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Audited Financial Statements Statement of Earnings

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  2002 (Restated)
For the years ended December 31
(In millions; per-share amounts in dollars)

General Electric
Company and
consolidated
affiliates
  GE   GECS  
REVENUES                  
Sales of goods $ 55,096   $ 51,957   $ 3,296  
Sales of services   21,138     21,360      
Other income (note 2)   1,013     1,106      
Earnings of GECS before accounting changes       4,675      
GECS revenues from services (note 3)   54,979         55,419  
Total revenues   132,226     79,098     58,715  

COSTS AND EXPENSES (note 4)
                 
Cost of goods sold   38,833     35,951     3,039  
Cost of services sold   14,023     14,245      
Interest and other financial charges   10,151     569     9,870  
Insurance losses and policyholder and annuity benefits   17,608         17,608  
Provision for losses on financing receivables (note 13)   3,084         3,084  
Other costs and expenses   29,229     9,131     20,343  
Minority interest in net earnings of consolidated affiliates   326     183     143  
Total costs and expenses   113,254     60,079     54,087  

EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
AND ACCOUNTING CHANGES
  18,972     19,019     4,628  
Provision for income taxes (note 7)   (3,790 )   (3,837 )   47  
EARNINGS BEFORE ACCOUNTING CHANGES   15,182     15,182     4,675  
Cumulative effect of accounting changes (note 1)   (1,015 )   (1,015 )   (1,015 )
NET EARNINGS $ 14,167   $ 14,167   $ 3,660  
Per-share amounts (note 8)                  
Per-share amounts before accounting changes                  
Diluted earnings per share $ 1.51              
Basic earnings per share   1.52              
Per-share amounts after accounting changes                  
Diluted earnings per share   1.41              
Basic earnings per share   1.42              
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE $ 0.73              
In the consolidating data on this page, “GE” means the basis of consolidation as described in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements; “GECS” means General Electric Capital Services, Inc. and all of its affiliates and associated companies. Transactions between GE and GECS have been eliminated from the “General Electric Company and consolidated affiliates” columns on page 57.
The notes to consolidated financial statements on pages 64-125 are an integral part of these statements.

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