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All Executive Officers are elected by the Board of Directors for an initial term which continues until the Board
meeting immediately preceding the next annual statutory meeting of shareowners, and thereafter are elected for one-
year terms or until their successors have been elected. All Executive Officers have been executives of GE for the last
five years except Sir William M. Castell. Prior to joining GE in April 2004, Sir William Castell was the CEO of
Amersham plc, since 1989.
The policies comprising GE’ s code of conduct are set forth in the Company’ s integrity manual, The Spirit
& The Letter. These policies satisfy the SEC’ s requirements for a “code of ethics,” and apply to all directors,
officers and employees. The integrity manual is published on the Company’ s website at
www.ge.com/files/usa/citizenship/compliance/spirit/english.pdf. The Board will not permit any waiver of any ethics
policy for any director or executive officer.
The remaining information called for by this item is incorporated by reference to “Election of Directors,”
“Board of Directors and Committees,” “Information Relating to Directors, Nominees and Executive Officers” and
“Additional Information” in the definitive proxy statement relating to the registrant’ s Annual Meeting of
Shareowners held on April 26, 2006.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Incorporated by reference to “Information Relating To Directors, Nominees and Executive Officers,” “Contingent
Long-Term Performance Awards,” “Summary Compensation Table,” “Stock Options,” “Compensation Committee
Report,” “Five-Year Financial Performance Graph: 2001-2005” and “Retirement Benefits” in the definitive proxy
statement relating to the registrant’ s Annual Meeting of Shareowners held on April 26, 2006.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder
Matters
Incorporated by reference to “Information Relating to Directors, Nominees and Executive Officers” in the
registrant’ s definitive proxy statement relating to its Annual Meeting of Shareowners held on April 26, 2006.
The remaining information called for by this item relating to “Securities Authorized for Issuance under
Equity Compensation Plans” is incorporated by reference to note 24 on pages 123-125.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Incorporated by reference to “Information Relating to Directors, Nominees and Executive Officers” in the
registrant’ s definitive proxy statement relating to its Annual Meeting of Shareowners held on April 26, 2006.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Incorporated by reference to “Independent Auditor” in the registrant’ s definitive proxy statement relating to its
Annual Meeting of Shareowners held on April 26, 2006.