FORM 3
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OMB APPROVAL
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OMB NUMBER: 3235-0104
EXPIRES: DECEMBER 31, 2001
ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN
HOURS PER RESPONSE ...0.5
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, Connecticut 06431-0001
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/28/99
3 IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Plug Power, Inc. (PLUG)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
( ) Director (X) 10% Owner
( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than one Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership 4. Nature of
(Instr. 4) Securities Form: Indirect
Beneficially Direct (D) Beneficial
Owned or Ownership
(Instr. 4) Indirect (Instr. 5)
(I)
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 5,250,000 I Through wholly-owned
subsidiary
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
Derivative cisable and of Securities or Form of Indirect
Security Expiration Underlying Exercise Derivative Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Date Derivative Price of Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ Security Derivative Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Year) Secrity or
Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Date Expira- Title Amount
Exer- tion or
cisable Date Number
of
Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
/s/ Janet Bedol October 28, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: Janet Bedol
as Attorney-in-Fact
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space provided is insufficient. See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
