Richard Williams, formerly the President of the company’s North America region, will play a critical role in the organizational transitions outlined above. Serving as Senior Advisor to the company’s Executive Leadership Team, Williams will use his extensive operational experience to assist the company in implementing these changes without disruption to operational performance or customer commitments.

 

“These changes to our organizational design and leadership team demonstrate that we are moving quickly and decisively to execute on the strategy we outlined earlier this month,” said Martin Craighead, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Baker Hughes. “While we have more hard work ahead of us, the entire Baker Hughes team is committed to building on our strong foundation as a product innovator to deliver outstanding performance to our customers and significant value to our shareholders.”

 

All changes noted above were effective as of May 24, 2016.

 

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Baker Hughes is a leading supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. The company's 39,000 employees today work in more than 80 countries helping customers find, evaluate, drill, produce, transport and process hydrocarbon resources. For more information on Baker Hughes, visit: www.bakerhughes.com .

 

 

CONTACTS: 

Media Relations: Melanie Kania, +1.713.439.8303, melanie.kania@bakerhughes.com

Investor Relations: Alondra Oteyza, +1.713.439.8822, alondra.oteyza@bakerhughes.com