Board of Directors (As of February 9, 1996)

	H. Brewster Atwater, Jr. Retired Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director, General Mills Inc., consumer foods and restaurants, Minneapolis, Minn. Director since 1989.	D. Wayne Calloway Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director, PepsiCo, Inc., beverages, snack foods and restaurants, Purchase, N.Y. Director since 1991.	Silas S. Cathcart Director and retired Chairman of the Board, Illinois Tool Works, Inc., diversified products, Chicago, Ill. Director 1972-1987 and since 1990.	Dennis D. Dammerman Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer, General Electric Company. Director since 1994.
	Paolo Fresco Vice Chairman of the Board and Executive Officer, General Electric Company. Director since 1990.	Claudio X. Gonzalez Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kimberly-Clark de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, and Director, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, consumer and paper products. Director since 1993.	Robert E. Mercer Retired Chairman of the Board and former Director, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio. Director since 1984.	Gertrude G. Michelson Former Senior Vice President - External Affairs, and former Director, R.H. Macy & Co., Inc., retailers, New York, N.Y. Director since 1976.
	John D. Opie Vice Chairman of the Board and Executive Officer, General Electric Company. Director since 1995.	Roger S. Penske Chairman of the Board, President and Director, Penske Corporation and Detroit Diesel Corporation, transportation and automotive services, Detroit, Mich. Director since 1994.	Barbara Scott Preiskel Former Senior Vice President, Motion Picture Associations of America, New York, N.Y. Director since 1982.	Frank H.T. Rhodes President, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Director since 1984.
	Andrew C. Sigler Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Champion International Corporation, paper and forest products, Stamford, Conn. Director since 1984.	Douglas A. Warner III Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, New York, N.Y. Director since 1992.	John F. Welch, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, General Electric Company. Director since 1980.

There were eight meetings of the GE Board of Directors during 1995. At the October meeting, John D. Opie was elected a Director. Mr. Opie, who had been President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Lighting, also was named Vice Chairman of the Board and Executive Officer of GE. Lawrence E. Fouraker, former Dean of the Harvard Business School, retired from the Board in 1995. Dr. Fouraker, who had been a Director since 1981, gave the Company sustained and steadfast service, drawing on his wide background in academia and business to provide consistently sound judgment. H. Brewster Atwater, Jr., the retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of General Mills, Inc., and a GE Director since 1989, will retire from the Board at the conclusion of his current term in April 1996. Mr. Atwater has served the Company well with his broad business experience and his wise counsel. Dividend increased. At their December meeting, the Directors voted to increase GE's quarterly dividend by 12%, from 41¢ to 46¢ per share. This marks the 20th consecutive year of dividend increases by GE. Also at the December meeting, the Directors increased GE's year-old share repurchase program from $5 billion to $9 billion. GE had purchased $3.2 billion of its common stock under the December 1994 repurchase program; the expanded program will allow for $3 billion in annual stock repurchases to continue through 1997. Committee meetings. In addition to regular meetings, the Directors participated on the following Board committees. The Audit Committee, which consists entirely of outside Directors, met four times. It reviewed the activities and independence of GE's independent auditors and the activities of GE's internal audit staff, as well as the Company's financial reporting process, internal financial controls and compliance with key GE policies. The Finance Committee held four meetings. It examined GE's pension funding and trust operations, GE's health care costs and the Company's foreign exchange exposure, as well as airline industry financing and other matters involving large-scale use of Company funds. The Management Development and Compensation Committee conducted nine meetings. In addition to approving changes in GE's management, it reviewed and approved executive compensation and it administered GE's incentive plans. The Nominating Committee had three meetings, at which it reviewed candidates for the Board and recommended the structure and membership of Board committees for the ensuing year. The Operations Committee, which met four times, reviewed the Company's operating plan and various operational matters. The Public Responsibilities Committee held two meetings, at which it evaluated environmental and other public responsibility issues as well as the activities of the GE Fund. The Technology and Science Committee conducted one meeting, at which it reviewed new technology programs at GE Aircraft Engines.

	Committees of the Board
	Audit Committee Gertrude G. Michelson, Chairman H. Brewster Atwater, Jr. Silas S. Cathcart Barbara Scott Preiskel Frank H.T. Rhodes Finance Committee Robert E. Mercer, Chairman John F. Welch, Jr., Vice Chairman Claudio X. Gonzalez Frank H.T. Rhodes Douglas A. Warner III Management Development and Compensation Committee Silas S. Cathcart, Chairman Claudio X. Gonzalez Gertrude G. Michelson Frank H.T. Rhodes Andrew C. Sigler Nominating Committee H. Brewster Atwater, Jr., Chairman D. Wayne Calloway Silas S. Cathcart Gertrude G. Michelson Andrew C. Sigler Douglas A. Warner III	Operations Committee Barbara Scott Preiskel, Chairman H. Brewster Atwater, Jr. D. Wayne Calloway Silas S. Cathcart Dennis D. Dammerman Paolo Fresco Claudio X. Gonzalez Robert E. Mercer John D. Opie Roger S. Penske Andrew C. Sigler Douglas A. Warner III Public Responsibilities Committee D. Wayne Calloway Chairman John F. Welch, Jr., Vice Chairman H. Brewster Atwater, Jr. Dennis D. Dammerman Claudio X. Gonzalez Gertrude G. Michelson John D. Opie Roger S. Penske Barbara Scott Preiskel Andrew C. Sigler Douglas A. Warner III Technology and Science Committee Frank H.T. Rhodes, Chairman Robert E. Mercer Roger S. Penske

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