Director/PDMR Shareholding

General Electric Company
16 February 2006






FORM 4             UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                       OMB APPROVAL

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Instruction 1(b).    STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                                
                Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of      
             1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935             
                     or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940                 
  

(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting       2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading   5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
Person *                               Symbol                                 to Issuer

FITZSIMONS SHANE                      GENERAL ELECTRIC CO (GE)               (Check all applicable)

   (Last)      (First)      (Middle)   3. Date of Earliest Transaction        _____ Director      _____ 10% Owner
                                       (Month/Day/Year)                       __X__ Officer       _____ Other
                                        02/13/2006                           (give title below)  (specify below)
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY                                                                Vice President
3135 EASTON TURNPIKE
               
(Street)                               4. If Amendment, Date Original         6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                       Filed (Month/Day/Year)                 (Check Applicable Line)
FAIRFIELD     CT     06828                                                    X__ Form filed by One Reporting Person
                                                                              ___ Form filed by More than One
                                                                              Reporting Person
(City)      (State)       (Zip)     



                    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     02/13/2006                M         5,000    A   $0      6,749            D     
Common Stock     02/13/2006                F         1,573    D   $33.2   5,176            D     
Common Stock                                                              1,785            I           By 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 of  Indirect
Security   Exercise (Month/  any       (Instr. tive     Expira-      of              tive     tive     Deriva-  Benefi-
(Instr. 3) Price of Day/     (Month/   8)      Securi-  tion         Underlying      Security Securi-  tive     cial 
           Deriva-  Year)    Day               ties     Date         Securities      (Instr.  ties    Security: Owner-
           tive              /Year)            Acquired (Month/      (Instr. 3       5)       Benefi-  Direct   ship
           Security                            (A) or   Day          and 4)                   cially   (D) or   (Instr.
                                               Disposed /Year)                                Owned    Indirect  4)  
                                               of (D)                                         Follow-  (I)
                                               (Instr.                                        ing      (Instr.
                                               3, 4                                           Reported  4)
                                               and 5)                                         Transa-
                                                                                              ction(s)
                                                                                              Instr.4)

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


Re-       (1)   02/13/2006             M       5,000   02/12/   02/12/ Common  5,000    $0    10,000    D
stricted                                               2006    2006    Stock  
Stock 
Units 




Explanation of Responses:

1. Security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis

Remarks:
                                                                       Eliza W. Fraser on       02/15/2006
                                                                       behalf of Shane
                                                                       Fitzsimons
                                                                       ** Signature of          Date
                                                                       Reporting Person

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