Director/PDMR Shareholding

General Electric Company
15 March 2006


SEC Form 4
FORM 4                   UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                       OMB APPROVAL
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                            STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                                           2008
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading      5. Relationship of Reporting Person
NEAL MICHAEL A                            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
                                          03/14/2006                                      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 Security   2.          2A.       3.          4. Securities         5. Amount of 6.        7.  Nature
   (Instr. 3)          Transaction Deemed    Transaction Acquired (A) or       Securities   Ownership of
                       Date (Month Execution Code        Disposed Of (D)       Beneficially Form:     Indirect
                       /Day/Year)  Date, if  (Instr. 8)  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)   Owned        Direct    Beneficial
                                   any                                         Following    (D) or    Ownership
                                   (Month/                                     Reported     Indirect  (Instr. 4)
                                   Day/Year)                                   Transaction  (I)
                                                                                            (s) (Instr.  (Instr.
                                                                                            3 and 4)     4)
                                             Code   V    Amount   (A)  Price
                                                                  or
                                                                  (D)
                                                                        
Common Stock          03/14/2006              M          18,000    A    $0        309,736       D
Common Stock          03/14/2006              F           7,461    D    $33.66    302,275       D
Common Stock                                                                        3,478       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
                                                                               

Restricted  (1)    03/14/2006          M          18,000  03/14/  03/14/  Common  18,000  $0   36,000   D
Stock                                                     2006    2006    Stock
Units


Explanation of Responses:
1. 1-for-1
Remarks:
                                                                       Eliza W. Fraser on       03/15/2006
                                                                       behalf of Michael A.
                                                                       Neal
                                                                       ** Signature of          Date

                                                                       Reporting Person
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