UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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General Electric Company
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Its Charter)
____________________
New York
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
14-0689340
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3135 Easton
Turnpike
Fairfield, Connecticut 06828
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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GE Retirement Savings
Plan
(Full Title of the
Plan)
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Christoph A. Pereira
Chief Corporate,
Securities and Finance Counsel
General Electric Company
3135 Easton
Turnpike
Fairfield, Connecticut 06828
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(203) 373-2663
(Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | (Do not check if smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed | Proposed | |||
Amount | Maximum | Maximum | ||
Title of Securities | to be | Offering Price | Aggregate | Amount of |
to be Registered | Registered | Per Unit | Offering Price (c) | Registration Fee (c) |
U.S. Equity Fund Units | 75,000,000 | $55.61(a) | $4,170,750,000 | $484,641.15 |
Income Fund Units | 85,000,000 | $11.74(b) | $997,900,000 | $115,955.98 |
(a) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act. The maximum offering price per unit is based on the book value (the net asset value) of the U.S. Equity Fund Units determined on February 26, 2015, which was $55.61 per unit. | |
(b) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act. The maximum offering price per unit is based on the book value (the net asset value) of the Income Fund Units determined on February 23, 2015, which was $11.74 per unit. | |
(c) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act. Calculated in accordance with Section 6 of the Securities Act and Rule 457 under the Securities Act by multiplying 0.0001162 and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. | |
INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Company” or the “Registrant”), relating to 75,000,000 General Electric RSP U.S. Equity Fund (formerly the GE S&S U.S. Equity Fund) (the “U.S. Equity Fund”) units (the “U.S. Equity Fund Units”) and 85,000,000 General Electric RSP Income Fund (formerly the GE S&S Income Fund) (the “Income Fund” and, together with the U.S. Equity Fund, the “Funds”) units (the “Income Fund Units” and, together with the U.S. Equity Fund Units, the “Units”), each to be offered and sold under the GE Retirement Savings Plan (formerly the GE Savings and Security Program) (the “Plan”). The Units are in addition to the 40,000,000 U.S. Equity Fund Units and 100,000,000 Income Fund Units registered on the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Prior Registration Statement”) filed on February 24, 2012 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (SEC file number 333-179688)
This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statement relates and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.
Item 8. Exhibits
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Item 9. Undertakings
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SIGNATURES
The Company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, on this 2 nd day of March, 2015.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | |
By: | /s/ Brackett B. Denniston |
Name: | Brackett B. Denniston |
Title: | Senior Vice President, Secretary and General |
Counsel |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
* By: | /s/ Christoph A. Pereira |
Christoph A.
Pereira
Attorney-in-Fact |
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The General Electric RSP U.S. Equity Fund. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees of the General Electric RSP U.S. Equity Fund have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, on this 2 nd day of March, 2015.
GENERAL ELECTRIC RSP U.S. EQUITY FUND | |
By: | /s/ Christoph A. Pereira |
Name: | Christoph A. Pereira |
Title: | Attorney-in-Fact |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name | Title | Date | ||
* Dmitri L. Stockton | Trustee | March 2, 2015 | ||
* George A. Bicher | Trustee | March 2, 2015 | ||
* Paul M. Colonna | Trustee | March 2, 2015 | ||
* Jeanne M. LaPorta | Trustee | March 2, 2015 | ||
* Gregory B. Hartch | Trustee | March 2, 2015 | ||
* Ralph R. Layman | Trustee | March 2, 2015 | ||
* Matthew J. Simpson | Trustee | March 2, 2015 | ||
* Donald W. Torey | Trustee | March 2, 2015 | ||
* David Wiederecht | Trustee | March 2, 2015 | ||
* Matthew Zakrzewski | Trustee | March 2, 2015 |
A Majority of the Trustees. |
* By: | /s/ Christoph A. Pereira |
Christoph A.
Pereira
Attorney-in-Fact |
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The General Electric RSP Income Fund. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustees of the General Electric RSP Income Fund have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, on this 2 nd day of March, 2015.
GENERAL ELECTRIC RSP INCOME FUND | |
By: | /s/ Christoph A. Pereira |
Name: | Christoph A. Pereira |
Title: | Attorney-in-Fact |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
* By: | /s/ Christoph A. Pereira |
Christoph A.
Pereira
Attorney-in-Fact |
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166-0193 Tel 212.351.4000 www.gibsondunn.com |
March 2, 2015
General Electric Company
3135 Easton
Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06828
Re: |
General Electric
Company
Registration Statement on Form S-8 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement), of General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the Company), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), in connection with the offering by (i) the General Electric RSP U.S. Equity Fund (the Equity Fund), a New York common law trust that is registered as an investment company with the Commission of up to 75,000,000 units of the Equity Fund (the Equity Fund Units) and (ii) the General Electric RSP Income Fund, a New York common law trust that is also registered as an investment company with the Commission (the Income Fund) of up to 85,000,000 units of the Income Fund (the Income Fund Units) to be offered and sold to employees of the Company and its affiliates participating in the General Electric Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan). The Plan consists of a qualified profit sharing plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) that contains a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code, as well as a savings program that permits participants to purchase United States Savings Bonds on an after-tax basis. The Equity Fund and the Income Fund are two of the investment options offered under the Plan.
In arriving at the opinion expressed below, we have examined the Plan and the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true and complete copies of such documents, corporate records and certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render the opinions set forth below. We have also made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary or appropriate in connection with the opinion hereinafter set forth. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed that there are no agreements or understandings between or among the Company and any participants in the Plan that would expand, modify or otherwise affect the terms of the Plan or the respective rights or obligations of the participants thereunder. Finally, we have assumed the accuracy of all other information provided to us by the Company during the course of our investigations, on which we have relied in issuing the opinion expressed below.
Based upon the foregoing examination and in reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications, assumptions and limitations set forth herein and in reliance on the statements of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we are of the opinion that the Equity Fund Units and the Income Fund Units, when issued and sold in accordance with the terms set forth in the Plan and against payment therefor, and when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, will be validly issued and non-assessable.
We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of any waiver (whether or not stated as such) contained in the Plan of rights of any party, or duties owing to it, that is broadly or vaguely stated or does not describe the right or duty purportedly waived with reasonable specificity or any provision in the Plan relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution.
We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York and the United States of America. This opinion is limited to the current laws of the States of New York and the current federal laws of the United States, and to the current judicial interpretations thereof and to the facts as they exist on the date hereof. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement our opinions should the present laws, or the interpretation thereof, be changed in respect of any circumstances or events that occur subsequent to the date hereof.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under Item 5 in the Registration Statement and the prospectus that forms a part thereof. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Beijing • Brussels • Century City • Dallas • Denver • Dubai • Hong Kong • London • Los Angeles • Munich
New York • Orange County • Palo Alto • Paris • San Francisco • São Paulo • Singapore • Washington, D.C.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
General Electric
Company:
We consent to the use of our report dated February 27, 2015 relating to the statement of financial position of General Electric Company and consolidated affiliates as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statements of earnings, comprehensive income, changes in shareowners equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on From S-8 of General Electric Company, which report appears in the December 31, 2014 annual report on Form 10-K of General Electric Company.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
March 2, 2015
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors of General Electric
Company and
The Unitholders and Board of Trustees of the GE RSP Funds:
We consent to the use of our report, dated February 20, 2014, with respect to the statements of assets and liabilities for the GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund and GE RSP Income Fund as of December 31, 2013, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of General Electric Company, which report appears in the December 31, 2013 annual report on Form N-CSR of GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund, and GE RSP Income Fund, as filed with the SEC on February 28, 2014.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
March 2, 2015
Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a director or officer of General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the Company), hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey R. Immelt, Brackett B. Denniston, Jeffrey Bornstein, Jan Hauser and Christoph A. Pereira, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities: (i) to sign this Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form S-8, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement for the registration of the Companys securities; and (ii) to file this Registration Statement and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in each case, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 19 th day of February, 2015.
/s/ Jeffrey R. Immelt | /s/ Andrea Jung | |
Jeffrey R. Immelt | Andrea Jung | |
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | Director | |
(Principal Executive Officer and Director) | ||
/s/ Jeffrey Bornstein | /s/ Robert W. Lane | |
Jeffrey Bornstein | Robert W. Lane | |
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Director | |
(Principal Financial Officer) | ||
/s/ Jan Hauser | /s/ Rochelle B. Lazarus | |
Jan Hauser | Rochelle B. Lazarus | |
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | Director | |
(Principal Accounting Officer) | ||
/s/ W. Geoffrey Beattie | /s/ James J. Mulva | |
W. Geoffrey Beattie | James J. Mulva | |
Director | Director | |
/s/ John J. Brennan | /s/ James E. Rohr | |
John J. Brennan | James E. Rohr | |
Director | Director | |
/s/ James I. Cash, Jr. | /s/ Mary L. Schapiro | |
James I. Cash, Jr. | Mary L. Schapiro | |
Director | Director | |
/s/ Francisco DSouza | /s/ Robert J. Swieringa | |
Francisco DSouza | Robert J. Swieringa | |
Director | Director | |
/s/ Marijn E. Dekkers | /s/ James S. Tisch | |
Marijn E. Dekkers | James S. Tisch | |
Director | Director | |
/s/ Ann M. Fudge | /s/ Douglas A. Warner III | |
Ann M. Fudge | Douglas A. Warner III | |
Director | Director | |
/s/ Susan J. Hockfield | ||
Susan J. Hockfield | ||
Director |
Exhibit 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a trustee of the General Electric RSP U.S. Equity Fund, an open-end management investment company registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey R. Immelt, Brackett B. Denniston, Jeffrey Bornstein, Jan Hauser and Christoph A. Pereira, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities: (i) to sign this Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form S-8, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement for the registration of the Companys securities; and (ii) to file this Registration Statement and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in each case, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 4 th day of February, 2015.
/s/ Dmitri L. Stockton | /s/ Ralph R. Layman | |
Dmitri L. Stockton | Ralph R. Layman | |
Trustee | Trustee | |
/s/ George A. Bicher | /s/ Matthew J. Simpson | |
George A. Bicher | Matthew J. Simpson | |
Trustee | Trustee | |
/s/ Paul M. Colonna | /s/ Donald W. Torey | |
Paul M. Colonna | Donald W. Torey | |
Trustee | Trustee | |
/s/ Michael J. Cosgrove | /s/ David Wiederecht | |
Michael J. Cosgrove | David Wiederecht | |
Trustee | Trustee | |
/s/ Gregory B. Hartch | ||
Gregory B. Hartch | ||
Trustee |
Exhibit 24.3
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a trustee of the General Electric RSP Income Fund, an open-end management investment company registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey R. Immelt, Brackett B. Denniston, Jeffrey Bornstein, Jan Hauser and Christoph A. Pereira, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities: (i) to sign this Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form S-8, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement for the registration of the Companys securities; and (ii) to file this Registration Statement and any and all amendments and supplements thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in each case, in such forms as they or any one of them may approve, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 4 th day of February, 2015.
/s/ Dmitri L. Stockton | /s/ Ralph R. Layman | |
Dmitri L. Stockton | Ralph R. Layman | |
Trustee | Trustee | |
/s/ George A. Bicher | /s/ Matthew J. Simpson | |
George A. Bicher | Matthew J. Simpson | |
Trustee | Trustee | |
/s/ Paul M. Colonna | /s/ Donald W. Torey | |
Paul M. Colonna | Donald W. Torey | |
Trustee | Trustee | |
/s/ Michael J. Cosgrove | /s/ David Wiederecht | |
Michael J. Cosgrove | David Wiederecht | |
Trustee | Trustee | |
/s/ Gregory B. Hartch | ||
Gregory B. Hartch | ||
Trustee |