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 August 15, 2005, the following GE insider transactions became
effective:

An Executive Officer, David L. Calhoun sold 110,000 GE shares in the open market
in the following lots:

a. 10,000 shares at $34.09

b. 37,000 shares at $34.10

c. 20,000 shares at $34.11

d. 10,000 shares at $34.12

e. 8,000 shares at $34.13

f. 7,000 shares at $34.14

g. 11,000 shares at $34.15

h. 7,000 shares at $34.16

A Form 4 disclosing the transaction described above was filed with the SEC on
August 16, 2005.

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