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GE Reports Strong Second-Quarter 2006 Financial Results with 15% EPS Growth, 9% Revenue Growth and Record Cash Flow

July 14, 2006

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2006--Financial Highlights (Continuing Operations):

-- Revenues of $39.9 billion, up 9%; Organic revenue growth of 8%

-- Earnings of $4.9 billion, up 11%; earnings per share (EPS) of $.47, up 15%

-- Total orders up 17%

-- Five of six businesses deliver double-digit earnings growth

-- First-half cash from operating activities (CFOA) up 78% to $14.3 billion; Industrial CFOA up 9%

-- Return on average total capital (ROTC) increasing 2 points to 17.6%

GE announced today record second-quarter 2006 earnings from continuing operations of $4.9 billion or $.47 per share, up 11% and 15%, respectively, from second-quarter 2005. Revenues from continuing operations were also a record $39.9 billion, up 9% from last year's second quarter. First-half cash from GE's operating activities was a record $14.3 billion, up 78%.

"We continue to execute our strategy," said GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. "We are generating consistently strong earnings growth, with EPS up 15%. Our returns are expanding, with ROTC up 2 points. And we are improving our businesses by leveraging our growth initiatives.

"Our solid quarterly results were highlighted by strong top- and bottom-line growth at Commercial Finance, demand for our products and services at Infrastructure and strong profitability at Healthcare, Consumer Finance and Industrial," said Immelt. "We are making good progress at NBC Universal, which continues to improve with increasing ratings and a diversified business model of content leveraged across all delivery platforms.

"This is our sixth straight quarter of organic revenue growth that meets our goal of 2-3X GDP. This consistent performance demonstrates the quality of our businesses and the excellence of our execution," added Immelt. "We see this string continuing. Total company orders were up 17% for the quarter, showing strong future demand for our products and services. Orders for equipment increased 33%, including a 59% surge in Infrastructure orders, while services orders increased 13%," added Immelt.

"In addition, our businesses are producing healthy cash flows. For the first half, we generated $14.3 billion in CFOA, an increase of 78% over the same period of last year, with the inclusion of the $5.7 billion proceeds from the sale of Insurance Solutions and our final stake in Genworth. Industrial CFOA increased 9% to $6.7 billion. We used our cash to fund the businesses, pay our dividends and acquire 176 million shares of GE common stock. Through the first half of this year, we have funded $6 billion of the $7-9 billion stock repurchase we have planned for 2006."

Second-Quarter 2006 Financial Highlights:

Earnings from continuing operations were $4.854 billion, up 11% from $4.376 billion in second quarter 2005. EPS from continuing operations were $.47, up 15% from last year's $.41. Five of six businesses contributed double-digit earnings growth for the quarter.

Continuing revenues of $39.9 billion were 9% higher than last year's $36.5 billion. Industrial sales increased 9% to $24.4 billion, reflecting core growth. Financial Services revenues grew 10% over last year to $15.3 billion, reflecting core growth and the effects of acquisitions.

Cash generated from GE's operating activities in the first six months of 2006 totaled $14.3 billion compared with $8.0 billion last year, reflecting a $5.8 billion increase in GE Capital Services' dividends, substantially all of which was proceeds from sales of insurance businesses, and a 9% increase from the industrial businesses.

Loss from discontinued operations was $2 million for the quarter and included the results of Genworth, the final transaction for GE Insurance Solutions, and GE Life, which is in the process of being sold. Accordingly second-quarter 2006 net EPS were $.47, up 7% from the second quarter of 2005.

"We are focused on sustained execution and long-term performance. We have a strong set of businesses managed by great people in many of the best markets in the world. Our goals are to generate organic revenue growth of 2-3X GDP, deliver 10%+ earnings growth and expand ROTC to 20% by 2008. For the third quarter, we expect double-digit segment profit growth in five of our six businesses and EPS from continuing operations of $.48-.50, up 12-16%. We are reaffirming our full-year 2006 guidance of earnings from continuing operations increasing 13-17% to $1.94-2.02," said Immelt.

GE will discuss second quarter results on a conference call and Webcast at 8:30 a.m. EDT today. Call information is available at www.ge.com/investor, and related charts will be posted there prior to the call.

GE (NYSE: GE) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ge.com.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Results are preliminary and unaudited. This document contains "forward-looking statements" - that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," or "will." Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, particular uncertainties which could adversely or positively affect our future results include: the behavior of financial markets, including fluctuations in interest rates and commodity prices; strategic actions, including dispositions; future integration of acquired businesses; future financial performance of major industries which we serve, including, without limitation, the air and rail transportation, energy generation, media, real estate and healthcare industries; unanticipated loss development in our insurance businesses; and numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive and regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Condensed Statement of Earnings

Consolidated

----------------------------

Three months ended June 30 2006 2005 V%

-------------------------------------- ----------- ---------- -----

Revenues

Sales of goods and services $24,897 $22,989

GECS earnings from continuing operations - -

GECS revenues from services 14,346 12,954

Other income 657 596

----------- ----------

Total revenues 39,900 36,539 9%

----------- ----------

Costs and expenses

Cost of sales, operating and

administrative expenses 27,549 25,337

Interest and other financial charges 4,533 3,786

Investment contracts, insurance losses and

insurance annuity benefits 793 799

Provision for losses on financing

receivables 896 958

Minority interest in net earnings of

consolidated affiliates 235 290

----------- ----------

Total costs and expenses 34,006 31,170 9%

----------- ----------

Earnings from continuing operations before

income taxes 5,894 5,369 10%

Provision for income taxes (1,040) (993)

----------- ----------

Earnings from continuing operations 4,854 4,376 11%

Earnings (loss) from discontinued

operations, net of taxes (2) 271

----------- ----------

Net earnings $4,852 $4,647 4%

=========== ==========

Per-share amounts - earnings from

continuing operations

Diluted earnings per share $0.47 $0.41 15%

Total average equivalent shares 10,400 10,650 (2)%

Basic earnings per share $0.47 $0.41 15%

Total average equivalent shares 10,362 10,604 (2)%

Per-share amounts - net earnings

Diluted earnings per share $0.47 $0.44 7%

Total average equivalent shares 10,400 10,644 (2)%

Basic earnings per share $0.47 $0.44 7%

Total average equivalent shares 10,362 10,599 (2)%

Dividends declared per share $0.25 $0.22 14%

Financial Services

GE (GECS)

---------------------- -------------------

Three months ended June 30 2006 2005 V% 2006 2005 V%

-------------------------- --------- -------- --- ------- ------- ---

Revenues

Sales of goods and

services $24,448 $22,408 $712 $664

GECS earnings from

continuing operations 2,500 2,028 - -

GECS revenues from

services - - 14,595 13,297

Other income 695 624 - -

--------- -------- ------- -------

Total revenues 27,643 25,060 10% 15,307 13,961 10%

--------- -------- ------- -------

Costs and expenses

Cost of sales, operating

and administrative

expenses 21,394 19,316 6,512 6,271

Interest and other

financial charges 486 336 4,202 3,603

Investment contracts,

insurance losses and

insurance annuity benefits - - 831 850

Provision for losses on

financing receivables - - 896 958

Minority interest in net

earnings of consolidated

affiliates 186 249 49 41

--------- -------- ------- -------

Total costs and

expenses 22,066 19,901 11% 12,490 11,723 7%

--------- -------- ------- -------

Earnings from continuing

operations before income

taxes 5,577 5,159 8% 2,817 2,238 26%

Provision for income taxes (723) (783) (317) (210)

--------- -------- ------- -------

Earnings from continuing

operations 4,854 4,376 11% 2,500 2,028 23%

Earnings (loss) from

discontinued operations,

net of taxes (2) 271 (2) 271

--------- -------- ------- -------

Net earnings $4,852 $4,647 4% $2,498 $2,299 9%

========= ======== ======= =======

Per-share amounts -

earnings from continuing

operations

Diluted earnings per share

Total average equivalent

shares

Basic earnings per share

Total average equivalent

shares

Per-share amounts - net

earnings

Diluted earnings per share

Total average equivalent

shares

Basic earnings per share

Total average equivalent

shares

Dividends declared per

share

Dollar amounts and share amounts in millions; per-share amounts in

dollars; unaudited. Supplemental consolidating data are shown for "GE"

and "GECS." Transactions between GE and GECS have been eliminated from

the "consolidated" columns. See note 1 to the 2005 consolidated

financial statements at www.ge.com/annual05 for further information

about consolidation matters.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Condensed Statement of Earnings

Consolidated

----------------------------

Six months ended June 30 2006 2005 V%

---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------- -----

Revenues

Sales of goods and services $48,381 $44,394

GECS earnings from continuing operations - -

GECS revenues from services 28,232 25,582

Other income 1,108 913

----------- ----------

Total revenues 77,721 70,889 10%

----------- ----------

Costs and expenses

Cost of sales, operating and

administrative expenses 54,247 49,727

Interest and other financial charges 8,894 7,457

Investment contracts, insurance losses and

insurance annuity benefits 1,542 1,626

Provision for losses on financing

receivables 1,718 1,860

Minority interest in net earnings of

consolidated affiliates 473 506

----------- ----------

Total costs and expenses 66,874 61,176 9%

----------- ----------

Earnings from continuing operations before

income taxes 10,847 9,713 12%

Provision for income taxes (1,951) (1,777)

----------- ----------

Earnings from continuing operations 8,896 7,936 12%

Earnings from discontinued operations, net

of taxes 261 676

----------- ----------

Net earnings $9,157 $8,612 6%

=========== ==========

Per-share amounts - earnings from

continuing operations

Diluted earnings per share $0.85 $0.75 13%

Total average equivalent shares 10,441 10,644 (2)%

Basic earnings per share $0.86 $0.75 15%

Total average equivalent shares 10,403 10,599 (2)%

Per-share amounts - net earnings

Diluted earnings per share $0.88 $0.81 9%

Total average equivalent shares 10,441 10,644 (2)%

Basic earnings per share $0.88 $0.81 9%

Total average equivalent shares 10,403 10,599 (2)%

Dividends declared per share $0.50 $0.44 14%

Financial Services

GE (GECS)

---------------------- -------------------

Six months ended June 30 2006 2005 V% 2006 2005 V%

-------------------------- --------- -------- --- ------- ------- ---

Revenues

Sales of goods and

services $47,534 $43,241 $1,267 $1,338

GECS earnings from

continuing operations 4,770 3,891 - -

GECS revenues from

services - - 28,721 26,228

Other income 1,174 954 - -

--------- -------- ------- -------

Total revenues 53,478 48,086 11% 29,988 27,566 9%

--------- -------- ------- -------

Costs and expenses

Cost of sales, operating and

administrative expenses 42,095 37,636 12,748 12,596

Interest and other

financial charges 870 717 8,309 7,017

Investment contracts,

insurance losses and

insurance annuity benefits - - 1,636 1,716

Provision for losses on

financing receivables - - 1,718 1,860

Minority interest in net

earnings of consolidated

affiliates 349 435 124 71

--------- -------- ------- -------

Total costs and

expenses 43,314 38,788 12% 24,535 23,260 5%

--------- -------- ------- -------

Earnings from continuing

operations before income

taxes 10,164 9,298 9% 5,453 4,306 27%

Provision for income taxes (1,268) (1,362) (683) (415)

--------- -------- ------- -------

Earnings from continuing

operations 8,896 7,936 12% 4,770 3,891 23%

Earnings from discontinued

operations, net of taxes 261 676 261 676

--------- -------- ------- -------

Net earnings $9,157 $8,612 6% $5,031 $4,567 10%

========= ======== ======= =======

Per-share amounts -

earnings from continuing

operations

Diluted earnings per share

Total average equivalent

shares

Basic earnings per share

Total average equivalent

shares

Per-share amounts - net

earnings

Diluted earnings per share

Total average equivalent

shares

Basic earnings per share

Total average equivalent

shares

Dividends declared per

share

Dollar amounts and share amounts in millions; per-share amounts in

dollars; unaudited. Supplemental consolidating data are shown for "GE"

and "GECS." Transactions between GE and GECS have been eliminated from

the "consolidated" columns. See note 1 to the 2005 consolidated

financial statements at www.ge.com/annual05 for further information

about consolidation matters.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Summary of Operating Segments (unaudited)

Three Months Six Months

Ended June 30 Ended June 30

---------------------- ----------------------

(Dollars in millions) 2006 2005 V% 2006 2005 V%

---------------------- ----------------------

Revenues

Infrastructure $11,332 $10,221 11 $21,484 $19,595 10

Industrial 8,788 8,253 6 16,928 15,921 6

Healthcare 4,156 3,768 10 7,815 7,089 10

NBC Universal 3,858 3,858 - 8,340 7,459 12

Commercial Finance 5,527 4,929 12 11,011 10,001 10

Consumer Finance 5,268 4,928 7 10,358 9,617 8

----------------- -----------------

Total segment

revenues 38,929 35,957 8 75,936 69,682 9

Corporate items and

eliminations 971 582 67 1,785 1,207 48

----------------- -----------------

Consolidated revenues

from continuing

operations $39,900 $36,539 9 $77,721 $70,889 10

================= =================

Segment profit (a)

Infrastructure $2,107 $1,916 10 $3,810 $3,456 10

Industrial 729 635 15 1,329 1,161 14

Healthcare 795 672 18 1,291 1,081 19

NBC Universal 882 979 (10) 1,536 1,688 (9)

Commercial Finance 1,057 872 21 2,231 1,798 24

Consumer Finance 880 735 20 1,716 1,470 17

----------------- -----------------

Total segment profit 6,450 5,809 11 11,913 10,654 12

Corporate items and

eliminations (387) (314) (23) (879) (639) (38)

GE interest and other

financial charges (486) (336) (45) (870) (717) (21)

GE provision for income

taxes (723) (783) 8 (1,268) (1,362) 7

----------------- -----------------

Earnings from continuing

operations $4,854 $4,376 11 $8,896 $7,936 12

----------------- -----------------

Earnings (loss) from

discontinued operations,

net of taxes $(2) $271 U $261 $676 (61)

----------------- -----------------

Consolidated net earnings $4,852 $4,647 4 $9,157 $8,612 6

================= =================

(a) Segment profit always excludes the effects of principal pension

plans, results reported as discontinued operations and accounting

changes, and may exclude matters such as charges for

restructuring; rationalization and other similar expenses;

in-process research and development and certain other

acquisition-related charges and balances; technology and product

development costs; certain gains and losses from dispositions; and

litigation settlements or other charges, responsibility for which

preceded the current management team. Segment profit excludes or

includes interest and other financial charges and income taxes

according to how a particular segment's management is measured -

excluded in determining segment profit, which we refer to as

"operating profit," for Healthcare, NBC Universal, and the

industrial businesses of the Industrial and Infrastructure

segments; included in determining segment profit, which we refer

to as "net earnings," for Commercial Finance, Consumer Finance,

and the financial services businesses of the Industrial segment

(Equipment Services) and Infrastructure segment (Aviation

Financial Services, Energy Financial Services and Transportation

Finance).

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Summary of Operating Segments (unaudited)

Additional Information

Three Months Six Months

Ended June 30 Ended June 30

---------------------- ---------------------

(Dollars in millions) 2006 2005 V% 2006 2005 V%

---------------------- ---------------------

Infrastructure

Revenues $11,332 $10,221 11 $21,484 $19,595 10

================= =================

Segment profit $2,107 $1,916 10 $3,810 $3,456 10

================= =================

Revenues

Aviation $3,291 $2,971 11 $6,332 $5,561 14

Aviation Financial

Services 981 819 20 1,915 1,636 17

Energy 4,442 3,884 14 8,277 7,835 6

Energy Financial

Services 364 382 (5) 665 610 9

Oil & Gas 1,094 763 43 1,866 1,404 33

Transportation 1,002 892 12 2,025 1,648 23

Segment profit

Aviation $728 $690 6 $1,373 $1,217 13

Aviation Financial

Services 310 185 68 516 348 48

Energy 689 625 10 1,125 1,202 (6)

Energy Financial

Services 146 179 (18) 263 273 (4)

Oil & Gas 108 75 44 163 102 60

Transportation 165 101 63 369 183 F

Industrial

Revenues $8,788 $8,253 6 $16,928 $15,921 6

================= =================

Segment profit $729 $635 15 $1,329 $1,161 14

================= =================

Revenues

Consumer & Industrial $3,852 $3,576 8 $7,386 $6,837 8

Equipment Services 1,797 1,652 9 3,431 3,226 6

Plastics 1,684 1,640 3 3,328 3,288 1

Segment profit

Consumer & Industrial $318 $227 40 $538 $392 37

Equipment Services 60 36 67 76 46 65

Plastics 183 208 (12) 408 448 (9)

Commercial Finance

Revenues $5,527 $4,929 12 $11,011 $10,001 10

================= =================

Segment profit $1,057 $872 21 $2,231 $1,798 24

================= =================

Revenues

Capital Solutions $3,047 $2,856 7 $5,867 $5,745 2

Real Estate 1,047 744 41 2,122 1,642 29

Segment profit

Capital Solutions $433 $325 33 $772 $611 26

Real Estate 334 240 39 775 550 41

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Condensed Statement of Financial Position

(Dollars in billions)

Consolidated

--------------------

Assets 06/30/06 12/31/05

--------------------

Cash & marketable securities $56.1 $51.0

Receivables 12.0 14.9

Inventories 11.7 10.5

GECS financing receivables - net 303.9 287.6

Property, plant & equipment - net 71.0 67.5

Investment in GECS - -

Goodwill & intangible assets 85.6 81.6

Other assets 107.0 99.1

Assets of discontinued operations 15.1 61.1

--------- ---------

Total assets $662.4 $673.3

========= =========

Liabilities and equity

Borrowings $394.4 $370.4

Insurance reserves 34.5 33.1

Other liabilities & minority interest 109.7 110.9

Liabilities of discontinued operations 15.0 49.5

Shareowners' equity 108.8 109.4

--------- ---------

Total liabilities and equity $662.4 $673.3

========= =========

(Dollars in billions)

Financial Services

GE (GECS)

----------------- -------------------

Assets 06/30/06 12/31/05 06/30/06 12/31/05

-------- -------- --------- ---------

Cash & marketable securities $2.2 $2.5 $54.0 $48.8

Receivables 12.3 15.1 - -

Inventories 11.6 10.3 0.2 0.2

GECS financing receivables -

net - - 303.9 287.6

Property, plant & equipment -

net 16.7 16.5 54.3 51.0

Investment in GECS 48.6 50.8 - -

Goodwill & intangible assets 60.7 57.8 24.9 23.8

Other assets 36.6 36.8 75.9 68.1

Assets of discontinued

operations - - 15.1 61.1

-------- ------- --------- ---------

Total assets $188.7 $189.8 $528.3 $540.6

======== ======= ========= =========

Liabilities and equity

Borrowings $10.6 $10.2 $385.4 $362.1

Insurance reserves - - 34.9 33.4

Other liabilities & minority

interest 69.3 70.2 44.4 44.5

Liabilities of discontinued

operations - - 15.0 49.8

Shareowners' equity 108.8 109.4 48.6 50.8

-------- ------- --------- ---------

Total liabilities and equity $188.7 $189.8 $528.3 $540.6

======== ======= ========= =========

June 30, 2006 information is unaudited. Supplemental consolidating

data are shown for "GE" and "Financial Services (GECS)." Transactions

between GE and GECS have been eliminated from the "consolidated"

columns. See note 1 to the 2005 consolidated financial statements at

www.ge.com/annual05 for further information about consolidation

matters.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Financial Measures That Supplement GAAP

We sometimes use information derived from consolidated financial

information but not presented in our financial statements prepared in

accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Certain of these data are considered "non-GAAP financial measures"

under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Specifically,

we have referred to organic revenue growth for the three months ended

June 30, 2006, compared with the three months ended June 30, 2005, the

increase in cash from operating activities from our industrial

businesses (or Industrial CFOA) for the six months ended June 30,

2006, compared with the six months ended June 30, 2005 and return on

average total capital invested (ROTC), which is calculated using

average total shareowners' equity, excluding effects of discontinued

operations. The reasons we use these non-GAAP financial measures and

their reconciliation to their most directly comparable GAAP financial

measures follow.

(Dollars in millions)

Three months

ended June 30

----------------------

Organic Revenue Growth 2006 2005 V%

---------------------- -------- -------- ---

GE consolidated continuing revenues as reported $39,900 $36,539 9%

Less the effects of:

Acquisitions, business dispositions (other

than dispositions of businesses acquired for

investment) and currency exchange rates 679 329

GE consolidated revenues excluding the effects

of acquisitions, business dispositions (other

than dispositions of businesses acquired for

investment) and currency exchange rates -----------------

(organic revenues) $39,221 $36,210 8%

=================

Six months

ended June 30

----------------------

Growth in Industrial CFOA 2006 2005 V%

------------------------- -------- -------- ---

Cash from GE's operating activities as reported $14,323 $8,027 78%

Less: GECS dividends 7,590 1,839

-----------------

Cash from GE's operating activities excluding

dividends from GECS (Industrial CFOA) $6,733 $6,188 9%

=================

We believe that meaningful analysis of our financial performance

requires an understanding of the factors underlying that performance

and our judgments about the likelihood that particular factors will

repeat. In some cases, short-term patterns and long-term trends may be

obscured by large factors or events. For example, events or trends in

a particular segment may be so significant as to obscure patterns and

trends of our industrial or financial services businesses in total.

For this reason, we believe that investors may find it useful to see

our 2006 growth in revenues without the effects of acquisitions,

business dispositions and currency exchange rates. We also believe

that investors would find it useful to compare our operating cash flow

for the six months ended June 30, 2006, to the operating cash flow for

the six months ended June 30, 2005, without the effect of GECS

dividends, which can vary from period-to-period.

Three months

ended June 30

Average Total Shareowners' Equity, Excluding -------------------

Effects of Discontinued Operations (a) 2006 2005

-------------------------------------------- --------- ---------

Average total shareowners' equity (b) $110,196 $107,367

Less:

Cumulative effect of earnings from discontinued

operations (c) 761 3,344

Average net investment in discontinued

operations (d) 7,001 -

-------------------

Average total shareowners' equity, excluding

effect of discontinued operations (a) $102,434 $104,023

===================

(a) Used for computing return on average total capital invested

(ROTC). For GE, ROTC is earnings from continuing operations plus the

sum of after-tax interest and other financial charges and minority

interest, divided by the sum of the averages of total shareowners'

equity (excluding effects of discontinued operations), borrowings,

mandatorily redeemable preferred stock and minority interest (on a

twelve-month basis, calculated using a five-point average).

(b) On a twelve-month basis, calculated using a five-point average.

(c) Represented the average cumulative net earnings effect of

discontinued operations from 2001 through the first half of 2005 (on a

twelve-month basis, calculated using a five-point average).

(d) Represented the average net investment in discontinued operations

since the second half of 2005.

U.S. GAAP requires earnings of discontinued operations to be displayed

separately in the Statement of Earnings. Accordingly, the numerator

used in our calculation of return on average total capital invested

excludes those earnings (losses). Further we believe it is appropriate

to exclude from the average shareowners' equity component of the

denominator the cumulative effect of those earnings (losses) since

2000 (reclassifications for discontinued operations began in 2001), as

well as our average net investment in discontinued operations since

the second half of 2005. Had we disposed of these operations before

mid-2005, proceeds would have been applied to reduce parent-supported

debt at GE Capital; however since parent-supported debt at GE Capital

was retired in the first half of 2005, we have assumed that any

proceeds after that time would have been distributed to shareowners by

means of share repurchases, thus reducing average total shareowners'

equity.

Contacts

Media:

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Investor:
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Dan Janki, 203-373-2468


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