Company: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
CIK: 40545
SIC: 3600
Filing Date: 2015-02-27 00:00:00

ITEM 1 - BUSINESS
Item 1.
Business
19-22, 30-61, 68-69, 92-93, 105-106, 233

ITEM 1A - RISK FACTORS
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
112-117

ITEM 1B - UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
Not applicable

ITEM 2 - PROPERTIES
Item 2.
Properties

ITEM 3 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings
118-119

ITEM 4 - RESERVED
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable
Part II

ITEM 5 - MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
Item 5.
Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
26, 104

ITEM 6 - SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data

ITEM 7 - MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Item 7.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
23-102,120-123

ITEM 7A - QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
75-76, 107-111

ITEM 8 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
125-224

ITEM 9 - CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Not applicable

ITEM 9A - CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures

ITEM 9B - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 9B.
Other Information
77(a)
Part III

ITEM 10 - DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

ITEM 11 - EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Item 11.
Executive Compensation
(b)

ITEM 12 - SECURITY OWNERSHIP
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
(c), Note 16

ITEM 13 - CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
(d)

ITEM 14 - PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
(e)
Part IV

ITEM 15 - EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Item 15.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
226-230
Signatures
(a)
February 24, 2015 amendment of income maintenance agreement.
(b)
Incorporated by reference to "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," "Management Development and Compensation Committee Report," "Summary Compensation," "All Other Compensation," "Other Benefits," "Grants of Plan-Based Awards," "Outstanding Equity Awards," "Option Exercises and Stock Vested," "Pension Benefits," "Nonqualified Deferred Compensation," "Potential Payments Upon Termination at Fiscal Year-End" and "Director Compensation" in the 2015 Proxy Statement.
(c)
Incorporated by reference to "Stock Ownership Information" in the 2015 Proxy Statement.
(d)
Incorporated by reference to "Related Person Transactions" and "How We Assess Director Independence" in the 2015 Proxy Statement.
(e) Incorporated by reference to "Independent Auditor Information" in the 2015 Proxy Statement.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, and in the capacities indicated, thereunto duly authorized in the Town of Fairfield and State of Connecticut on the 27th day of February 2015.
General Electric Company
(Registrant)
By /s/ Jeffrey S. Bornstein
Jeffrey S. Bornstein
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signer
Title
Date
/s/ Jeffrey S. Bornstein
Principal Financial Officer
February 27, 2015
Jeffrey S. Bornstein
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Jan R. Hauser
Principal Accounting Officer
February 27, 2015
Jan R. Hauser
Vice President and Controller
/s/ Jeffrey R. Immelt
Jeffrey R. Immelt*
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Principal Executive Officer
February 27, 2015
W. Geoffrey Beattie*
John J. Brennan*
Director
Director
James I. Cash, Jr.*
Francisco D'Souza*
Marijn E. Dekkers*
Director
Director
Director
Ann M. Fudge*
Director
Susan Hockfield*
Director
Andrea Jung*
Director
Robert W. Lane*
Director
Rochelle B. Lazarus*
Director
James J. Mulva*
Director
James E. Rohr*
Director
Mary L. Schapiro*
Director
Robert J. Swieringa*
Director
James S. Tisch*
Director
Douglas A. Warner III*
Director
A majority of the Board of Directors
*By
/s/ Christoph A. Pereira
Christoph A. Pereira
Attorney-in-fact
February 27, 2015
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
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 financial condition, and often contain words such as "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "see," "will," "would," or "target." Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, such as statements about expected income; earnings per share; revenues; organic growth; margins; cost structure; restructuring charges; cash flows; return on capital; capital expenditures, capital allocation or capital structure; dividends; and the split between Industrial and GE Capital earnings.
For us, particular uncertainties that could cause our actual results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements include:

economic and financial conditions, including interest and exchange rate volatility, commodity and equity prices and the value of financial assets;

the impact of conditions in the financial and credit markets on the availability and cost of General Electric Capital Corporation's (GECC) funding, GECC's exposure to counterparties and our ability to reduce GECC's asset levels as planned;

the impact of conditions in the housing market and unemployment rates on the level of commercial and consumer credit defaults;

pending and future mortgage loan repurchase claims and other litigation claims in connection with WMC, which may affect our estimates of liability, including possible loss estimates;

our ability to maintain our current credit rating and the impact on our funding costs and competitive position if we do not do so;

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;

GECC's ability to pay dividends to GE at the planned level, which may be affected by GECC's cash flows and earnings, financial services regulation and oversight, and other factors;

our ability to convert pre-order commitments/wins into orders;

the price we realize on orders since commitments/wins are stated at list prices;

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;

the effectiveness of our risk management framework;

the impact of regulation and regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks, including the impact of financial services regulation and litigation;

adverse market conditions, timing of and ability to obtain required bank regulatory approvals, or other factors relating to us or Synchrony Financial that could prevent us from completing the Synchrony Financial split-off as planned;

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;

our success in completing, including obtaining regulatory approvals for, announced transactions, such as the proposed transactions and alliances with Alstom and sale of Appliances, and our ability to realize anticipated earnings and savings;

our success in integrating acquired businesses and operating joint ventures;

the impact of potential information technology or data security breaches; and

the other factors that are described in the Risk Factors section of this Form 10-K Report.
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. This document includes certain forward-looking projected financial information that is based on current estimates and forecasts. Actual results could differ materially.
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