the strategy, capital allocation and portfolio review being undertaken by our new chief executive officer;

our ability to convert Industrial earnings into cash and the amount and timing of our cash flows and earnings, which may be impacted by long-term services agreement dynamics, the amount and timing of dividends from GE Capital and other conditions, all of which may affect our ability to pay our quarterly dividend at the planned level or to repurchase shares at planned levels;

our ability to maintain our current credit rating and the impact on our funding costs and competitive position if we do not do so;

changes in law, economic and financial conditions, including interest and exchange rate volatility; commodity and equity prices and the value of financial assets;

the impact of conditions in the financial and credit markets on the availability and cost of GE Capital funding, and GE Capital's exposure to counterparties;

pending and future mortgage loan repurchase claims, other litigation claims and the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and other investigations in connection with WMC, which may affect our estimates of liability, including possible loss estimates;

GE Capital's ability to pay dividends to GE at the planned level, which may be affected by GE Capital's cash flows and earnings, claims and investigations relating to WMC, charges that may be required in connection with GE Capital's run-off insurance operations, credit ratings and other factors;

our ability to launch new products in a cost-effective manner;

our ability to increase margins through restructuring and other cost reduction measures;

our ability to convert pre-order commitments/wins into orders/bookings;

the price we realize on orders/bookings since commitments/wins are stated at list prices;

customer actions or market developments such as early aircraft retirements, reduced demand for equipment and services in the energy markets in which we operate or shifts in the competitive landscape for our products and services, changes in economic conditions, including oil prices, and other factors that may affect the level of demand and financial performance of the major industries and customers we serve;

the impact of regulation and regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks, including the impact of Alstom investigative and legal proceedings;

our capital allocation plans, as such plans may change including with respect to the timing and size of dividends, share repurchases, acquisitions, joint ventures, dispositions and other strategic actions;

our success in completing, including obtaining regulatory approvals and satisfying other closing conditions for, announced transactions, such as our announced plan to sell our Industrial Solutions business or other dispositions that we may pursue;

our success in integrating acquired businesses and operating joint ventures, including Baker Hughes, a GE company;

our ability to realize revenue and cost synergies from announced transactions, acquired businesses and joint ventures, including Alstom and Baker Hughes;

the impact of potential information technology or data security breaches;

the other factors that are described in "Forward-Looking Statements" in Baker Hughes, a GE company's most recent earnings release or Securities and Exchange Commission filing; and

the other factors that are described in "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

General Electric or the Company – the parent company, General Electric Company.

GE – the adding together of all affiliates except GE Capital, whose continuing operations are presented on a one-line basis, giving effect to the elimination of transactions among such affiliates. As GE presents the continuing operations of GE Capital on a one-line basis, certain intercompany profits resulting from transactions between GE and GE Capital have been eliminated at the GE level. We present the results of GE in the center column of our consolidated statements of earnings, financial position and cash flows. An example of a GE metric is GE cash from operating activities (GE CFOA).

General Electric Capital Corporation or GECC – predecessor to GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC.

GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC or GECGH – successor of GECC.

GE Capital or Financial Services – refers to GECGH, or its predecessor GECC, and is the adding together of all affiliates of GE Capital giving effect to the elimination of transactions among such affiliates. We present the results of GE Capital in the right-side column of our consolidated statements of earnings, financial position and cash flows.

GE consolidated – the adding together of GE and GE Capital, giving effect to the elimination of transactions between the two. We present the results of GE consolidated in the left-side column of our consolidated statements of earnings, financial position and cash flows.

Industrial – GE excluding the continuing operations of GE Capital. We believe that this provides investors with a view as to the results of our industrial businesses and corporate items. An example of an Industrial metric is Industrial CFOA (Non-GAAP), which is GE CFOA excluding the effects of dividends from GE Capital.

Industrial segment – the sum of our seven industrial reporting segments, without giving effect to the elimination of transactions among such segments and between these segments and our Financial Services segment. This provides investors with a view as to the results of our industrial segments, without inter-segment eliminations and corporate items. An example of an industrial segment metric is industrial segment revenue growth.

Baker Hughes, a GE company or BHGE - following the combination of our Oil & Gas business with Baker Hughes Incorporated, our Oil & Gas segment is comprised of our ownership interest of approximately 62.5% in the new company formed in the transaction, Baker Hughes, a GE Company (BHGE). We consolidate 100% of BHGE's revenues and cash flows, while our Oil & Gas segment operating profit and net income are derived net of minority interest of approximately 37.5% attributable to BHGE's Class A shareholders. References to "Baker Hughes" represent legacy Baker Hughes Incorporated operating activities which, in certain cases, have been excluded from our results for comparative purposes.

Total segment – the sum of our seven industrial segments and one financial services segment, without giving effect to the elimination of transactions between such segments. This provides investors with a view as to the results of all of our segments, without inter-segment eliminations and corporate items.

Verticals or GE Capital Verticals – the adding together of GE Capital businesses that we expect to retain, principally its vertical financing businesses-GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), Energy Financial Services (EFS) and Industrial Finance (which includes Healthcare Equipment Finance, Working Capital Solutions and Industrial Financing Solutions)-that relate to the Company's core industrial domain and other operations, including our run-off insurance activities, and allocated corporate costs.

Backlog – unfilled customer orders for products and product services (expected life of contract sales for product services).

Continuing earnings – unless otherwise indicated, we refer to the caption "earnings from continuing operations attributable to GE common shareowners" as continuing earnings or simply as earnings.

Continuing earnings per share (EPS) – unless otherwise indicated, when we refer to continuing earnings per share, it is the diluted per-share amount of "earnings from continuing operations attributable to GE common shareowners".

Digital revenues – revenues related to internally developed software and associated hardware, including Predix TM and software solutions that improve our customers' asset performance. In 2016, we reassessed the span of our digital product offerings, which now excludes software-enabled product upgrades. These revenues are largely generated from our operating businesses and are included in their segment results. Revenues of "Non-GE Verticals" refer to GE Digital revenues from customers operating in industries where GE does not have a presence.

Equipment leased to others (ELTO) – rental equipment we own that is available to rent and is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.

GE Capital Exit Plan – our plan, announced on April 10, 2015, to reduce the size of our financial services businesses through the sale of most of the assets of GE Capital, and to focus on continued investment and growth in our industrial businesses.

Industrial margin – GE revenues and other income excluding GE Capital earnings (loss) from continuing operations (Industrial revenues) minus GE total costs and expenses less GE interest and other financial charges divided by Industrial revenues.

Industrial operating profit margin (Non-GAAP) – Industrial segment profit plus corporate items and eliminations (excluding gains, restructuring, and non-operating pension cost) divided by industrial segment revenues plus corporate items and eliminations (excluding gains and GE-GE Capital eliminations).

Industrial segment gross margin - industrial segment sales less industrial segment cost of sales divided by sales.

Net earnings – unless otherwise indicated, we refer to the caption "net earnings attributable to GE common shareowners" as net earnings.

Net earnings per share (EPS) – unless otherwise indicated, when we refer to net earnings per share, it is the diluted per-share amount of "net earnings attributable to GE common shareowners".

Non-operating pension cost (Non-GAAP) – comprises the expected return on plan assets, interest cost on benefit obligations and net actuarial gain (loss) amortization for our principal pension plans.

Operating earnings (Non-GAAP) – GE earnings from continuing operations attributable to common shareowners excluding the impact of non-operating pension costs.

Operating earnings per share (Non-GAAP) – unless otherwise indicated, when we refer to operating earnings per share, it is the diluted per-share amount of "operating earnings".

Operating pension cost (Non-GAAP) – comprises the service cost of benefits earned, prior service cost amortization and curtailment gain (loss) for our principal pension plans.

Organic revenues (Non-GAAP) – revenues excluding the effects of acquisitions, dispositions and translational foreign currency exchange.

Product services – for purposes of the financial statement display of sales and costs of sales in our Statement of Earnings, "goods" is required by SEC regulations to include all sales of tangible products, and "services" must include all other sales, including other services activities. In our MD&A section of this report, we refer to sales under product services agreements and sales of both goods (such as spare parts and equipment upgrades) and related services (such as monitoring, maintenance and repairs) as sales of "product services," which is an important part of our operations. We refer to "product services" simply as "services" within the MD&A.

Product services agreements – contractual commitments, with multiple-year terms, to provide specified services for products in our Power, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Aviation and Transportation installed base – for example, monitoring, maintenance, service and spare parts for a gas turbine/generator set installed in a customer's power plant.

Revenues – unless otherwise indicated, we refer to captions such as "revenues and other income" simply as revenues.

Segment profit – refers to the operating profit of the industrial segments and the net earnings of the Financial Services segment. See the Segment Operations section within the MD&A for a description of the basis for segment profits.

Industrial segment organic revenues and Industrial segment organic revenues excluding Power and Oil & Gas

Operating and non-operating pension cost

Adjusted corporate costs (operating)

GE pre-tax earnings from continuing operations, excluding GE Capital earnings (loss) from continuing operations and the corresponding effective tax rates

Industrial operating earnings and GE Capital earnings (loss) from continuing operations and EPS

Industrial operating + Verticals earnings and EPS

Industrial operating profit and operating profit margin (excluding certain items)

Industrial operating profit excluding Power and Oil & Gas

Industrial cash flows from operating activities (Industrial CFOA) and Industrial CFOA excluding deal taxes and GE Pension Plan funding

(a)

Beginning in the third quarter of 2017, the Energy Connections business within the former Energy Connections & Lighting segment was combined with the Power segment and presented as one reporting segment called Power. As a result of this combination, our GE Lighting and Current, powered by GE (Current) businesses are now reported as a separate segment called Lighting.

(b)

Beginning in the third quarter of 2017, our Oil & Gas segment is comprised of our ownership interest of approximately 62.5% in BHGE. We consolidate 100% of BHGE's revenues and cash flows, while our Oil & Gas segment operating profit and net income are derived net of minority interest of approximately 37.5% attributable to BHGE's Class A shareholders.

On January 10, 2017, we completed the acquisition of ServiceMax, a leader in cloud-based field service management (FSM) solutions, for $0.9 billion, net of cash acquired.

On April 20, 2017, we completed the acquisition of LM Wind Power, one of the world's largest wind turbine blade manufacturers for approximately $1.6 billion, net of cash acquired.

On July 3, 2017, we completed the transaction to create BHGE. Under the terms of the deal, which we announced in October 2016, we combined our Oil & Gas business and Baker Hughes Incorporated (Baker Hughes) to create a new company in which GE holds an ownership interest of approximately 62.5% and former Baker Hughes shareholders hold an ownership interest of approximately 37.5%. Baker Hughes shareholders also received a cash dividend funded by a $7.5 billion cash contribution from GE. The completion of the transaction followed the approval of Baker Hughes shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Effective July 3, 2017, the operations of Baker Hughes are reported in our Oil & Gas segment.

In October 2016, we announced our plan to sell our Water & Process Technologies business. In March 2017, we announced an agreement to sell the business to Suez Environnement S.A. (Suez), a French-based utility company operating primarily in the water treatment and waste management sectors. On September 29, 2017, we completed the sale for consideration of $3.0 billion , net of obligations assumed and cash transferred (including $0.1 billion from sale of receivables originated in our Water business and sold from GE Capital to Suez), and recognized an after-tax gain of approximately $1.9 billion.

In the first quarter of 2017, we classified our Industrial Solutions business within our Power segment as held for sale. In September 2017, we announced an agreement to sell the business for approximately $2.6 billion to ABB, a Swiss-based engineering company operating primarily in the robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment and automation technology sectors. The deal is expected to close in mid-2018, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.

A decline in year-over-year results, principally in our service business, lower shipments of our aeroderivative products, and performance of our Power Conversion business. Within services, we sold fewer Advanced Gas Path (AGP) upgrades and experienced lower outages. Services outages were down 18% versus the third quarter of 2016. Aeroderivative units were down 32 versus the third quarter of 2016. Our markets have also been challenged by the increasing penetration of renewables, fleet penetration for AGPs, lower capacity payments, utilization, and outages. We expect these conditions to persist through the fourth quarter and into 2018.

Second, we experienced project delays and incurred costs associated with certain quality matters. In addition, we recognized a bad debt reserve for a Venezuelan customer receivable. The net effect of these items amounted to approximately $0.1 billion.

Third, the mix effect of having lower volume in our high-margin aero and service businesses, and higher volume in low-margin grid and balance of plant revenues resulted in a substantial margin headwind.

(a)

Beginning in the third quarter of 2017, the Energy Connections business within the former Energy Connections & Lighting segment was combined with the Power segment and presented as one reporting segment called Power. As a result of this combination, our GE Lighting and Current, powered by GE (Current) businesses are now reported as a separate segment called Lighting.

(b)

Oil & Gas segment operating profit excluding restructuring and other charges was $231 million and $593 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.

Interest and other financial charges, income taxes and GE preferred stock dividends are excluded in determining segment profit (which we sometimes refer to as "operating profit") for the industrial segments.

Interest and other financial charges, income taxes and GE Capital preferred stock dividends are included in determining segment profit (which we sometimes refer to as "net earnings") for the Capital segment.

The translational foreign exchange impact is included within Foreign Exchange.

The transactional impact of foreign exchange hedging is included in operating cost within Productivity and in other income within Other.

Industrial segment revenues increased $ 2.7 billion, or 10% , driven by increases at Oil & Gas primarily due to Baker Hughes, Aviation, Healthcare and Renewable Energy, partially offset by decreases at Power, Transportation and Lighting.

Industrial segment profit decreased $ 0.7 billion, or 16% , driven primarily by lower earnings at Power, Oil & Gas primarily due to restructuring costs associated with Baker Hughes, and Transportation, partially offset by higher earnings at Aviation, Healthcare, Renewable Energy and Lighting.

Industrial segment margin decreased 280 bps to 13.0% in 2017 from 15.8% in 2016 driven by negative cost productivity and business mix. The decrease in Industrial segment margin reflects decreases at Oil & Gas and Power, offset by increases at Renewable Energy, Healthcare, Transportation, Aviation and Lighting.

Industrial segment revenues increased $ 2.3 billion, or 3% , driven by increases at Oil & Gas primarily due to Baker Hughes, Aviation, Power, Renewable Energy, and Healthcare, partially offset by decreases at Lighting primarily due to the sale of the Appliances business in the second quarter of 2016, and Transportation.

Industrial segment profit decreased $ 0.6 billion, or 5% , driven primarily by lower earnings at Oil & Gas, Power, Lighting due to the sale of Appliances in the second quarter of 2016, and Transportation, partially offset by higher earnings at Aviation, Healthcare, and Renewable Energy.

Industrial segment margin decreased 70 bps to 13.7% in 2017 from 14.4% in 2016 driven by price and business mix. The decrease in Industrial segment margin reflects decreases at Oil & Gas, Power and Transportation, partially offset by increases at Aviation, Renewable Energy, Healthcare and Lighting.