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GEbr
eakupi
sli
kel
yandcoul
dcomeassoonast
hisspr
ing:
Sour
ces
 GEseenasl
i
kel
ytoembr
acemaj
orcompanybr
eak-
up,
sour
cest
ell
CNBC'
sDav
idFaber
.

 GEbr
eakupcoul
dcomeassoonast
hisspr
ing,
thesour
cessai
d.

 "
Wearelooki
ngaggr
essiv
elyatt
hebeststruct
ureorst
ructur
esforourpor
tfoli
oto
maxi
mizethepot
ent
ial
ofourbusinesses,
"CEOJohnFlannerysai
donaninv est
orcal
l
.

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Publ
i
shed10:
38AM ETTue,
16Jan2018Updat
ed8:
09PM ETTue,
16Jan2018

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com

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alEl
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ri
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neattheGEpl anti
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ance.
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11:
21AM ETTue,
16Jan2018|
03:
32

General
Elect
ri
cmaybel
ooki
ngatspl
i
tti
ngi
tsel
fupaf
terpoorshar
ehol
derr
etur
nsi
nthepast
year
.

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saimingt
oannounceadeci
siononabreakupasear
lyast
hisspr
ing,
sour
cest
ell
CNBC'sDav
idFaber
.Aspli
tisl
i
kel
y,t
hesourcest
oldFaber.

Gener
alEl
ect
ri
csai
dTuesdayaf
terar
evi
ewofi
tsGECapi
tal
insur
ancepor
tfol
i
othati
twi
l
ltake
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2bi
l
li
onaf
ter
-t
axchar
gef
ort
hef
our
thquar
terof2017.

Ont
hecal
lwi
thi
nvestor
sexpl
aini
ngthechar
ge,
CEOJohnFl
anner
yseemedt
oimpl
yhei
sready
t
omakesi
gni
fi
cantchangest
othecompany.

"Today,Iam mor econvincedthanev er,t

hatwehav esubst ant
ial
underly
ingstrengt
hsandv al
ue
thathavebeensuppr essedinthecur rentcontext.Asar esult,
wear el
ookingaggressivel
yatthe
beststructureorstructuresforourpor t
foli
ot omaxi mizethepotenti
alofourbusinesses,
conti
nuet odel i
veroutstandi
ngpr oductsandser vi
cest oourcustomers,enhanceourabili
tyto
provi
deat tracti
veoppor t
unit
iesforourempl oyees,whilemaximizingval
uef orour
shareholders,"Fl
annerysaidonani nv estorcallTuesday .

"Ourresult
sov ert
hepastsever
aly
ear
sincludi
ng2017andt heinsurancechargeonlyf
urt
hermy
beli
efthatweneedt oconti
nuetomovewithpurposetor
eshapeGE.Wewi llcont
inuet
o
ri
gorouslyrevi
ewouralt
ernati
vest
odeli
vershar
eholderv
alue,andreportouttoyouaswemake
progressthisspri
ng.
"

GeneralEl
ect
ri
csharessigni
fi
cant
lyunder
perfor
medthemarketi
nthepastyear
.Thest
ock
decl
ined40percentt
hroughFri
dayinthepast12monthsv
ersustheS&P500's22.
5per
cent
ret
urn.

OneWallSt
reetanal
ysti
ssur
pri
sedatt
hesi
zeoft
hei
nsur
ancepor
tfol
i
ochar
geandr
eser
ve
number
s.

"Afterananalysi
softheGEl ongterm careexposure,wehadt houghtanoutsizedchargewas
l
ikely,buthavetoadmitthe$15Bofaddi ti
onal capi
tal
ult
imatelybeingrequi
redwasf ari
n
excessofouradv ersecaseexpectati
ons,andi sanegati
vereadacr ossforotheri
nsurer
swit
h
sizeablelongter
m careblocksi
nourv iew,"Evercor
eISIanal
ystThomasGal l
agherwrote
Tuesday .

Thecompanyreducedit
sdivi
dendandunveil
edar est
ruct
uri
ngplandur
ingi
tsNov ember
i
nvest
orday.I
twast hecompany'
sfi
rsti
nvestordayunderFl
annery
,whosucceededJeffI
mmel
t
i
nAugust.

GEshar
escl
oseddown2.
9per
centTuesdayat$18.
21ashar
e.