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Baker฀Hughes฀Incorporated฀
Notice฀of฀Annual฀Meeting฀of฀Stockholders
April฀28,฀2005
TO฀THE฀STOCKHOLDERS฀OF฀BAKER฀HUGHES฀INCORPORATED:
The฀Annual฀Meeting฀of฀the฀Stockholders฀of฀Baker฀Hughes฀Incorporated฀(“Company”฀or฀“Baker฀Hughes”)฀will฀be฀held฀at฀the฀
offices฀of฀the฀Company,฀3900฀Essex฀Lane,฀Suite฀210,฀Houston,฀Texas฀on฀Thursday,฀April฀28,฀2005,฀at฀9:00฀a.m.,฀Central฀Daylight฀
Time,฀for฀the฀purpose฀of฀considering฀and฀voting฀on:
1.฀ Election฀of฀four฀directors฀to฀serve฀for฀three-year฀terms;฀
2.฀ Ratification฀of฀Deloitte฀&฀Touche฀LLP฀as฀the฀Company’s฀Independent฀Auditor฀for฀Fiscal฀Year฀2005;
3.฀ Proposal฀to฀amend฀the฀Company’s฀Restated฀Certificate฀of฀Incorporation฀to฀declassify฀the฀Board฀of฀Directors฀and฀provide฀for฀
the฀annual฀election฀of฀all฀directors;
4.฀ Stockholder฀Proposal฀No.฀1฀regarding฀majority฀votes฀protocol;฀and
฀ ฀
5.฀ Such฀other฀business฀as฀may฀properly฀come฀before฀the฀meeting฀and฀any฀reconvened฀meeting฀after฀an฀adjournment฀thereof.
The฀Board฀of฀Directors฀has฀fixed฀February฀25,฀2005฀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฀the฀meeting฀personally,฀please฀complete,฀
sign฀and฀date฀the฀enclosed฀proxy,฀and฀return฀it฀as฀soon฀as฀possible฀in฀the฀enclosed฀postage฀prepaid฀envelope.฀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.฀In฀some฀cases,฀you฀may฀be฀able฀to฀exercise฀your฀proxy฀by฀telephone฀or฀by฀the฀Internet.฀Please฀refer฀to฀the฀Proxy฀Statement฀for฀
further฀information฀on฀telephone฀and฀Internet฀voting.฀
฀ By฀order฀of฀the฀Board฀of฀Directors,
฀ Sandra฀E.฀Alford
฀ Corporate฀Secretary
Houston,฀Texas
March฀14,฀2005
TO฀ASSURE฀YOUR฀REPRESENTATION฀AT฀THE฀MEETING,฀PLEASE฀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.