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120 GE 2009 ANNUAL REPORT
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
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3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06828
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ANNUAL MEETING
GE’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareowners will be held on Wednesday,
April 28, 2010, at the George Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
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.
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
2009
Fourth quarter $16.87 $14.15 $.10
Third quarter 17.52 10.50 .10
Second quarter 14.55 9.80 .10
First quarter 17.24 5.87 .31
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
As of December 31, 2009, there were about 598,000 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 2010. However, the Form 10-K Report also contains additional
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 2009 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 2009 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
controls 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 director[email protected].
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Note: Unless otherwise indicated by the context, the terms “GE,” “General Electric”
and “Company” are used on the basis of consolidation described on page 66.
GE, , ecomagination, healthymagination and Imagination at Work are trademarks
and service marks of the General Electric Company. Other marks used throughout
are trademarks and service marks of their respective owners.
Patent applications filed in 2009 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,”
“see,” 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 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, including, 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, including the impact of proposed
financial services regulation; 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. These uncertainties may cause our actual future
results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking
statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.
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