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1 NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY To Tender the 5.500% Fixed to Floating Rate EUR Subordinated Debentures due 2067 (ISINs: XS / XS ) 6.500% Fixed to Floating Rate GBP Subordinated Debentures due 2067 (ISINs: XS / XS ) 6.375% Fixed to Floating Rate USD Subordinated Debentures due 2067 (CUSIP No.: 36962G3M4, ISIN: US36962G3M40) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 5.500% Fixed to Floating Rate EUR Trust Securities due 2067 (ISINs: XS / XS ) GE CAPITAL TRUST II, 6.500% Fixed to Floating Rate GBP Trust Securities due 2067 (ISINs: XS / XS ) GE CAPITAL TRUST III and 6.375% Fixed to Floating Rate USD Trust Securities due 2067 (CUSIP No.: 36830GAA2, ISIN: US36830GAA22) GE CAPITAL TRUST I Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated January 26, 2016 The Tender Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on February 2, 2016 unless extended by the Offeror (as defined herein) (such time and date, as the same may be extended, the Expiration Time ). Registered or beneficial holder Securities (each a Holder ) must validly tender and not validly withdraw their Securities prior to the Expiration Time to be eligible to receive the Consideration (as defined herein). Tendered Securities may be withdrawn at any time before the earlier (a) the Expiration Time, or (b) if the Tender Offer is extended, the 10 th business day after commencement the Tender Offer. As set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated January 26, 2016 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer to Purchase ) issued by General Electric Company, a New York corporation ( GE or Offeror ), under the caption Principal Terms the Tender Offer Procedures for Tendering Securities, this Notice Guaranteed Delivery (the Notice Guaranteed Delivery and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the Offer Documents ), or one substantially in the form here, must be used to tender the 5.500% Fixed to Floating Rate EUR Subordinated Debentures due 2067, 6.500% Fixed to Floating Rate GBP Subordinated Debentures due 2067 and 6.375% Fixed to Floating Rate USD Subordinated Debentures due 2067 GE and the corresponding 5.500% Fixed to Floating Rate EUR Trust Securities due 2067, 6.500% Fixed to Floating Rate GBP Trust Securities due 2067 and 6.375% Fixed to Floating Rate USD Trust Securities due 2067 the applicable GE Capital Trust (the Securities ), pursuant to the Tender Offer, if (a) time will not permit such Securities to be tendered prior to the Expiration Time or (b) in the case a tender through DTC, such Holder cannot complete the procedures for bookentry transfer prior to the Expiration Time. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Offer to Purchase.

2 This Notice Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by manually signed facsimile or transmission, mail or hand delivery to the applicable Tender Agent as set forth below, but in any case it must be delivered to the applicable Tender Agent prior to the Expiration Time. 2

3 By Mail, Hand, and Overnight Courier: 48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor New York, NY United States By Mail, Hand, and Overnight Courier: Tankerton Works, 12 Argyle Walk London WC1H 8HA United Kingdom The Tender Agents for the Tender Offer are: D.F. King & Co., Inc. (in relation to the USD-denominated Securities) Lucid Issuer Services Ltd. (in relation to the EUR- and GBP-denominated Securities) Telephone, Facsimile and Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) Toll Free: +1 (800) Facsimile: +1 (212) Telephone, Facsimile and Toll: +44 (0) Attention: Yves Theis / Sunjeeve Patel Facsimile: +44 (0) ge@lucid-is.com Delivery this Notice Guaranteed Delivery to an address, or transmission instructions via facsimile or transmission, other than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery. This form is not to be used to guarantee signatures. 3

4 Ladies and Gentlemen: On the terms and subject to the conditions the Offer Documents, the undersigned hereby tenders to General Electric Company the principal or liquidation amount Securities indicated herein, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described herein and in the Offer to Purchase under the caption Principal Terms the Tender Offer Procedures for Tendering Securities Guaranteed Delivery. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender such Securities. The undersigned understands Securities may be tendered and guarantees may be delivered only in principal or liquidation amounts equal to the minimum authorized denomination and the integral multiple in excess the minimum authorized denomination set forth in the Offer to Purchase for the respective series Securities. Alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will not be considered valid. The undersigned understands that tenders Securities pursuant to the Tender Offer may not be withdrawn after the earlier (a) the Expiration Time, or (b) if the Tender Offer is extended, the 10 th business day after the commencement the Tender Offer. If any Offer is terminated or withdrawn, Securities tendered pursuant to such Offer will be credited to the account maintained at The Depository Trust Company ( DTC ), Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. ( Euroclear ) or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme ( Clearstream ) from which such Securities were delivered. The undersigned understands that payment for Securities tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Tender Offer will be made only after receipt by the relevant clearing system, no later than the close business, New York City time, on the second business day after the Expiration Time, a properly transmitted Agent s Message together with confirmation book-entry transfer such Securities, or a properly transmitted Electronic Acceptance Instruction, as applicable. The Eligible Institution, in the case a tender through DTC, or the Euroclear or Clearstream participant, in the case a tender through Euroclear or Clearstream, that completes this Notice Guaranteed Delivery must deliver a physical copy this Notice Guaranteed Delivery to the applicable Tender Agent and must deliver the Agent s Message together with confirmation book-entry transfer there, or an Electronic Acceptance Instruction, as applicable, to the applicable Tender Agent within the time period stated above. Failure to do so will result in an invalid tender the related Securities and could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution or such Euroclear or Clearstream participant, as the case may be. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred by this Notice Guaranteed Delivery shall survive the death or incapacity the undersigned and every obligation the undersigned under this Notice Guaranteed Delivery shall be binding on the heirs, personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, trustees in bankruptcy and other legal representatives the undersigned. 4

5 PLEASE SIGN AND COMPLETE This Notice Guaranteed Delivery must be signed by the DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream participant, as applicable, tendering Securities on behalf the Holder(s) such Securities exactly as such participant s name appears on a security position listing as the owner such Securities. If the signature appearing below is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, ficer or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person must set forth his or her name, address and capacity as indicated below and submit evidence satisfactory to the Offeror such person s authority so to act. The undersigned understands that payment for Securities tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Tender Offer will be made only after receipt by the relevant clearing system, no later than the close business, New York City time, on the second business day after the Expiration Time, a properly transmitted Agent s Message together with confirmation book-entry transfer such Securities, or a properly transmitted Electronic Acceptance Instruction, as applicable. The Euroclear or Clearstream participant, in the case a tender through Euroclear or Clearstream, that completes this Notice Guaranteed Delivery must deliver a physical copy this Notice Guaranteed Delivery to the applicable Tender Agent and must deliver the Electronic Acceptance Instruction to the applicable Tender Agent within the time period stated above. Failure to do so will result in an invalid tender the related Securities and could result in a financial loss to such Euroclear or Clearstream participant. CUSIP No. / ISIN Securities Tendered: Name Participant: Aggregate Principal / Liquidation Amount Securities Tendered: Address Participant including Zip Code: Clearing System Account Number: Date: The Participant holds the Securities Tendered through DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream on behalf the following ( Beneficiary ): Area Code and Tel. No.: Name(s) Authorized Signatory: Name and Tel. No. Contact (if known) at the Beneficiary: Capacity: Signature(s) Authorized Signatory: 5

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7 GUARANTEE (Not to be used for signature guarantee) (For Securities Held Through DTC Only) The undersigned, a firm that is a member a registered national securities exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a commercial bank or trust company having an fice or correspondent in the United States or an Eligible Guarantor Institution within the meaning Rule 17Ad-15(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act 1934, as amended (each the foregoing being referred to herein as an Eligible Institution ) hereby (1) represents that each Holder on whose behalf this tender is being made own(s) the Securities tendered hereby within the meaning Rule 14e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act 1934, as amended, (2) represents that such tender Securities is being made by guaranteed delivery and (3) guarantees that, no later than the close business on the second business day after the Expiration Time, a properly transmitted Agent s Message together with confirmation book-entry transfer such Securities, will be deposited by such Eligible Institution with the applicable Tender Agent. The Eligible Institution that completes this form acknowledges that it must deliver a physical copy this Notice Guaranteed Delivery to the applicable Tender Agent and must deliver the Agent s Message together with confirmation book-entry transfer there to the applicable Tender Agent within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so will result in an invalid tender the related Securities and could result in financial loss to such Eligible Institution. Name Firm: Address: Name: (Authorized Signature) Area Code and Tel. No.: (including Zip Code) Title: Date: 7