Director/PDMR Shareholding

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

RICE JOHN G

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO [ GE  ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

Director 10% Owner

X Officer (give title Other (specify below) below)

Vice Chairman

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)

09/09/2016

(Last) (First) (Middle)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X Form filed by One Reporting Person

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

41 FARNSWORTH STREET

(Street)

BOSTON MA 02210

(City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially  Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)

2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

2A. Deemed Execution  Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

3.

Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Ownership Form: Direct

(D) or Indirect

(I) (Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount

(A) or (D)

Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible  securities)

1. Title of

2.

3. Transaction

3A. Deemed

4.

5. Number of

6. Date Exercisable and

7. Title and Amount

8. Price of

9. Number of

10.

11. Nature

Derivative

Conversion

Date

Execution Date,

Transaction

Derivative

Expiration Date

of Securities

Derivative

derivative

Ownership

of Indirect

Security

or Exercise

(Month/Day/Year)

if any

Code (Instr.

Securities

(Month/Day/Year)

Underlying

Security

Securities

Form:

Beneficial

(Instr. 3)

Price of

(Month/Day/Year)

8)

Acquired (A)

Derivative Security

(Instr. 5)

Beneficially

Direct (D)

Ownership

Derivative

or Disposed

(Instr. 3 and 4)

Owned

or Indirect

(Instr. 4)

Security

of (D) (Instr.

Following

(I) (Instr. 4)

3, 4 and 5)

Reported

Transaction(s)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

(Instr. 4)

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$30.11(4)

09/09/2016

A

200,000

(1)

09/09/2026

Common Stock

200,000

$0

200,000

D

Restricted Stock Units

(2)

09/09/2016

A

27,000

(3)

(3)

Common Stock

27,000

$0

27,000

D