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Audited Financial Statements Statement of Earnings

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  2004 (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 $ 55,005   $ 52,260   $ 2,840  
Sales of services   29,700     29,954      
Other income (note 2)   1,064     1,076      
Earnings of GECS before accounting changes       8,387      
GECS revenues from services (note 3)   67,097         68,439  
Total revenues   152,866     91,677     71,279  

COSTS AND EXPENSES (note 4)
                 
Cost of goods sold   42,645     39,999     2,741  
Cost of services sold   19,114     19,368      
Interest and other financial charges   12,036     979     11,501  
Insurance losses and policyholder and annuity benefits   15,627         15,844  
Provision for losses on financing receivables (note 13)   3,888         3,888  
Other costs and expenses   38,148     12,001     26,840  
Minority interest in net earnings of consolidated affiliates   928     538     390  
Total costs and expenses   132,386     72,885     61,204  

EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
AND ACCOUNTING CHANGES
  20,480     18,792     10,075  
Provision for income taxes (note 7)   (3,661 )   (1,973 )   (1,688 )
EARNINGS BEFORE ACCOUNTING CHANGES   16,819     16,819     8,387  
Cumulative effect of accounting changes (note 1)            
NET EARNINGS $ 16,819   $ 16,819   $ 8,387  
Per-share amounts (note 8)                  
Per-share amounts before accounting changes                  
Diluted earnings per share $ 1.61              
Basic earnings per share   1.62              
Per-share amounts after accounting changes                  
Diluted earnings per share   1.61              
Basic earnings per share   1.62              
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER SHARE $ 0.82              
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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