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For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 2, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 2, 2024

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SEGMENT OPERATIONS. Segment revenues include sales of equipment and services by our segments. Segment profit is determined based on performance measures used by our Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM), who is our Chief Executive Officer (CEO), to assess the performance of each business in a given period. In connection with that assessment, the CEO may exclude matters, such as charges for impairments, significant, higher-cost restructuring programs, costs associated with separation activities, manufacturing footprint rationalization and other similar expenses, acquisition costs and other related charges, certain gains and losses from acquisitions or dispositions and certain litigation settlements. See the Corporate section for further information about costs excluded from segment profit. Segment profit excludes results reported as discontinued operations and the portion of earnings or loss attributable to noncontrolling interests of consolidated subsidiaries, and as such only includes the portion of earnings or loss attributable to our share of the consolidated earnings or loss of consolidated subsidiaries. Certain corporate costs, including those related to shared services, employee benefits, and information technology, are allocated to our segments based on usage or their relative net cost of operations.

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SUMMARY OF REPORTABLE SEGMENTS202320222021
Aerospace$31,770$26,050$21,310
Renewable Energy15,05012,97715,697
Power17,73116,26216,903
Total segment revenues64,55155,28953,910
Corporate3,4032,8122,559
Total revenues$67,954$58,100$56,469
Aerospace$6,115$4,775$2,882
Renewable Energy(1,437)(2,240)(795)
Power1,4491,217726
Total segment profit (loss)6,1263,7512,812
Corporate(a)3,785(2,875)1,158
Interest and other financial charges(1,073)(1,423)(1,727)
Debt extinguishment costs—(465)(6,524)
Non-operating benefit income (cost)1,585409(1,136)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes(1,357)(210)595
Preferred stock dividends(295)(289)(237)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to GE common shareholders8,772(1,100)(5,058)
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to GE common shareholders4141,151(1,515)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to GE common shareholders$9,186$51$(6,573)

(a) Includes interest and other financial charges of $45 million, $54 million and $63 million; and benefit for income taxes of $195 million, $213 million and $162 million related to Energy Financial Services (EFS) within Corporate for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 respectively.

GE AEROSPACE. Aerospace designs and produces commercial and defense aircraft engines, integrated engine components, electric power and mechanical aircraft systems. We also provide aftermarket services to support our products.

Commercial Engines and Services– manufactures jet engines for commercial airframes. Aerospace engines power aircraft in all categories: narrowbody, widebody and regional, which includes engines sold by CFM International, a 50-50 non-consolidated company with Safran Aircraft Engines, a subsidiary of Safran Group of France, and Engine Alliance, a 50-50 non-consolidated company with Raytheon Technologies Corporation via their Pratt & Whitney segment. This includes engines and components for business aviation and aeroderivative applications as well. Commercial provides maintenance, component repair and overhaul services (MRO), including sales of spare parts.

Defense– manufactures jet engines for defense airframes. Our defense engines power a wide variety of defense aircraft including fighters, bombers, tankers, helicopters and surveillance aircraft, as well as marine applications. We provide maintenance, component repair and overhaul services, including sales of spare parts.

Systems & Other– provides avionics systems, aviation electric power systems, turboprop engines, engine gear and transmission components and services for commercial and defense businesses. Additionally, we provide a wide variety of products and services including additive machines, additive materials (including metal powders), and additive engineering services.

Competition & Regulation. The global businesses for aircraft jet engines, maintenance, component repair and overhaul services (including spare part sales) are highly competitive. Both domestic and international sales are important to the growth and success of the business. Product development cycles are long and product quality and efficiency are critical to success. Research and development expenditures are important in this business, as are focused intellectual property strategies and protection of key aircraft engine design, manufacture, repair and product upgrade technologies. In addition, we are subject to market and regulatory dynamics related to decarbonization which will require a combination of technological innovation in the fuel efficiency of engines, expanding the use of sustainable aviation fuels and the development of electric flight and hydrogen-based aviation technologies. Aircraft engine and systems orders tend to follow civil air travel demand and defense procurement cycles.

Our products, services and activities are subject to a number of global regulators such as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and other regulatory bodies.

Significant Trends & Developments. Our results in 2023 reflect robust demand for commercial air travel and continued strength in services, which represents over 70% of Aerospace’s revenue this year. A key underlying driver of our commercial engine and services business is global commercial departures, which grew high-teens during 2023 compared to 2022. The air traffic growth trends vary by region given economic conditions, airline competition and government regulations. Consistent with industry projections, we estimate departures growth to decelerate to mid-single digits in 2024. We are in frequent dialogue with our airline, airframe, and maintenance, repair and overhaul customers about the outlook for commercial air travel, new aircraft production, fleet retirements, and after-market services, including shop visit and spare parts demand.

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As it relates to the defense environment, we continue to forecast strong demand creating future growth opportunities for our Defense business. The U.S. Department of Defense and foreign governments have continued flight operations and have allocated budgets to upgrade and modernize their existing fleets, including support for next generation large-combat engine architecture such as Aerospace’s XA100 program. In October 2023, Aerospace achieved a significant milestone with the U.S. Army's acceptance of the first two T901 flight test engines that will power the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft prototypes.

We increased our Commercial engine sales this year compared to prior year, however, Defense engine sales decreased compared to prior year. Global material availability, supplier delivery performance and skilled labor shortages continue to cause disruptions for our suppliers and for us, and have impacted our production and delivery. We continue to partner with our customers on future production rates. Aerospace is proactively managing the impact of inflationary pressure by deploying lean initiatives to drive cost productivity, partnering with our suppliers and adjusting the pricing of our products and services. We expect the impact of inflation will continue, and we are taking actions to mitigate the impact.

Total engineering, comprising company, customer and partner-funded and nonrecurring engineering costs, increased compared to the prior year. We remain committed to investing in developing and maturing technologies that enable a more sustainable future of flight.

Notably, CFM’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) program represents our single largest efficiency step change, aiming to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by at least 20% compared to today’s most efficient engines. In December 2023, NASA selected Aerospace for phase two of the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core program, which will significantly enhance fuel efficiency and reduce emissions for the next-generation of commercial aircraft engines.

We continue to take actions to serve our customers as demand in the global airline industry increases. Aerospace has a deep history of innovation and technology leadership. Our commercial and defense engine installed base, including units produced by joint ventures, of approximately 70,000 units, with approximately 12,600 units under long-term service agreements, supports recurring, profitable services growth for the future. We believe these strong fundamentals position Aerospace to generate long-term profitable growth and higher cash flow over time.

Sales in units, except where noted202320222021
Commercial Engines(a)2,0751,6631,487
LEAP Engines(b)1,5701,136845
Defense Engines556632553
Spare Parts Rate(c)$36.1$26.9$17.8
(a) Commercial Engines now includes Business Aviation and Aeroderivative units for all periods presented.(b) LEAP engines are subsets of commercial engines.(c) Commercial externally shipped spare parts and spare parts used in time and material shop visits in millions of dollars per day.
RPODecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Equipment$16,247$13,748$11,139
Services137,611121,511114,133
Total RPO$153,858$135,260$125,272

RPO as of December 31, 2023 increased $18.6 billion (14%) from December 31, 2022, due to increases in both equipment and services. Equipment increased primarily due to an increase in both Commercial and Defense equipment orders since December 31, 2022. Services increased primarily due to contract modifications and as a result of engines contracted under long-term service agreements that have now been put into service.

SEGMENT REVENUES AND PROFIT · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Commercial Engines and Services$23,684$18,665$14,360
Defense4,7144,4104,136
Systems & Other3,3722,9752,814
Total segment revenues$31,770$26,050$21,310
Equipment$9,319$7,842$7,531
Services22,45118,20713,780
Total segment revenues$31,770$26,050$21,310
Segment profit$6,115$4,775$2,882
Segment profit margin19.2%18.3%13.5%

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For the year ended December 31, 2023, segment revenues were up $5.7 billion (22%) and segment profit was up $1.3 billion (28%).

Revenues increased $5.7 billion (22%) organically*. Commercial Services revenues increased, primarily due to increased commercial spare part shipments, higher internal shop visit volume, heavier work scopes and higher prices. Commercial Engines revenue increased, from 412 more commercial install and spare engine unit shipments, including 434 more LEAP units compared to the prior year. Defense revenues increased, primarily due to product mix and growth in development contract revenue, partially offset by 76 fewer engine shipments than the prior year.

Profit increased $1.2 billion (25%) organically*, primarily due to benefits from increased commercial spare part shipments, higher internal shop visit volume, heavier work scopes and higher prices. These increases in profit were partially offset by additional growth investment, inflation in our supply chain and product mix.

RENEWABLE ENERGY – will be part of GE Vernova. We benefit from one of the broadest portfolios in the industry that uniquely positions us to lead the energy transition while building on advanced technologies that grow renewable energy generation, lower the cost of electricity and modernize the grid. Our portfolio of business units includes onshore and offshore wind, blade manufacturing, grid solutions, hydro, battery storage, hybrid renewables and digital services offerings.

Onshore Wind– delivers wind turbines, technology and services for the onshore wind power industry by focusing on work-horse products in select locations, while continuing to innovate the technology to create wind turbines suitable for various markets and environmental conditions. Wind Services assist customers in improving cost, capacity and performance of their assets over the lifetime of their fleets, utilizing digital infrastructure to monitor, predict and optimize wind farm energy performance. Our Onshore Wind business supports a turbine installed base of over 55,000 units, of which slightly fewer than half are under service agreements.

Grid Solutions Equipment and Services (Grid) – enables power utilities and industries worldwide to effectively manage electricity from the point of generation to consumption, helping the reliability, efficiency and resiliency of the grid. Service offerings include a comprehensive portfolio of equipment, hardware, protection and control, automation and digital services. Grid is also addressing the challenges of the energy transition by safely and reliably connecting intermittent renewable energy generation to transmission networks.

Hydro, Offshore Wind and Hybrid Solutions– Hydro provides a portfolio of solutions and services for hydropower generation for both large hydropower plants and small hydropower solutions. Offshore Wind provides wind power technologies and wind farm development. Hybrid Solutions provides integration of renewable energies that drive stability to the grid and integrates storage and renewable energy generation sources.

Competition & Regulation. While many factors, including government incentives, specific market rules, and permitting regulations and challenges affect how renewable energy can deliver outcomes for customers in a given region, renewable energy has become competitive with fossil fuels in terms of levelized cost of electricity. We continue to invest in improving the durability of our wind turbine products, fleet availability and project execution. We have an increased focus on project selectivity and reducing the number of product variants. Additionally, we continue to explore ways to further improve the efficiency and flexibility of our hydropower technology with new innovative turbine designs and digital solutions. The power grid, which was designed historically for one-way flow of electricity from centralized plants, must be augmented to accommodate two-way flows from a highly distributed network of generation and storage solutions. As industry models continue to evolve, our digital strategy and investments in technical innovation will position us to add value for customers looking for clean, renewable energy.

Significant Trends & Developments. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the segment experienced higher orders and revenue from increased demand at Grid, Onshore Wind projects in the U.S. and higher revenue at Offshore Wind. Grid Solutions signed a significant agreement to supply its two-gigawatt HVDC systems to connect wind farms in the North Sea to the Netherlands and Germany. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) introduced new and extended existing tax incentives for at least 10 years. It has resolved recent U.S. policy uncertainty that resulted in project delays and deferral of customer investments in Onshore Wind and increased near- and longer-term demand in the U.S. for onshore and offshore wind projects. Included in our RPO of $42.8 billion at December 31, 2023 are service agreements on approximately 24,000 of our onshore wind turbines, from an installed base of over 55,000 units. New product introductions, such as our 3 MW, 5 MW and 6 MW Onshore units, and our 12-14 MW Haliade-X Offshore units, account for more than half of our RPO in Onshore and Offshore Wind. As of December 31, 2023, the first 13 MW Haliade-X units have achieved first power. Finally, our Grid business is positioned to support grid expansion and modernization needs.

At Onshore Wind, we continue to focus on improving our overall quality and fleet availability. We are reducing product variants and deploying repairs and other corrective measures across the fleet. Concurrently, we intend to operate in fewer geographies and focus on those markets that align better with our products and manufacturing footprint. We are realizing the favorable impact of the IRA through a reduction in product costs as qualifying turbines manufactured in the U.S. in 2023 are delivered. More than two-thirds of Onshore Wind’s equipment RPO is associated with U.S. projects where we expect to receive additional IRA benefits as incremental qualifying turbines are delivered. Finally, we are continuing our restructuring program to reduce our operating costs and are seeing the benefits both operationally and financially.

The Offshore Wind industry, where we expect global growth through the coming decades, currently faces challenges as companies attempt to increase output and reduce cost. In our Offshore Wind business, we continue to experience pressure related to our product and project cost estimates. Although we are deploying countermeasures to combat these pressures and are committed to driving productivity and cost improvement for our new larger turbines, changes in execution timelines or other adverse developments likely could have an adverse effect on our cash collection timelines and contract profitability, and could result in further losses beyond the amounts that we currently estimate.

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Our Grid Solutions business is positioned to support grid expansion and modernization needs globally. We secured a position in the rapidly growing offshore interconnection market with new products and technology supporting a 2 GW High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) solution standard and are developing new technology, such as Grid-forming Static Synchronous Compensators and eco-friendly SF6-free switchgears, that solves for a denser, more resilient, stable and efficient electric grid; a grid with lower future greenhouse gas emissions. We also benefited from higher growth in orders from other transmission and grid automation related products within our Grid Solutions business.

Sales in units, except where noted202320222021
Wind Turbines2,2252,1903,590
Wind Turbine Gigawatts8.57.511.7
Repower units179580561
RPODecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Equipment$27,703$20,142$18,639
Services15,08214,79914,652
Total RPO$42,785$34,941$33,291

RPO as of December 31, 2023 increased $7.8 billion (22%) from December 31, 2022 primarily from several new HVDC projects at Grid and increases at Onshore Wind driven by a large order in the U.S., partially offset by a decrease in the Onshore Wind international market as revenues recognized outpaced new orders as we decrease the number of geographies we operate in, and a decrease at Offshore Wind where revenues outpaced new orders, as well as an order received during the second quarter and cancelled during the fourth quarter. RPO as of December 31, 2022 increased $1.6 billion (5%) from December 31, 2021 primarily from new orders at Grid and Hydro exceeding sales, partially offset by the approximately $1.3 billion impact from a stronger U.S. dollar and revenue exceeding new orders at Offshore Wind.

SEGMENT REVENUES AND PROFIT · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Onshore Wind$8,369$8,373$11,026
Grid Solutions equipment and services3,8513,0863,207
Hydro, Offshore Wind and Hybrid Solutions2,8301,5181,464
Total segment revenues$15,050$12,977$15,697
Equipment$12,625$10,191$13,224
Services2,4252,7852,473
Total segment revenues$15,050$12,977$15,697
Segment profit (loss)$(1,437)$(2,240)$(795)
Segment profit margin(9.5)%(17.3)%(5.1)%

For the year ended December 31, 2023, segment revenues were up $2.1 billion (16%) and segment losses were down $0.8 billion (36%).

Revenues increased $2.1 billion (17%) organically*, primarily from higher equipment revenue at Offshore Wind associated with the Haliade-X ramp up, increases at Grid in equipment and services and increases at Onshore Wind equipment in North America. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in repower revenue driven by a reduction in volume.

Segment losses decreased $1.0 billion (45%) organically*, primarily attributable to the improved performance at Onshore Wind through improved pricing and the impact of cost reduction activities, the nonrecurrence of prior year warranty and related charges of $0.5 billion and benefits arising from the IRA on product cost of $0.2 billion. Additionally, Grid profit increased due to higher revenue, improved pricing and the impact of cost reduction activities. These benefits were partially offset by higher losses at Offshore Wind associated with Haliade-X ramp up where project losses increased by $0.4 billion.

POWER – will be part of GE Vernova. Power serves power generation, industrial, government and other customers worldwide with products and services related to energy production. Our products and technologies harness resources such as natural gas, fossil, oil, diesel and nuclear to produce electric power and include gas and steam turbines, full balance of plant, upgrade and service solutions, as well as data-leveraging software.

Gas Power – offers a wide spectrum of heavy-duty and aeroderivative gas turbines for utilities, independent power producers and numerous industrial applications, ranging from small, mobile power to utility scale power plants. Gas Power also delivers maintenance and service solutions across total plant assets and over their operational lifecycle.

Steam Power – offers a broad portfolio of technologies and services predominately for nuclear and fossil power plants to help customers deliver reliable power as they transition to a lower carbon future.

Power Conversion, Nuclear and other - applies the science and systems of power conversion to provide motors, generators, automation and control equipment and drives for energy intensive industries such as marine, oil and gas, mining, rail, metals and test systems. Through joint ventures with Hitachi, it also provides nuclear technology solutions for boiling water reactors including reactor design, reactor fuel and support services, and the design and development of small modular reactors.

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Competition & Regulation. Worldwide competition for power generation products and services is intense. Demand for power generation is global, and as a result, is sensitive to the economic and political environments of each country in which we do business. Our products and services sold to end customers are often subject to many regulatory requirements and performance standards under different federal, state, foreign and energy industry standards. In addition, we are subject to market and other dynamics related to decarbonization, where it will remain important to lower greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come, which will likely depend in part on technologies that are not yet deployed or widely adopted today but may become more important over time (such as hydrogen-based power generation, carbon capture and sequestration technologies or small modular reactors or other advanced nuclear power).

Significant Trends & Developments. During the year ended December 31, 2023, GE gas turbine utilization was up low single digits, with strength in the U.S. partially offset by lower utilization in Europe due to nuclear and hydro recoveries as well as renewables growth. Global electricity demand was down low single digits for the year due to milder temperatures in the U.S. and the continued effects of energy saving policies in Europe. As we continue to work in emerging markets, there could be uncertainty in the timing of deal closures due to financing and other complexities. Power has proactively managed the impact of inflationary pressure by deploying lean initiatives to drive cost productivity, partnering with our suppliers and adjusting the pricing of our products and services. Given the long-cycle nature of the business, we expect the impact of inflation will continue to be challenging and we will continue to take actions to manage.

Although market factors related to the energy transition, such as greater renewable energy penetration and the adoption of climate change-related policies continue to evolve, we expect the gas power market to remain stable over the next decade with gas power generation continuing to grow low single digits. We believe gas power will play a critical role in the energy transition by providing a critical foundation of dispatchable, flexible power and system inertia from which the energy transition can build upon. We remain focused on our underwriting discipline and risk management to ensure we are securing deals that meet our financial hurdles, where we have high confidence in delivering for our customers.

In the first quarter of 2022, we signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for GE Steam Power to sell a part of its nuclear activities to Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), which resulted in a reclassification of that business to held for sale. In the fourth quarter of 2022, we signed a binding agreement to sell a portion of our Steam business to EDF. We are working with EDF to complete the sale as soon as possible, subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. In the second quarter of 2023, our Gas Power business acquired Nexus Controls, a business specializing in aftermarket control system upgrades and controls field services that is expected to strengthen our quality, service, and delivery of our customers' assets.

We continue to invest in new product development. In Nuclear, we have signed an agreement with a customer for the deployment of small modular nuclear reactor technology, the first commercial contract in North America, with the potential to enable reductions in nuclear power plant costs and cycle times. In Gas Power, we continue to invest for the long-term, including multiple decarbonization pathways that will provide customers with cleaner, more reliable power. Our fundamentals remain strong with approximately $71.7 billion in RPO and a gas turbine installed base of approximately 7,000 units and approximately 1,700 units under long-term service agreements with an average remaining contract life of 10 years. This includes 22 HA-Turbines in RPO and 92 HA-Turbines in the installed base with over two million operating hours.

Sales in units202320222021
GE Gas Turbines9110162
Heavy-Duty Gas Turbines(a)585343
HA-Turbines(b)141113
Aeroderivatives(a)334819
(a) Heavy-Duty Gas Turbines and Aeroderivatives are subsets of GE Gas Turbines.(b) HA-Turbines are a subset of Heavy-Duty Gas Turbines.
RPODecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Equipment$12,256$11,561$12,169
Services59,46257,42056,569
Total RPO$71,718$68,981$68,738

RPO as of December 31, 2023 increased $2.7 billion (4%) from December 31, 2022, primarily driven by increases in Gas Power services, Gas Power equipment and Power Conversion equipment, partially offset by decreases due to the impact of expanded sanctions on Gas Power contractual services in Russia.

SEGMENT REVENUES AND PROFIT · 2023 · 2022 · 2021
Gas Power$13,289$12,072$12,080
Steam Power2,5052,6433,241
Power Conversion, Nuclear and other1,9361,5471,582
Total segment revenues$17,731$16,262$16,903
Equipment$5,396$4,737$5,035
Services12,33511,52611,868
Total segment revenues$17,731$16,262$16,903
Segment profit (loss)$1,449$1,217$726
Segment profit margin8.2%7.5%4.3%

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For the year ended December 31, 2023, segment revenues were up $1.5 billion (9%) and segment profit was up $0.2 billion (19%).

Revenues increased $1.2 billion (7%) organically*, primarily due to an increase in Gas Power equipment from higher price and scope on Heavy-Duty Gas Turbines and scope on Aeroderivatives, increases in Gas Power and Steam services and increases in Power Conversion services and equipment, partially offset by a reduction in Steam Power equipment due to the ongoing exit of new build coal.

Profit increased $0.1 billion (10%) organically* primarily due to an increase in Gas Power services volume, price and productivity offsetting inflation.

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