our success in executing and completing, including obtaining regulatory approvals and satisfying other closing conditions for, GE Industrial and GE Capital business or asset dispositions or other announced transactions, including our planned separation of GE Healthcare and dispositions of GE Transportation and BHGE, the pricing, timing, and anticipated proceeds from those or other transactions and potential trailing liabilities;

GE's liquidity and the amount and timing of our GE Industrial cash flows and earnings, which may be impacted by customer, competitive, contractual and other dynamics and conditions;

our capital allocation plans, as such plans may change including with respect to the timing and amount of GE dividends, organic investments, including research and development, investments in Digital and capital expenditures, the repayment or allocation of our outstanding debt obligations, pension funding contributions, acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic actions;

our ability to maintain our current short- and long-term credit ratings and the impact on our funding costs and competitive position if we do not do so;

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

changes in law, economic and financial conditions, including the effect of enactment of U.S. tax reform or other tax law changes, trade policy and tariffs, interest and exchange rate volatility, commodity and equity prices and the value of financial assets;

GE Capital's capital and liquidity needs, including in connection with GE Capital's run-off insurance operations and related strategic actions that we may pursue, the impact of conditions in the financial and credit markets on GE Capital's ability to sell financial assets, GE Capital's leverage and credit ratings, 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;

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

our ability to increase margins through implementation of the new GE operating system, restructuring and other cost reduction measures;

our ability to convert pre-order commitments/wins into orders/bookings; and the price we realize on orders/bookings since commitments/wins are stated at list prices;

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

our success in integrating acquired businesses and operating joint ventures, and our ability to realize revenue and cost synergies from announced transactions, acquired businesses and joint ventures, including Alstom and BHGE;

the impact of potential product safety failures and related reputational effects;

the impact of potential information technology, cybersecurity or data security breaches;

the other factors that are described in "Forward-Looking Statements" in BHGE's most recent earnings release or SEC filings; and

the other factors that are described in "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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 (loss), financial position and cash flows. An example of a GE metric is GE Industrial free cash flows (Non-GAAP).

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

GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC or GECGH – the adding together of all affiliates of GECGH, giving effect to the elimination of transactions among such affiliates.

GE Capital or Financial Services – refers to GECGH 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 (loss), 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 (loss), financial position and cash flows.

GE 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 a GE Industrial metric is GE Industrial free cash flows (Non-GAAP), as defined in Other Terms Used by GE below.

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 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.

Backlog and remaining performance obligation (RPO) – backlog is unfilled customer orders for products and product services (expected life of contract sales for product services). RPO, a defined term under GAAP, is backlog excluding any purchase order that provides the customer with the ability to cancel or terminate without incurring a substantive penalty, even if the likelihood of cancellation is remote based on historical experience. We plan to continue reporting backlog as we believe that it is a useful metric for investors, given its relevance to total orders.

Continuing earnings – we refer to the caption "earnings from continuing operations attributable to GE common shareowners" as continuing earnings.

Continuing earnings per share (EPS) – 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 (including Predix TM ) and associated hardware, and software solutions that improve our customers' asset performance. 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.

GE Industrial free cash flows (Non-GAAP) – GE CFOA adjusted for gross GE additions to property, plant and equipment and internal-use software, which are included in cash flows from investing activities, and excluding dividends from GE Capital, GE Pension Plan funding, and taxes related to business sales.

Adjusted GE Industrial free cash flows (Non-GAAP) – GE Industrial free cash flows adjusted for Oil & Gas CFOA, gross Oil & Gas additions to property, plant and equipment and internal-use software, and including t he BHGE Class B shareholder dividend.

GE Industrial profit margin (GAAP) – GE total revenues plus other income minus GE total costs and expenses less GE interest and other financial charges and non-operating benefit costs divided by GE total revenues plus other income.

Adjusted GE Industrial profit margin (Non-GAAP) – GE Industrial profit margin excluding gains (losses) and restructuring and other charges plus noncontrolling interests.

GE Industrial structural costs (Non-GAAP) – Industrial structural cost include segment structural costs excluding the impact of restructuring and other charges, business acquisitions and dispositions, foreign exchange, plus total Corporate operating profit excluding restructuring and other charges and gains. The Baker Hughes acquisition is represented on a pro-forma basis, which means we calculated our structural costs by including legacy Baker Hughes results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017.

Net earnings (loss) – we refer to the caption "net earnings (loss) attributable to GE common shareowners" as net earnings.

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

Adjusted continuing earnings (Non-GAAP) – continuing earnings excluding the impact of non-operating benefit costs, after tax.

Adjusted continuing earnings per share (Non-GAAP) – when we refer to GE earnings per share, it is the diluted per-share amount of "adjusted continuing earnings."

Adjusted earnings (Non-GAAP) – continuing earnings excluding the impact of non-operating benefit costs, gains (losses) and restructuring and other items, after tax, and the impact of U.S. tax reform.

Adjusted earnings per share (Non-GAAP) – when we refer to adjusted earnings per share, it is the diluted per-share amount of "adjusted earnings."

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

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 – revenues comprise sales of goods, sales of services for our industrial businesses and GE Capital revenues from services for our financial services businesses.

Segment profit – refers to the profit of the industrial segments and the net earnings of the financial services segment, both of which include other income. See the Segment Operations section within the MD&A for a description of the basis for segment profits.

Services – for purposes of the financial statement display of sales and costs of sales in our Statement of Earnings (Loss), "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 "services," which is an important part of our operations.

GE Industrial segment organic revenues

GE Industrial structural costs

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

Adjusted earnings (loss)

Adjusted earnings (loss) per share (EPS)

Adjusted GE Industrial profit and profit margin (excluding certain items)

Adjusted Oil & Gas segment profit

GE Industrial Free Cash Flow (FCF) and Adjusted GE Industrial FCF

GE Industrial net debt

(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 profit and net income are derived net of minority interest of approximately 37.5% attributable to BHGE's Class A shareholders.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, we announced our plan to significantly reduce the size of our Board of Directors at the 2018 annual shareowners meeting. On April 25, 2018, 12 directors were elected to the Board of Directors, with increased focus on relevant industry expertise, capital allocation and accounting and financial reporting.

During the first quarter of 2018, we recorded a reserve of $1.5 billion in discontinued operations in connection with the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) ongoing investigation regarding potential violations of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) by WMC and GE Capital. See Legal Proceedings and Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements for further information.

On June 26, 2018, Larry Culp, former CEO of Danaher, was elected as lead director effective that same date, succeeding Jack Brennan, who is completing his last term on the Board. Mr. Culp will also chair the Board's Management Development and Compensation Committee. 

On July 26, 2018, we announced that Jan Hauser, GE's Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, had communicated her intention to retire from GE. GE plans to appoint Thomas Timko, currently the chief accounting officer of General Motors Company, as her successor, effective on or about September 10, 2018.

In September 2017, we announced an agreement to sell our Industrial Solutions business within our Power segment for approximately $2.6 billion to ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB), a Swiss-based engineering company. On June 29, 2018, we completed the sale and recognized a pre-tax gain of $0.3 billion in the second quarter of 2018.

In February 2018, we entered into an agreement to sell our GE Lighting business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Turkey and our Global Automotive Lighting business to a company controlled by a former GE executive in the region. We closed substantially all of this transaction in the second quarter of 2018.

In April 2018, we announced an agreement to sell our Enterprise Financial Management, Ambulatory Care Management and Workforce Management assets, comprising our Healthcare segment's Value-Based Care Division, to Veritas Capital, a private equity investment firm, for approximately $1.1 billion in cash. This transaction closed on July 10, 2018.

In May 2018, we announced an agreement to merge our Transportation segment with Wabtec Corp, a U.S. rail equipment manufacturer. Under the agreement, which has been approved by the Boards of Directors of Wabtec and GE, GE will receive $2.9 billion in cash at closing, and GE and its shareholders will receive a 50.1% ownership interest in the combined company, with GE holding 9.9% and GE shareholders holding the remaining 40.2%. Wabtec shareholders will retain 49.9% of the combined company. The deal is expected to close in early 2019, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.

In June 2018, we announced an agreement to sell our Distributed Power business within our Power segment to Advent International, a global private equity investor, for $3.3 billion. The deal is expected to close by the fourth quarter 2018, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

In June 2018, we announced the results of our strategic review and our intention to focus on our Power, Renewable Energy and Aviation businesses. We plan to separate GE Healthcare into a standalone company over the next 12 to 18 months, pursue an orderly separation from BHGE over the next two to three years and substantially reduce GE Industrial net debt* by approximately $25 billion by the end of 2020. In addition, we announced our plan for a smaller corporate headquarters focused primarily on strategy, capital allocation, talent and governance, a move which is expected to generate at least $500 million in corporate savings by the end of 2020. While we announced the strategic portfolio actions for Transportation, GE Healthcare and BHGE, these businesses have not met the accounting criteria for held for sale classification. That classification will depend on the nature and timing of the transaction.

(a)

GE Industrial refers to GE excluding the continuing operations of GE Capital. Industrial segment refers to the sum of our seven industrial reporting segments, without giving effect to corporate items or the elimination of transactions among such segments and between these segments and our financial services segment.

Industrial segment revenues increased $ 1.1 billion, or 4% , as increases at Oil & Gas, Aviation and Healthcare were partially offset by decreases at Power, Renewable Energy, Transportation and Lighting. This increase was driven by the net effects of acquisitions of $2.8 billion, primarily attributable to Baker Hughes, and the effects of a weaker U.S. dollar of $0.6 billion, partially offset by the net effects of dispositions of $0.6 billion, primarily attributable to the absence of Water following its sale in the third quarter of 2017. Excluding the effects of acquisitions, dispositions and foreign currency translation, industrial segment organic revenues* decreased $1.7 billion.

Industrial segment revenues increased $ 3.3 billion, or 6% , as increases at Oil & Gas, Aviation and Healthcare were partially offset by decreases at Power, Renewable Energy, Transportation and Lighting. This increase was driven by the net effects of acquisitions of $5.5 billion, primarily attributable to Baker Hughes, and the effects of a weaker U.S. dollar of $1.4 billion, partially offset by the net effects of dispositions of $1.1 billion, primarily attributable to the absence of Water following its sale in the third quarter of 2017. Excluding the effects of acquisitions, dispositions and foreign currency translation, industrial segment organic revenues* decreased $2.6 billion.

Corporate profit increased $ 0.8 billion primarily attributable to net gains on business dispositions of $0.3 billion, unrealized gains on investments of $0.3 billion and decreased restructuring and other costs of $0.2 billion.

Industrial segment profit decreased $ 0.5 billion, or 14% , with decreases at Power, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas and Transportation, partially offset by higher profit at Aviation, Healthcare and Lighting. Industrial segment organic profit* decreased $0.4 billion, primarily driven by negative variable cost productivity, lower volume and pricing pressure at Power.

Foreign exchange adversely affected GE Industrial profit by an insignificant amount in the second quarter of 2018.

Corporate profit increased $ 1.6 billion primarily attributable to decreased restructuring and other costs of $0.9 billion, unrealized gains on investments of $0.3 billion, net gains on business dispositions of $0.2 billion and decreased adjusted Corporate operating costs* of $0.2 billion.

Industrial segment profit decreased $ 0.6 billion, or 10% , with decreases at Power, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy and Lighting, partially offset by higher profit at Aviation, Healthcare and Transportation. This decrease in industrial segment profit was primarily driven by restructuring and business development costs related to Baker Hughes of $0.5 billion and the net effects of dispositions of $0.1 billion, primarily associated with the absence of Water following its sale in the third quarter of 2017, partially offset by the net effects of acquisitions $0.3 billion, largely associated with Baker Hughes. Excluding these items, industrial segment organic profit* decreased $0.3 billion, primarily driven by negative variable cost productivity, lower volume and pricing pressure at Power.

Foreign exchange adversely affected GE Industrial profit by $0.1 billion in the first half of 2018.

Interest and other financial charges, income taxes, non-operating benefit costs and GE preferred stock dividends are excluded in determining segment profit for the industrial segments.

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

(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 profit excluding restructuring and other charges* was $222 million and $402 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

(a)

$12.0 billion and $23.8 billion, excluding $1.2 billion and $2.3 billion related to Baker Hughes* for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively.

(b)

$13.8 billion and $26.9 billion, excluding $1.6 billion and $3.1 billion related to Baker Hughes* for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively.

(c)

For the purposes of the MD&A, "services" refers 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). For the purposes of the financial statement display of sales and costs of sales in our Statement of Earnings (Loss), "goods" is required by SEC regulations to include all sales of tangible products, and "services" must include all other sales, including other services activities.

(d)

Industrial segment refers to the sum of our seven industrial reporting segments, without giving effect to corporate items or the elimination of transactions among such segments and between these segments and our financial services segment. Therefore, industrial segment revenues will not agree to GE revenues as shown in the Statement of Earnings (Loss).

(a)

$3.2 billion and $6.1 billion, excluding an insignificant amount and $(0.2) billion related to Baker Hughes* for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively.

Industrial segment revenues increased $ 1.1 billion, or 4% , driven by increases at Oil & Gas primarily due to the acquisition of Baker Hughes, Aviation and Healthcare, partially offset by decreases at Power, Renewable Energy, Transportation and Lighting.

Industrial segment profit decreased $ 0.5 billion, or 14% , driven by lower profit at Oil & Gas primarily due to restructuring costs associated with Baker Hughes, and Power driven by lower volume, unfavorable price and the absence of Water. Further decrease was due to lower profit at Renewable Energy and Transportation, partially offset by higher profit at Aviation and Healthcare.

Industrial segment margin decreased 230 basis points to 11.0% in 2018 from 13.3% in 2017 driven by negative variable cost productivity, price pressure, business mix. The decrease in industrial segment margin reflects decreases at Power, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, Aviation and Transportation, offset by increases at Lighting and Healthcare.

Industrial segment revenues increased $ 3.3 billion, or 6% , driven by increases at Oil & Gas primarily due to the acquisition of Baker Hughes, Aviation and Healthcare, partially offset by decreases at Power, Renewable Energy, Transportation and Lighting.

Industrial segment profit decreased $ 0.6 billion, or 10% , driven by lower profit at Oil & Gas primarily due to restructuring costs associated with Baker Hughes, Power driven by lower volume, unfavorable price and the absence of Water. Further decrease was due to lower profit at Renewable Energy, partially offset by higher profit at Aviation, Healthcare and Transportation.

Industrial segment margin decreased 190 basis points to 10.4% in 2018 from 12.3% in 2017 driven by negative variable cost productivity, business mix and price pressure. The decrease in industrial segment margin reflects decreases at Oil & Gas, Power and Renewable Energy, offset by increases at Transportation, Aviation, and Healthcare.

Equipment revenues decreased primarily at Gas Power Systems due to lower unit sales, including 12 fewer aeroderivative units as well as 14 fewer gas turbines and six fewer Heat Recovery Steam Generators. Services revenues decreased primarily due to the absence of Water following the sale in September 2017 as well as ten fewer AGP upgrades. Revenues also decreased due to price pressure, offset by the effects of a weaker U.S. dollar versus the euro.

The decrease in profit was due to lower volume including the absence of Water, negative variable cost productivity, lower transactional services revenue and negative mix in our long-term service contracts compared to the prior year. These decreases were partially offset by favorable business mix and cost reduction efforts, excluding the effects of acquisition and disposition activity and foreign exchange.

Equipment revenues decreased primarily at Gas Power Systems due to lower unit sales, including 21 fewer aeroderivative units as well as 22 fewer gas turbines and 17 fewer Heat Recovery Steam Generators. Services revenues decreased primarily due to the absence of Water following the sale in September 2017 as well as 25 fewer AGP upgrades. Revenues also decreased due to price pressure, offset by the effects of a weaker U.S. dollar versus the euro.

The decrease in profit was due to lower volume including the absence of Water, negative variable cost productivity, lower transactional services revenue and negative mix in our long-term service contracts compared to the prior year. These decreases were partially offset by favorable business mix and cost reduction efforts , excluding the effects of acquisition and disposition activity and foreign exchange.

Equipment volume decreased due to 368 fewer wind turbine shipments on a unit basis, or 38% fewer megawatts shipped, than in the prior year. Services volume increased due to 47 more repower units at Onshore Wind as well as a larger installed base resulting in increased contractual stream revenues. Revenues also decreased due to pricing pressure, partially offset by the effects of a weaker U.S. dollar versus the euro.

The decrease in profit was primarily due to pricing pressure.

Equipment volume decreased due to 555 fewer wind turbine shipments on a unit basis, or 35% fewer megawatts shipped, than in the prior year. Services volume increased due to 159 more repower units at Onshore Wind as well as a larger installed base resulting in increased contractual stream revenues. Revenues also increased due to the acquisition of LM Wind in April 2017, which contributed $0.1 billion of inorganic revenue growth in the first half of 2018, and the effects of a weaker U.S. dollar versus the euro and the Chinese renminbi, partially offset by pricing pressure.

The decrease in profit was due to pricing pressure, partially offset by materials deflation.