General Electric Company Letter to SEC Regarding Long-Term Debt Instruments (2011 10-K)

Summary

General Electric Company, through its Senior Vice President and Treasurer Kathryn A. Cassidy, informs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that neither GE nor its subsidiaries have any long-term debt instruments, other than those already filed as exhibits to its 2011 Annual Report, that authorize securities exceeding 10% of the company’s total consolidated assets. GE agrees to provide the SEC with copies of any other such debt instruments upon request, as required by SEC regulations.

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Exhibit 4(r)

Kathryn A. Cassidy

Senior Vice President and GE Treasurer

General Electric Company

3135 Easton Turnpike

Fairfield, CT 06828

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

February 24, 2012

Subject:

General Electric Company Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 – File No. 001-00035

Dear Sirs:

Neither General Electric Company (the “Company”) nor any of its consolidated subsidiaries has outstanding any instrument with respect to its long-term debt, other than those filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, under which the total amount of securities authorized exceeds 10% of the total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. In accordance with paragraph (b)(4)(iii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR Sec. 229.601), the Company hereby agrees to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, a copy of each instrument that defines the rights of holders of such long term debt not filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

Very truly yours,

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

/s/ Kathryn A. Cassidy
Kathryn A. Cassidy
Senior Vice President and GE Treasurer