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April 2009 Investor Update Business highlights GE Technology page 2 Infrastructure GE Energy page 3 Infrastructure GE Capital Finance page 4 NBC Universal page 5 Film and DVD release page 5 schedule Citizenship and page 6 ecomagination SM Upcoming investor page 6 events Contact Trevor A. Schauenberg Vice President Corporate Investor Communications 3135 Easton Turnpike Fairfield, CT 06828 USA T 203 373 2424 F 203 373 2071 [email protected] April 1, 2009 To the Investment Community, We have had a very busy couple of months here in Investor Communications. This issue will cover activities from February and March. On March 19, GE Vice Chairman & Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin, GE Vice Chairman & GE Capital Chairman and CEO Mike Neal and members of the GE Capital leadership team hosted the GE Capital Investor Meeting. The in-depth review covered funding and liquidity, business reviews and stress testing, and the strategic framework and outlook. Click here for materials related to the event. During the month of March, both Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s announced a downgrade of General Electric Company’s and General Electric Capital Corporation’s (GECC) long-term ratings. Both rating agencies now have GECC on “stable” outlook. Click here to read the GE press release on the Standard & Poor’s announcement. Click here to read the GE press release on the Moody’s announcement. On February 27, the GE Board of Directors authorized a plan to reduce the Company’s quarterly dividend to $0.10 from $0.31 per outstanding share of the Company’s common stock, effective for the second half of 2009. This decision will preserve approximately $9 billion for the Company on an annualized basis. “We recognize the importance of the dividend to our shareholders and the significance of this decision, but we believe it is the right precautionary action at this time to further strengthen our Company for the long-term, while still providing an attractive dividend,” GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said. Full Text Here On February 6, the GE Board of Directors authorized a regular quarterly dividend of $0.31 per outstanding share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable April 27, 2009, to shareowners of record at the close of business on February 23, 2009. The ex-divi- dend date is February 19, 2009. This dividend payment will complete the dividend for the first half of 2009. Full Text Here During the month of February, GE filed its 2009 Proxy Statement and 2008 Form 10-K. The filings can be found on our investor website at www.ge.com/investors/financial_ reporting/index.html. The Company also released the 2008 Annual Report: We are GE. Please visit http://www.ge.com/ar2008/ to read the CEO’s letter to shareowners and our review of the Company’s 2008 business and financial performance. For presentations, news and other helpful information please visit our investor web site at www.ge.com/investor I look forward to speaking with you next when we announce earnings on April 17 th . Regards,

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April 2009Investor Update

Business highlights

GE Technology page 2 Infrastructure

GE Energy page 3 Infrastructure

GE Capital Finance page 4

NBC Universal page 5

Film and DVD release page 5 schedule

Citizenship and page 6 ecomaginationsm

Upcoming investor page 6 events

Contact

Trevor A. Schauenberg Vice President Corporate Investor Communications

3135 Easton Turnpike Fairfield, CT 06828 USA

T 203 373 2424 F 203 373 2071 [email protected]

April 1, 2009

To the Investment Community,

We have had a very busy couple of months here in Investor Communications. This issue will cover activities from February and March.

On March 19, GE Vice Chairman & Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin, GE Vice Chairman & GE Capital Chairman and CEO Mike Neal and members of the GE Capital leadership team hosted the GE Capital Investor Meeting. The in-depth review covered funding and liquidity, business reviews and stress testing, and the strategic framework and outlook. Click here for materials related to the event.

During the month of March, both Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s announced a downgrade of General Electric Company’s and General Electric Capital Corporation’s (GECC) long-term ratings. Both rating agencies now have GECC on “stable” outlook.

Click here to read the GE press release on the Standard & Poor’s announcement. Click here to read the GE press release on the Moody’s announcement.

On February 27, the GE Board of Directors authorized a plan to reduce the Company’s quarterly dividend to $0.10 from $0.31 per outstanding share of the Company’s common stock, effective for the second half of 2009. This decision will preserve approximately $9 billion for the Company on an annualized basis.

“We recognize the importance of the dividend to our shareholders and the significance of this decision, but we believe it is the right precautionary action at this time to further strengthen our Company for the long-term, while still providing an attractive dividend,” GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said. Full Text Here

On February 6, the GE Board of Directors authorized a regular quarterly dividend of $0.31 per outstanding share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable April 27, 2009, to shareowners of record at the close of business on February 23, 2009. The ex-divi-dend date is February 19, 2009. This dividend payment will complete the dividend for the first half of 2009. Full Text Here

During the month of February, GE filed its 2009 Proxy Statement and 2008 Form 10-K. The filings can be found on our investor website at www.ge.com/investors/financial_reporting/index.html. The Company also released the 2008 Annual Report: We are GE. Please visit http://www.ge.com/ar2008/ to read the CEO’s letter to shareowners and our review of the Company’s 2008 business and financial performance.

For presentations, news and other helpful information please visit our investor web site at www.ge.com/investor

I look forward to speaking with you next when we announce earnings on April 17th.

Regards,

GE and Qatar Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create •a partnership covering a range of healthcare business and research initiatives. Building on GE’s strong existing partnership with Qatar Science & Technology Park, Qatar Foundation’s research accelerator, the parties plan to develop and deliver next-generation healthcare technologies and build local research and develop-ment capabilities aligned with regional and global healthcare needs. Full Text Here

GE Healthcare has signed a multi-year agreement with The Mount Sinai Hospital •to address a significant challenge facing healthcare institutions today - delivering high quality services in an environment of scarce resources. Together, Mount Sinai and GE will gather real-time data on clinical workflow patterns throughout the 1,171-bed, 2.7 million square foot tertiary-care hospital to highlight process bottlenecks and showcase areas of improvement. The goal is to streamline patient flow, improve operational efficiency, and decrease patients’ length of stay by decreasing wait times and freeing up capacity that has been, until this project, untapped. Full Text Here

GE Healthcare announced the global installation of the new Discovery• TM PET/CT 600-series scanners, designed to help enable earlier detection and accurate monitoring of disease combined with the latest advancements in molecular imaging technology to explore the development of future applications. This new line of PET/CT scanners, combines advanced molecular imaging tools with the large coverage low dose Volume CT helping allow for earlier diagnosis, more accurate tumor location and better assessment of how a patient is responding to cancer treatment. Full Text Here

GE Transportation announced that its customer Kazakhstan Temir Zholy has taken •delivery of the 3,000th Evolution Series® locomotive produced at GE Transportation’s Erie, Pennsylvania, manufacturing site. The Evolution is the most technologically advanced diesel electric, heavy-haul locomotive to-date. One Evolution Series loco-motive can pull the equivalent of 170 Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” airliners. Full Text Here

GE Transportation announced that it has signed a contract valued at more than €47 •million ($60 million) with Trenitalia, the operation company of the Italian State Rail-ways, for the design, supply and installation of 400 on board Sistema di Supporto alla Condotta - SSC train protection systems for diesel locomotives in Trenitalia’s passenger and cargo fleet. Full Text Here

Saudi Arabian Airlines, the national carrier of Saudi Arabia, has signed an exclusive 10-year materials agreement with GE •Aviation for the airline’s entire fleet of 100 purchased and leased CFM56-5B* engines powering its Airbus A320 fleet. Under the terms of the agreement, which is valued at approximately $300 million U.S., Saudi Arabian Airlines will exclusively use genuine CFM parts in the maintenance and overhaul of this fleet. Full Text Here

GE Aviation announced the opening of the new systems manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China. The facility is a strategic •focus in support of key customer requirements, including parts for Boeing’s B737, B777 and B787, the Airbus A320, A330 and A340 and China’s emerging ARJ21 regional jet, just to name a few. Full Text Here

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies announced the ACCUSOLVE Advanced Diesel Particulate Filter Soot Sensor, the first •in a new family of sensors that enables reduced emissions and improved efficiency of internal combustion engines and after treatment systems. ACCUSOLVE provides real-time soot loading data and is designed to meet the harsh environment and life requirements of on-road, off-road and industrial heavy-duty diesel applications. Full Text Here

*CFM56-5B engines are a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Snecma (SAFRAN Group).

GE Technology Infrastructure

April 2009 Investor Update 2

GE Energy Infrastructure

April 2009 Investor Update 3

GE Energy has signed a contract for nearly $1 billion to supply more than 30 •Frame 7EA gas turbines for the Saudi Electricity Company’s (SEC) Riyadh Power Plant 10 (PP10). This project, the latest in a series of GE contracts for SEC power projects, will add 2,000 megawatts of much needed power to help support the region’s dynamic economic and population growth. The PP10 agreement, which was booked in December 2008, brings GE’s orders for SEC projects to nearly $2.5 billion in the last three years. In the last five years, GE has received commitments to supply 115 gas turbines for SEC projects. Full Text Here

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced the signing of two agreements with •the Nuclear Power Corporation of India and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited as the companies prepare to collaborate on building multiple GEH-designed nuclear reactors to help meet India’s energy production goals. Full Text Here

GE Energy is introducing a next-generation, ultra-efficient Jenbacher ‘Type 6’ gas •engine to help European Union member states comply with a directive to install new industrial, commercial and residential cogeneration systems that boost energy efficiency while reducing local fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. GE’s new ‘6F’ gas engines recently reached a critical performance milestone of 10,000 operating hours and demonstrated both an increased output of up to 10% and a crucial 1% hike in electrical efficiency over existing systems. Full Text Here

To assist China in meeting its goals of increased energy efficiency and reduced •emissions, GE Energy recently signed service and maintenance agreements totaling $128 million for two power plants, including the largest gas turbine combined-cycle power plant in the Zhejiang Province. Full Text Here

The latest evolution of GE Energy’s wind turbine technology, the 2.5xl wind •turbine, is playing a growing role in helping Europe meet its renewable energy demands. This machine has been selected for projects across Europe that will add nearly 1,000 megawatts of wind-generated electricity in 2009, or enough to serve over 480,000 typical European households. Full Text Here

GE Oil & Gas has received a major contract to supply Italian energy company Eni •S.p.A. with the largest refinery reactors of their type ever to be manufactured. The reactors will be a critical part of Eni Refining & Marketing Division’s project to boost production at its refinery in Sannazzaro, Italy. The two reactors are sched-uled to be delivered to the Eni refinery in the first quarter of 2011, with commer-cial operation expected in 2012. Full Text Here

GE Oil & Gas technology has again been selected for one of the largest gas •transmission projects in the world. GE will be the primary supplier of compression equipment for the western section of China’s second West-to-East Gas Pipeline. Since 2005, GE has been awarded bids by PetroChina worth over $600 million. Full Text Here

GE Capital Finance

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GE Capital’s corporate lending business announced it provided a $175 million •accounts receivable securitization facility to Georgia Gulf Corporation, a leading chemicals company. The proceeds will be used for working capital needs. Full Text Here

GE Energy Financial Services has agreed to invest $150 million in a partner-•ship with Houston-based ATP Oil & Gas Corporation which will own and operate a floating oil and gas production unit in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Subject to completion of customary closing conditions, GE Energy Financial Services will invest $150 million for a 49 percent limited partnership stake, its first investment in a floating oil and gas production facility. ATP Oil & Gas Corporation will hold the remaining 51 percent stake and will serve as managing partner. Full Text Here

Regency Energy Partners LP, Alinda Capital Partners LLC and an affiliate of GE •Energy Financial Services announced the completed formation and funding of a joint venture to finance and construct Regency’s Haynesville Expansion Project, a North Louisiana pipeline that will transport gas from the Haynesville Shale, one of the fastest growing U.S. natural gas fields. Regency has already secured commitments from shippers for 84% of the pipeline’s capacity. Full Text Here

SunPower Corp., a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, •and solar systems, GE, California’s Lake County and the Lake County Sani-tation District announced the completion of a 2.2-megawatt solar-electric power system on three sites. GE Energy Financial Services, in partnership with SunPower, financed and owns the system as well as the associated renewable energy credits and environmental benefits. Full Text Here

GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance business announced a $90 •million credit facility for Wildflower, Inc., a leading provider of technology solu-tions from Dell Computer and other manufacturers to the U.S. Federal Govern-ment. Full Text Here

GE Capital’s Healthcare Financial Services business announced an $89 million •senior credit facility provided to Vesta Inc., a RoundTable Healthcare Partners portfolio company. A portion of the proceeds was used to complete the acqui-sition of ExtruMed LLC. Full Text Here

GE Money and the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), the premiere •association for kitchen and bath professionals, announced a multi-year relationship to provide consumer financing. The Home DesignSM program, a revolving credit program backed by GE Money’s Sales Finance unit, is now available nationwide through NKBA dealer, designer and builder/remodeler members. Full Text Here

NBC Universal

April 2009 Investor Update 5

NBC’S coverage of Super Bowl XLIII is the most-viewed U.S. telecast in history with 151.6 •million watching all or some of the telecast; with an average 98.7 million, it’s the most-watched Super Bowl ever. Full Text Here

The March 19• th telecast of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” featuring a guest appearance by President Barack Obama, has achieved the highest “Tonight” rating in metered-market house-holds since January 24, 2005. Additionally, this event marked the first late-night talk show appearance by a sitting U.S. president. Full Text Here

Televisa Networks and Telemundo announced they have signed a joint venture agreement •to launch the Telemundo channel, which will be distributed throughout Mexico and Latin America. “This partnership has already generated great results for both our companies and with this agreement we will expand our reach and deliver the best Telemundo-branded content to a very important audience in Mexico and throughout Latin America,” said Don Browne, President, Telemundo. Full Text Here

NBC Universal announced that it was teaming up with Microsoft and MSN to again create •“NBCOlympics.com on MSN,” a next-generation online experience for Olympic fans across the United States that set online viewing records and drew critical acclaim at the Beijing Games last August. Full Text Here

Ratings highlights:

USA continued as the top ad-supported entertainment network in basic cable prime among •P25-54, total viewers and households, outperforming in key demos and securing the top posi-tion among P18-49 in basic cable prime.

The Weather Channel reached 34 million unduplicated viewers on March 1 (day of east coast •snow storm), achieving the largest cumulative audience of any cable news and information network according to Nielsen research. In the adults 25-54, it ranked No.1 in total day ratings among other cable news and information networks.

msnbc.com attracted more than 41 million unique visitors in February. It was also named •the No. 1 Current Events and Global News Site for the ninth consecutive month according to Nielsen Online.

Upcoming films

April 3: • Fast & Furious (Vin Diesel, Paul Walker)

April 17: • State of Play (Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck)

April 24: • Fighting (Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard)

Upcoming DVD releases

April 21: • Frost/Nixon (Frank Langella, Michael Sheen)

April 21: • Caprica (Esai Morales, Eric Stoltz)

Citizenship and ecomagination

GE Digital Energy announced that its 750kVA SG Series Digital Energy •UPS system has been certified as an ecomagination product after completing GE’s rigorous ecomagination Product Review (EPR) process. At a typical 50 percent load, GE’s 750kVA UPS system achieves effi-ciency of more than 94 percent, delivering uninterruptible power to the booming global data center industry at higher efficiency than competi-tors’ systems. Full Text Here

GE Healthcare announced its first line of digital radiography x-ray •products from the Company to be recognized as ecomagination offer-ings, based on the systems’ energy and operational efficiency. A GE Healthcare digital radiography x-ray system has the potential to reduce energy consumption by 4,300 kWh or 78%, and save approximately $100,000 USD per year in productivity and material costs based on US national averages. Full Text Here

GE, a worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, is working with the •London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) to help schools take part in the official London 2012 education program ‘Get Set.’ Get Set encourages young people to consider how the Olympic Values (excellence, friendship and respect) and the Paralympic Values (courage, determination, inspiration and equality) can be used to make a difference within their school or college. Full Text Here

April 2009 Investor Update 6

Upcoming investor events (subject to changes)

April 17*: GE 1Q 2009 Earnings Call•

April 22: 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareowners•

Please visit our investor website for other events as they are scheduled for 2009

*Meeting will be webcast. Webcast replays are retained on our web site for 14 days. Podcasts are also available by accessing the following link: http://www.ge.com/rss/investor.xml