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CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06828
[phone]
ANNUAL MEETING
GE’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareowners will be held on Wednesday,
April 22, 2009 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando,
Florida.
SHAREOWNER SERVICES
To transfer securities, write to GE Share Owner Services, c/o The Bank
of New York Mellon, P.O. Box 358010, Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8010.
For shareowner inquiries, including enrollment information and
a prospectus for the Direct Purchase and Reinvestment Plan,
“GE Stock Direct,” write to GE Share Owner Services, c/o The Bank of
New York Mellon, P.O. Box 358016, Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8016; or call
[phone] (800-STOCK-GE) or [phone]; or send an e-mail
to [email protected].
For Internet access to general shareowner information and certain
forms, including transfer instructions or stock power, visit the Web site
at www.bnymellon.com/shareowner/isd.
STOCK EXCHANGE INFORMATION
In the United States, GE common stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (its principal market). It also is listed on certain non-U.S.
exchanges, including the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris.
TRADING AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION
Common Stock Market Price Dividends
(In dollars) High Low Declared
2008
Fourth quarter $25.75 $12.58 $.31
Third quarter 30.39 22.16 .31
Second quarter 38.52 26.15 .31
First quarter 37.74 31.65 .31
2007
Fourth quarter $42.15 $36.07 $.31
Third quarter 42.07 36.20 .28
Second quarter 39.77 34.55 .28
First quarter 38.28 33.90 .28
As of December 31, 2008, there were about 604,000 shareowner
accounts of record.
FORM 10-K AND OTHER REPORTS; CERTIFICATIONS
The financial information in this report, in the opinion of management,
substantially conforms with information required in the “Form 10-K
Report” filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
in February 2009. However, the Form 10-K Report also contains addi-
tional information, and it can be viewed at www.ge.com/secreports.
Copies also are available, without charge, from GE Corporate
Investor Communications, 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06828.
General Electric Capital Services, Inc. and General Electric Capital
Corporation file Form 10-K Reports with the SEC, and these can also
be viewed at www.ge.com/secreports.
GE has included as exhibits to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for
fiscal year 2008 filed with the SEC certifications of GE’s Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer certifying the quality of the company’s
public disclosure. GE’s Chief Executive Officer has also submitted to the
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) a certification certifying that he is
not aware of any violations by GE of the NYSE corporate governance
listing standards.
Information on the GE Foundation, GE’s philanthropic organization,
can be viewed at www.gefoundation.com.
INTERNET ADDRESS INFORMATION
Visit us online at www.ge.com for more information about GE and its
products and services.
The 2008 GE Annual Report is available online at www.ge.com/
annualreport. For detailed news and information regarding our
strategy and our businesses, please visit our Press Room online
at www.genewscenter.com, our Investor Information site at
www.ge.com/investor or our corporate blog at www.gereports.com.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
For information about GE’s consumer products and services, visit us
at www.geconsumerandindustrial.com.
CORPORATE OMBUDSPERSON
To report concerns related to compliance with the law, GE policies or
government contracting requirements, write to GE Corporate
Ombudsperson, P.O. Box 911, Fairfield, CT 06824; or call [phone]
or [phone]; or send an e-mail to ombudsperson@corporate.
ge.com.
CONTACT THE GE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
For reporting complaints about GE’s financial reporting, internal con-
trols and procedures, auditing matters or other concerns to the Board of
Directors or the Audit Committee, write to GE Board of Directors,
General Electric Company (W2E), 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT
06828; or call [phone] or [phone]; or send an e-mail to
[email protected].
©2009 General Electric Company Printed in U.S.A.
Note: Unless otherwise indicated by the context, the term “GE,” “General Electric”
and “Company” are used on the basis of consolidation described on page 56.
GE, , ecomagination, and imagination at work are trademarks and service
marks of the General Electric Company; NBC, CNBC and Universal Pictures are
trademarks and service marks of NBC Universal. Other marks used throughout
are trademarks and service marks of their respective owners.
Patent applications filed in 2008 by GE include U.S. original and other applications.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements: This document contains
“forward-looking statements”— that is, statements related to future, not past,
events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected
future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often
contain such words as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” or
“will.” Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to
different degrees, uncertain. For us, particular uncertainties that could cause our
actual results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-
looking statements include: the severity and duration of current economic and
financial conditions, including volatility in interest and exchange rates, commodity
and equity prices and the value of financial assets; the impact of U.S. and foreign
government programs to restore liquidity and stimulate national and global
economies; the impact of conditions in the financial and credit markets on the
availability and cost of GE Capital’s funding and on our ability to reduce GE Capital’s
asset levels and commercial paper exposure as planned; the impact of conditions
in the housing market and unemployment rates on the level of commercial and
consumer credit defaults; our ability to maintain our current credit rating and
the impact on our funding costs and competitive position if we do not do so; the
soundness of other financial institutions with which GE Capital does business;
the adequacy of our cash flow and earnings and other conditions which may
affect our ability to maintain our quarterly dividend at the current level; the level
of demand and financial performance of the major industries we serve, includ-
ing, without limitation, air and rail transportation, energy generation, network
television, real estate and healthcare; the impact of regulation and regulatory,
investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks; strategic actions,
including acquisitions and dispositions and our success in integrating acquired
businesses; and numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale,
including those of a political, economic, business and competitive nature. We do
not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.