SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2019-02-19

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<div><a name="s43589EAD8554EE9049C4DEE9CBC49938"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;padding-left:8px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.25</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:100%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY <br>EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PROGRAM</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">As Adopted Effective January 1, 2019)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s71C844BE248A3F0F1D7ADEE9CBD99BB5"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY <br>EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PROGRAM</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">(As Adopted, Effective January 1, 2019)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Baker Hughes, a GE company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">&#8220;Sponsor&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">), recognizes that one of the most valuable assets of it and its affiliates is its and their key management executives;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Sponsor and its affiliates would like to provide severance benefits in the event that a key management executive is involuntarily terminated in certain circumstances;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Sponsor desires to establish the Baker Hughes, a GE company Executive Severance Program (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Program</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) as a new executive severance benefits program;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Program shall be a constituent benefit program maintained under the Baker Hughes Incorporated Welfare Benefits Plan, also known as the Baker Hughes, a GE company Welfare Benefits Plan; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, effective January 1, 2019, the Program shall supersede any prior severance program or policy (formal or informal) of the Sponsor or its adopting affiliates covering eligible employees who are not yet in pay status;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">NOW, THEREFORE</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Sponsor hereby establishes the Program, which shall be a constituent b