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BUSINESSES HELD FOR SALE AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
BUSINESSES HELD FOR SALE AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS BUSINESSES HELD FOR SALE AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS. In the fourth quarter of 2022, we classified our captive industrial insurance subsidiary, Electric Insurance Company, domiciled in Massachusetts, into held for sale. In the second quarter of 2024, we completed the sale to Riverstone International Holdings Inc. for cash proceeds of $120 million.
In the second quarter of 2024, we signed a binding agreement to sell our non-core licensing business to Dolby Laboratories, Inc. for cash proceeds of $429 million, and classified the business as held for sale. GE Aerospace will retain intellectual property related to its core aerospace and defense technologies as well as the trademark portfolio for the GE brand. We expect to complete the sale, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, in the second half of 2024. Closing the transaction is expected to result in a gain.

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF BUSINESSES HELD FOR SALEJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Non-current captive insurance investment securities$— $570 
Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets - net89 17 
Valuation allowance on disposal group classified as held for sale— (124)
All other assets
49 77 
Assets of businesses held for sale$137 $541 
Insurance liabilities and annuity benefits$— $376 
Accounts payable and other liabilities21 1 
Borrowings39 — 
Liabilities of businesses held for sale
$61 $378 

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS primarily comprise our former GE Vernova and GE HealthCare businesses, our mortgage portfolio in Poland (Bank BPH) and other trailing assets and liabilities associated with prior dispositions. Results of operations, financial position and cash flows for these businesses are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented and the notes to the financial statements have been adjusted on a retrospective basis.

GE Vernova. On April 2, 2024, we completed the previously announced separation of GE Vernova. The separation was structured as a tax-free spin-off and was achieved through the Company's pro-rata distribution of all the outstanding shares of GE Vernova to holders of the Company's common stock. In connection with the GE Vernova separation, the historical results of GE Vernova and certain assets and liabilities included in the separation are reported in GE Aerospace consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations. In addition, the Company contributed $515 million of cash to fund GE Vernova’s future operations such that GE Vernova’s cash balance on the date of separation was $4,242 million.
We have continuing involvement with GE Vernova primarily through ongoing sales of products, a transition services agreement, through which GE Aerospace and GE Vernova continue to provide certain services to each other for a period of time following the separation, a separation and distribution agreement, including performance and financial guarantees, a tax matters agreement and a trademark licensing agreement. For the three months ended June 30, 2024, we had direct and indirect sales of $69 million to GE Vernova, primarily related to engine sales and parts. We collected net cash of $477 million related to the transition services agreement and sales of engines and parts.

GE HealthCare. On January 3, 2023, we completed the previously announced separation of our HealthCare business, into a separate, independent, publicly traded company, GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GE HealthCare). The separation was structured as a tax-free spin-off and was achieved through the Company's pro-rata distribution of approximately 80.1% of the outstanding shares of GE HealthCare to holders of the Company's common stock. In connection with the separation, the historical results of GE HealthCare and certain assets and liabilities included in the separation are reported in GE Aerospace consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations.

We have continuing involvement with GE HealthCare primarily through a transition services agreement, through which GE Aerospace and GE HealthCare continue to provide certain services to each other for a period of time following the separation, a tax matters agreement and a trademark licensing agreement. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, we collected net cash of $157 million related to these activities.

Bank BPH. As previously reported, Bank BPH, along with other Polish banks, has been subject to ongoing litigation in Poland related to its portfolio of floating rate residential mortgage loans, with cases brought by individual borrowers seeking relief related to their foreign currency indexed or denominated mortgage loans in various courts throughout Poland. As previously reported, a settlement program was adopted and we recorded a charge of $1,014 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2023. The estimate of total losses for borrower litigation at Bank BPH was $2,474 million and $2,669 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. In order to maintain appropriate regulatory capital levels, during the year ended December 31, 2023, we made the previously reported non-cash capital contributions in the form of intercompany loan forgiveness of $1,797 million; no incremental contributions from GE Aerospace were required during the six months ended June 30, 2024. For further information about the recent actions and other factors that are relevant to the estimate of total losses for borrower litigation at Bank BPH, see Note 22. Future changes or adverse developments could increase our estimate of total losses and potentially require future cash contributions to Bank BPH.

The Bank BPH financing receivable portfolio is recorded at the lower of cost or fair value, less cost to sell, which reflects market yields and estimates with respect to ongoing borrower litigation. Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations were zero in pre-tax charges for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and $1,014 million and $1,189 million in pre-tax charges for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, primarily related to the ongoing borrower litigation. At June 30, 2024, the total portfolio had no carrying value, net of a valuation allowance.

RESULTS OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Three months ended June 30
20242023
GE VernovaGE HealthCareBank BPH & OtherTotalGE VernovaGE HealthCareBank BPH & OtherTotal
Total revenues$— $— $— $— $8,136 $— $— $8,136 
Cost of equipment and services sold— — — — (6,885)— — (6,885)
Other income, costs and expenses(11)10 (2)(2)(1,373)— (1,040)(2,412)
Earnings (loss) of discontinued operations before income taxes(11)10 (2)(2)(121)— (1,040)(1,161)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes(58)(2)(1)(61)(79)6 11 (62)
Earnings (loss) of discontinued operations, net of taxes(68)8 (3)(63)(200)6 (1,029)(1,222)
Gain (loss) on disposal before income taxes— — 9 9 — — 4 4 
Benefit (provision) for income taxes— — — — — — — — 
Gain (loss) on disposal, net of taxes— — 9 9 — — 4 4 
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes$(68)$8 $6 $(54)$(200)$6 $(1,025)$(1,218)
RESULTS OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Six months ended June 30
20242023
GE VernovaGE HealthCareBank BPH & OtherTotalGE VernovaGE HealthCareBank BPH & OtherTotal
Total revenues$7,244 $— $— $7,244 $14,923 $— $— $14,923 
Cost of equipment and services sold(6,074)— — (6,074)(12,752)— — (12,752)
Other income, costs and expenses(1,299)11 4 (1,284)(2,719)(20)(1,241)(3,980)
Earnings (loss) of discontinued operations before income taxes(129)11 4 (115)(548)(20)(1,241)(1,809)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes(132)(2)5 (129)(137)1,485 10 1,359 
Earnings (loss) of discontinued operations, net of taxes(261)9 9 (243)(685)1,466 (1,231)(450)
Gain (loss) on disposal before income taxes— — 11 11 — — 4 4 
Benefit (provision) for income taxes— — — — — — — — 
Gain (loss) on disposal, net of taxes— — 11 11 — — 4 4 
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes$(261)$9 $20 $(232)$(685)$1,466 $(1,227)$(447)

The tax benefit for the six months ended June 30, 2023 for GE HealthCare relates to preparatory steps for the spin-off, which resulted in taxable gain offset by a deferred tax asset and the reversal of valuation allowances for capital loss carryovers utilized against a portion of the gain.

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONSJune 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$1,398 $3,762 
Current receivables12 7,324 
 Inventories, including deferred inventory costs— 8,245 
 Goodwill— 4,437 
 Other intangible assets - net— 1,053 
 Contract and other deferred assets— 8,959 
 Property, plant and equipment - net 48 5,306 
All other assets
332 5,750 
Deferred income taxes28 3,093 
Assets of discontinued operations(a)(b)$1,817 $47,927 
Accounts payable$81 $8,475 
Contract liabilities, progress collections & deferred income— 15,255 
Long-term borrowings— 294 
Non-current compensation and benefits34 3,589 
All other liabilities(a)1,552 11,600 
Liabilities of discontinued operations(b)
$1,667 $39,213 
(a) Included $1,742 million and $1,963 million of valuation allowances against financing receivables held for sale, of which $1,501 million and $1,712 million related to estimated borrower litigation losses, and $973 million and $957 million in All other liabilities, related to estimated borrower litigation losses for Bank BPH’s foreign currency-denominated mortgage portfolio, as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Accordingly, total estimated losses related to borrower litigation were $2,474 million and $2,669 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. As a result of the settlement program, the valuation allowance completely offsets the financing receivables balance as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
(b) Included $113 million and $46,233 million of assets and $288 million and $38,021 million of liabilities for GE Vernova as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.