operating management Industrial Lloyd G. Trotter Vice Chairman, GE and President & Chief Executive Officer, GE Industrial Charlene T. Begley President & Chief Executive Officer, Plastics Gregory A. Adams Vice President, Automotive Charles E. Crew, Jr. Vice President, Global Ventures Brian T. Gladden Vice President, Lexan & Global Product Companies Gary W. Pritchard Vice President & General Manager, Manufacturing Alan M. S. Leung Vice President, Pacific Heiner Markhoff Vice President, Europe Timothy J. O’Brien Vice President, Americas James P. Campbell President & Chief Executive Officer, Consumer & Industrial Raymond M. Burse Vice President & General Counsel John D. Fish Vice President, Consumer Supply Chain Gregory L. Levinsky Vice President & Chief Information Officer Nancy S. Loewe Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Kevin F. Nolan Vice President, Technology Lynn S. Pendergrass President & Chief Executive Officer, Americas Michael B. Petras, Jr. Vice President, Electrical Distribution & Lighting Sales Lorenzo Simonelli President & Chief Executive Officer, Europe Darryl L. Wilson President & Chief Executive Officer, Asia Michael J. Harsh Vice President, Technology A. Louis Parker President & Chief Executive Officer, Security Gregory Burge Vice President & General Manager, Americas Commercial Dennis C. Cooke Vice President & General Manager, Homeland Protection M. Roger Gasaway Vice President, Global Supply Chain Daniel L. Smytka Vice President & General Manager, Global Product Management Caroline A. Reda President & Chief Executive Officer, Sensing & Inspection Technologies Deborah M. Reif President & Chief Executive Officer, Equipment Services Dennis M. Murray Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Joseph Ruocco Vice President, Human Resources Stephen J. Sedita, Jr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Maryrose T. Sylvester President & Chief Executive Officer, GE Fanuc Theodore H. Torbeck Vice President, Operational Improvement Infrastructure John G. Rice Vice Chairman, GE and President & Chief Executive Officer, GE Infrastructure Lorraine A. Bolsinger Vice President, Ecomagination John M. Dineen President & Chief Executive Officer, Transportation Steven J. Gray Vice President, Global Technology David B. Tucker Vice President, Global Sales Scott C. Donnelly President & Chief Executive Officer, Aviation Thomas E. Cooper Vice President, Washington Operations Herbert D. Depp Vice President, Boeing Engine Programs Scott A. Ernest Vice President & General Manager, Supply Chain David L. Joyce Vice President & General Manager, Commercial Engines Roger N. Seager Vice President, Sales Paul McElhinney Vice President, Legal Operations Bradley D. Mottier Vice President, Engine Services William A. Fitzgerald Vice President, Global Operations Jeanne M. Rosario Vice President, Engineering John F. Ryan Vice President, Human Resources Russell F. Sparks Vice President, Military Engines Brian J. West Vice President & Chief Financial Officer John J. Falconi Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Jeff R. Garwood President & Chief Executive Officer, Water & Process Technologies Jeffrey W. Connelly Vice President, Supply Chain Steven M. Fludder Vice President, Sales Glen A. Messina Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Henry A. Hubschman President & Chief Executive Officer, Aviation Services Norman Liu Vice President, Commercial Operations John Krenicki, Jr. President & Chief Executive Officer, Energy Lawrence K. Blystone Vice President, Global Supply Chain Stephen R. Bolze Vice President, Power Generation Victor R. Abate Vice President, Renewables Sharon R. Daley Vice President, Human Resources Daniel C. Heintzelman Vice President, Energy Services Candace F. Carson Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Michael J. Kalmes Vice President, Energy Services Sales Happy R. Perkins Vice President & General Counsel Thomas P. Saddlemire Vice President & Chief Financial Officer John M. Seral Vice President & Chief Information Officer Richard L. Stanley Vice President, Engineering James N. Suciu Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing Chi H. Choi Vice President & Region Executive, Energy Sales — Asia Andrew C. White Vice President, Nuclear Energy John C. Loomis Vice President, Human Resources Kenneth V. Meyer Vice President, Business Practices and Processes Claudi Santiago President & Chief Executive Officer, Oil & Gas Jeffrey A. Nagel Vice President, Global Services David E. Tucker Vice President, Integration Vetco Gray Anders E. Solem Vice President, China Alex Urquhart President & Chief Executive Officer, Energy Financial Services NBC Universal Jeffrey A. Zucker President & Chief Executive Officer, NBC Universal, Inc. Lynn A. Calpeter Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Bruce L. Campbell Executive Vice President, Business Development Stephen Capus President, NBC News Marc A. Chini Executive Vice President, Human Resources Elizabeth J. Comstock President, Digital Media & Market Development Michael Pilot President, NBCU Ad Sales Richard Cotton Executive Vice President & General Counsel Dick Ebersol Chairman, NBCU Sports & Olympics John W. Eck President, NBCU Media Works Jeffrey M. Gaspin President, NBCU Cable Entertainment, Distribution & Emerging Networks Marc Graboff President, NBCU Television, West Coast Angela Bromstad President, NBCU Television Studio John Miller Chief Marketing Officer, NBCU Television Group & President NBC Agency Kevin P. Reilly President, NBC Entertainment Mark Hoffman President, CNBC James W. Ireland III President, NBC Stations & Telemundo Donald Browne President, Telemundo Ronald Meyer President & Chief Operating Officer, Universal Studios David Linde Co-Chairman, Universal Pictures Marc Shmuger Chairman, Universal Pictures Thomas L. Williams Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Universal Parks & Resorts Cory G. Shields Executive Vice President, Communications Pete Smith President, NBCU International ge 2006 annual report 115

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For us, particular uncertainties that could adversely or positively affect our future results include: the behavior of financial markets, including fl uctuations in interest and exchange rates and commodity and equity prices the commercial and consumer credit environment the impact of regulation and regulatory and legal actions strategic actions, including acquisitions and dispositions future integration of acquired businesses future financial performance of major indus- tries which we serve, including, without limitation, the air and rail transportation, energy generation, media, real estate and healthcare industries and numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business and competitive nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. 116 ge 2006 annual report