FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2004--The General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) will hold its 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareowners on April 27 2005, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The meeting will be held at Aronoff Center at 10:00 a.m.
GE moves its annual meeting to a different site each year to highlight a different GE business -- GE Transportation is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, near Cincinnati. GE has approximately 7, 000 employees in the Cincinnati area.
GE's Annual Meeting gives shareowners the opportunity to elect directors of the company for the coming year and to vote on proposals set forth in the proxy statement. The proxy statement will be distributed in March 2005.
GE (NYSE: GE) is a diversified technology, media and financial services company dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming, and plastics, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.ge.com.
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