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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.42

                               SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

                  THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of March 1, 2001, is made by and
between BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and.
____________________(the "Executive").

                  WHEREAS, the Company considers it essential to the best
interests of its stockholders to foster the continued employment of key
management personnel; and

                  WHEREAS, the Board recognizes that, as is the case with many
publicly held corporations, the possibility of a Change in Control exists and
that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise
among management, may result in the departure or distraction of management
personnel to the detriment of the Company and its stockholders; and

                  WHEREAS, the Board has determined that appropriate steps
should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and
dedication of members of the Company's management, including the Executive, to
their assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing
circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change in Control;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants herein contained, the Company and the Executive hereby agree as
follows:

                  1. Defined Terms. The definitions of capitalized terms used in
this Agreement are provided in the last Section hereof.

                  2. Term of Agreement. Subject to the provisions of Section
12.2 hereof, the Term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and
shall continue in effect through December 31st of the year following the year
this Agreement was executed; provided, however, that commencing on the January
1st following the termination date and each January 1 thereafter (an "Extension
Date"), the Term shall automatically be extended for one additional year (i.e.,
resulting in a two-year Term on the Extension Date) unless, not later than
September 30 of the year preceding the Extension Date, the Company or the
Executive shall have given notice not to extend the Term; and further provided,
however, that if a Change in Control shall have occurred during the Term, the
Term shall expire no earlier than twenty-four (24) months beyond the month in
which such Change in Control occurred.

                  3. Company's Covenants Summarized. In order to induce the
Executive to remain in the employ of the Company and in consideration of the
Executive's covenants set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Company agrees, under
the conditions described herein, to pay the Executive the Severance Payments and
the other payments and benefits described herein.

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Except as provided in Section 9.1 hereof, no Severance Payments shall be payable
under this Agreement unless there shall have been (or, under the terms of the
second sentence of Section 6.1 hereof, there shall be deemed to have been) a
termination of the Executive's employment with the Company following a Change in
Control and during the Term. This Agreement shall not be construed as creating
an express or implied contract of employment and, except as otherwise agreed in
writing between the Executive and the Company, the Executive shall not have any
right to be retained in the employ of the Company.

                  4. The Executive's Covenants. The Executive agrees that,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a
Potential Change in Control during the Term, the Executive will remain in the
employ of the Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is six (6) months
from the date of such Potential Change of Control, (ii) the date of a Change in
Control, (iii) the date of termination by the Executive of the Executive's
employment for Good Reason or by reason of death, Disability or Retirement, or
(iv) the termination by the Company of the Executive's employment for any
reason.

                  5. Compensation Other Than Severance Payments.

                  5.1 Following a Change in Control and during the Term, during
any period that the Executive fails to perform the Executive's full-time duties
with the Company as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness,
the Company shall pay the Executive's full salary to the Executive at the rate
in effect at the commencement of any such period, together with all compensation
and benefits payable to the Executive under the terms of any compensation or
benefit plan, program or arrangement maintained by the Company during such
period, until the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for
Disability.

                  5.2 If the Executive's employment shall be terminated for any
reason following a Change in Control and during the Term, the Company shall pay
the Executive's full salary to the Executive through the Date of Termination at
the rate in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if higher,
the rate in effect immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event or
circumstance constituting Good Reason, together with all compensation and
benefits payable to the Executive through the Date of Termination under the
terms of the Company's compensation and benefit plans, programs or arrangements
as in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable
to the Executive, as in effect immediately prior to the first occurrence of an
event or circumstance constituting Good Reason.

                  5.3 If the Executive's employment shall be terminated for any
reason following a Change in Control and during the Term, the Company shall pay
to the Executive the Executive's normal post-termination compensation and
benefits as such payments become due. Such post-termination compensation and
benefits shall be determined under, and paid in accordance with, the Company's
retirement, insurance and other compensation or benefit plans, programs and
arrangements as in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if
more favorable to the Executive, as in effect immediately prior to the
occurrence of the first event or circumstance constituting Good Reason.

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                  5.4 Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control all options to
acquire shares of Company stock, all shares of restricted Company stock and all
other equity or phantom equity incentives held by the Executive under any plan
of the Company (including, but not limited to, the Company's 1995 Stock Award
Plan (and the Stock Matching Programs thereunder), 1993 Stock Option Plan, 1993
Stock Bonus Plan and 1991 Stock Bonus Plan) shall become immediately vested,
exercisable and nonforfeitable and all conditions thereof (including, but not
limited to, any required holding periods) shall be deemed to have been
satisfied.

                  6. Severance Payments.

                  6.1 If the Executive's employment is terminated following a
Change in Control and during the Term, other than (A) by the Company for Cause,
(B) by reason of death or Disability, or (C) by the Executive without Good
Reason, then, the Company shall pay the Executive the amounts, and provide the
Executive the benefits, described in this Section 6.1 ("Severance Payments") and
Section 6.2, in addition to any payments and benefits to which the Executive is
entitled under Section 5 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive's
employment shall be deemed to have been terminated following a Change in Control
by the Company without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason, if (i) the
Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without Cause prior to a
Change in Control (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs) and such
termination was at the request or direction of a Person who has entered into an
agreement with the Company the consummation of which would constitute a Change
in Control, (ii) the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason prior
to a Change in Control (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs) and the
circumstance or event which constitutes Good Reason occurs at the request or
direction of such Person described in clause (i), or (iii) the Executive's
employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for
Good Reason and such termination or the circumstance or event which constitutes
Good Reason is otherwise in connection with or in anticipation of a Change in
Control (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs). For purposes of any
determination regarding the applicability of the immediately preceding sentence,
any position taken by the Executive shall be presumed to be correct unless the
Company establishes to the Committee by clear and convincing evidence that such
position is not correct.

                           (A) In lieu of any further salary payments to the
         Executive for periods subsequent to the Date of Termination and in lieu
         of any severance benefit otherwise payable to the Executive, the
         Company shall pay to the Executive a lump sum severance payment, in
         cash, equal to three times the sum of (i) the Executive's base salary
         as in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if
         higher, in effect immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event
         or circumstance constituting Good Reason, and (ii) the average annual
         bonus earned by the Executive pursuant to any annual bonus or incentive
         plan maintained by the Company in respect

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         of the three fiscal years ending immediately prior to the fiscal year
         in which occurs the Date of Termination or, if higher, immediately
         prior to the fiscal year in which occurs the first event or
         circumstance constituting Good Reason; provided, that if the Executive
         has not participated in an annual bonus or incentive plan maintained by
         the Company for the entirety of such three-year period, the amount
         referred to in this clause (ii) shall be calculated using such lesser
         number of bonuses as have been actually earned by the Executive in
         respect of such lesser period.

                           (B) For the thirty-six (36) month period immediately
         following the Date of Termination, the Company shall arrange to provide
         the Executive and his dependents life, disability, accident and health
         insurance benefits and perquisites (including, but not limited to,
         executive life insurance, club memberships, financial planning and tax
         preparation and annual physical examination), in each case,
         substantially similar to those provided to the Executive and his
         dependents immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more
         favorable to the Executive, those provided to the Executive and his
         dependents immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event or
         circumstance constituting Good Reason, at no greater cost to the
         Executive than the cost to the Executive immediately prior to such date
         or occurrence; provided, however, that, unless the Executive consents
         to a different method (after taking into account the effect of such
         method on the calculation of "parachute payments" pursuant to Section
         6.2 hereof), such health insurance benefits shall be provided through a
         third-party insurer. Benefits otherwise receivable by the Executive
         pursuant to this Section 6.1(B) shall be reduced to the extent benefits
         of the same type are received by or made available to the Executive
         during the thirty-six (36) month period following the Executive's
         termination of employment (and any such benefits received by or made
         available to the Executive shall be reported to the Company by the
         Executive); provided, however, that the Company shall reimburse the
         Executive for the excess, if any, of the cost of such benefits to the
         Executive over such cost immediately prior to the Date of Termination
         or, if more favorable to the Executive, the first occurrence of an
         event or circumstance constituting Good Reason.

                           (C) Notwithstanding any provision of the Baker Hughes
         Incorporated 1995 Employee Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (the
         "Annual Incentive Plan"), the Company shall pay to the Executive a lump
         sum amount, in cash, equal to the sum of (i) any unpaid incentive
         compensation which has been allocated or awarded to the Executive for a
         completed fiscal year or other measuring period preceding the Date of
         Termination under the Annual Incentive Plan and which, as of the Date
         of Termination, is contingent only upon the continued employment of the
         Executive to a subsequent date, and (ii) a pro rata portion to the Date
         of Termination of the aggregate value of all contingent incentive
         compensation awards to the Executive for all then uncompleted periods
         under the Annual Incentive Plan, calculated as to each such award by
         multiplying the award that the Executive would have earned on the last
         day of the performance award period, assuming the

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         achievement, at the expected value target level, of the individual and
         corporate performance goals established with respect to such award, by
         the fraction obtained by dividing the number of full months and any
         fractional portion of a month during such performance award period
         through the Date of Termination by the total number of months contained
         in such performance award period; provided, however, that if such
         termination of employment occurs during the same year in which the
         Change in Control occurs, the pro-rata bonus payment referred to in
         clause (ii) above shall be offset by any payments received under the
         Annual Incentive Plan in connection with such Change in Control.

                           (D) In addition to the retirement benefits to which
         the Executive is entitled under the Company's Thrift Plan (the "Thrift
         Plan") and the Company's Supplemental Retirement Plan (the "SRP"), the
         Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum amount, in cash, equal to
         the present value of the employer-provided contributions, deferrals and
         allocations the Executive would have received had he continued to
         participate, after the Date of Termination, in the Thrift Plan and the
         SRP for three (3) additional years, assuming for this purpose that (i)
         the Executive earned compensation for purposes of the Thrift Plan and
         SRP during such three-year period the amount used to calculate the
         Executive's severance payment under subparagraph (A) of this Section
         6.1, and (ii) the percentages of contributions, deferrals and
         allocations made under the Thrift Plan and the SRP by or on behalf of
         the Executive during such three-year period are the same percentages of
         contributions, deferrals and allocations in effect on the date of the
         Change in Control or the Date of Termination, whichever is more
         favorable to the Executive.

                           (E) If the Executive would have become entitled to
         benefits under the Company's post-retirement health care or life
         insurance plans, as in effect immediately prior to the Date of
         Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect
         immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event or circumstance
         constituting Good Reason, had the Executive's employment terminated at
         any time during the period of thirty-six (36) months after the Date of
         Termination, the Company shall provide such post-retirement health care
         or life insurance benefits to the Executive and the Executive's
         dependents commencing on the later of (i) the date on which such
         coverage would have first become available and (ii) the date on which
         benefits described in subsection (B) of this Section 6.1 terminate.

                           (F) The Company shall provide the Executive with
         outplacement services suitable to the Executive's position for a period
         of three years or, if earlier, until the first acceptance by the
         Executive of an offer of employment.

                  6.2 (A) Whether or not the Executive becomes entitled to the
Severance Payments, if any of the payments or benefits received or to be
received by the Executive in connection with a Change in Control or the
Executive's termination of employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or any other plan, arrangement

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or agreement with the Company, any Person whose actions result in a Change in
Control or any Person affiliated with the Company or such Person) (such payments
or benefits, excluding the Gross-Up Payment, being hereinafter referred to as
the "Total Payments") will be subject to the Excise Tax, the Company shall pay
to the Executive an additional amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") such that the net
amount retained by the Executive, after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Total
Payments and any federal, state and local income and employment taxes and Excise
Tax upon the Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the Total Payments.

                           (B) For purposes of determining whether any of the
Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise
Tax, (i) all of the Total Payments shall be treated as "parachute payments"
(within the meaning of section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) unless, in the opinion of
tax counsel ("Tax Counsel") reasonably acceptable to the Executive and selected
by the accounting firm which was, immediately prior to the Change in Control,
the Company's independent auditor (the "Auditor"), such payments or benefits (in
whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, including by reason of
section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code, (ii) all "excess parachute payments" within
the meaning of section 280G(b)(l) of the Code shall be treated as subject to the
Excise Tax unless, in the opinion of Tax Counsel, such excess parachute payments
(in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually
rendered (within the meaning of section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code) in excess of
the Base Amount allocable to such reasonable compensation, or are otherwise not
subject to the Excise Tax, and (iii) the value of any noncash benefits or any
deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the Auditor in accordance
with the principles of sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For purposes of
determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive shall be deemed to
pay federal income tax at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation
in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and
local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and
locality of the Executive's residence on the Date of Termination (or if there is
no Date of Termination, then the date on which the Gross-Up Payment is
calculated for purposes of this Section 6.2), net of the maximum reduction in
federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and
local taxes.

                           (C) In the event that the Excise Tax is finally
determined to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder in
calculating the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive shall repay to the Company,
within five (5) business days following the time that the amount of such
reduction in the Excise Tax is finally determined, the portion of the Gross-Up
Payment attributable to such reduction (plus that portion of the Gross-Up
Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and federal, state and local income and
employment taxes imposed on the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by the Executive,
to the extent that such repayment results in a reduction in the Excise Tax and a
dollar-for-dollar reduction in the Executive's taxable income and wages for
purposes of federal, state and local income and employment taxes, plus interest
on the amount of such repayment at 120% of the rate provided in section
1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. In the event that the Excise Tax is determined to
exceed the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating the Gross-Up
Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which
cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall
make an additional Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any

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interest, penalties or additions payable by the Executive with respect to such
excess) within five (5) business days following the time that the amount of such
excess is finally determined. The Executive and the Company shall each
reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with any administrative or
judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of liability for Excise
Tax with respect to the Total Payments.

                  6.3 The payments provided in subsections (A), (C) and (D) of
Section 6.1 hereof and in Section 6.2 hereof shall be made not later than the
fifth day following the Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the
amounts of such payments cannot be finally determined on or before such day, the
Company shall pay to the Executive on such day an estimate, as determined in
good faith by the Executive or, in the case of payments under Section 6.2
hereof, in accordance with Section 6.2 hereof, of the minimum amount of such
payments to which the Executive is clearly entitled and shall pay the remainder
of such payments (together with interest on the unpaid remainder (or on all such
payments to the extent the Company fails to make such payments when due) at 120%
of the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as soon as the amount
thereof can be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth (30th) day
after the Date of Termination. In the event that the amount of the estimated
payments exceeds the amount subsequently determined to have been due, such
excess shall constitute a loan by the Company to the Executive, payable on the
fifth (5th) business day after demand by the Company (together with interest at
120% of the rate provided in section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code), but only to the
extent such amount has not been paid by the Executive pursuant to Section 6.2(C)
above. At the time that payments are made under this Agreement, the Company
shall provide the Executive with a written statement setting forth the manner in
which such payments were calculated and the basis for such calculations
including, without limitation, any opinions or other advice the Company has
received from Tax Counsel, the Auditor or other advisors or consultants (and any
such opinions or advice which are in writing shall be attached to the
statement).

                  6.4 The Company also shall pay to the Executive all legal fees
and expenses incurred by the Executive in disputing in good faith any issue
hereunder relating to the termination of the Executive's employment, in seeking
in good faith to obtain or enforce any benefit or right provided by this
Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent
attributable to the application of section 4999 of the Code to any payment or
benefit provided hereunder. Such payments shall be made within five (5) business
days after delivery of the Executive's written requests for payment accompanied
with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Company reasonably may
require.

                  7. Termination Procedures and Compensation During Dispute.

                  7.1 Notice of Termination. After a Change in Control and
during the Term, any purported termination of the Executive's employment (other
than by reason of death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination
from one party hereto to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 10
hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a
notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this

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Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and
circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive's
employment under the provision so indicated. Further, a Notice of Termination
for Cause is required to include a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the
affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the entire membership
of the Board at a meeting of the Board which was called and held for the purpose
of considering such termination (after reasonable notice to the Executive and an
opportunity for the Executive, together with the Executive's counsel, to be
heard before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board,
the Executive was guilty of conduct set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of the
definition of Cause herein, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.

                  7.2 Date of Termination. "Date of Termination," with respect
to any purported termination of the Executive's employment after a Change in
Control and during the Term, shall mean (i) if the Executive's employment is
terminated for Disability, thirty (30) days after Notice of Termination is given
(provided that the Executive shall not have returned to the full-time
performance of the Executive's duties during such thirty (30) day period), and
(ii) if the Executive's employment is terminated for any other reason, the date
specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a termination by
the Company, shall not be less than thirty (30) days (except in the case of a
termination for Cause) and, in the case of a termination by the Executive, shall
not be less than fifteen (15) days nor more than sixty (60) days, respectively,
from the date such Notice of Termination is given).

                  7.3 Dispute Concerning Termination. If within fifteen (15)
days after any Notice of Termination is given, or, if later, prior to the Date
of Termination (as determined without regard to this Section 7.3), the party
receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party that a dispute
exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be extended
until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Term ends or (ii) the date on
which the dispute is finally resolved, either by mutual written agreement of the
parties or by a final judgment, order or decree of an arbitrator or a court of
competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with respect to which the
time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has been perfected);
provided, however, that the Date of Termination shall be extended by a notice of
dispute given by the Executive only if such notice is given in good faith and
the Executive pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence.

                  7.4 Compensation During Dispute. If a purported termination
occurs following a Change in Control and during the Term and the Date of
Termination is extended in accordance with Section 7.3 hereof, the Company shall
continue to pay the Executive the full compensation in effect when the notice
giving rise to the dispute was given (including, but not limited to, salary) and
continue the Executive as a participant in all compensation, benefit and
insurance plans in which the Executive was participating when the notice giving
rise to the dispute was given or those plans in which the Executive was
participating immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event or
circumstance giving rise to the Notice of Termination, if more favorable to the
Executive, until the Date of Termination, as determined in accordance with
Section 7.3 hereof. Amounts paid under this Section 7.4 are in addition to all
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amounts due under this Agreement (other than those due under Section 5.2 hereof)
and shall not be offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this
Agreement.

                  8. No Mitigation. The Company agrees that, if the Executive's
employment with the Company terminates during the Term, the Executive is not
required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts
payable to the Executive by the Company pursuant to Sections 5, 6 or 7.4 hereof.
Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement
(other than Section 6.1(B) hereof but including (but not limited to) Section 7.4
hereof) shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the
result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset
against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or
otherwise.

                  9. Successors; Binding Agreement.

                  9.1 In addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any
successor to the Company, the Company will require any successor (whether direct
or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession
had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement
prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this
Agreement and shall entitle the Executive to compensation from the Company in
the same amount and on the same terms as the Executive would be entitled to
hereunder if the Executive were to terminate the Executive's employment for Good
Reason after a Change in Control, except that, for purposes of implementing the
foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be
deemed the Date of Termination.

                  9.2 This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors,
administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If the
Executive shall die while any amount would still be payable to the Executive
hereunder (other than amounts which, by their terms, terminate upon the death of
the Executive) if the Executive had continued to live, all such amounts, unless
otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement to the executors, personal representatives or administrators of the
Executive's estate.

                  10. Notices. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and
all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United
States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed, if
to the Executive, to the address inserted below the Executive's signature on the
final page hereof and, if to the Company, to the address set forth below, or to
such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in
accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective
only upon actual receipt:

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                           To the Company:

                           3900 Essex Lane
                           Suite 1200
                           Houston, Texas 77027

                           Attention: General Counsel

                  11. Miscellaneous. Except as otherwise specifically provided
in Section 12.2 below, no provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or
discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing
and signed by the Executive and such officer as may be specifically designated
by the Board. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the
other party hereto of, or of any lack of compliance with, any condition or
provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed
a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any
prior or subsequent time. This Agreement supersedes any other agreements or
representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the
subject matter hereof which have been made by either party; provided, however,
that this Agreement shall supersede any agreement setting forth the terms and
conditions of the Executive's employment with the Company only in the event that
the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated on or following a
Change in Control, by the Company other than for Cause or by the Executive other
than for Good Reason; and provided further that all agreements otherwise
superseded by this Agreement shall be automatically reinstated with full force
and effect to the extent this Agreement is terminated or otherwise rendered
inapplicable or amended in accordance with Section 12.2 hereof. The validity,
interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the State of Texas. All references to sections of the Exchange
Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to
such sections. Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any
applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law and any
additional withholding to which the Executive has agreed. The obligations of the
Company and the Executive under this Agreement which by their nature may require
either partial or total performance after the expiration of the Term (including,
without limitation, those under Sections 6 and 7 hereof) shall survive such
expiration.

                  12. Validity; Pooling.

                  12.1 Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and
effect.

                  12.2 Pooling. In the event that (A) the Company is party to a
transaction which is otherwise intended to qualify for "pooling of interests"
accounting treatment, (B) such transaction constitutes a Change in Control
within the meaning of Section 15(G)(III) and (C) individuals who satisfy the
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two-thirds (2/3) of the number of directors of the entity surviving such
transaction and the parent thereof, if any: individuals who (i) immediately
prior to such transaction constitute the Board and (ii) on the date hereof
constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial
assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election
contest relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment
or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company's
stockholders was approved or recommended, by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3)
of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date
hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously
so approved or recommended then (a) this Agreement shall, to the extent
practicable, be interpreted so as to permit such accounting treatment, and (b)
to the extent that the application of clause (a) of this Section 12.2 does not
preserve the availability of such accounting treatment, then, to the extent that
any provision or combination of provisions of the Agreement disqualifies the
transaction as a "pooling" transaction (including, if applicable, the entire
Agreement), the Board shall have the right, by sending written notice to the
Executive prior to the Change in Control, to unilaterally amend (without the
consent of the Executive) such provision or provisions if and to the extent
necessary (including declaring such provision or provisions to be null and void
as of the date hereof) so that such transaction may be accounted for as a
"pooling of interests." All determinations under this Section 12.2 shall be made
by the Board prior to the Change in Control, based upon the advice of the
accounting firm whose opinion with respect to "pooling of interests" is required
as a condition to the consummation of such transaction.

                  13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which
together will constitute one and the same instrument.

                  14. Settlement of Disputes; Arbitration.

                  14.1 All claims by the Executive for benefits under this
Agreement shall be directed to and determined by the Committee and shall be in
writing. Any denial by the Committee of a claim for benefits under this
Agreement shall be delivered to the Executive in writing within thirty (30) days
after written notice of the claim is provided to the Company in accordance with
Section 10 and shall set forth the specific reasons for the denial and the
specific provisions of this Agreement relied upon. The Committee shall afford a
reasonable opportunity to the Executive for a review of the decision denying a
claim and shall further allow the Executive to appeal to the Committee a
decision of the Committee within sixty (60) days after notification by the
Committee that the Executive's claim has been denied.

                  14.2 Any further dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in
Houston, Texas in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect; provided, however, that the evidentiary standards
set forth in this Agreement shall apply. Judgment may be entered on the
arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Executive shall be entitled to
seek specific performance of the

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Executive's right to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency
of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this
Agreement.

                  15. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

                  (A) "Affiliate" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2
promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

                  (B) "Auditor" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2
hereof.

                  (C) "Base Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in section
280G(b)(3) of the Code.

                  (D) "Beneficial Owner" shall have the meaning set forth in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

                  (E) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

                  (F) "Cause" for termination by the Company of the Executive's
employment shall mean (i) the willful and continued failure by the Executive to
substantially perform the Executive's duties with the Company (other than any
such failure resulting from the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental
illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice
of Termination for Good Reason by the Executive pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof)
after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive
by the Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board
believes that the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive's
duties, or (ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in conduct which is
demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company or its subsidiaries,
monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of this
definition, (x) no act, or failure to act, on the Executive's part shall be
deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in
good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive's act, or failure to
act, was in the best interest of the Company and (y) in the event of a dispute
concerning the application of this provision, no claim by the Company that Cause
exists shall be given effect unless the Company establishes to the Committee by
clear and convincing evidence that Cause exists.

                  (G) A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if
the event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:

                                    (I) any Person is or becomes the Beneficial
                  Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
                  (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such
                  Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or
                  its affiliates) representing 20% or more of the combined
                  voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities,
                  excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in
                  connection with a transaction described in clause (i) of
                  paragraph (III) below; or

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                                    (II) the following individuals cease for any
                  reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors
                  then serving: individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute
                  the Board and any new director (other than a director whose
                  initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual
                  or threatened election contest relating to the election of
                  directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the
                  Board or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders
                  was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds
                  (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were
                  directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or
                  nomination for election was previously so approved or
                  recommended; or

                                    (III) there is consummated a merger or
                  consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect
                  subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, other
                  than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the
                  voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
                  to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent
                  (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into
                  voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent
                  thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or
                  other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit
                  plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, at least
                  65% of the combined voting power of the securities of the
                  Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof
                  outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or
                  (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a
                  recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in
                  which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly
                  or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in
                  the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any
                  securities acquired directly from the Company or its
                  Affiliates other than in connection with the acquisition by
                  the Company or its Affiliates of a business) representing 20%
                  or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then
                  outstanding securities; or

                                    (IV) the stockholders of the Company approve
                  a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company
                  or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or
                  disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the
                  Company's assets, other than a sale or disposition by the
                  Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets to
                  an entity, at least 65% of the combined voting power of the
                  voting securities of which are owned by stockholders of the
                  Company in substantially the same proportions as their
                  ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a "Change in Control" shall not be deemed to have
occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of
integrated transactions immediately

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following which the record holders of the common stock of the Company
immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have
substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such
transaction or series of transactions.

                  (H) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.

                  (I) "Committee" shall mean (i) the individuals (not fewer than
three in number) who, on the date six months before a Change in Control,
constitute the Compensation Committee of the Board, plus (ii) in the event that
fewer than three individuals are available from the group specified in clause
(i) above for any reason, such individuals as may be appointed by the individual
or individuals so available (including for this purpose any individual or
individuals previously so appointed under this clause (ii)); provided, however,
that the maximum number of individuals constituting the Committee shall not
exceed six (6).

                  (J) "Company" shall mean Baker Hughes Incorporated and, except
in determining under Section 15(G) hereof whether or not any Change in Control
of the Company has occurred, shall include any successor to its business and/or
assets which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law,
or otherwise.

                  (K) "Date of Termination" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2 hereof.

                  (L) "Disability" shall be deemed the reason for the
termination by the Company of the Executive's employment, if, as a result of the
Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness, the Executive shall
have been absent from the full-time performance of the Executive's duties with
the Company for a period of six (6) consecutive months, the Company shall have
given the Executive a Notice of Termination for Disability, and, within thirty
(30) days after such Notice of Termination is given, the Executive shall not
have returned to the full-time performance of the Executive's duties.

                  (M) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended from time to time.

                  (N) "Excise Tax" shall mean any excise tax imposed under
section 4999 of the Code.

                  (O) "Executive" shall mean the individual named in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.

                  (P) "Extension Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2 hereof.

                  (Q) "Good Reason" for termination by the Executive of the
Executive's employment shall mean the occurrence (without the Executive's
express written consent) after

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any Change in Control, or prior to a Change in Control under the circumstances
described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the second sentence of Section 6.1 hereof
(treating all references in paragraphs (I) through (VII) below to a "Change in
Control" as references to a "Potential Change in Control"), of any one of the
following acts by the Company, or failures by the Company to act, unless, in the
case of any act or failure to act described in paragraph (I), (V), (VI) or (VII)
below, such act or failure to act is corrected prior to the Date of Termination
specified in the Notice of Termination given in respect thereof:

                                    (I) the assignment to the Executive of any
                  duties inconsistent with the Executive's status as a senior
                  executive officer of the Company or a substantial adverse
                  alteration in the nature or status of the Executive's
                  responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the
                  Change in Control;

                                    (II) a reduction by the Company in the
                  Executive's annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof
                  or as the same may be increased from time to time except for
                  across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all
                  senior executives of the Company and all senior executives of
                  any Person in control of the Company;

                                    (III) the relocation of the Executive's
                  principal place of employment to a location more than 50 miles
                  from the Executive's principal place of employment immediately
                  prior to the Change in Control or the Company's requiring the
                  Executive to be based anywhere other than such principal place
                  of employment (or permitted relocation thereof) except for
                  required travel on the Company's business to an extent
                  substantially consistent with the Executive's present business
                  travel obligations;

                                    (IV) the failure by the Company to pay to
                  the Executive any portion of the Executive's current
                  compensation except pursuant to an across-the-board
                  compensation deferral similarly affecting all senior
                  executives of the Company and all senior executives of any
                  Person in control of the Company, or to pay to the Executive
                  any portion of an installment of deferred compensation under
                  any deferred compensation program of the Company, within seven
                  (7) days of the date such compensation is due;

                                    (V) the failure by the Company to continue
                  in effect any compensation plan in which the Executive
                  participates immediately prior to the Change in Control which
                  is material to the Executive's total compensation, including
                  but not limited to the Company's 1993 Stock Option Plan, 1993
                  Employee Stock Bonus Plan, 1991 Employee Stock Bonus Plan,
                  1995 Stock Award Plan (and the 1995, 1996 and 1997 Stock
                  Matching Programs thereunder and any subsequent Stock Matching
                  Programs in which the Executive participates), 1987
                  Convertible Debenture Plan and 1995 Employee

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                  Annual Incentive Compensation Plan or any substitute plans
                  adopted prior to the Change in Control, unless an equitable
                  arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative
                  plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the failure
                  by the Company to continue the Executive's participation
                  therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis
                  not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount or
                  timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of the
                  Executive's participation relative to other participants, as
                  existed immediately prior to the Change in Control;

                                    (VI) the failure by the Company to continue
                  to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar
                  to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the Company's
                  pension, savings, life insurance, medical, health and
                  accident, or disability plans in which the Executive was
                  participating immediately prior to the Change in Control
                  (except for across the board changes similarly affecting all
                  senior executives of the Company and all senior executives of
                  any Person in control of the Company), the taking of any other
                  action by the Company which would directly or indirectly
                  materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the
                  Executive of any material fringe benefit or perquisite enjoyed
                  by the Executive at the time of the Change in Control, or the
                  failure by the Company to provide the Executive with the
                  number of paid vacation days to which the Executive is
                  entitled on the basis of years of service with the Company in
                  accordance with the Company's normal vacation policy in effect
                  at the time of the Change in Control; or

                                    (VII) any purported termination of the
                  Executive's employment which is not effected pursuant to a
                  Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section
                  7.1 hereof; for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported
                  termination shall be effective.

                  The Executive's right to terminate the Executive's employment
for Good Reason shall not be affected by the Executive's incapacity due to
physical or mental illness. The Executive's continued employment shall not
constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any act or failure
to act constituting Good Reason hereunder.

                  For purposes of any determination regarding the existence of
Good Reason, any claim by the Executive that Good Reason exists shall be
presumed to be correct unless the Company establishes to the Committee by clear
and convincing evidence that Good Reason does not exist.

                  (R) "Gross-Up Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2 hereof.

                  (S) "Notice of Termination" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 7.1 hereof.

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                  (T) "Person" shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9)
of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof,
except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an
underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such
securities, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company.

                  (U) "Potential Change in Control" shall be deemed to have
occurred if the event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall
have occurred:

                                    (I) the Company enters into an agreement,
                  the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a
                  Change in Control;

                                    (II) the Company or any Person publicly
                  announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions
                  which, if consummated, would constitute a Change in Control;

                                    (III) any Person becomes the Beneficial
                  Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
                  representing 15% or more of either the then outstanding shares
                  of common stock of the Company or the combined voting power of
                  the Company's then outstanding securities (not including in
                  the securities beneficially owned by such Person any
                  securities acquired directly from the Company or its
                  affiliates); or

                                    (IV) the Board adopts a resolution to the
                  effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential
                  Change in Control has occurred.

                  (V) "Retirement" shall, for purposes of Section 4 hereof, be
deemed the reason for the termination by the Executive of the Executive's
employment if such employment is terminated after completion of ten (10) years
of service with the Company and attainment of age fifty-five (55).

                  (W) "Severance Payments" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1 hereof.

                  (X) "SRP" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1
hereof.

                  (Y) "Tax Counsel" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.2 hereof.

                  (Z) "Term" shall mean the period of time described in Section
2 hereof (including any extension, continuation or termination described
therein).

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                  (AA) "Thrift Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.1 hereof.

                  (BB) "Total Payments" shall mean those payments so described
in Section 6.2 hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the date above first written.

                                            Baker Hughes Incorporated

                                            By:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                            Name
                                            Title

                                            Executive:

                                            ------------------------------
                                            [Name of Executive]

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.43

                            BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

                                [NAME OF GRANTEE]
                                     GRANTEE

DATE OF GRANT

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES GRANTED

EXERCISE PRICE PER SHARE

EXPIRATION DATE

TERM OF AWARD; VESTING SCHEDULE       3 YEARS, WITH VESTING OF 33 1/3% ON THE
                                      ANNIVERSARY DATE OF THE DATE OF GRANT IN
                                      EACH OF THE YEARS XXXX, XXXX, AND XXXX.
OTHER TERMS OF AWARD

                                 GRANT OF OPTION

Pursuant to action taken by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
of Baker Hughes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), for the
purposes of administration of the Baker Hughes Incorporated 1998 Employee Stock
Option Plan (the "Plan"), the above-named Grantee is hereby granted an
nonqualified stock option to purchase the above number of shares of the
Company's $1 par value per share common stock at the exercise price stated above
for each share subject to this option, with the exercise price payable at the
time of exercise. This option may not be exercised after the Expiration Date.

By your acceptance of the option, you agree that the option is granted under and
governed by the terms of the Plan, this Stock Option Agreement and the Terms and
Conditions of Option Agreements (dated January 30, 2002).

                                     BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED

                                     ---------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

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                            BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED

                              TERMS AND CONDITIONS
                                       OF
                                OPTION AGREEMENTS
                               (JANUARY 30, 2002)

         These Terms and Conditions are applicable to options granted pursuant
to the Baker Hughes Incorporated 1998 Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended
(the "Plan").

1.       TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The following provisions will apply in the
         event of Grantee's termination of employment:

         1.1      Termination Generally. If Grantee's employment is terminated
                  for any reason other than:

                  (i) a termination covered by Sections 1.2 through 1.7, or

                  (ii) a termination, within two years following a Change in
         Control (as defined in the Plan) that occurs after the Date of Grant,
         either (A) by the Company without Cause (as defined in the Plan) or (B)
         by the Grantee for Good Reason (as defined in the Plan),

         the option will wholly and completely terminate on the date of
         termination of employment, to the extent it is not then exercisable;
         however, to the extent the option is exercisable, Grantee shall have
         three months from the date of termination of employment to exercise the
         option (but in no event later than the Expiration Date).

         1.2 Termination for Cause. If Grantee's employment is terminated for
         cause, including (without limitation) fraud, theft, embezzlement
         committed against the Company or any of its affiliated companies or a
         customer of the Company, or for conflict of interest, unethical
         conduct, dishonesty affecting the assets, properties or business of the
         Company or any of its affiliated companies, willful misconduct, or
         continued material dereliction of duties, the option will wholly and
         completely terminate on the date of termination of employment if such
         termination occurs (i) prior to a Change of Control that occurs after
         the Date of Grant or (ii) after the second anniversary of a Change of
         Control that occurs after the Date of Grant. If Grantee's employment is
         terminated for Cause (as defined in the Plan), the option will wholly
         and completely terminate on the date thirty days following such
         termination (but not later than the Expiration Date) if such
         termination occurs within two years following a Change of Control that
         occurs after the Date of Grant.

         1.3 Termination without Cause or for Good Reason in Connection with a
         Change in Control. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Stock
         Option Agreement, including these Terms and Conditions, to the
         contrary, if a Change in Control of the Company occurs, the provisions
         of Article 9 of the Plan shall govern.

         1.4 Divestiture of Business Unit. If the Company divests its ownership
         in a business unit that employs the Grantee, then the option will be
         deemed to be fully vested on the effective date of the Divestiture of
         the business unit. The Grantee will have three years in which to
         exercise the option. A "Divestiture" includes the disposition of any
         business unit of the Company and its subsidiaries to an entity that the
         Company does not consolidate in its financial statements, whether the
         disposition is structured as a sale or transfer of stock, a merger, a
         consolidation or a sale or transfer of assets, or a combination
         thereof, provided that a "Divestiture" shall not include a disposition
         that constitutes a Change in Control.

         1.6 Retirement or Disability. In the event of the retirement (such that
         the Grantee's age plus years of service with the Company equals or
         exceeds 65) or long-term disability of the Grantee, as long-term
         disability is determined in the discretion of the Committee (as defined
         in the Plan), all granted but unvested options shall immediately vest
         upon the Grantee's retirement or long-term disability. The Grantee
         shall

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         have three years from the date of termination of employment due to
         retirement or long-term disability to exercise the option (but in no
         event later than the Expiration Date).

         1.7 Death. Upon the death of the Grantee in active service, all granted
         but unvested options shall immediately vest upon the Grantee's death
         and otherwise shall be exercisable for a period of one year following
         Grantee's death (but not later than the Expiration Date).

2.       PROHIBITED ACTIVITY. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Stock
         Option Agreement, if Grantee engages in a "Prohibited Activity," as
         described below, while employed by the Company or any of its affiliates
         or within two years after Grantee's employment termination date, then
         Grantee's right to exercise any portion of the option, to the extent
         still outstanding at that time, shall immediately thereupon wholly and
         completely terminate. If an allegation of a Prohibited Activity by
         Grantee is made to the Committee, the Committee, in its discretion, may
         suspend the exercisability of the option for up to two months to permit
         the investigation of such allegation. If it is determined that no
         Prohibited Activity was engaged in by Grantee, the period of
         exercisability of the option will be increased by the amount of time of
         the suspension; however, in no event will the option be exercisable
         more than ten years from the date of grant. A "Prohibited Activity"
         shall be deemed to have occurred, as determined by the Committee in its
         sole and absolute discretion, if Grantee:

                (i) divulges any non-public, confidential or proprietary
                information of the Company or of its past, present or future
                affiliates (collectively, the "Baker Hughes Group"), but
                excluding information that (a) becomes generally available to
                the public other than as a result of Grantee's public use,
                disclosure, or fault, or (b) becomes available to Grantee on a
                non-confidential basis after Grantee's employment termination
                date from a source other than a member of the Baker Hughes Group
                prior to the public use or disclosure by Grantee, provided that
                such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement or
                otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information by a
                contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation; or

                (ii) directly or indirectly, consults or becomes affiliated
                with, conducts, participates or engages in, or becomes employed
                by, any business that is competitive with the business of any
                member of the Baker Hughes Group, wherever from time to time
                conducted throughout the world, including situations where
                Grantee solicits or participates in or assists in any way in the
                solicitation or recruitment, directly or indirectly, of any
                employees of any member of the Baker Hughes Group.

3.       CASHLESS EXERCISE. Cashless exercise, in accordance with the terms of
         the Plan, shall be available to Grantee for the shares subject to the
         option.

4.       TAX WITHHOLDING. To the extent the exercise of the option results in
         taxable income to Grantee, the Company is authorized to withhold from
         any remuneration payable to Grantee any tax required to be withheld by
         reason of such taxable income.

5.       NONTRANSFERABILITY. The option is not transferable by the Grantee
         otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
         is exercisable during the Grantee's lifetime only by the Grantee.

6.       LIMIT OF LIABILITY. Under no circumstances will the Company be liable
         for any indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages
         (including lost profits) of any form incurred by any person, whether or
         not foreseeable and regardless of the form of the act in which such a
         claim may be brought, with respect to the Plan or the Company's role as
         Plan sponsor.

7.       MISCELLANEOUS. The option is granted under and is subject to all of the
         provisions of the Plan, including amendments to the Plan, if any. In
         the event of a conflict between these Terms and Conditions and the Plan
         provisions, the Plan provisions will control. Capitalized terms that
         are not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in
         the Plan.

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