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Share
Owner Proposal No. 1
Evelyn Y. Davis, Watergate Office Building,
2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W., Suite 215, Washington, D.C. 20037, has notified
GE that she intends to present the following proposal at this years
meeting:
Resolved: That the stockholders of
General Electric, assembled in Annual Meeting in person and by proxy,
hereby request the Board of Directors to take the necessary steps to provide
for cumulative voting in the election of directors, which means each stockholder
shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of shares
he or she owns multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and
he or she may cast all of such votes for a single candidate, or any two
or more of them as he or she may see fit.
Reasons: Many states have mandatory
cumulative voting, so do National Banks. In addition, many corporations
have adopted cumulative voting. Last year the owners of 469,832,858 shares,
representing approximately 22.4% of shares voting, voted FOR this proposal.
If you agree, please mark your proxy
FOR this resolution.
Your Board of Directors recommends a vote
AGAINST this proposal.
Like most major corporations, GE provides
that each share of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each
nominee for director. This procedure ensures that each director is elected
by share owners representing a majority of all shares voted. It has served
the Company well. The proposal would alter this procedure in a way that
could permit share owners representing less than a majority of all shares
to elect a director. Because each director oversees the management of
the Company for the benefit of all share owners, your Board believes that
changing the current voting procedure would not be in the best interests
of all share owners and therefore recommends a vote against the proposal.
  
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