Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549

 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 17, 2003
 

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York

      

1-35

      

14-0689340

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, Connecticut

    

06828

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 373-2211

 

 Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

 

                On January 17, 2003, General Electric Company ("GE") issued a press release setting forth GE's fourth-quarter 2002 earnings. A copy of GE's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit (99) and hereby incorporated by reference.


Signature

 

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
 

 

/s/ Philip D. Ameen
By:   Philip D. Ameen
Vice President and Comptroller
   
Date: January 17, 2003

 

Exhibit Index

(99)  Press release, dated: January 17, 2003, issued by General Electric Company