Houston, Texas-Based The Old Baker Hughes Inc's Top-Tier Executives Average Pay Raise Was a Messy But Robust 9.9% Per Year During the Eight Years (2009-2016) Before the Baker Hughes/GE Oil & Gas Combination in 2017, But This Excluded Any Golden Parachute Payments. Baker Hughes Inc's Three Top-Tier Executives, Who Took Their Golden Parachute Payments and Also Had Their Annual 2016 Total Compensation Disclosed, Were Projected to Get Total Potential Change in Control Payments (Golden Parachutes) of $73.235 Mil, Which Was 2.9 TIMES the Total Executive Compensation They Received in Annual 2016 of $25.099 Mil. Many Other Baker Hughes Inc Executives Were Also Eligible To Receive Golden Parachute Payments.

From annual compensation information contained in Company Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the chart below shows The Old Baker Hughes Inc's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the eight years before the 2017 Baker Hughes/GE Oil & Gas Combination.  Also shown below are Estimated Parachute Payments Made to Three of Baker Hughes Inc's Top-Tier Executives.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
The Old Baker Hughes Inc	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Craighead CEO	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		13,461	13,532		13,532	14,982		14,982	9,222
Ross CFO	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		5,807	5,371		N/A	N/A
Chariag President Global Operations	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		6,896	4,740		4,740	5,184		5,184	4,019
Soucy President Products and Technology	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		5,831	4,136		4,136	3,923
Mathieson Chief Commercial Officer	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		3,941	3,773		3,773	4,337		4,337	2,934
Crain Chief Legal Officer	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		7,448	4,932		4,932	5,559		5,559	4,116
Ragauss Former CFO	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A								N/A	N/A
Totals	N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A		43,384	36,484		31,113	33,985		30,062	20,291
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	N/A			N/A			18.9%			-8.5%			48.2%
3 Year Average Per Year % Change							19.5%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
The Old Baker Hughes Inc	2013	2012		2012	2011		2011	2010		2010	2009		2009	2008
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Craighead CEO	8,991	6,902		6,902	4,871		4,825	4,133		4,133	2,968		2,968	2,598
Ross CFO
Chariag President Global Operations	N/A	N/A
Soucy President Products and Technology
Mathieson Chief Commercial Officer	2,874	3,093		3,093	2,243
Crain Chief Legal Officer	4,027	3,426		3,426	2,914		2,914	2,527		2,527	2,275		2,275	3,423
Ragauss Former CFO	5,101	4,064		4,064	4,216		4,216	3,680		3,680	3,233		3,233	4,525
Deaton Executive Chairman				6,225	11,255		11,255	9,444		9,444	8,778		8,778	13,145
O'Donnell President West Ops										2,016	1,444		1,444	1,729
Totals	20,993	17,485		23,710	25,499		23,210	19,784		21,800	18,698		18,698	25,420
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	20.1%			-7.0%			17.3%			16.6%			-26.4%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		4.1%
8 Year Average Per Year % Change		9.9%
				Potential	FYE
				Change	Dec
The Old Baker Hughes Inc				in	2016
Top-Tier				Control	Total
Executive				Payments	Comp
				$ 000s	$ 000s		Multiple
Craighead CEO				42,043	13,461		3.1
Ross CFO				15,240	5,807		2.6
Soucy President Products and Technology				15,952	5,831		2.7
Totals				73,235	25,099		2.9