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 year's 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 1,796,777,095 shares, representing approximately 30.5% 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.