March 9, 2001

To the Share Owners:

General Electric Company’s 2001 Annual Meeting of Share Owners will be held at Atlanta Civic Center, 395 Piedmont Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at 10:00 a.m., to address all matters that may properly come before the meeting. Following a report on GE’s business operations, the share owners will vote on:

(a) Election of Directors for the ensuing year;
(b) Approval of the appointment of Independent
Auditors for 2001; and
(c) Seven share owner proposals set forth at pages 31 through 40 in the accompanying Proxy Statement.

Share owners of record at the close of business on March 7, 2001, will be entitled to vote at the meeting and any adjournments.

Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr.
Secretary