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CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06828
[phone]
ANNUAL MEETING
GE’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareowners will be held on Wednesday,
April 27, 2011, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
SHAREOWNER INFORMATION
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 (NYSE), 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
2010
Fourth quarter $18.49 $15.63 $.14
Third quarter 16.70 13.75 .12
Second quarter 19.70 14.27 .10
First quarter 18.94 15.15 .10
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
As of December 31, 2010, there were about 578,000 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 2011. 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 2010 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 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 2010 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 06825; 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].
©2011 General Electric Company Printed in U.S.A.
Note: Unless otherwise indicated by the context, the terms “GE,” “General Electric”
and “Company” are used on the basis of consolidation described on page 72.
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 2010 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: 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 conditions in the
financial and credit markets on the availability and cost of General Electric
Capital Corporation’s (GECC) funding and on our ability to reduce GECC’s asset
levels as planned; the impact of conditions in the housing market and unem-
ployment rates on the level of commercial and consumer credit defaults;
changes in Japanese consumer behavior that may affect our estimates of
liability for excess interest refund claims (Grey Zone); 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 adequacy of our cash flow and earnings and
other conditions which may affect our ability to pay our quarterly dividend at
the planned 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 compli-
ance risks, including the impact of 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.