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Baker Hughes Incorporated
Notice Of Annual Meeting Of Stockholders
April 28, 2011
To the Stockholders of Baker Hughes Incorporated:
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Baker Hughes Incorporated (“Company,” “Baker Hughes,” “we,” “us” or “our”)
will be held in the Wortham Meeting Room No. 2 located at 2727 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas on Thursday, April 28, 2011, at
9:00 a.m., Central Daylight Time, for the purpose of considering and voting on:
1. The election of directors;
2. The ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2011;
3. The reapproval of the performance criteria for awards under the Annual Incentive Compensation Plan, as required by
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code;
4. An advisory vote related to the Company’s executive compensation program;
5. An advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote related to the Company’s executive compensation program;
6. Stockholder Proposal regarding majority vote standard for director elections; and
7. Such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any reconvened meeting after an adjournment thereof.
The Board of Directors has fixed March 1, 2011 as the record date for determining the stockholders of the Company entitled
to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting and any reconvened meeting after an adjournment thereof, and only holders of Common
Stock of the Company of record at the close of business on that date will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, that meeting or
a reconvened meeting after an adjournment.
You are invited to attend the meeting in person. Whether or not you plan to attend in person, we urge you to promptly vote
your shares by telephone, by the Internet or, if this Proxy Statement was mailed to you, by completing, signing, dating and returning
it as soon as possible in the enclosed postage prepaid envelope in order that your vote may be cast at the Annual Meeting. You may
revoke your proxy any time prior to its exercise, and you may attend the meeting and vote in person, even if you have previously
returned your proxy.
By order of the Board of Directors,
Sandra E. Alford
Corporate Secretary
Houston, Texas
March 14, 2011
TO ASSURE YOUR REPRESENTATION AT THE MEETING, PLEASE (I) VOTE YOUR SHARES BY TELEPHONE OR
THE INTERNET, OR (II) IF YOU RECEIVED A PAPER COPY, THEN SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR PROXY AS
PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE. AN ENVELOPE, WHICH REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES,
IS ENCLOSED FOR THIS PURPOSE.