IMPORTANT NOTICE

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH DISTRIBUTION IS UNLAWFUL.

IMPORTANT: You must read the following disclaimer before continuing. The following disclaimer applies to the attached offer to purchase (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”) and you are therefore advised to read this disclaimer page carefully before reading or making any other use of the Offer to Purchase. By accepting the email to which the Offer to Purchase was attached and by accessing the Offer to Purchase, you will be deemed to (in addition to giving the representations below) agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including any modifications to them from time to time, each time you receive any information from any Dealer Manager (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) or the Information and Tender Agent (as defined in the Offer to Purchase).

Confirmation of your representation: You have been sent the Offer to Purchase at your request and by accepting the email to which the Offer to Purchase was attached and by accessing the Offer to Purchase, you will be deemed to (in addition to agreeing to the above) have represented that:

(i) you are a holder or a beneficial owner of one or more of the following series of notes issued by General Electric Company (collectively, the “Securities”):

  • 4.500% Notes due 2044 (CUSIP: 369604BH5 / ISIN: US369604BH58)
  • 4.125% Notes due 2042 (CUSIP: 369604BF9 / ISIN: US369604BF92)
  • 3.375% Notes due 2024 (CUSIP: 369604BG7 / ISIN: US369604BG75)
  • 2.700% Notes due 2022 (CUSIP: 369604BD4 / ISIN: US369604BD45)
  • 2.125% Notes due 2037 (CUSIP: 369604BU6 / ISIN: XS1612543394)
  • 1.875% Notes due 2027 (CUSIP: 369604BL6 / ISIN: XS1238902057)
  • 1.500% Notes due 2029 (CUSIP: 369604BT9 / ISIN: XS1612543121)
  • 1.250% Notes due 2023 (CUSIP: 369604BK8 / ISIN: XS1238901166)
  • 0.875% Notes due 2025 (CUSIP: 369604BS1 / ISIN: XS1612542826)
  • 0.375% Notes due 2022 (CUSIP: 369604BR3 / ISIN: XS1612542669)

(ii) you are a person to whom it is lawful to send the attached Offer to Purchase or to make an invitation pursuant to the Tender Offers (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) under applicable laws and regulations;

(iii) you are not (a) a person that is, or is owned or controlled by a person that is, described or designated as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person” in the most current U.S. Treasury Department list of “Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons” or an entity included in the Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List (which can be found at: http://sdnsearch.ofac.treas.gov/ ); or (b) currently the target of or subject to, or in violation of, any sanctions under (x) the laws and regulations that have been officially published and are administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State), or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto; or (y) any equivalent sanctions or measures officially published and imposed by the European Union, any member state of the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, the United Nations or any other relevant sanctions authority, including sanctions imposed against certain states, organisations and individuals under the European Union’s Common Foreign & Security Policy; and

(iv) you consent to delivery of the Offer to Purchase by electronic transmission to you.

The Offer to Purchase has been sent to you in an electronic form. You are reminded that documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed during the process of transmission and consequently none of the Company (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), the Dealer Managers , the Information and Tender Agent, the trustees for any of the Securities or any person who controls, or any director, officer, employee, agent or affiliate of, any such person accepts any liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference between the Offer to Purchase distributed to you in electronic format and the hard copy version available to you on request from the Information and Tender Agent.

The Offer to Purchase has been sent to you on the basis that you may not nor are you authorized to deliver the Offer to Purchase to any other person or to reproduce the Offer to Purchase in any manner whatsoever.

The Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offers do not constitute an offer to purchase securities, and any instructions relating to the Tender Offers will not be accepted from, or on behalf of, holders of Securities in any jurisdiction in which, or to or from any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such offer under the laws or regulations of such jurisdiction, including applicable securities laws.  The Company is offering to purchase the Securities only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so.  See “Offer Restrictions” in the Offer to Purchase.

The communication of the Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offers is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended.  Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom.  The Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offers are directed only at persons outside the United Kingdom or persons in the United Kingdom who are (i) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within the definition of “investment professionals” in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (“Financial Promotion Order”); and (ii) creditors and members of the Company and other persons to whom such documents and materials may lawfully be communicated (all such persons in (i) and (ii) together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”).  In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which the Offer to Purchase relates will be available only to, and engaged in only with, Relevant Persons.  Any person in the United Kingdom who is not a Relevant Person should not act or rely on the Offer to Purchase or any of its contents.

In any jurisdictions where the securities or other laws require the Tender Offers to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and a Dealer Managers or, where the context so requires, an affiliate of a Dealer Manager, is a licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the Tender Offers shall be deemed to be made on behalf of the Company by such Dealer Manager or affiliate (as the case may be) in such jurisdiction.

The distribution of the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession the Offer to Purchase comes are required by the Company, each Dealer Manager and the Information and Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.

You are responsible for protecting against viruses and other destructive items. Your use of this electronic communication is at your own risk. It is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure that this electronic communication is free from viruses and other items of a destructive nature.