Director/PDMR Shareholding

General Electric Company
02 August 2006

SEC Form 4

FORM 4                   UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                       OMB APPROVAL
                                   Washington, D.C. 20549                                       OMB Number:   3235-0287
                                                                                                Expires: January 31,2008
                         STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                                              
                                                                                                Estimated average
                         Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of      burden
                         1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935  hours per           0.5
                         or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940                 response

  Check this box if no
  longer subject to
  Section 16. Form 4 or
  Form 5 obligations may
  continue. See
  Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading    5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
NEAL MICHAEL A                               Symbol                                  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
----------------------------------------  07/29/2006                                      below)            below)

(Street)                                                                                     Vice Chairman

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    07/29/2006              M           15,000   A   $0      317,275         D
Common Stock    07/29/2006              F           6,218    D   $32.89  311,057         D
Common Stock                                                               3,504         I             401(k)
                                                                                                       plan


                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
Restricted
Stock                                                                     Common
Units       (1)      07/29/2006        M           15,000  07/29/ 07/29/  Stock  15,000  $0   30,000      D
                                                           2006   2006




Explanation of Responses:
1. 1-for-1


Remarks:
                                                                       Eliza W. Fraser on        08/01/2006
                                                                       behalf of Michael A. Neal 

                                                                       **Signature of       
                                                                       Reporting Person          Date

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