FORM 5
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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, CT 06431
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Plug Power, Inc. (PLUG)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
1999
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director (X ) 10% Owner
( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check Applicable Line)
(X ) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
<CAPTION>
1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action action Acquired (A) or Secur- Form: Indirect
Date Code Disposed of (D) ities Direct (D) Beneficial
(Month/ (Instr. (Instr. 3, 4 Benefici- or Ownership
Day/ 8) and 5) ally Indirect (Instr. 4)
Year) Owned at (I)
End of (Instr. 4)
Month
(Instr.
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Code V Amount (A) Price
or
(D)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class
of securities benefically owned directly or
indirectly.
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<TABLE>
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired,
Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., pus,
calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
<CAPTION>
1. Title of Derivative 2. Conversion 3. Transaction 4. Transaction 5. Number of 6. Date
Security or Exercise Date Code Derivative Exercisable
(Instr. 3) Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) Securities and
Derivative Day/Year) Acquired (A) Expiration
Security or Disposed Date
of (D) (Month/
(Instr. 3, 4, Day/Year)
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(A) (D) Date Expira-
Exer- tion
cisable Date
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Director Stock Option
(option to buy) $15.00 10/28/99 A 25,000 10/28/99 10/28/09
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<TABLE>
Table II (continued)
<CAPTION>
7. Title and Amount 8. Price of Derivative 9. Number of 10. Ownership Form of 11. Nature of Indirect
of Underlying Security Derivative Derivative Beneficial
Securities (Instr. 5) Securities Security Ownership
Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 4)
at End of Year Indirect (I)
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Title Amount or
Number of
Shares
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock 25,000 $0 25,000 I Note 2
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Explanation of Responses:
Note 1: 15,000 are immediately exercisable; 10,000 will become exercisable on
the date of Plus Power's 2000 annual meeting.
Note 2: Mr. Robert Nardelli, a director of Plug Power and a Senior Vice
President of General Electric Company ("GE"), has assigned to GE his pecuniary
interest in stock options granted to him under Plug Power's director
compensation plan.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Janet Bedol February 11, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Attorney in Fact for General Electric Company
