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146 GE 2012 ANNUAL REPORT
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06828
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ANNUAL MEETING
GE’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareowners will be held on
Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
in New Orleans, Louisiana.
SHAREOWNER INFORMATION
To transfer securities, write to GE Share Owner Services,
c/o Computershare, 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 Computershare,
P.O. Box 358016, Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8016; or call [phone]
(800-STOCK-GE) or [phone].
For Internet access to general shareowner information and certain
forms, including transfer instructions or stock power, visit the website
at www.cpushareownerservices.com. You may also submit share-
owner inquiries using the online forms in the “Contact Us” section of
the website.
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, Euronext
Paris and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
TRADING AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION
(In dollars)
Common Stock
Market Price Dividends
declaredHigh Low
2012
Fourth quarter $23.18 $19.87 $0.19
Third quarter 22.96 19.36 0.17
Second quarter 20.84 18.02 0.17
First quarter 21.00 18.23 0.17
2011
Fourth quarter $18.28 $14.02 $0.17
Third quarter 19.53 14.72 0.15
Second quarter 20.85 17.97 0.15
First quarter 21.65 18.12 0.14
As of January 31, 2013, there were approximately 523,000 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 2013. 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 Corporation filed a Form 10-K Report with
the SEC, and this 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 2012 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.
INTERNET ADDRESS INFORMATION
Visit us online at www.ge.com for more information about GE and its
products and services.
The 2012 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.
Information on the GE Foundation, GE’s philanthropic organization,
can be viewed at www.gefoundation.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 [email protected].
CONTACT THE GE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Audit Committee and the non-management directors have estab-
lished procedures to enable anyone who has a concern about GE’s conduct,
or any employee who has a concern about the Company’s accounting,
internal accounting controls or auditing matters, to communicate that
concern directly to the presiding director or to the Audit Committee.
Such communications may be confidential or anonymous, and may be
submitted in writing 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 [e-mail].
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marks and service marks of the General Electric Company. Other marks used
throughout are trademarks and service marks of their respective owners.
In 2012, patent applications and other applications protecting the Company’s
technology were filed by GE in 70 countries.
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 words such
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;
potential market disruptions or other impacts arising in the United States or
Europe from developments in sovereign debt situations; 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 lev-
els as planned; the impact of conditions in the housing market and unemployment
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 (GE Money Japan); pending and future mortgage securitiza-
tion claims and litigation in connection with WMC, which may affect our estimates
of liability, including possible loss estimates; 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 flows and earnings and other conditions
which may affect our ability to pay our quarterly dividend at the planned level or to
repurchase shares at planned levels; GECC’s ability to pay dividends to GE at the
planned level; our ability to convert pre-order commitments into orders; the level
of demand and financial performance of the major industries we serve, including,
without limitation, air and rail transportation, energy generation, real estate and
healthcare; the impact of regulation and regulatory, investigative and legal pro-
ceedings and legal compliance risks, including the impact of financial services
regulation; our capital allocation plans, as such plans may change and affect
planned share repurchases and strategic actions, including acquisitions, joint ven-
tures and dispositions; our success in completing announced transactions and
integrating acquired businesses; the impact of potential information technology or
data security breaches; 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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