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 19, 2005, the following GE insider transaction became
effective:

An Executive Officer, John Krenicki, switched investment media in his account
with GE's 401(k) employee benefit plan. Pursuant to this intra-plan transfer on
August 19, 2005 he acquired 32,880 shares of GE common stock in his employee
benefit plan account at a price of $33.95 per share.

A Form 4 disclosing the transaction described above was filed with the SEC on
August 23, 2005.

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