Annual Report by an Employee Stock Purchase, Savings or Similar Plan — Form 11-K
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‘11-K’ — Annual Report by an Employee Stock Purchase, Savings or Similar Plan
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Financial Statements:
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits
as of December 31, 2022 and 2021
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2022
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Notes to Financial Statements
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Supplemental
Schedule:
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2022
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Note:
All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Plan Participants and the Audit Committee of General Electric Company
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the GE Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as of December
31, 2022 and 2021, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Report
on Supplemental Schedule
The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2022, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental schedule reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental schedule. In forming our
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opinion on the supplemental schedule, we evaluated
whether the supplemental schedule, including its form and content, is presented in compliance with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, such schedule is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.
The GE Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) is a defined contribution plan sponsored
by General Electric Company (the “Company”).
The Plan is subject to applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). The assets of the Plan are held in and invested through the GE Retirement Savings Trust (the “Trust”).
Fidelity Workplace Services, LLC is the Plan’s recordkeeper. The Plan Trustees have appointed Fidelity Management Trust Company (“FMTC”) as the directed Trustee of the Trust.
SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA FM”), an affiliate of State Street Corporation (“SSC”) is the investment advisor to three of the Plan’s investment options. State Street Global Advisors Trust Company (“SSGA TC”, and together with SSGA FM, "SSGA"), also affiliated with SSC, is the investment advisor to two of the Plan’s investment options.
Mercer Trust Company LLC and its affiliate, Mercer Investments LLC (formerly, Mercer Investment Management, Inc.) are the manager and investment advisor, respectively, for the Mercer GE International Equity Fund.
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BlackRock”) is the investment advisor to six of the Plan’s investment options, which include passively managed funds in equity and fixed income classes (collectively referred to herein as the “Index Funds”). BlackRock is the manager to the Plan’s suite of ten Target Retirement Date Funds.
The description of the Plan is provided for general information purposes only. The complete terms of the Plan are provided in the GE Retirement Savings Plan document (the “Plan Document”). Plan information including benefits, investment options, vesting provisions and effects of
plan termination is also included in Plan handbooks and other material distributed to participants.
Employee Contributions and Investment Options
Eligible employees of the Company and participating affiliates may participate in the Plan by investing up to 30% of their eligible earnings in one or more of the following investment options:
(a)General Electric Common Stock Fund (the “GE Stock Fund”) – The GE Stock Fund invests at least 98% of its assets in GE common stock, with the remainder held in cash or cash equivalents to provide for the GE Stock Fund’s estimated liquidity needs.
(b)SSGA Income Fund (the “Income Fund”) – The Income Fund managed by
SSGA FM seeks a high interest rate of return over a long-term period consistent with the preservation of capital by investing at least 80% of its net assets in debt securities.
(c)SSGA US Core Equity Fund (the “U.S. Equity Fund”) – The U.S. Equity Fund managed by SSGA FM seeks long-term growth of capital and income by primarily investing in equity securities of U.S. companies, such as common and preferred stocks.
(d)SSGA Small-Cap Equity Fund (the “Small-Cap Fund”) – The Small-Cap Fund managed by SSGA FM seeks long-term growth of capital by investing at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of smaller companies, such as domestic and international common and preferred stocks.
(e)Non-U.S. Equity Index Fund – A collective investment trust maintained and managed by BlackRock that seeks investment results that correspond generally to the investment performance of the MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. IMI Net Dividend Return Index by investing in a portfolio of large-capitalization, mid-capitalization and small-capitalization companies located in international developed and emerging markets.
(f)U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund – A collective investment trust maintained and managed by
BlackRock that seeks investment results that correspond generally to the investment performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index by investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to the index.
(g)U.S. Large-Cap Equity Index Fund – A collective investment trust maintained and managed by BlackRock that seeks investment results that correspond generally to the investment performance of the S&P 500 Index by investing in large companies within the United States.
(h)U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Index Fund – A collective investment trust maintained and managed by BlackRock that seeks investment results that correspond generally to the investment performance of the S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index by investing in medium-sized companies within the United States.
(i)U.S.
Small-Cap Equity Index Fund – A collective investment trust maintained and managed by BlackRock that seeks investment results that correspond generally to the investment performance of the Russell 2000 Index by investing in smaller companies within the United States.
(j)U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (the “U.S. TIPS Index Fund”) – A collective investment trust maintained and managed by BlackRock that seeks investment results that correspond generally to the investment performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities Index by investing in substantially all of the securities that make up the index.
(k)GE RSP Short-Term Interest Fund (the “ST Interest Fund”) – The ST Interest Fund managed by SSGA TC seeks to preserve principal and achieve a market-related interest
rate of return by investing primarily in a variety of investment-grade debt securities, such as U.S. government securities, asset-backed securities, corporate bonds and money market instruments.
(l)GE RSP Government Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”) – The Money Market Fund managed by SSGA TC seeks a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and maintenance of liquidity by investing at least 99.5% of its net assets in short-term U.S. government securities, cash and/or repurchase agreements that are collateralized by cash or U.S. government securities.
(m)Target Retirement Date Funds (the “TRD Funds”) – The TRD Funds are daily valued separate accounts managed by BlackRock. The investment objective of each TRD Fund is to seek the highest total return (total return includes capital
appreciation and income) over time consistent with an appropriate degree of risk, and a specified allocation among various types of assets. To achieve its investment objective, each TRD Fund invests in a combination of underlying investment funds representing a variety of asset classes (the “Underlying Funds”). A TRD Fund’s asset allocation changes over time and is expected to gradually shift from a combination of Underlying Funds that emphasizes investment in stocks to a combination of Underlying Funds and invests in bonds, stocks, and short-term investments.
The suite of Target Retirement Date Funds includes the following:
Target Retirement Income Fund
2045 Target Retirement Date Fund
2025 Target Retirement Date Fund
2050
Target Retirement Date Fund
2030 Target Retirement Date Fund
2055 Target Retirement Date Fund
2035 Target Retirement Date Fund
2060 Target Retirement Date Fund
2040 Target Retirement Date Fund
2065 Target Retirement Date Fund
(n)Mercer GE International Equity Fund – A collective investment trust managed by Mercer Trust Company LLC that seeks long-term growth of capital by investing at least 85% of its net assets in equity securities,
such as common and preferred stocks. The Mercer GE International Equity Fund invests primarily in companies in both developed and emerging market countries outside of the United States.
(o)The GE HealthCare Stock Fund was established in January 2023 as a result of the spin-off of GE HealthCare. Participants who were invested in the GE Stock Fund at the time of the spin-off of GE’s healthcare business into an independent public company received units of the new GE HealthCare Stock Fund. The GE HealthCare Stock Fund is closed to new investments (and has been since inception). The GE HealthCare Stock Fund is managed by an independent fiduciary, Newport Trust Company, who is required to liquidate the GE HealthCare Stock Fund as an investment option under the Plan as soon as practicable after the one-year anniversary of its establishment. A participant may elect at any time before the liquidation to transfer
out of the GE HealthCare Stock Fund and into other available investment options under the Plan. The proceeds from the liquidation of the GE HealthCare Stock Fund will be credited to participants’ accounts. For each affected participant, the proceeds will be reinvested in the Plan’s default investment option, which is a TRD Fund based on their age.
The GE Stock Fund, Income Fund, U.S. Equity Fund, Small-Cap Fund, Index Funds, ST Interest Fund, Money Market Fund, TRD Funds and Mercer GE International Equity Fund are collectively referred to herein as the “Funds”.
The Income Fund, U.S. Equity Fund and Small-Cap Fund are registered investment companies subject to specific disclosure and other requirements. The following Plan information is available to participants and eligible employees upon request or may be obtained online at the Plan’s website:
audited financial statements and prospectuses or other disclosure documents of the registered investment companies; fund profiles for the GE Stock Fund, ST Interest Fund, Money Market Fund, Index Funds, Mercer GE International Equity Fund and TRD Funds; and the GE Retirement Savings Plan Supplemental Information document containing certain information regarding all Funds. Certain of the above documents comprising this Plan information are also affirmatively provided to participants and eligible employees in compliance with the requirements of the Department of Labor.
The Plan permits participants to invest compensation on which income taxes have and have not been paid (“after-tax” and “pre-tax”, respectively). The U.S. Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) limits the amount of pre-tax contributions that can be made each year. The limit for participants under age 50 was generally $20,500 in 2022 and $19,500 in
2021. For participants who were at least age 50 during the year, the limit was generally $27,000 in 2022 and $26,000 in 2021. The Plan also permits participants to make Roth contributions, which are combined with pre-tax contributions for purposes of these limits.
Participants may switch their investment balances (including rebalancing) up to 12 times each quarter. Restrictions on such switches include certain restrictions on a participant’s ability to engage in frequent trading in response to Securities and Exchange Commission requirements governing mutual funds.
The Plan generally provides for employer matching contributions of 50% of employees’ contributions of up to 8% of their earnings, that is, a 4% maximum matching contribution.
Certain eligible employees on salaried benefits (whose first day of work is on or after January 1,
2011) and certain eligible employees on production benefits (whose first day of work is on or after January 1, 2012) also receive a Company Retirement Contribution generally equal to 3% of their earnings, irrespective of any employee contributions. In addition, effective January 1, 2021, participants whose benefit under the GE Pension Plan is frozen also receive the Company Retirement Contribution. The Company Retirement Contribution is credited annually (generally in the following January) for employees on salaried benefits, and each pay period for employees on production benefits. Those employees on production benefits may also be eligible for an Additional Company Retirement Contribution (“ACRC”)
per year credited in the following January. For the 2022 plan year, participants' accounts were credited in January 2023 with Company Retirement Contributions of $154.0 million and ACRCs of $5.1 million. Hereinafter, the Company Retirement Contribution and the ACRC shall be referred to collectively as “Company Retirement Contributions” (“CRCs”). The CRCs are in addition to the employer matching contribution. A participant who does not have a regular investment election on file will be electing to invest the CRCs in the TRD Fund consistent with the participant’s age.
In addition, certain employees whose benefit under the GE Pension Plan is frozen are eligible to receive an additional 2% Transition Credit for the 2021 and 2022 plan years. For the 2022 plan year, eligible participants' accounts were credited
in January 2023 with Transition Credits of $38.5 million.
Newly hired non-union employees who are eligible for CRCs and who have not made an affirmative election regarding the amount (if any) of their own savings are automatically enrolled as electing to contribute 8% of eligible pay as pre-tax contributions. This election entitles these employees to the maximum 4% matching contribution. A participant who does not have a regular investment election on file will be electing to invest these contributions in the TRD Fund consistent with the participant’s age. These elections can be changed at any time before or after the employee is automatically enrolled.
Newly hired union employees who are eligible for CRCs and who have not made an affirmative election regarding the amount (if any) of their own savings are automatically enrolled as electing to contribute 2%
of eligible pay as pre-tax contributions. This election entitles these employees to a 1% matching contribution. A participant who does not have a regular investment election on file will be electing to invest these contributions in the TRD Fund consistent with the participant’s age. These elections can be changed at any time before or after the employee is automatically enrolled.
Rollovers from Other Qualifying Plans
Subject to Company approval, participants may elect to rollover amounts from other qualifying plans or arrangements in accordance with the IRC.
Withdrawals
Subject to certain limitations prescribed by the Plan and the IRC, terminated participants may elect retirement or other termination withdrawals in either lump sum or partial payments. Employed participants may make regular
withdrawals and certain hardship withdrawals from their participant accounts (except with respect to amounts attributable to any CRCs). There are no restrictions on the number and dollar amount of partial termination withdrawals and regular withdrawals, and the Plan allows for age 59 ½ and disability withdrawal options.
The Plan permits participants, under certain circumstances, to borrow a minimum of $500 from their participant accounts (except with respect to amounts attributable to any CRCs or any non-vested matching contributions, which are not available for loans). Subject to certain IRC and Plan limits, a participant may not borrow more than the lesser of 50% of that participant’s available account value, as defined in the Plan Document, or $50,000, adjusted for prior loans. The term of any loan is up to 4.5 years unless the loan is used to acquire a principal residence for which a term of up to 15 years may be permissible. The interest rate applicable to participant loans is based on the monthly average of the composite yield on corporate bonds, published by Moody’s Investors Service. The interest rates for new loans are fixed for the term of the loan.
Loans
are repaid with interest in equal payments over the term of the loan by payroll deductions, personal check, or other such methods as may be required. Participants may repay the entire principal amount with written notice and without penalty. Partial prepayments in amounts not less than the regular repayment amount are permissible without penalty and without re-amortization of the remaining principal amount. A participant may have no more than two outstanding loans from the Plan at any time (subject to limited exceptions resulting from a plan merger).
In the event of a loan default, the amount of the outstanding balance will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service in the year of the default as ordinary income.
Participant Accounts
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and CRCs (as applicable) and
allocation of (a) employer matching contributions and (b) investment results. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the value of the participant’s vested account.
The costs of overnight delivery requests are charged to participants and former employees are charged quarterly account recordkeeping fees.
Vesting
Participants are fully vested in their employee contributions, employer matching contributions and related investment results. Participants receiving CRCs and related earnings generally become vested in those amounts once the participant completes three years of service. This same three year vesting requirement applies to employer matching contributions for employees on salaried benefits whose first day of work is on or after January
1, 2018.
Forfeitures
During 2022, forfeitures of approximately $15.5 million were used to reduce employer contributions in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
Plan Termination and Amendment
Although the Company has not expressed any intent to do so, it has the right under the Plan, to the extent permitted by law, to terminate the Plan in accordance with the provisions of ERISA. If the Plan is terminated, each participant’s interest will be payable in full according to the Plan's provisions. The Company also has the right under the Plan, to the extent permitted by law, to amend
or replace the Plan for any reason.
Administrative costs of the Plan and investment advisory costs for the GE Stock Fund, ST Interest Fund, and the Money Market Fund are generally borne by the
Company. For the registered investment companies, the Index Funds, Mercer GE International Equity Fund, and TRD Funds, investment advisors receive a management fee for providing investment advisory services. These management fees are reflected in interest and dividend income for the registered investment companies and in net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments for the Index Funds, Mercer GE International Equity Fund and TRD Funds on the statement of change in net assets available for plan benefits.
(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(a) Basis of Accounting
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis
of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the Unites States of America ("US GAAP").
(b) Investments
Plan investments are reported at fair value. See notes 4 and 5 for additional information.
Investment transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is earned from settlement date and recognized on the accrual basis. The net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of investments consists of the realized gains or losses on the sales of investments and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments.
All portfolio securities of the Money Market Fund and any short-term money market instruments held by the ST Interest Fund with remaining maturities
of sixty days or less at the time of purchase are valued on the basis of amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
More detailed information regarding these financial instruments, as well as the strategies and policies for their use, is contained in the documents described above under “Employee Contributions and Investment Options” in note 1.
(c) Fair Value Measurements
For financial assets and liabilities, fair value is the price the Plan would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with a market participant at the measurement date. In the absence of active markets for the identical assets and liabilities, such measurements involve developing assumptions based on market observable data and, in the absence of such data, internal
information that is consistent with what market participants would use in a hypothetical transaction that occurs at the measurement date.
Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect our market assumptions. Preference is given to observable inputs. These two types of inputs create the following fair value hierarchy:
Level 1 - Quoted prices for identical investments in active markets.
Level 2 - Quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar investments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.
The Company maintains policies and procedures to value investments using the best and most relevant data available. In addition, the Company retains independent pricing vendors to assist in valuing certain investments.
The following section describes the valuation methodologies used to measure investments at fair value.
When available,
quoted market prices are used to determine the fair value of investment securities, and they are included in Level 1. Level 1 securities include common stock, registered investment companies and certain interest-bearing cash.
When quoted market prices are unobservable, pricing information is obtained from an independent pricing vendor. The pricing vendor uses various pricing models for each asset class that are consistent with what other market participants would use. The inputs and assumptions to the model of the pricing vendor are derived from market observable sources including: benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, benchmark securities, bids, offers, and other market-related data. Since many fixed income securities do not trade on a daily basis, the methodology of the pricing vendor uses available information as applicable such as benchmark curves, benchmarking of like securities,
sector groupings, and matrix pricing. The pricing vendor considers available market observable inputs in determining the evaluation for a security. Thus, certain securities may not be priced using quoted prices, but rather determined from market observable information. These investments are included in Level 2 and primarily comprise securities in the ST Interest Fund.
The Money Market Fund securities are typically valued on the basis of amortized cost which approximates fair value and these are included in Level 2.
Investments in collective funds held by the Plan, are generally valued using the net asset value (“NAV”) per share as a practical expedient for fair value provided certain criteria are met. The NAVs are determined based on the fair values of the underlying investments of the funds. Investments that are measured at fair value using the NAV as a practical expedient
are not classified in the fair value hierarchy.
(d) Notes Receivable from Participants
Loans to participants are recorded at the outstanding principal balance plus accrued interest.
(e) Participant Withdrawals
Participant withdrawals are recorded when paid. Included in participant withdrawals are GE common stock cash dividends paid to participants of approximately $0.7 million during 2022.
(f) Management Estimates and Assumptions
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
(3) Asset Transfers
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the assets of GE Incentive Savings Plan for Union Employees of Aviation Systems and Unison Engine Components were transferred into the Plan. The Plan was amended to reflect the merger and to preserve certain provisions with respect to the account balances transferred to the Plan.
A summary of the fair value of the Plan's investments at December 31, 2022 and 2021 follows.
2022
2021
(in
thousands)
Common Stock:
GE Common Stock
$
2,163,947
$
2,588,030
Registered
Investment Companies:
SSGA Income Fund
1,061,121
1,385,142
SSGA US Core Equity Fund
3,720,869
4,958,566
SSGA Small-Cap Equity Fund
943,059
1,197,659
Total
Registered Investment Companies
5,725,049
7,541,367
Collective Funds:(a)
Non-U.S. Equity Index Fund
2,351,959
3,051,630
U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index Fund
1,934,502
2,352,766
U.S. Large-Cap Equity Index Fund
3,377,450
4,263,692
U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Index Fund
1,123,519
1,338,711
U.S. Small-Cap Equity Index Fund
827,758
1,073,670
U.S.
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
499,978
620,184
Commodity Index Daily Fund
63,628
74,076
BlackRock Developed Real Estate Index Non-Lendable Fund
259,747
326,116
Russell 1000 Index Non-Lendable
Fund
3,120,347
3,694,783
Mercer GE International Equity Fund
679,743
868,318
Total Collective Funds
14,238,631
17,663,946
Other
Investments:
Interest Bearing Cash
6,891
26,886
Short-Term Money Market Instruments
1,242,831
417,658
U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agency Debt Obligations
717,555
1,464,271
Commercial
Mortgage-Backed, Corporate Notes and Asset-Backed Securities
274,179
240,078
Total Other Investments
2,241,456
2,148,893
Total investments at fair value
$
24,369,083
$
29,942,236
(a)
The Target Retirement Date Funds are separate accounts that invest in a combination of the Index Funds as well as the Commodity Index Daily Fund, BlackRock Developed Real Estate Index Non-Lendable Fund and the Russell 1000 Index Non-Lendable Fund (which are not otherwise offered as direct investment options in the Plan), representing a variety of asset classes. See note 1(m).
The Plan's investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2022 follow.
Level
1
Level 2
Total
Investments
(in thousands)
Common Stock
$
2,163,947
$
—
$
2,163,947
Registered
Investment Companies
5,725,049
—
5,725,049
Other Investments:
Interest Bearing Cash
6,891
—
6,891
Short-Term
Money Market Instruments
—
1,242,831
1,242,831
U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agency Debt Obligations
—
717,555
717,555
Commercial Mortgage-Backed, Corporate Notes and
Asset-Backed
Securities
—
274,179
274,179
Total Other Investments
6,891
2,234,565
2,241,456
$
7,895,887
$
2,234,565
10,130,452
Investments
measured at net asset value (a)
Collective Funds
14,238,631
Total investments at fair value
$
24,369,083
The
Plan’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2021 follow.
Level 1
Level 2
Total
Investments
(in thousands)
Common
Stock
$
2,588,030
$
—
$
2,588,030
Registered Investment Companies
7,541,367
—
7,541,367
Other Investments:
Interest
Bearing Cash
26,886
—
26,886
Short-Term Money Market Instruments
—
417,658
417,658
U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agency Debt Obligations
—
1,464,271
1,464,271
Commercial
Mortgage-Backed, Corporate Notes and
Asset-Backed Securities
—
240,078
240,078
Total Other Investments
26,886
2,122,007
2,148,893
$
10,156,283
$
2,122,007
12,278,290
Investments
measured at net asset value (a)
Collective Funds
17,663,946
Total investments at fair value
$
29,942,236
(a)
The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the statements of net assets available for plan benefits. Investments in collective funds are valued based on the year-end unit net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value. These investments are priced daily and there are no unfunded commitments or redemption restrictions associated with the funds.
The Plan offers a number of investment options including the GE Common Stock Fund and a variety of investment funds, consisting of registered investment companies, collective funds, separate accounts and a money market fund. The registered investment companies, collective funds, separate accounts and money market fund invest in U.S. equities, international equities and fixed income securities. Investment securities in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility risk.
Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur (including in the near term) and that such changes could materially affect participant account balances and amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for plan benefits.
The Plan’s exposure to a concentration of credit risk is limited by the opportunity to diversify investments across multiple participant-directed fund elections including active and passively managed funds covering multiple asset classes. Additionally, the investments within each participant-directed fund election are further diversified into varied financial instruments, with the exception of the GE Common Stock Fund which primarily invests in a single security.
As of December 31, 2022 and
2021, the following investments represents more than 10% of the fair value of the Plan's total investments.
2022
2021
(in thousands)
SSGA US Core Equity Fund
$
3,720,869
$
4,958,566
Non-US
Equity Index Fund
**
3,051,630
U.S. Large-Cap Equity Index Fund
3,377,450
4,263,692
Russell 1000 Index Non-Lendable Fund
3,120,347
3,694,783
** Investment did not exceed more than 10% of fair value of total investments.
(7) Related
Party Transactions (Parties-in-Interest)
The Plan’s recordkeeper, trustee, investment advisors and custodians described in note 1, as well as the Company and Plan participants, are each a “party in interest” to the Plan as defined by ERISA. Parties in interest to the Plan are noted in the Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets. Any fees paid by the Plan with respect to those or other transactions are described in the GE Retirement Savings Plan Supplemental Information document. The auditor of the Plan’s financial statements is also a party-in-interest.
The Plan's investment options included the GE Common Stock Fund as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the Plan purchased
$117.6 million and $148.9 million and sold $455.4 million and $438.1 million of the GE Common Stock Fund, respectively, during each plan year. The Plan recorded dividend income for GE Common Stock of $8.6 million, for the year ended December 31, 2022.
(8) Tax Status
In December 2016, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") began publishing a Required Amendments List ("IRS List") for individually designed plans which specifies changes in qualification requirements. The list is published annually and requires plans to be amended for each item on the list, as applicable, to retain its tax-exempt
status.
The IRS has notified the Company by a letter dated April 24, 2014, that the Plan is qualified under the appropriate sections of the IRC and that the related trust is tax-exempt. Although the Plan has been amended and restated since receiving the determination letter, the Plan administrator and the Plan’s counsel believe that the Plan’s current design and operations comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the IRC, and that the letter remains
valid. A new IRS determination letter application was submitted in December 2022. The application is currently with the IRS for review.
The portion of a participant’s compensation contributed to the Plan as a pre-tax contribution, the Company’s matching contribution CRCs and transition credits are not subject to Federal income tax when such contributions are credited to participant accounts, subject to certain limitations. These amounts and any investment results may be included in the participant’s gross taxable income for the year in which
such amounts are withdrawn from the Plan.
(9) Subsequent Events
Subsequent events through June 22, 2023, the date that the financial statements were issued, have been evaluated in the preparation of these financial statements.
In January 2023, in connection with the spin-off of GE HealthCare as an independent publicly traded company, certain assets and liabilities of the GE Retirement Savings Plan were transferred to the GE HealthCare Retirement Savings Plan and assumed by GE HealthCare.
(10) Reconciliation
of Financial Statements to Form 5500
Notes receivable from participants are classified as investments per Form 5500 instructions. In addition, any deemed distributions are not considered to be plan assets per Form 5500 and are excluded from notes receivable from participants. However, these distributions remain a plan asset for purposes of these financial statements until a distributable event occurs and they are offset against plan assets.
A reconciliation of investments per the financial statements to the annual report filed on Form 5500, Schedule H as required by the Department of Labor follows.
2022
2021
(in
thousands)
Total investments per financial statements
$
24,369,083
$
29,942,236
Total notes receivable per financial statements
206,809
216,181
Deemed
distributions
(7,544)
(7,816)
Total notes receivable per Form 5500
199,265
208,365
Total investments per Form 5500
$
24,568,348
$
30,150,601
A
reconciliation of total deductions from net assets per the financial statements to the annual report filed on Form 5500, Schedule H as required by the Department of Labor follows.
2022
(in thousands)
Total deductions from net assets
per financial statements
A reconciliation of amounts per the financial statements to the annual report filed on Form 5500, Schedule H as required by the Department of Labor follows.
2022
2021
(in
thousands)
Net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements
$
24,781,094
$
30,291,689
Deemed distributions
(7,544)
(7,816)
Net assets available for plan benefits per the
Form 5500
$
24,773,550
$
30,283,873
2022
(in thousands)
Total net decrease after asset transfers
per the financial statements
$
(5,510,595)
Changes in deemed distributions
272
Total net loss per the Form 5500
$
(5,510,323)
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GE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
Pursuant
to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, these securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2022, these securities amounted to $54,857,192 or 12.32% of the net assets of the GE RSP Short-Term Interest Fund. These securities have been determined to be liquid using procedures established by SSGA TC, an affiliate of SSC.
(b)
Funds managed and administered by SSGA FM, an affiliate of SSC.
(c)
Coupon amount represents effective yield.
(d)
Variable
or floating rate of security. The stated rate represents the rate at December 31, 2022.
(e)
Interest only security. These securities represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the "interest only" holding.
(f)
At December 31, 2022, a portion of this security was pledged to cover collateral requirements for futures.
(g)
Represents
a party-in-interest to the Plan.
*
Cost omitted for participant directed investments.
**
Includes grandfathered loans from plan mergers.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
