Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

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) April 22, 2014
		General Electric Company
		(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York				001-00035		14-0689340
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)				(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, Connecticut						06828-0001
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code   [phone]
(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:

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On April 22, 2014, the independent directors of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of General Electric Company (the “Company”) elected John J. Brennan to be the independent Lead Director and the Chairman of the Management Development & Compensation Committee, effective upon Ralph Larsen’s retirement from the Board at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of shareowners on April 23, 2014.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

		General Electric Company
		(Registrant)
Date: April 23, 2014		/s/ Brackett B. Denniston III
		Brackett B. Denniston III Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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