As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2000

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Registration Statement

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, Connecticut 06431-0001
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Clinical Dynamics, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan,
MECON, Inc. 1995 Director Option Plan,
MECON, Inc. 1995 Stock Plan, and
MECON, Inc. 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan
(Full Titles of the Plans)

Robert E. Healing
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, Connecticut 06431-0001
(203) 373-2243
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

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General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the "Registrant"), hereby amends its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-94101), effective January 4, 2000 (the "Form S-4"), by filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to the Form S-4, relating to 1,750,306 shares of Common Stock, par value $.16 per share (and any shares issuable in connection with any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction in respect of such shares), of the Registrant (the "Common Stock") issuable in connection with the following MECON, Inc. plans: the Clinical Dynamics, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan, the MECON, Inc. 1995 Director Option Plan, the MECON, Inc. 1995 Stock Plan, and the MECON, Inc. 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan (collectively, the "Plans").

          On February 11, 2000, MECON, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("MECON"), became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant upon consummation of the merger (the "Merger") contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 29, 1999 (the "Merger Agreement") among the Registrant, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and MECON. Each option (an "Outstanding Option") to purchase shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, of MECON ("MECON Common Stock"), which was outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time") pursuant to the Plans became an option to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock decreased to the nearest whole share, determined by multiplying (i) the number of shares of MECON Common Stock subject to such Outstanding Option immediately prior to the Effective Time by (ii) 0.081 (the "Exchange Ratio"), at an exercise price per share of Common Stock (increased to the nearest whole cent) equal to the exercise price per share of MECON Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by the Exchange Ratio.

          This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the offer and sale after the Effective Time of Common Stock pursuant to and in accordance with the Plans. This Post-Effective Amendment relates only to the 1,750,306 shares of Common Stock registered on the Form S-4 that will not be issued in the Merger and that are issuable with respect to the Plans (and any shares issuable in connection with any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction in respect of such shares). This Post-Effective Amendment replaces, for purposes of Plans only, the Affiliate Benefit Plan S-8 (File No. 333-74415) which has served to register shares for the Plans between the Effective Time and the filing of this S-8.

          The following documents heretofore filed (file number 1-00035) by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or as otherwise indicated, are incorporated herein by reference:

1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999;
    
2. The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-94101) to which this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates under the caption "Description of GE Common Stock".

          All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and all documents filed by the Plans subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

          Not applicable.

          Not applicable.

          Section 721 of the New York Business Corporation Law ("NYBCL") provides that, in addition to indemnification provided in Article 7 of the NYBCL, a corporation may indemnify a director or officer by a provision contained in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or by a duly authorized resolution of its stockholders or directors or by agreement, provided that no indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled.

          Section 722(a) of the NYBCL provides that a corporation may indemnify a director or officer made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action other than a derivative action, whether civil or criminal, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses actually and necessarily incurred as a result of such action, if such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, in criminal actions or proceedings, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

          Section 722(c) of the NYBCL provides that a corporation may indemnify a director or officer, made or threatened to be made a party in a derivative action, against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, or in connection with an appeal therein if such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification will be available under Section 722(c) of the NYBCL in respect of (1) a threatened or pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of, or (2) any claim as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action was brought, or, if no action was brought, any court of competent jurisdiction, determines upon application, that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement amount and expenses as the court deems proper.

          Section 723 of the NYBCL specifies the manner in which payment of indemnification under Section 722 of the NYBCL or indemnification permitted under Section 721 of the NYBCL may be authorized by the corporation. It provides that indemnification by a corporation is mandatory in any case in which the director or officer has been successful, whether on the merits or otherwise, in defending an action. In the event that the director or officer has not been successful or the action is settled, indemnification must be authorized by the appropriate corporate action as set forth in Section 723.

          Section 724 of the NYBCL provides that, upon application by a director or officer, indemnification may be awarded by a court to the extent authorized under Section 722 and Section 723 of the NYBCL. Section 725 of the NYBCL contains certain other miscellaneous provisions affecting the indemnification of directors and officers.

          Section 726 of the NYBCL authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance to indemnify (1) a corporation for any obligation which it incurs as a result of the indemnification of directors and officers under the provisions of Article 7 of the NYBCL, (2) directors and officers in instances in which they may be indemnified by a corporation under the provisions of Article 7 of the NYBCL, and (3) directors and officers in instances in which they may not otherwise be indemnified by a corporation under such section, provided the contract of insurance covering such directors and officers provides, in a manner acceptable to the New York State Superintendent of Insurance, for a retention amount and for co-insurance.

          Section 6 of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Registrant provides in part as follows:

          A person who is or was a director of the corporation shall have no personal liability to the corporation or its stockholders for damages for any breach of duty in such capacity except that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit liability where such liability is imposed under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York.

Article XI of the bylaws, as amended, of GE provides, in part, as follows:

          The Registrant has purchased certain liability insurance for its officers and directors as permitted by Section 727 of the NYBCL.

          Not Applicable.

          The exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement.

          (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, on March 17, 2000.

The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement. Items marked with a single asterisk are filed herewith. Items marked with a double asterisk were filed by the Registrant with the SEC on January 4, 2000 with the Form S-4 to which this Post-Effective Amendment relates.