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Audited Financial Statements Statement of Earnings

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  2003 (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 $ 49,963   $ 47,767   $ 2,228  
Sales of services   22,391     22,675      
Other income (note 2)   602     645      
Earnings of GECS before accounting changes       7,988      
GECS revenues from services (note 3)   61,685         62,505  
Total revenues   134,641     79,075     64,733  

COSTS AND EXPENSES (note 4)
                 
Cost of goods sold   37,189     35,102     2,119  
Cost of services sold   14,017     14,301      
Interest and other financial charges   10,892     941     10,329  
Insurance losses and policyholder and annuity benefits   16,369         16,369  
Provision for losses on financing receivables (note 13)   3,752         3,752  
Other costs and expenses   31,821     9,870     22,436  
Minority interest in net earnings of consolidated affiliates   310     181     129  
Total costs and expenses   114,350     60,395     55,134  

EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
AND ACCOUNTING CHANGES
  20,291     18,680     9,599  
Provision for income taxes (note 7)   (4,468 )   (2,857 )   (1,611 )
EARNINGS BEFORE ACCOUNTING CHANGES   15,823     15,823     7,988  
Cumulative effect of accounting changes (note 1)   (587 )   (587 )   (339 )
NET EARNINGS $ 15,236   $ 15,236   $ 7,649  
Per-share amounts (note 8)                  
Per-share amounts before accounting changes                  
Diluted earnings per share $ 1.57              
Basic earnings per share   1.58              
Per-share amounts after accounting changes                  
Diluted earnings per share   1.51              
Basic earnings per share   1.52              
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE $ 0.77              
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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