The Company traces its beginning to Thomas A. Edison, who established Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. In 1892, a merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thompson-Houston Electric Company created General Electric Company. GE is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896.

GE has received numerous awards from different financial magazines:

Global Most Admired Company – Fortune (1998, 1999, 2000)

World’s Most Respected Company – Financial Times (1998,1999)

Operating Margin 22.70% 22.89% 19.77% 23.35%

 Strategic Alliances and Mergers – Honeywell (tax-free merger for $45B), Home Depot, Paine Webber (sold to Swiss Financial Services). Avionics. Automated Controls, Performance Materials and its new microturbine technology, Honeywell’s core group of businesses, are a perfect complement to four of GE’s major businesses.

Non-operating Income 798.0 649.0 2,300.0 638.0

Income Taxes 4,860.0 4,181.0 2,976.0 3,526.0

Diluted EPS - Total Net Income ($) 1.07 0.93 0.82 0.72

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