Director/PDMR Shareholding

GENERAL ELECTRIC
                  

     Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging
            Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons

Please accept this notification by General Electric Company ('GE') as required
by DR 3.1.4R(1) of the UK Disclosure Rules.

Effective July 25, 2005 the following GE insider transactions became effective:

1) An Executive Officer, John G. Rice exercised 22,000 options. The securities
were converted on a 1-for-1 basis at a price of $10.65 per option. A same day
sale of 13,305 GE common shares in the open market at a price of $35.13 took
place in order to cover the exercise costs and taxes incurred. 2) The following

2) Executive Officers had a portion of a Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) grant
lapse. The RSUs convert on a 1-1 basis. A fraction of the converted common
shares are withheld in order to pay for taxes incurred.

--  Shane Fitzsimons had 2,500 RSUs lapse and 787 common shares withheld for tax
    purposes.

--  Ronald R. Pressman had 25,000 RSUs lapse and 11,613 common shares withheld
    for tax purposes.

Effective July 26, 2005 the following GE insider transaction became effective:

3) An Executive Officer, David L. Calhoun exercised 45,000 options. The
securities were converted on a 1-for-1 basis at a price of $10.65 per option. A
same day sale of 27,730 GE common shares in the open market at a price of $34.90
took place in order to cover the exercise costs and taxes incurred.

Forms 4 disclosing the transactions described in paragraphs 1-3 were filed with
the SEC on July 27, 2005.

Submitted on behalf of GE by Eliza W. Fraser, Associate Corporate Counsel, Tel:
203-373-2442