notes to consolidated financial statements Our Businesses A description of operating segments for General Electric Company and consolidated affiliates as of December 31, 2006, and the basis for presentation in this report, follows. Infrastructure Jet engines, replacement parts and repair and maintenance services for all categories of commercial aircraft for a wide variety of military aircraft, including fighters, bombers, tankers and helicopters for marine applications and for executive and regional aircraft. Products and services are sold worldwide to airframe manufacturers, airlines and government agencies. Transportation products and maintenance services, including diesel electric locomotives, transit propulsion equipment, motor- ized wheels for off-highway vehicles, gearing technology for wind turbines, drill motors, marine and stationary power generation, and railway signaling and offi ce systems. Financial products to airlines, aircraft operators, owners, lenders and investors, including leases, aircraft purchasing and trading, loans, engine/spare parts financing, pilot training, fl eet planning and financial advisory services. Power plant products and services, including design, installation, operation and maintenance services are sold into global markets. Gas, steam and aeroderivative turbines, generators, combined cycle systems, controls and related services, including total asset optimization solutions, equipment upgrades and long-term main- tenance service agreements, are sold to power generation and other industrial customers. Renewable energy solutions include wind turbines and hydro turbines, solar and geothermal technology. Advanced technology turbomachinery, principally compressors and turbines, and associated services (including pipeline inspection and integrity solutions) for applications across the oil and gas industry from the wellhead through distribution by pipeline. Water treatment services and equipment, including specialty chemical treatment programs, water purifi cation equipment, mobile treatment systems and desalination processes. Financial products to the global energy and water industries, including structured and common equity, debt, leasing, project finance, broad-based commercial finance and investments in operating leases. Commercial Finance Loans, leases and other financial services to customers, including manufacturers, distributors and end-users for a variety of equipment and major capital assets. These assets include industrial- related facilities and equipment commercial and residential real estate vehicles corporate aircraft and equipment used in many industries, including the construction, manufacturing, telecom- munications and healthcare industries. GE Money Private-label credit cards personal loans bank cards auto loans and leases mortgages corporate travel and purchasing cards debt consolidation home equity loans deposits and other savings products, and credit insurance on a global basis. Healthcare Medical imaging systems such as magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) scanners, X-ray, nuclear imaging and ultrasound, as well as diagnostic cardiology and patient monitoring devices related services, including equipment monitoring and repair, information technologies and customer productivity services. Diagnostic imaging agents used in medical scanning procedures, protein separations products including chromotography purifi ca- tion systems used in the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals, and high-throughput systems for applications in genomics, proteomics and bioassays. Products and services are sold worldwide to hospitals, medical facilities, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and to the life science research market. NBC Universal Principal businesses are the furnishing of U.S. network television services to 230 affiliated stations, production of television programs, the production and distribution of motion pictures, operation of 26 television broadcasting stations, operation of cable/satellite networks around the world, operation of theme parks, and investment and programming activities in multimedia and the Internet. Industrial Major appliances and related services for products such as refrigerators, freezers, electric and gas ranges, cooktops, dish- washers, clothes washers and dryers, microwave ovens, room air conditioners and residential water system products. These products are distributed to both retail outlets and direct to consumers, mainly for the replacement market, and to building contractors and distributors for new installations. Lighting products include a wide variety of lamps and lighting fi xtures. Electrical distribution and control equipment includes power delivery and control products such as transformers, meters and relays. Also included GE Supply, a network of electrical supply houses, until its sale in the third quarter of 2006. Products and services are sold in North America and in global markets under various GE and private- label brands. High-performance engineered plastics and structured products used in a variety of applications such as automotive parts, computer enclosures, telecommunications equipment and con- struction materials. Products also included silicones and high- purity quartzware until this business was sold in December 2006. Products and services are sold worldwide to a diverse customer base consisting mainly of manufacturers. Asset management services — rentals, leases, sales and remote tracking and monitoring services for commercial and transporta- tion equipment, including tractors, trailers, railroad rolling stock, modular space units, land and marine shipping containers. Measurement equipment (products and subsystems for sens- ing temperature, flow rates, humidity, pressure and detection of material defects). Security equipment and systems, including card access systems, video and sensor monitoring equipment, integrated facility monitoring systems and explosive detection systems. A broad range of automation hardware and software. Markets are extremely diverse. Products and services are sold to commercial and industrial end-users, including utilities original equipment manufacturers electrical distributors retail outlets airports railways and transit authorities. Increasingly, products and services are developed for and sold in global markets. 108 ge 2006 annual report

supplemental information Financial Measures that Supplement Generally Accepted Accounting Principles We sometimes use information derived from consolidated fi nan- cial information but not presented in our fi nancial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Certain of these data are considered “non- GAAP financial measures” under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Specifically, we have referred, in various sections of this Annual Report, to: • Organic revenue growth in 2006, 2005 and 2004 and the average for the two and three years ended December 31, 2006 • Organic revenue growth for Energy in 2006 • GE operating profit excluding pension costs for 2006, 2005 and 2004 • Growth in Industrial cash from operating activities (CFOA) in 2006 • Average total shareowners’ equity, excluding effects of discontinued operations • GE profit growth from 2001 to 2006, excluding the effect of non-cash pension • GE earnings from continuing operations before income taxes excluding GECS earnings from continuing operations and the corresponding effective tax rates, for the three years ended December 31, 2006 • Delinquency rates on certain financing receivables of the Commercial Finance and GE Money segments for 2006, 2005 and 2004 The reasons we use these non-GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to their most directly comparable GAAP fi nancial measures follow. Organic Revenue Growth (In millions) 2006 2005 % change GE consolidated revenues as reported $163,391 $147,956 Less the effects of Acquisitions, business dispositions (other than dispositions of businesses acquired for investment) and currency exchange rates 5,213 2,750 The 2006 Olympics broadcasts 684 — GECS commercial paper interest rate swap adjustment 197 540 GE consolidated revenues excluding the effects of acquisitions, business dispositions (other than dispositions of businesses acquired for investment), currency exchange rates, the 2006 Olympics broadcasts and the GECS commercial paper interest rate swap adjustment (organic revenues) $157,297 $144,666 9% (In millions) 2005 2004 % change GE consolidated revenues as reported $147,956 $134,291 Less the effects of Acquisitions, business dispositions (other than dispositions of businesses acquired for investment) and currency exchange rates 8,275 3,818 The 2004 Olympics broadcasts — 927 The May 2005 SFAS 133 correction — 503 GECS commercial paper interest rate swap adjustment 540 518 GE consolidated revenues excluding the effects of acquisitions, business dispositions (other than dispositions of businesses acquired for invest- ment), currency exchange rates, the 2004 Olympics broadcasts, the May 2005 SFAS 133 correction and the GECS commercial paper interest rate swap adjustment (organic revenues) $139,141 $128,525 8% Two-year average 8% (In millions) 2004 2003 % change GE consolidated revenues as reported Less the effects of Acquisitions, business dispositions (other than dispositions of businesses acquired for investment) and currency exchange rates Insurance Energy The May 2005 SFAS 133 correction GECS commercial paper interest rate swap adjustment GE consolidated revenues excluding the effects of acquisitions, business dispositions (other than dispositions of businesses acquired for investment), currency exchange rates, Insurance, Energy, the May 2005 SFAS 133 correction and the GECS commercial paper interest rate swap adjustment (organic revenues) $134,291 $113,421 19,219 1,262 4,002 4,466 17,348 19,082 503 454 518 535 $ 92,701 $ 87,622 6% Three-year average 8% ge 2006 annual report 109