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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being
directors and/or officers of General Electric Capital Corporation, a New York
corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints Dennis D.
Dammerman, Denis J. Nayden, James A. Parke, Jeffrey S. Werner and Nancy E.
Barton, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to execute in the name of
each such person and to file (i) a Registration Statement of the Corporation on
Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to $20,000,000,000
aggregate amount of the Corporation's debt securities, warrants and preferred
stock, and (ii) any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to such
Registration Statement as such person or persons executing the same pursuant to
this Power of Attorney may approve.
This Power of Attorney may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original and all of which, taken together, shall
constitute one Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this 3rd day of July, 2000.
/s/ Denis J. Nayden
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Denis J. Nayden
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James A. Parke /s/ Joan C. Amble
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James A. Parke Joan C. Amble
Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Vice President and Controller
Officer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Jeffrey S. Werner
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Jeffrey S. Werner
Senior Vice President - Corporate Treasury
and Global Funding Operation
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/s/ Nancy E. Barton /s/ James R. Bunt
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Nancy E. Barton James R. Bunt
Director Director
/s/ Michael D. Fraizer
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Dennis D. Dammerman Michael D. Fraizer
Director Director
/s/ Jeffrey R. Immelt
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Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr. Jeffrey R. Immelt
Director Director
/s/ James McNerney, Jr. /s/ John H. Myers
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James McNerney, Jr John H. Myers
Director Director
/s/ Robert L. Nardelli /s/Michael A. Neal
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Robert L. Nardelli Michael A. Neal
Director Director
/s/ Ronald R. Pressman /s/ Gary M. Reiner
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Ronald R. Pressman Gary M. Reiner
Director Director
/s/ John M. Samuels /s/ Kieth S. Sherin
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John M. Samuels Keith S. Sherin
Director Director
/s/ Edward D. Stewart
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Edward D. Stewart John F. Welch, Jr.
Director Director
/s/ William A. Woodburn
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William A. Woodburn David L. Calhoun
Director Director
