RULE 424(B)(3) FILED PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-44593
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
GE DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
This Prospectus Supplement to the Prospectus dated January 8, 1992 (the
Prospectus) for the GE Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the Plan)
describes two amendments to the Plan. This Prospectus Supplement is part of the
Prospectus and should be kept with your copy of the Prospectus. The information
in the Prospectus Supplement supersedes the information in the Prospectus to the
extent inconsistent with the Prospectus.
THE PLAN AMENDMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. BOOK-ENTRY SHARES FOR STOCK SPLITS OF AND DIVIDENDS ON ALL PARTICIPATING
SHARES.
All shares distributed by GE, either due to a stock split of shares
participating in the Plan, or upon any stock dividend on such shares, will be
credited to the participant's Plan account. (Formerly, certificates were mailed
to participants for splits of, or stock dividends on, shares held by
participants in certificate form, even if such shares were participating in the
Plan; book-entry shares were credited only for splits of or dividends on shares
already held in participants' Plan accounts.) This change affects pages 9 and 18
of the Prospectus. Of course, participants may at any time obtain certificates
for shares held in their Plan accounts in book-entry form, as set forth in the
Prospectus, whether or not those shares continue to participate in the Plan.
2. CHANGE OF AGENT.
Effective April 1, 1997, the agent for the Plan participants is The Bank of
New York. (The former agent, Bank of Boston, has appointed Bank of New York its
successor for this purpose.) This change affects pages 1 and 13 of the
Prospectus. To contact Plan administrators, participants should continue to use
the address and telephone number in the Prospectus and on their Plan statements.
The Agent may use BNY Brokerage, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The
Bank of New York Company, Inc., for trading activity under the Plan on behalf of
Plan participants. BNY Brokerage, Inc. receives a commission in connection with
the liquidations it processes.
Participants may obtain additional information, or request a copy of the
Plan amendments or the Prospectus of which this Prospectus Supplement forms a
part, by calling The Bank of New York, Agent, at its toll-free number,
1-800-STOCK-GE.
Prospectus Supplement
dated April 15, 1997
