Director/PDMR Shareholding

General Electric Company
19 April 2006

SEC Form 4

FORM 4                   UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                       OMB APPROVAL
                         Washington, D.C. 20549                                                 OMB Number:   3235-0287
                                                                                                Expires:    January 31,
                         STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                                              2008
                                                                                                Estimated average
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                         or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940                 response

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading      5. Relationship of Reporting Person

FITZSIMONS SHANE                          Symbol                                    (s) to Issuer

----------------------------------------  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO ( GE )                (Check all applicable)

(Last)        (First)       (Middle)                                                      Director          10% Owner

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY                  3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/   X     Officer           Other
3135 EASTON TURNPIKE                      Day/Year)                                       (give title       (specify

----------------------------------------  04/19/2006                                      below)            below)

(Street)                                                                            Vice President

FAIRFIELD     CT            06828         4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed   6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
----------------------------------------  (Month/Day/Year)                          (Check Applicable Line)

(City)        (State)       (Zip)                                                   X     Form filed by One Reporting
                                                                                          Person
                                                                                          Form filed by More than One
                                                                                          Reporting Person

                      Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of        2.          2A.       3.          4. Securities      5. Amount of    6. Ownership    7. Nature of
Security          Transaction Deemed    Transaction Acquired (A) or    Securities      Form: Direct    Indirect
(Instr. 3)        Date (Month Execution Code        Disposed of (D)    Beneficially    (D) or Indirect Beneficial
                  /Day/Year)  Date, if  (Instr. 8)  (Instr. 3, 4 and   Owned Following (I)             Ownership
                              any                   5)                 Reported        (Instr. 4)      (Instr. 4)
                              (Month/    Code   V   Amount  (A) Price  Transaction(s)
                              Day/Year)                     or         (Instr. 3 and
                                                            (D)        4)

Common Stock      04/19/2006             M          1,500    A  $13.48  6,676             D
Common Stock      04/19/2006             S          1,500    D  $33.96  5,176             D
Common Stock                                                            1,785             I              401(k)

                                     Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
                                             (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)


1.         2.       3.       3A.       4.      5.       6. Date      7.              8.       9.       10.      11. 
Title      Conver-  Transa-  Deemed    Transa- Number   Exercis-     Title           Price    Number   Owner-   Nature
of         sion     ction    Execution ction   of       able         and             of       of       ship     of
Derivative or       Date     Date, if  Code    Deriva-  and          Amount          Deriva-  Deriva-  Form:    Indirect
Security   Exercise (Month/  any       (Instr. tive     Expira-      of              tive     tive     Direct   Benefi-
(Instr. 3) Price of Day/     (Month/   8)      Securi-  tion         Underlying      Security Securi-  (D) or   cial 
           Deriva-  Year)    Day               ties     Date         Securities      (Instr.  ties     Indirect Owner-
           tive              /Year)            Acquired (Month/      (Instr. 3       5)       Benefi-  (I)      ship
           Security                            (A) or   Day          and 4)                   cially   (Instr.  (Instr.
                                               Disposed /Year)                                Owned     4)      4)  
                                               of (D)                                         Follow-  
                                               (Instr.                                        ing      
                                               3, 4                                           Reported  
                                               and 5)                                         Transa-
                                                                                              ction(s)
                                                                                              Instr.4)

                                      Code  V  (A) (D) Date    Expir- Title    Amount
                                                       Exerci- ation           or
                                                       sable   Date            Number                 
                                                                               of
                                                                               Shares

Employee  $13.48   04/19/2006         M          1,500 07/16/  07/16/ Common   1,500   $0        0       D
Stock                                                  1999    2006   Stock
Option
(right to
buy)

Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
                                                                       Eliza W. Fraser on       04/19/2006
                                                                       behalf of Shane
                                                                       Fitzsimons
                                                                       ** Signature of          Date
                                                                       Reporting Person

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