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Because of the diversity of our products and services, as well as the wide geographic dispersion of our production
facilities, we use numerous sources for the wide variety of raw materials needed for our operations. We have not
been adversely affected by the inability to obtain raw materials.
We own, or hold licenses to use, numerous patents. New patents are continuously being obtained through
our research and development activities as existing patents expire. Patented inventions are used both within the
Company and are licensed to others, but no operating segment is substantially dependent on any single patent or
group of related patents.
Agencies of the U.S. Government constitute our largest single customer. An analysis of sales of goods and
services as a percentage of revenues follows:
% of Consolidated Revenues % of GE Revenues
2005 2004 2003 2005 2004 2003
Total sales to U.S. Government Agencies 2% 2% 3% 3 % 4 % 4%
Infrastructure segment defense-related sales 2 2 2 3 3 3
GE is a trademark and service mark of General Electric Company; NBC is a trademark and service mark of NBC
Universal, Inc.; and MSNBC is a trademark and service mark of MSNBC Cable, LLC.
The Company’ s Internet address is www.ge.com. Our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports are available, without charge, on our
website, www.ge.com/en/company/investor/secfilings.htm, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed
electronically with the SEC. Copies are also available, without charge, from GE Corporate Investor
Communications, 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06828.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The following discussion of risk factors contains “forward-looking statements,” as discussed in Item 1. These risk
factors may be important to understanding any statement in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A or elsewhere. The
following information should be read in conjunction with Management’ s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), and the
consolidated financial statements and related notes in this report.
Our businesses routinely encounter and address risks, some of which will cause our future results to be
different – sometimes materially different – than we presently anticipate. Discussion about the important operational
risks that our businesses encounter can be found in the MD&A section in Item 7. and in the business descriptions in
Item 1. of this Form 10-K/A. Below, we have described our present view of certain important strategic risks. Our
reactions to material future developments as well as our competitors’ reactions to those developments will determine
our future results.