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D.C. 20549</font></div>
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8-K</font></div>
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REPORT</font></div>
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      of Report (Date of earliest event reported)&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">July
      22, 2008</font></font></div>
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satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):</font></div>
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8.01 Other Events</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">On
July 22, 2008, General Electric Company (&#8220;GE&#8221;) and Mubadala Development Company
(&#8220;Mubadala&#8221;), headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, announced a framework agreement
on a global partnership encompassing a broad range of initiatives including
commercial finance, clean energy research and development, aviation, industry
and corporate learning.</font></div>
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agreement provides for shared capital commitments to new joint ventures and
investment funds.&#160;&#160;In addition, Mubadala also plans over time to
become a long-term GE shareholder. The expectation is that Mubadala will become
one of GE&#8217;s top ten institutional investors through the open market, as
conditions allow.&#160;&#160;The multi-faceted partnership will include
initiatives in the following areas:</font></div>
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      finance: Over the next 12 months, the two companies will establish a
      jointly owned global commercial financial services business headquartered
      in Abu Dhabi with best-in-class origination, funding and risk management
      capabilities. The two companies will each allocate $4 billion in equity
      for the venture over a three-year period. The new business initially will
      focus exclusively on investment opportunities generated through General
      Electric Capital Corporation<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8217;</font>s&#160;existing
      origination and servicing capacity, with targeted assets in excess of $40
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      energy and water R&amp;D: GE and Mubadala will establish a clean energy
      technology center located in Masdar City, the new carbon neutral,
      zero-waste city in Abu Dhabi. The center will be an extension of GE&#8217;s
      global research network and will house up to 100 technologists developing
      new sustainable energy, water and other environmental technologies. GE
      will now have five research centers around the globe. GE also will
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frm8k.htm
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
      of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
July
      22, 2008
General
      Electric Company
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New
      York
001-00035
14-0689340
(State
      or other jurisdiction
of
      incorporation)
(Commission
File
      Number)
(IRS
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
3135
      Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, Connecticut
06828-0001
(Address
      of principal executive offices)
(Zip
      Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code
(203)
      373-2211
(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last
  report.)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):
¨
Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
¨
Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)
¨
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      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
(1)
Item
8.01 Other Events
On
July 22, 2008, General Electric Company ("GE") and Mubadala Development Company
("Mubadala"), headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, announced a framework agreement
on a global partnership encompassing a broad range of initiatives including
commercial finance, clean energy research and development, aviation, industry
and corporate learning.
The
agreement provides for shared capital commitments to new joint ventures and
investment funds.  In addition, Mubadala also plans over time to
become a long-term GE shareholder. The expectation is that Mubadala will become
one of GE's top ten institutional investors through the open market, as
conditions allow.  The multi-faceted partnership will include
initiatives in the following areas:
·
Commercial
      finance: Over the next 12 months, the two companies will establish a
      jointly owned global commercial financial services business headquartered
      in Abu Dhabi with best-in-class origination, funding and risk management
      capabilities. The two companies will each allocate $4 billion in equity
      for the venture over a three-year period. The new business initially will
      focus exclusively on investment opportunities generated through General
      Electric Capital Corporation
'
s existing
      origination and servicing capacity, with targeted assets in excess of $40
      billion.
·
Clean
      energy and water R&D: GE and Mubadala will establish a clean energy
      technology center located in Masdar City, the new carbon neutral,
      zero-waste city in Abu Dhabi. The center will be an extension of GE's
      global research network and will house up to 100 technologists developing
      new sustainable energy, water and other environmental technologies. GE
      will now have five research centers around the globe. GE also will
      establish an ecomagination® center in the Masdar facility to market and
      showcase its ecomagination products. Ecomagination® is GE's business
      initiative that develops more energy-efficient and environmentally
      friendly products and services.
·
Investment
      funds: GE also intends to commit up to $50 million to Masdar's second
      Clean-Tech Fund, focused on multi-geography investments in the clean
      technology sector and companies that simultaneously reduce dependency on
      traditional energy sources and the environmental burden of energy
      production. In addition, Mubadala intends to invest up to $200 million to
      GE Industrial Investment Partners, a new partnership of select global
      investors that will focus on providing growth capital to companies in the
      healthcare, energy, and transportation
  industries.
·
Aviation
      and oil & gas: GE and Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies ("ADAT"),
      Mubadala's Middle Eastern aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)
      company, will explore expansion of their MRO capabilities to support the
      large and growing number of GE aircraft engines in service in the region.
      GE will widen the scope of its joint venture with ADAT, called Gulf
      Turbine Services, to include field service and repair capability for the
      oil & gas industry in the UAE.
·
Corporate
      learning: Also housed in the Masdar facility will be a new corporate
      learning program. GE will manage the curriculum, courses and instructors,
      which will come from its "Crotonville" executive education program. This
      center will host the region's business leaders and GE executives for
      training. It is expected to launch by the first quarter of
      2009.
Implementation
of the framework agreement is subject to negotiation of definitive documents and
receipt of required regulatory approvals.
(2)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
General
      Electric Company
(Registrant)
Date:
      July 22, 2008
/s/
      Jamie S. Miller
Jamie
      S. Miller
Vice
      President and Controller
(3)