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142 GE 2011 ANNUAL REPORT
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CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfi eld, CT 06828
[phone]
ANNUAL MEETING
GE’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareowners will be held on Wednesday,
April 25, 2012, at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center in
Detroit, Michigan.
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]; 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
(In dollars)
Common Stock
Market Price Dividends
declaredHigh Low
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
2010
Fourth quarter $18.49 $15.63 $0.14
Third quarter 16.70 13.75 0.12
Second quarter 19.70 14.27 0.10
First quarter 18.94 15.15 0.10
As of January 31, 2012, there were approximately 561,000 shareowner
accounts of record.
FORM 10-K AND OTHER REPORTS; CERTIFICATIONS
The fi nancial information in this report, in the opinion of management,
substantially conforms with information required in the “Form 10-K
Report” fi led with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
in February 2012. 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, Fairfi eld, CT 06828.
General Electric Capital Corporation fi led 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
fi scal year 2011 fi led with the SEC, certifi cations of GE’s Chief Executive
Offi cer and Chief Financial Offi cer certifying the quality of the Company’s
public disclosure. GE’s Chief Executive Offi cer has also submitted to the
NYSE a certifi cation 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. For information about GE’s consumer products
and services, visit us at www.geconsumerandindustrial.com.
Information on the GE Foundation, GE’s philanthropic organization,
can be viewed at www.gefoundation.com.
The 2011 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.
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, Fairfi eld, CT 06825; or call [phone] or
[phone]; or send an e-mail to ombudsperson@corporate. ge.com.
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 confi dential or anonymous, and may be
submitted in writing to: GE Board of Directors, General Electric Company
(W2E), 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfi eld, CT 06828; or call [phone] or
[phone]; or send an e-mail to Direc[email protected].
©2012 General Electric Company. Printed in U.S.A.
GE, , ecomagination, healthymagination and Imagination at Work are trade-
marks and service marks of the General Electric Company. Other marks used
throughout are trademarks and service marks of their respective owners.
Patent applications fi led in 2011 by GE include U.S. original and other
applications.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements: This document contains “for-
ward-looking statements”—that is, statements related to future, not past, events.
In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future
business and fi nancial performance and fi nancial 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 dif-
ferent degrees, uncertain. For us, particular uncertainties that could cause our
actual results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-look-
ing statements include: current economic and fi nancial conditions, including
volatility in interest and exchange rates, commodity and equity prices and the
value of fi nancial assets; potential market disruptions or other impacts arising in
the United States or Europe from developments in the European sovereign debt
situation; the impact of conditions in the fi nancial and credit markets on the avail-
ability 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 unemployment rates on the level of commercial and con-
sumer 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 com-
petitive position if we do not do so; the adequacy of our cash fl ow and earnings
and other conditions which may affect our ability to pay our quarterly dividend at
the planned level; the level of demand and fi nancial 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 proceedings and legal compliance risks, including the
impact of fi nancial services regulation; strategic actions, including acquisitions,
joint ventures and dispositions and our success in completing announced transac-
tions 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.