A Better Company Today, GE is a stronger company. Over the last five years, we have transformed the portfolio with over $80 billion of announced or completed acquisitions and more than $35 billion of dispositions. We have created a faster-growing, higher-returning set of businesses capable of delivering sustained performance. With these portfolio actions, we have grown revenues over 50%, increased earnings 64%, and converted 100% of earnings into cash, with almost $25 billion of cash fl ow in 2006. In addition, margins and returns are expanding and organic revenue growth is twice our historic rate. A BETTER COMPANY With the strength of our capabilities, people and portfolio, we are a better company today than ever and we are positioned to invest and deliver for our shareowners. ge 2006 annual report 11 A. High Growth + High Margin + Leadership • Healthcare • Infrastructure • Commercial Finance • GE Money • NBC Universal • Growth Platforms • High-Tech Industrial B. Low ROTC + Volatile • Insurance • Low-Growth Industrial B 2006 2001 A A B

Winning in the Future Perhaps the clearest view of GE’s growth potential lies in the trends shaping our collective future: the demand for infrastructure globally, growth of emerging markets, the economics of scarcity regarding natural resources, the ever-evolving opportunities of the digital age, the available liquidity in the global capital markets and the unstoppable demographics of healthcare. 12 ge 2006 annual report