UTAH INTERNATIONAL INC. 550 CALIFORNIA STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 CABLE ADDRESS: UTAH INTL. (415) 981-1515 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS To Be Held December 15, 1976 October 29, 1976 To the Stockholders of Utah International Inc.: A special meeting of stockholders of Utah International Inc. ("Utah") will be held in The Penthouse Board Room, Wells Fargo Bank, N. A., 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California, on December 15, 1976, at 10:00 a.m., local time, for the following purposes: (1) to consider and act upon an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, including an amendment thereto (copies of which agreement and amendment are attached as Annex I and Annex II to the accompanying Joint Proxy Statement) and an Agreement of Merger (a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A to Annex I) providing for the merger of GESUB of Delaware, Inc., a wholly owned Delaware subsidiary of General Electric Company ("General Electric"), with and into Utah pursuant to which Utah will become a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric, all as described in the Joint Proxy Statement accompanying this notice; and (2) to transact such other business related to the foregoing as may properly come before the special meeting. Stockholders of record at the close of business on October 29, 1976 will be entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting and any adjournment thereof. If you do not expect to attend in person, please sign and return the enclosed proxy promptly to assure your representation at the meeting. The Joint Proxy Statement also constitutes the Prospectus of General Electric relating to the proposed distribution of shares of General Electric Common Stock to stockholders of Utah in exchange for shares of Utah Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the proposed merger. By Order of the Board of Directors Bruce T. Mitchell Secretary THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. The date of this Joint Proxy Statement and Prospectus is October 29, 1976.