General Electric

                                          Date of disclosure20 January 2004..

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) AND 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS 
AND MERGERS

Date of dealing 20 January 2004.

Dealing in General Electric Company .(name of company)

(1)  Class of securities (eg ordinary shares) Common Stock, par value $0.06


(2)Amount bought           Amount sold             Price per unit

  25,000 shares                                           $33.34


(3)  Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled
     (and percentage of  class) NA - shares added to treasury stock and cannot
     be voted (       %)

(4)  Party making disclosure ...General Electric Company -- offeror...

(5)  EITHER      (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1) General Electric Company
     OR          (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund 
                     management organisation
     ...

(6)  Reason for disclosure (Note 2)
     (a) associate of   (i)  offeror (Note 3)                                NO
                        (ii) offeree company                                 NO

     Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf) .

     If category (8), explain .
     (b) Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more 
         of the class of relevant securities dealt in)                       NO

Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above /s/ Robert E Healing

(Also print name of signatory) Robert E. Healing, Associate Corporate Secretary

Telephone and extension number 203-373-2243

Note 1. Specify owner, not nominee or vehicle company. If relevant,
also identify controller of owner, eg where an owner normally acts on
instructions of a controller.

Note 2. Disclosure might be made for more than one reason; if so,
state all reasons.

Note 3. Specify which offeror if there is more than one.

Note 4. When an arrangement exists with any offeror, with the offeree
company or with an associate of any offeror or of the offeree company
in relation to relevant securities, details of such arrangement must
be disclosed, as required by Note 6 on Rule 8.

Note 5. It may be necessary, particularly when disclosing derivative
transactions, to append a sheet to this disclosure form so that all
relevant information can be given.

Note 6. In the case of an average price bargain, each underlying trade
should be disclosed.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code.
If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring
Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail:monitoring@disclosure.org.uk

DEFINITION OF ASSOCIATE

It is not practicable to define associate in terms which would cover
all the different relationships which may exist in an offer. The term
associate is intended to cover all persons (whether or not acting in
concert) who directly or indirectly own or deal in the shares of an
offeror or the offeree company in an offer and who have (in addition
to their normal interests as shareholders) an interest or potential
interest, whether commercial, financial or personal, in the outcome of
the offer.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the term
associate will normally include the following:--

(1) an offeror's or the offeree company's parent, subsidiaries and
fellow subsidiaries, and their associated companies, and companies of
which such companies are associated companies (for this purpose
ownership or control of 20% or more of the equity share capital of a
company is regarded as the test of associated company status);

(2) banks and financial and other professional advisers (including
stockbrokers)* to an offeror, the offeree company or any company
covered in (1), including persons controlling#, controlled by or under
the same control as such banks, financial and other professional
advisers;

(3) the directors (together with their close relatives and related
trusts) of an offeror, the offeree company or any company covered in
(1);

(4) the pension funds of an offeror, the offeree company or any
company covered in (1);

(5) any investment company, unit trust or other person whose
investments an associate manages on a discretionary basis, in respect
of the relevant investment accounts;

(6) a person who owns or controls 5% or more of any class of relevant
securities (as defined in paragraphs (a) to (d) in Note 2 on Rule 8)
issued by an offeror or an offeree company, including a person who as
a result of any transaction owns or controls 5% or more. When two or
more persons act pursuant to an agreement or understanding (formal or
informal) to acquire or control such securities, they will be deemed
to be a single person for the purpose of this paragraph. Such
securities managed on a discretionary basis by an investment
management group will, unless otherwise agreed by the Panel, also be
deemed to be those of a single person (see Note 8 on Rule 8); and

(7) a company having a material trading arrangement with an offeror or
the offeree company.

Paragraphs (1)-(7) are typical cases. Paragraph (8) below is a
category to cover associate status not within (1)-(7).

(8) Other.

Notes

* References to a "bank" do not apply to a bank whose sole
relationship with a party to an offer is the provision of normal
commercial banking services or such activities in connection with the
offer as confirming that cash is available, handling acceptances and
other registration work.

References to "financial and other professional advisers (including
stockbrokers)", in relation to a party to an offer, do not include an
organisation which has stood down, because of a conflict of interest
or otherwise, from acting for that party in connection with the offer.
If the organisation is to have a continuing involvement with that
party during the offer, the Panel must be consulted. Unless the Panel
is satisfied that the involvement is entirely unconnected with the
offer, the above exclusion will not normally apply.

# The normal test for whether a person is controlled by, controls or
is under the same control as another person will be by reference to
the definition of control contained in the Code. There may be other
circumstances which the Panel will regard as giving rise to such a
relationship (eg where a majority of the equity share capital is owned
by another person who does not have a majority of the voting rights);
in cases of doubt, the Panel should be consulted.