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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO

2014 Q4 Form 8-K Financial Statement

#000004054515000094 Filed on August 07, 2015

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Income Statement

Concept 2014 Q4 2013 Q4 2013 Q3
Revenue $22.60B $6.556B $35.66B
YoY Change 244.77% -44.3% -1.64%
Cost Of Revenue $33.85B $34.30B $4.798B
YoY Change -1.31% 60.51% 17.31%
Gross Profit -$11.24B -$27.74B $30.86B
YoY Change -59.47% -436.65% 412.25%
Gross Profit Margin -49.74% -423.12% 86.55%
Selling, General & Admin $4.200B
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization $1.101B -$1.950B $2.577B
YoY Change -156.46% -178.22% 17.51%
% of Gross Profit 8.35%
Operating Expenses -$12.84B -$24.52B $10.14B
YoY Change -47.63% -302.66% -5.66%
Operating Profit $1.596B -$3.222B $5.860B
YoY Change -149.53% -16.49% 11.85%
Interest Expense -$294.0M -$195.0M -$221.0M
YoY Change 50.77% -22.62% 27.01%
% of Operating Profit -18.42% -3.77%
Other Income/Expense, Net -$14.00M $1.025B $363.0M
YoY Change -101.37% 24.09% -53.88%
Pretax Income $1.288B -$2.392B $3.620B
YoY Change -153.85% -145.68% -10.04%
Income Tax -$261.0M $53.00M $348.0M
% Of Pretax Income -20.26% 9.61%
Net Earnings $5.152B $3.206B $3.191B
YoY Change 60.7% -20.07% -8.59%
Net Earnings / Revenue 22.79% 48.9% 8.95%
Basic Earnings Per Share $0.51 $0.32 $0.31
Diluted Earnings Per Share $0.51 $0.32 $0.31
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding 10.06B shares 10.15B shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding

Balance Sheet

Concept 2014 Q4 2013 Q4 2013 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments $70.03B $88.56B $86.50B
YoY Change -20.92% 14.61% 1.22%
Cash & Equivalents $70.03B $88.56B $86.50B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets $12.80B $49.52B $72.88B
YoY Change -74.15% -51.28%
Inventory $17.69B $17.33B $17.94B
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables $23.24B $21.39B $20.58B
Other Receivables $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Total Short-Term Assets $123.8B $176.8B $197.9B
YoY Change -30.0% -17.46% -49.39%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment $48.07B $50.51B $68.74B
YoY Change -4.83% -26.41% 2.01%
Goodwill $53.21B $53.14B $78.02B
YoY Change 0.13% -9.57% 6.65%
Intangibles $13.18B $13.87B $14.23B
YoY Change -4.94% 15.75% 21.5%
Long-Term Investments $0.00 $65.27B $43.90B
YoY Change -100.0% 34.54% -9.9%
Other Assets $332.5B $2.664B $5.779B
YoY Change 12382.62% -23.27% -94.59%
Total Long-Term Assets $530.2B $486.5B $463.5B
YoY Change 8.99% 3.32% 50.58%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets $123.8B $176.8B $197.9B
Total Long-Term Assets $530.2B $486.5B $463.5B
Total Assets $653.9B $663.2B $661.4B
YoY Change -1.4% -3.18% -5.36%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable $12.07B $12.32B $16.45B
YoY Change -2.06% -21.29% 3.77%
Accrued Expenses $14.32B $13.38B $14.67B
YoY Change 7.04% -10.16% -3.81%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt $70.43B $76.88B $80.50B
YoY Change -8.39% -24.18% -33.16%
Long-Term Debt Due $39.00B $77.89B $80.50B
YoY Change -49.92% -23.18% -33.16%
Total Short-Term Liabilities $155.6B $210.7B $222.4B
YoY Change -26.14% -12.66% -13.92%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt $191.0B $305.2B $307.6B
YoY Change -37.41% -2.32% -1.11%
Other Long-Term Liabilities $171.4B $3.939B $2.442B
YoY Change 4251.66% 36.3% 18.95%
Total Long-Term Liabilities $362.4B $309.1B $310.0B
YoY Change 17.25% -1.97% -0.97%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities $155.6B $210.7B $222.4B
Total Long-Term Liabilities $362.4B $309.1B $310.0B
Total Liabilities $518.0B $524.7B $532.4B
YoY Change -1.28% -5.72% -6.74%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings $155.3B $149.1B $148.1B
YoY Change 4.21% 3.47% 4.25%
Common Stock $702.0M $702.0M $702.0M
YoY Change 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost) $42.59B $42.56B $41.03B
YoY Change 0.08% 23.11% 24.42%
Treasury Stock Shares -1.636B shares -1.633B shares
Shareholders Equity $128.2B $130.6B $122.7B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity $655.0B $661.5B $661.4B
YoY Change -0.99% -3.43% -5.36%

Cashflow Statement

Concept 2014 Q4 2013 Q4 2013 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income $5.152B $3.206B $3.191B
YoY Change 60.7% -20.07% -8.59%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization $1.101B -$1.950B $2.577B
YoY Change -156.46% -178.22% 17.51%
Cash From Operating Activities $11.46B $11.35B $5.231B
YoY Change 0.99% 0.85% -10.75%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures -$2.157B $3.375B -$2.912B
YoY Change -163.91% -173.07% -9.06%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities -$958.0M -$6.280B -$2.011B
YoY Change -84.75% -285.47% -118.12%
Cash From Investing Activities -$3.115B -$2.905B -$4.923B
YoY Change 7.23% 135.6% -162.34%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities -5.877B -6.578B -2.179B
YoY Change -10.66% -63.79% -47.81%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities 11.46B 11.35B 5.231B
Cash From Investing Activities -3.115B -2.905B -4.923B
Cash From Financing Activities -5.877B -6.578B -2.179B
Net Change In Cash 2.469B 1.866B -1.871B
YoY Change 32.32% -122.9% -119.52%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities $11.46B $11.35B $5.231B
Capital Expenditures -$2.157B $3.375B -$2.912B
Free Cash Flow $13.62B $7.974B $8.143B
YoY Change 70.78% -49.76% -10.15%

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<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;margin-left:0pt;color:#005CB9;' >GECC Revenues from Services (Earned Income)</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >We use the interest method to recognize income on loans. Interest on loans includes origination, commitment and other non-refundable fees related to funding (recorded in earned </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >income on the interest method). We stop accruing interest at the earlier of the time at which collection of an account becomes doubtful or the account becomes 90 days past due, with the exception of consumer credit card accounts. Beginning in the fourth qu</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >arter of </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >2013</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >, we continue to accrue interest on consumer credit cards until the accounts are written off in the period the account becomes 180 days past due. Previously, we stopped accruing interest on consumer credit cards when the account became 90 days</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > past due. 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<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;margin-left:0pt;color:#005CB9;' >Losses on Financing Receivables</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Losses on financing receivables are recognized when they are incur</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >red, which requires us to make our best estimate of probable losses inherent in the portfolio. The method for calculating the best estimate of losses depends on the size, type and risk characteristics of the related financing receivable. Such an estimate r</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >equires consideration of historical loss experience, adjusted for current conditions, and judgments about the probable effects of relevant observable data, including present economic conditions such as delinquency rates, financial health of specific custom</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ers and market sectors, collateral values (including housing price indices as applicable), and the present and expected future levels of interest rates. The underlying assumptions, estimates and assessments we use to provide for losses are updated periodic</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ally to reflect our view of current conditions and are subject to the regulatory examination process, which can result in changes to our assumptions. Changes in such estimates can significantly affect the allowance and provision for losses. It is possible </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >that we will experience credit losses that are different from our current estimates. Write-offs are deducted from the allowance for losses when we judge the principal to be uncollectible and subsequent recoveries are added to the allowance at the time cash</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > is received on a written-off account. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >&quot;Impaired&quot; loans are defined as larger-balance or restructured loans for which it is probable that the lender will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the original contractual terms of the loan agreeme</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >nt. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >The vast majority of our Consumer and a portion of our Commercial Lending and Leasing (CLL) nonaccrual receivables are excluded from this definition, as they represent smaller-balance homogeneous loans that we evaluate collectively by portfolio for i</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >mpairment. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Impaired loans include nonaccrual receivables on larger-balance or restructured loans, loans that are currently paying interest under the cash basis and loans paying currently that had been previously restructured.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Specific reserves are recor</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ded for individually impaired loans to the extent we have determined that it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to original contractual terms of the loan agreement. Certain loans classified as impaired may not require a</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > reserve because we believe that we will ultimately collect the unpaid balance (through collection or collateral repossession). </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >&#8220;Troubled debt restructurings&#8221; (TDRs) are those loans for which we have granted a concession to a borrower experiencing </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >financial difficulties where we do not receive adequate compensation. 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We rout</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >inely receive financial as well as rating agency reports on our customers, and we elevate for further attention those customers whose operations we judge to be marginal or deteriorating. We also elevate customers for further attention when we observe a dec</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >line in collateral values for asset-based loans. While collateral values are not always available, when we observe such a decline, we evaluate relevant markets to assess recovery alternatives. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Measurement of the loss on our impaired commercial loans is b</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ased on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan&#8217;s effective interest rate or the fair value of collateral, net of expected selling costs, if the loan is determined to be collateral dependent. We determine whether a loan is co</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >llateral dependent if the repayment of the loan is expected to be provided solely by the underlying collateral. Our review process can often result in reserves being established in advance of a modification of terms or designation as a TDR. After providing</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > for specific incurred losses, we then determine an allowance for losses that have been incurred in the balance of the portfolio but cannot yet be identified to a specific loan or lease. This estimate is based upon various statistical analyses considering </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >historical and projected default rates and loss severity and aging, as well as our view on current market and economic conditions. It is prepared by ea</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ch respective line of business.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Experience is not available for new products; therefore, while we are de</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >veloping that experience, we set loss allowances based on our experience with the most closely analogous products in our portfolio. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Our loss mitigation strategy intends to minimize economic loss and, at times, can result in rate reductions, principal for</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >giveness, extensions, forbearance or other actions, which may cause the related loan to be classified as a TDR. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >We utilize certain loan modification programs for borrowers experiencing temporary financial difficulties in our Consumer loan portfolio. Thes</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >e loan modification programs are primarily concentrated in our non-U.S. residential mortgage and non-U.S. installment and revolving portfolios and include short-term (three months or less) interest rate reductions and payment deferrals, which were not part</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > of the terms of the original contract. 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Once the loan has been modified, it returns to current status (re-aged) only after receipt of at least three consecutive minimum monthly payments or the equivalent cumulative amount, subject to a re-aging limitation of once a year, or tw</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ice in a five-year period in accordance with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council guidelines on Uniform Retail Credit Classification and Account Management policy issued in June 2000. We believe that the allowance for losses would not be </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >materially different had we not re-aged these accounts.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >For commercial loans, we evaluate changes in terms and conditions to determine whether those changes meet the criteria for classification as a TDR on a loan-by-loan basis. </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >T</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >hese changes prim</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >arily include: changes to covenants, short-term payment deferrals and maturity extensions.</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > For these changes, we receive economic consideration, including additional fees and/or increased interest rates, and evaluate them under our normal underwriting sta</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ndards and criteria. The determination of whether these changes to the terms and conditions of our commercial loans meet the TDR criteria includes our consideration of all of the relevant facts and circumstances. When the borrower is experiencing financial</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > difficulty, we carefully evaluate these changes to determine whether they meet the form of a concession. In these circumstances, if the change is deemed to be a concession, we classify the loan as a TDR.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >When we repossess collateral in satisfaction of a </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >loan, we write down the receivable against the allowance for losses. 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<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;margin-left:0pt;color:#005CB9;' >GECC Investment Contracts, Insurance Liabilities and Insurance Annuity Benefits</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Certain entities that we consolidate provide guaranteed i</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >nvestment contracts, primarily to states, municipalities and municipal authorities.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Our insurance activities include providing insurance and reinsurance for life and health risks and providing certain annuity products. Two primary product groups are provi</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ded: traditional insurance contracts and investment contracts. Insurance contracts are contracts with significant mortality and/or morbidity risks, while investment contracts are contracts without such risks.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >For short-duration insurance contracts, includ</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ing accident and health insurance, we report premiums as earned income over the terms of the related agreements, generally on a pro-rata basis. For traditional long-duration insurance contracts including long-term care, term, whole life and annuities payab</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >le for the life of the annuitant, we report premiums as earned income when due.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Premiums received on investment contracts (including annuities without significant mortality risk) are not reported as revenues but rather as deposit liabilities. We recognize</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > revenues for charges and assessments on these contracts, mostly for mortality, contract initiation, administration and surrender. Amounts credited to policyholder accounts are charged to expense.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Liabilities for traditional long-duration insurance contra</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >cts represent the present value of such benefits less the present value of future net premiums based on mortality, morbidity, interest and other assumptions at the time the policies were issued or acquired. Liabilities for investment contracts equal the ac</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >count value, that is, the amount that accrues to the benefit of the contract or policyholder including credited interest and assessments through the financial statement date. For guaranteed investment contracts, the liability is also adjusted as a result o</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >f fair value hedging activity.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Liabilities for unpaid claims and estimated claim settlement expenses represent our best estimate of the ultimate obligations for reported and incurred-but-not-reported claims and the related estimated claim settlement expen</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ses. Liabilities for unpaid claims and estimated claim settlement expenses are continually reviewed and adjusted through current operations.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ></p></div>
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<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;margin-left:0pt;color:#005CB9;' >Partial Sales of Business Interests</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Gains or losses on sales of affiliate shares where we retain a controlling financial interest are recorded in equity. Gains or losses on sales that result in our loss</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > of a controlling financial interest are recorded in earnings along with remeasurement gains or losses on any investments in the entity that we retained.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p></div>
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<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;margin-left:0pt;color:#005CB9;' >Sales of Goods and Services</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >We record all sales of goods and services only when a firm sales agreement is in place, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered and collect</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >ability of the fixed or determinable sales price is reasonably assured.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Arrangements for the sale of goods and services sometimes include multiple components. Most of our multiple component arrangements involve the sale of goods and services in the Health</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >care segment. Our arrangements with multiple components usually involve an upfront deliverable of large machinery or equipment and future service deliverables such as installation, commissioning, training or the future delivery of ancillary products. In mo</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >st cases, the relative values of the undelivered components are not significant to the overall arrangement and are typically delivered within three to six months after the core product has been delivered. In such agreements, selling price is </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >determined for</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > each component and any difference between the total of the separate selling prices and total contract consideration (i.e., discount) is allocated pro rata across each of the components in the arrangement. The value assigned to each component is objectivel</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >y determined and obtained primarily from sources such as the separate selling price for that or a similar item or from competitor prices for similar items. If such evidence is not available, we use our best estimate of selling price, which is established c</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >onsistent with the pricing strategy of the business and considers product configuration, geography, customer type, and other market specific factors. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >Except for goods sold under long-term agr</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >eements, we recognize sales of goods under the provisions of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 104, </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;' >Revenue Recognition</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >. We often sell consumer products and computer hardware and software products with a right of</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > return. We use our accumulated experience to estimate and provide for such returns when we record the sale. In situations where arrangements include customer acceptance provisions based on seller or customer-specified objective criteria, we recognize reve</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >nue when we have reliably demonstrated that all specified acceptance criteria have been met or when formal acceptance occurs, respectively. In arrangements where we provide goods for trial and evaluation purposes, we only recognize revenue after customer a</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >cceptance occurs. Unless otherwise noted, we do not provide for anticipated losses before we record sales.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >We recognize revenue on agreements for sales of goods and services under power generation unit and uprate contracts, nuclear fuel assemblies, larger</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > oil drilling equipment projects, aeroderivative unit contracts, military development contracts, locomotive production contracts, and long-term construction projects, using long-term construction and production contract accounting. We estimate total long-t</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >erm contract revenue net of price concessions as well as total contract costs. For goods sold under power generation unit and uprate contracts, nuclear fuel assemblies, aeroderivative unit contracts, military development contracts and locomotive production</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' > contracts, we recognize sales as we complete major contract-specified deliverables, most often when customers receive title to the goods or accept the services as performed. For larger oil drilling equipment projects and long-term construction projects, w</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >e recognize sales based on our progress toward contract completion measured by actual costs incurred in relation to our estimate of total expected costs. We measure long-term contract revenues by applying our contract-specific estimated margin rates to inc</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >urred costs. We routinely update our estimates of future costs for agreements in process and report any cumulative effects of such adjustments in current operations. We provide for any loss that we expect to incur on these agreements when that loss is prob</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;' >able. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;margin-left:0pt;' >We recognize revenue upon delivery for sales of aircraft engines, military propulsion equipment and related spare parts not sold under long-term product services agreements. 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