Summary of GENERAL ELECTRIC CO

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K contains documents formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) with information from General Electric Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 18, 2009. The information includes the (i) Statement of Earnings for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, (ii) Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareowners' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, (iii) Statement of Financial Position at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and (iv) Statement of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.

Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial information contained in the XBRL-Related Documents is unaudited and these are not the financial statements of General Electric Company as filed with the SEC. The purpose of submitting these XBRL-Related Documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should not rely on the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, in making investment decisions.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits The following exhibits are furnished herewith:

Exhibit Description Exhibit 100 The following materials from General Electric Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on February 18, 2009, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Statement of Earnings for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
(ii) Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareowners' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, (iii) Statement of Financial Position at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and (iv) Statement of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.

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