GE and Baker Hughes Receive Expected Requests for Additional Information from the DOJ

BOSTON & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) today announced that the companies have each received a request for additional information (“second request”) from the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in connection with the pending combination of GE’s oil and gas business with Baker Hughes. The second requests were issued under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”).