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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-185516
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170526

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Bear Newco, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001701605
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL & GAS FILED MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3533]
		IRS NUMBER:				814403168
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		17021 ALDINE WESTFIELD ROAD
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77073
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-439-8600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		17021 ALDINE WESTFIELD ROAD
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77073

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Bear Newco, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20170321
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May 26, 2017 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>VIA EDGAR AND COURIER </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office
of Natural Resources </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mail Stop 4628 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attn: H. Roger Schwall </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Bear Newco, Inc. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Registration Statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-216991</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Schwall: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with Rule
461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Bear Newco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), hereby respectfully requests acceleration of the effectiveness of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-216991)</FONT> (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;), in connection with the proposed transaction
involving the Company, Baker Hughes Incorporated and General Electric Company, so that the Registration Statement will become effective at 9:00 a.m., Eastern time, on May 30, 2017, or as soon thereafter as practicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with this request, the Company acknowledges that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission
from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and
accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thank you in advance for your cooperation in connection with this matter. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Bear Newco, Inc.</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">cc:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Kevin Dougherty &#150; Securities and Exchange Commission</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Martin S. Craighead &#150; Bear Newco, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">William D. Marsh &#150; Baker Hughes Incorporated</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">John A. Marzulli, Jr. &#150; Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Rory O&#146;Halloran &#150; Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Waajid Siddiqui &#150; Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Richard J. Sandler &#150; Davis Polk&nbsp;&amp; Wardwell LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">George R. Bason, Jr. &#150; Davis Polk&nbsp;&amp; Wardwell LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Michael Davis &#150; Davis Polk&nbsp;&amp; Wardwell LLP</TD></TR>
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