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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif;">General
      Electric Company (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) today announced that it has signed a definitive
      agreement to sell its GE Plastics business to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
      (&#8220;SABIC&#8221;), a global petrochemicals manufacturer, in a deal valued at $11.6
      billion in cash plus assumption of liabilities.&#160;&#160;GE Plastics is a
      $6.645 billion global supplier of plastic resins widely used in automotive,
      healthcare, consumer electronics, transportation, performance packaging,
      building and construction, telecommunications, and optical media. It is
      headquartered in Pittsfield, MA. and employs 10,300 people in 60 locations
      worldwide.</font></div>
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      closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions, including the
      receipt of regulatory approvals, and is targeted for the third quarter of
      2007.&#160;&#160;The Company will receive net after-tax proceeds from the sale
      of approximately $9 billion.&#160;&#160;The Company intends to use the proceeds
      principally to re-launch its current stock buyback program, increasing the
      2007
      planned share repurchase from $6 billion to $7 to $8 billion. The sale will
      generate an approximate after-tax gain of $1.5 billion, which will be used
      to
      fund restructuring across GE&#8217;s businesses and the share
      repurchase.&#160;&#160;This Form 8-K shall be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for purposes of
      being incorporated by reference in the Company&#8217;s registration
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UNITED
      STATES
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)
May 21,
                2007
General
                Electric Company
(Exact
                name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New
                York
1-35
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):
¨
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                communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
                CFR
                230.425)
¨
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                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))
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                communications pursuant to Rule 13e4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.13e-4(c))
(1)
Item
      8.01.  Other Events.
General
      Electric Company (the "Company") today announced that it has signed a definitive
      agreement to sell its GE Plastics business to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
      ("SABIC"), a global petrochemicals manufacturer, in a deal valued at $11.6
      billion in cash plus assumption of liabilities.  GE Plastics is a
      $6.645 billion global supplier of plastic resins widely used in automotive,
      healthcare, consumer electronics, transportation, performance packaging,
      building and construction, telecommunications, and optical media. It is
      headquartered in Pittsfield, MA. and employs 10,300 people in 60 locations
      worldwide.
The
      closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions, including the
      receipt of regulatory approvals, and is targeted for the third quarter of
      2007.  The Company will receive net after-tax proceeds from the sale
      of approximately $9 billion.  The Company intends to use the proceeds
      principally to re-launch its current stock buyback program, increasing the
      2007
      planned share repurchase from $6 billion to $7 to $8 billion. The sale will
      generate an approximate after-tax gain of $1.5 billion, which will be used
      to
      fund restructuring across GE's businesses and the share
      repurchase.  This Form 8-K shall be deemed "filed" for purposes of
      being incorporated by reference in the Company's registration
      statements.
(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:
                May 21, 2007
/s/
Michael
                R. McAlevey
Michael
                R. McAlevey
Vice
                President and Chief Corporate, Securities & Finance
                Counsel
(3)