Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 3, 2016
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General Electric Company
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New York
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3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, Connecticut
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06828-0001
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 373-2211
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Exhibit 31(a) – Certification Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended.
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Exhibit 31(b) – Certification Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended.
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Exhibit 32 – Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
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Exhibit 99(a) – Complete Revised Management's Discussion and Analysis and Consolidated Financial Statements from our quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated March 31, 2016 as modified solely to include new Note 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Financial statements in this exhibit are now our historical financial statements.
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Exhibit 101 – The following materials from General Electric Company's Report on Form 8-K dated June 3, 2016, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language); (i) Statement of Earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, (ii) Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, (iii) Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareowners' Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, (iv) Statement of Financial Position at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, (v) Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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obtaining (or the timing of obtaining) any required regulatory reviews or approvals or any other consents or approvals associated with our announced plan to reduce the size of our financial services businesses;
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our ability to complete incremental asset sales as part of that plan in a timely manner (or at all) and at the prices we have assumed;
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our ability to reduce costs as we execute that plan;
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changes in law, economic and financial conditions, including interest and exchange rate volatility, commodity and equity prices and the value of financial assets, including the impact of these conditions on our ability to sell or the value of incremental assets to be sold as part of our announced plan to reduce the size of our financial services businesses as well as other aspects of that plan;
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the impact of conditions in the financial and credit markets on the availability and cost of GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC's (GE Capital) funding, and GE Capital's exposure to counterparties;
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the impact of conditions in the housing market and unemployment rates on the level of commercial credit defaults;
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pending and future mortgage loan repurchase claims and other litigation claims and investigations in connection with WMC, which may affect our estimates of liability, including possible loss estimates;
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our ability to maintain our current credit rating and the impact on our funding costs and competitive position if we do not do so;
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the adequacy of our cash flows and earnings and other conditions which may affect our ability to pay our quarterly dividend at the planned level or to repurchase shares at planned levels;
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GE Capital's ability to pay dividends to GE at the planned level, which may be affected by GE Capital's cash flows and earnings, financial services regulation and oversight, and other factors;
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our ability to convert pre-order commitments/wins into orders/bookings;
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the price we realize on orders/bookings since commitments/wins are stated at list prices;
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customer actions or developments such as early aircraft retirements or reduced energy demand and other factors that may affect the level of demand and financial performance of the major industries and customers we serve;
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the effectiveness of our risk management framework;
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the impact of regulation and regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks, including the impact of financial services regulation and litigation;
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our capital allocation plans, as such plans may change including with respect to the timing and size of share repurchases, acquisitions, joint ventures, dispositions and other strategic actions;
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our success in completing, including obtaining regulatory approvals for, announced transactions, such as the Appliances disposition and our announced plan and transactions to reduce the size of our financial services businesses;
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our success in integrating acquired businesses and operating joint ventures;
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our ability to realize anticipated earnings and savings from announced transactions, acquired businesses and joint ventures;
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the impact of potential information technology or data security breaches; and
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the other factors that are described in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.
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General Electric Company
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Date: June 3, 2016
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/s/ Jan R. Hauser
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Jan R. Hauser
Vice President and Controller
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