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Recommendation฀of฀the฀Board฀of฀Directors
Your฀Board฀of฀Directors฀recommends฀a฀vote฀AGAINST฀
approval฀of฀Stockholder฀Proposal฀No.฀1฀regarding฀majority฀
votes฀protocol.
ANNUAL฀REPORT
The฀2004฀Annual฀Report฀on฀Form฀10-K฀of฀the฀Company,฀
which฀includes฀audited฀financial฀statements฀for฀the฀fiscal฀year฀
ended฀December฀31,฀2004,฀accompanies฀this฀Proxy฀Statement;฀
however,฀that฀report฀is฀not฀part฀of฀the฀proxy฀soliciting฀information.
INCORPORATION฀BY฀REFERENCE
To฀the฀extent฀that฀this฀Proxy฀Statement฀is฀incorporated฀
by฀reference฀into฀any฀other฀filing฀by฀Baker฀Hughes฀under฀the฀
Securities฀Act฀of฀1933,฀as฀amended,฀or฀the฀Exchange฀Act,฀
the฀sections฀of฀this฀Proxy฀Statement฀entitled฀“Compensation฀
Committee฀Report,”฀“Audit/Ethics฀Committee฀Report”฀(to฀the฀
extent฀permitted฀by฀the฀rules฀of฀the฀SEC)฀and฀“Corporate฀Per-
formance฀Graph,”฀as฀well฀as฀the฀annexes฀to฀this฀Proxy฀State-
ment,฀will฀not฀be฀deemed฀incorporated฀unless฀specifically฀
provided฀otherwise฀in฀such฀filing.฀Information฀contained฀on฀or฀
connected฀to฀our฀website฀is฀not฀incorporated฀by฀reference฀into฀
this฀Proxy฀Statement฀and฀should฀not฀be฀considered฀part฀of฀this฀
Proxy฀Statement฀or฀any฀other฀filing฀that฀we฀make฀with฀the฀SEC.
STOCKHOLDER฀PROPOSALS
Proposals฀of฀stockholders฀intended฀to฀be฀presented฀at฀the฀
2006฀Annual฀Meeting฀must฀be฀received฀by฀the฀Company฀by฀
November฀15,฀2005฀to฀be฀properly฀brought฀before฀the฀2006฀
Annual฀Meeting฀and฀to฀be฀considered฀for฀inclusion฀in฀the฀
Proxy฀Statement฀and฀form฀of฀proxy฀relating฀to฀that฀meeting.฀
Such฀proposals฀should฀be฀mailed฀to฀Corporate฀Secretary,฀c/o฀
Baker฀Hughes฀Incorporated฀3900฀Essex฀Lane,฀Suite฀1200,฀
Houston,฀Texas฀77027-5177.฀Nominations฀of฀directors฀by฀
stockholders฀must฀be฀received฀by฀the฀Chairman฀of฀the฀Gover-
nance฀Committee฀of฀the฀Company’s฀Board฀of฀Directors,฀P.O.฀
Box฀4740,฀Houston,฀Texas฀77210-4740฀or฀the฀Corporate฀Sec-
retary,฀c/o฀Baker฀Hughes฀Incorporated฀3900฀Essex฀Lane,฀Suite฀
1200,฀Houston,฀Texas฀77027-5177฀between฀October฀16,฀2005฀
and฀November฀15,฀2005฀to฀be฀properly฀nominated฀before฀the฀
2006฀Annual฀Meeting,฀although฀the฀Company฀is฀not฀required฀
to฀include฀such฀nominees฀in฀its฀Proxy฀Statement.
OTHER฀MATTERS
The฀Board฀of฀Directors฀knows฀of฀no฀other฀matter฀to฀be฀
presented฀at฀the฀Annual฀Meeting.฀If฀any฀additional฀matter฀
should฀be฀presented฀properly,฀it฀is฀intended฀that฀the฀enclosed฀
proxy฀will฀be฀voted฀in฀accordance฀with฀the฀discretion฀of฀the฀
persons฀named฀in฀the฀proxy.
26฀฀฀฀Baker฀Hughes฀Incorporated