-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DxxRd1ekzBbGa9VubrgZyyXA7TvTi5UtSXIZXL7Xctw7VU+J/eeKbDMXhrP71/xI 1sRtZMfWzmHuXOrYNI5wxA== 0000950123-06-009050.txt : 20060717 0000950123-06-009050.hdr.sgml : 20060717 20060717165921 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-06-009050 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060717 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060717 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20060717 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000040554 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS [6141] IRS NUMBER: 131500700 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-135813 FILM NUMBER: 06965409 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 260 LONG RIDGE RD CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06927 BUSINESS PHONE: 2033574000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 260 LONG RIDGE ROAD CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06927 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL ELECTRIC CREDIT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19871216 S-3ASR 1 y22849sv3asr.htm FORM S-3 FORM S-3
 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 17, 2006
Registration No. 333-
 
 
United States
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
General Electric Capital Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  13-1500700
(State of incorporation)
  (IRS Employer Identification Number)
260 Long Ridge Road
Stamford, Connecticut 06927
(203) 357-4000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
Alan M. Green, Esq.
General Counsel, Corporate Treasury
260 Long Ridge Road
Stamford, Connecticut 06927
(203) 357-4000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
     From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as determined by market conditions.
 
     If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.    [ ]
     If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.    [X]
     If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    [ ]


 

     If this Form is filed as a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    [ ]
     If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    [X]
     If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b), check the following box.    [ ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
       
       
       
Title of Each Class     Amount to be registered/
Of Securities to be Registered     Proposed maximum offering price per unit/
      Proposed maximum offering price/
      Amount of registration fee(1)
       
Variable Denomination Floating Rate
Demand Notes
    $12,000,000,000
(1) This registration statement covers all investments in the Notes up to $150 billion, with fees based on the net aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding from this offering not exceeding $12 billion at a particular time. Registration fees for up to $12 billion net aggregate principal amount of Notes were paid previously by the Registrant in connection with the Registration Statement Nos. 333-118974, 333-59977 and 33-43420, each previously filed by the Registrant on Form S-3 and declared effective and deregistered hereby. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, these fees are being carried forward and, accordingly, no filing fee is paid herewith with respect to $12 billion aggregate initial offering price of securities.


 

PROSPECTUS
General Electric Capital Corporation
Variable Denomination Floating
Rate Demand Notes
    General Electric Capital Corporation may offer from time to time Variable Denomination Floating Rate Demand Notes (the “Notes”).
    We will provide specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. The securities may be offered separately or together in any combination and as separate series. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement carefully before you invest.
    Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
    We may sell these securities on a continuous or delayed basis directly to purchasers, through agents, dealers or underwriters as designated from time to time, or through a combination of these methods. If any agents, dealers or underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth any applicable commissions or discounts.
RISK FACTORS
    Investing in our securities involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” in item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (which description is incorporated by reference herein), as well as the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement hereto before making a decision to invest in our securities. See “Where You Can Get More Information On GE Capital” below.
    References in this prospectus to “GE Capital”, “we”, “us” and “our” are to General Electric Capital Corporation.
The date of this prospectus is July 17, 2006.


 

WHERE YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON GE CAPITAL
    GE Capital files annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public from the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington D.C. located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Information on us, including our SEC filings, is also available at our Internet site at http://www.ge.com. However, the information on our Internet site is not a part of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement.
    The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information in other documents we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede information contained in documents filed earlier with the SEC or contained in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference in this prospectus the documents listed below and any future filings that we make with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the termination of the offering under this prospectus; provided, however, that we are not incorporating, in each case, any documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules:
    (i) GE Capital’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005; and
    (ii) GE Capital’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.
    You may request a copy of these filings at no cost. Requests should be directed to David P. Russell, Senior Counsel, Corporate Treasury and Assistant Secretary, General Electric Capital Corporation, 260 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, Connecticut 06927, Telephone No. (203) 357-4000.
THE COMPANY
    General Electric Capital Corporation was incorporated in 1943 in the State of New York under the provisions of the New York Banking Law relating to investment companies, as successor to General Electric Contracts Corporation, which was formed in 1932. Until November 1987, our name was General Electric Credit Corporation. On July 2, 2001, we changed our state of incorporation to Delaware. All of our outstanding common stock is owned by General Electric Capital Services, Inc., formerly General Electric Financial Services, Inc., the common stock of which is in turn wholly owned directly or indirectly by General Electric Company (“GE Company”). Financing and services offered by us are diversified, a significant change from the original business of GE Capital, which was financing distribution and sale of consumer and other GE Company products. Currently, GE Company manufactures few of the products financed by us.

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    We operate in four of GE Company’s operating segments: GE Commercial Finance, GE Consumer Finance, GE Industrial and GE Infrastructure. These operations are subject to a variety of regulations in their respective jurisdictions.
    Our services are offered primarily within North America, Europe and Asia. GE Capital’s principal executive offices are at 260 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, Connecticut 06927-1600 (telephone number (203) 357-4000). At December 31, 2005, our employment totaled approximately 77,500.
Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
                         
    Year Ended December 31,       Three Months
            Ended
2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   March 31, 2006
                     
1.56
  1.62   1.71   1.82   1.66     1.63  
Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends
                         
    Year Ended December 31,       Three Months
            Ended
2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   March 31, 2006
                     
1.55
  1.61   1.71   1.81   1.66     1.63  
    For purposes of computing the consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, earnings consist of net earnings adjusted for the provision for income taxes, minority interest, interest capitalized (net of amortization) and fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest on all indebtedness and one-third of rentals, which we believe is a reasonable approximation of the interest factor of such rentals.
USE OF PROCEEDS
    The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be added to the general funds of GE Capital and will be available for financing our operations.
CERTAIN TERMS OF THE NOTES
Indenture
    The Notes are issued under an Amended and Restated Indenture dated as of January 25, 2001, between GE Capital and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. The statements under this heading are subject to the detailed provisions of the Indenture, a copy of which is an exhibit to the Registration Statements filed with the SEC covering the offering of Notes. Wherever particular provisions of the Indenture or terms defined therein are referred to, such provisions or definitions are incorporated by reference as a part of the statements made and the statements are qualified in their entirety by such reference.

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Agent Bank and Servicing Agent
    We have engaged Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis to process funds receipts and disbursements and related services. We refer to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis as the “Agent Bank” in this prospectus. We have also engaged Open Solutions, Inc. to perform recordkeeping, investor servicing and other services in connection with the Notes. We refer to Open Solutions, Inc. as the “Servicing Agent” in this prospectus. For these services, we pay the Agent Bank and the Servicing Agent an administrative fee.
General
    The Notes are issuable in any amount and will mature on demand by you. GE Interest Plus and GE Interest Plus For Businesses constitute the same series of debt securities for all purposes of the Indenture. The Notes are unsecured and rank equally and ratably with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of GE Capital. GE Capital has outstanding approximately $343 billion in senior, unsecured debt obligations as of March 31, 2006, that rank equally with the Notes. GE Capital has not issued any secured debt or securities that have priority over the Notes. Neither the Indenture, nor any other instrument to which GE Capital is a party, limits the principal amount of the Notes or any other indebtedness of GE Capital that may be issued. The Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund. The Notes will be issued in uncertificated form and you will not receive any certificate or other instrument evidencing the Notes other than the confirmation of your initial investment and periodic statements sent to you. All funds invested in Notes, together with interest accrued thereon, and redemptions, if any, will be recorded on a register maintained by the Servicing Agent.
Modification of the Indenture
    The Indenture permits us and the trustee for the Notes, with the consent of the holders of not less than 662/3 % in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding:
  to add any provisions to or change in any manner or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture, or
 
  to modify in any manner the rights of the holders of Notes.
    However, the Indenture provides that, unless each holder agrees, we cannot:
  change the character of the Notes from being payable upon demand,
 
  reduce the principal amount of any Note, or
 
  reduce the 662/3  percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes needed to make any addition or modification.

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Events of Default
    An event of default with respect to the Notes is defined in the Indenture as being:
  default for 20 days in payment of any principal or interest on any Note which is not due to administrative error. An administrative error shall not be considered an event of default unless such error shall have continued uncorrected for a period of 30 days after written notice to the Agent Bank and the trustee for the Notes (with a copy to GE Capital). The trustee for the Notes will be the sole judge of whether an administrative error has been corrected;
 
  default for 60 days after written notice to GE Capital in the performance of any other covenant with respect to the Notes; or
 
  certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization.
    Each year, the Indenture requires us to file with the trustee for the Notes a written statement as to the presence or absence of certain defaults under the Indenture. The trustee for the Notes shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default in respect of the Notes, give to the holders thereof notice of all uncured and unwaived defaults known to it (the term default to mean the events specified above without grace periods). The trustee for the Notes shall be protected in withholding such notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of the Notes except in the case of default in the payment of principal or interest on any of the Notes. The Indenture provides that during the continuance of an event of default, either the trustee for the Notes or the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal of all such Notes to be due and payable immediately. However, under certain conditions such declaration may be annulled by the holders of a majority in principal amount of such Notes then outstanding. The holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes then outstanding may also waive on behalf of all holders past defaults with respect to the Notes except, unless previously cured, a default in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes.
Concerning the Trustee
    The trustee for the Notes acts as trustee under several other indentures with GE Capital, pursuant to which a number of series of senior, unsecured notes of GE Capital are presently outstanding.
Termination, Suspension or Modification
    We expect that you will be able to invest in the Notes indefinitely, but we reserve the right at any time to suspend or terminate the Notes offering entirely, or from time to time to modify the procedures for investing in or redeeming the Notes in part. We also reserve the right to modify, suspend or terminate particular investment options and redemption methods. Written notice of

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any material modification, suspension or termination will be provided to you at least fifteen calendar days prior to the effective date.
GE Interest Plus Committee
    The GE Interest Plus Committee consists of officers of GE Capital designated by our Board of Directors. The Committee has the full power and authority to amend procedures and options for investing in and redeeming the Notes as described above under “Termination, Suspension, or Modification.” The Committee may also interpret applicable provisions, adopt rules and regulations and make certain determinations regarding the Notes. The members of the Committee are our Senior Vice President, Corporate Treasury and Global Funding Operation and two of our Vice Presidents and Assistant Treasurers. Alternate members of the Committee may also serve from time to time. Members of the Committee receive no additional compensation for Committee services.
Taxes
    Payments of interest on the Notes will be taxable in the year in which such interest is accrued or received (in accordance with the holder’s method of tax accounting), regardless of whether such interest is reinvested. No part of such interest is excludible from taxable income. Backup withholding and information reporting requirements may apply to certain non-corporate U.S. holders. The interest income also may be subject to taxation by some state and local governments. Holders of Notes that are not corporations will receive a statement from the Servicing Agent each year that states the full amount reported to the Internal Revenue Service as taxable income.
    The U.S. Federal income tax discussion set forth above is included for general information only and may not be applicable depending upon a holder’s particular situation. Holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences to them of the ownership and disposition of the Notes, including the tax consequences under state, local, foreign and other tax laws and the possible effects of changes in federal or other tax laws.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
    The Notes are offered in the United States only, on a continuing basis through GE Capital Markets, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Capital, acting as agent. No commissions will be paid to such agent for any sales of the Notes. We will pay the agent’s expenses incurred in connection with the offering of the Notes. GE Capital Markets, Inc. may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). We have agreed to indemnify the agent against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments that they may be required to make in connection with such indemnification. We also may from time to time designate other agents through whom Notes may be offered.

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    The Notes are being offered only to persons or businesses whose registered addresses are in the United States. If at any time your registered address is outside of the United States, we may redeem all of your Notes. We reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify the offer to sell Notes at any time. We have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Notes and may reject any proposed purchase of Notes in whole, or in part.
NASD Regulations
    GE Capital Markets, Inc. is an affiliate of GE Capital and participates as an agent in the distribution of the securities issued pursuant to this prospectus. Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. imposes certain requirements when a NASD member such as GE Capital Markets, Inc. distributes an affiliated company’s securities. As a result, we will conduct any offering in which GE Capital Markets, Inc. acts as agent in compliance with the applicable requirements of Rule 2720. The maximum compensation we will pay to underwriters in connection with any offering of the securities will not exceed 8% of the maximum proceeds of such offering.
LEGAL OPINION
    David P. Russell, Senior Counsel, Corporate Treasury and Assistant Secretary of GE Capital will provide an opinion for us regarding the validity of the Notes. Mr. Russell beneficially owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of less than 0.01% of GE Company’s common stock.
EXPERTS
    The consolidated financial statements and schedule of GE Capital as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 incorporated herein by reference from GE Capital’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 have been so incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the report dated February 10, 2006, also incorporated by reference herein, of KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered, other than underwriting compensation, are:
         
Accounting fees and expenses
  $ 15,000 *
NASD Rule 2720 filing and counsel fees
    80,000 *
Trustee and Paying Agent Fees and expenses (including counsel fees)
    50,000 *
Blue Sky filing and counsel fees
    5,000 *
Printing and engraving fees
    80,000 *
Rating Agency fees
    75,000 *
Miscellaneous
    5,000 *
       
Total
  $ 310,000 *
       
 
Estimated, and subject to future contingencies.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that in certain circumstances a corporation may indemnify any person against the expenses, (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding by reason of being or having been directors, officers, employees or agents of the corporation or serving or having served at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture or other enterprise, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to criminal proceedings had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful, except that if such action, suit or proceeding shall be by and in the right of the corporation no such indemnification shall be provided as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been judged to have been liable to the corporation, unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court in which the suit was brought shall determine upon application that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity. A corporation shall be required to indemnify against expenses (including attorney’s fees), actually and reasonably incurred, any director or officer who successfully defends any such actions. The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

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The By-Laws of GECC provide that each person who at any time is or shall have been a director or officer of GECC or is a legal representative of such director or officer, or is or shall have been serving at the request of GECC as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or nonprofit entity, who is or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding shall be held harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and shall be indemnified by GECC for expenses (including attorney’s fees) such person incurred in their defense in such proceedings as permitted by applicable law. The By-Laws of GECC also permit the indemnification of any other person not an officer or director of GECC that may be indemnified under applicable law.
GECC is or will be a party to one or more underwriting or placement agreements with respect to debt securities issued under this prospectus which include provisions regarding the indemnification of GECC and its officers and directors by one or more underwriters or dealers against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The directors of GECC are insured under officers and directors liability insurance policies purchased by GE Company. The directors, officers and employees of GECC are also insured against fiduciary liabilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Item 16. Exhibits.
             
Exhibit            
Number       Incorporated by Reference to Filings Indicated   Description
             
1(a)
        Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement dated as of July 17, 2006 between GECC and GE Capital Markets, Inc.
 
4(a)
    Exhibit 4(d) to GECC’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-59977).   First Amended and Restated Indenture dated as of January 25, 2001 between GECC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor trustee.
 
        Opinion and consent of David P. Russell, Senior Counsel, Corporate Treasury and Assistant Secretary of GECC.
 
12 
    Exhibit 12 to GECC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 (File No. 1-6461).   Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges

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Exhibit            
Number       Incorporated by Reference to Filings Indicated   Description
             
 
23 
        Consent of KPMG LLP. Consent of David P. Russell is included in his opinion referred to in Exhibit 5 above.
 
24 
        Power of Attorney.
 
25 
        Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in respect of the First Amended and Restated Indenture previously filed as Exhibit 4(d).

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Item 17. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
    (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
    (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
    (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that clauses (i),(ii) and (iii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post- effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
    (i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
    (ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such

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securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date;
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
    (i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
    (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
    (iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of an undersigned registrant; and
    (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant, General Electric Capital Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Stamford, State of Connecticut, on the 17th day of July, 2006.
  General Electric Capital Corporation
  By  /s/ Kathryn A. Cassidy
 
 
  Kathryn A. Cassidy
  (Senior Vice President–Corporate
  Treasury and Global Funding Operation)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
             
Signature   Title   Date
         
 
* JEFFREY R. IMMELT
 
(Jeffrey R. Immelt)
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
   
 
* KEITH S. SHERIN
 
(Keith S. Sherin)
 
Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)
   
 
/s/ KATHRYN A. CASSIDY
 
(Kathryn A. Cassidy)
 
Senior Vice President– Corporate Treasury and Global Funding Operation and Director
   
 
* CHARLES E. ALEXANDER
 
(Charles E. Alexander)
 
Director
   
 

 
(Jeffrey S. Bornstein)
 
Director
  July 17, 2006
 
* DAVID L. CALHOUN
 
(David L. Calhoun)
 
Director
   
 
* JAMES A. COLICA
 
(James A. Colica)
 
Director
   
 
* PAMELA DALEY
 
(Pamela Daley)
 
Director
   


 

             
Signature   Title   Date
         
 
* BRACKETT B. DENNISTON
 
(Brackett B. Denniston)
 
Director
   
 
* JOHN H. MYERS
 
(John H. Myers)
 
Director
   
 
* MICHAEL A. NEAL
 
(Michael A. Neal)
 
Director
   
 
* DAVID R. NISSEN
 
(David R. Nissen)
 
Director
   
 

 
(Ronald R. Pressman)
 
Director
  July 17, 2006
 

 
(Deborah M. Reif)
 
Director
   
 
* JOHN G. RICE
 
(John G. Rice)
 
Director
   
 
* JOHN M. SAMUELS
 
(John M. Samuels)
 
Director
   
 
* ROBERT C. WRIGHT
 
(Robert C. Wright)
 
Director
   
 
* PHILIP D. AMEEN
 
(Philip D. Ameen)
 
Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
   
 
By:   /s/ KATHRYN A. CASSIDY
 
(Kathryn A. Cassidy)
       
 
* AS ATTORNEY-IN FACT FOR THE INDIVIDUALS NOTED ABOVE WITH AN ASTERISK REPRESENTING A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS        
EX-1.A 2 y22849exv1wa.txt EX-1.A: AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT Exhibit 1(a) GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION Variable Denomination Floating Rate Demand Notes AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT as of July 17, 2006 GE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. 1600 Summer Street Stamford, Connecticut 06927 Dear Sirs: General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), confirms its agreement with you with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of up to $12,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Variable Denomination Floating Rate Demand Notes (the "NOTES"). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of January 25, 2001, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (f/k/a The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the "TRUSTEE") (such indenture as may be amended or supplemented being referred to herein as the "INDENTURE"). The Company has authorized the issuance of Notes through you pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Notes will be issued in uncertificated form and will be administered by Open Solutions, Inc. (f/k/a Bisys, Inc.) (the "SERVICING AGENT") and Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis (the "AGENT BANK") pursuant to a Services Agreement dated as of September 30, 2002 and the Additional Services Agreements thereto between the Company, the Servicing Agent and the Agent Bank. Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, the Company hereby appoints you as a distribution agent of the Company in respect of the Notes. The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the Notes and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 ACT"). Such registration statement has been 1 declared effective by the Commission, and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "1939 ACT"). The Company has also filed with the Commission two Prospectus Supplements (one for the GE Interest Plus Program and one for the GE Interest Plus Program for Businesses) (collectively, the "Prospectus Supplements"). Such registration statement and the Prospectus Supplements relating to the Notes filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, as from time to time amended or supplemented by the filing of documents pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 ACT"), the 1933 Act or otherwise, are referred to herein as the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" and the "PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENTS", respectively, except that if any revised prospectus supplements shall be provided to you by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Notes which differs from the Prospectus Supplements on file at the Commission on the date of this Agreement (the "COMMENCEMENT DATE") (whether or not such revised prospectus supplements are required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations), the term "Prospectus Supplement" shall refer to such revised prospectus supplement from and after the time it is first provided to you for such use. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above in this paragraph, The Company shall have the right at any time and from time to time to substitute for the Registration Statement one or more other registration statements (each a "SUBSTITUTE REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on Form S-3 relating to the Notes and the offering and sale thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, by written notification of such substitution to you and the Trustee. By such notification, the Company shall be deemed to have made with respect to each such Substitute Registration Statement, each of the representations set forth in the first two sentences of this paragraph, and from and after the date of such notification, such Substitute Registration Statement or Substitute Registration Statements shall become the Registration Statement as defined in this paragraph and as used for all purposes throughout this Agreement. SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties. (a) The Company represents and warrants to you as of the Commencement Date, as of the date of each sale of Notes and as of the times referred to in Section 6 (each of the times referenced above being referred to herein as a "REPRESENTATION DATE"), as follows: (i) each document filed by the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act which is incorporated by reference in the 2 Prospectus Supplements complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and each document, if any, hereafter filed and so incorporated by reference in the Prospectus Supplements will comply when so filed in all material respects with the 1934 Act rules and regulations; (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements comply, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements (and any amendments and supplements thereto) will on the applicable Representation Date comply, in all material respects, with the 1933 Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; (iii) each part of the Registration Statement at the time such part became effective did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Prospectus Supplements on the Commencement Date (unless the term "Prospectus" refers to a prospectus which has been provided to you by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Notes which differs from the Prospectus Supplements on file at the Commission on the Commencement Date, in which case at the time it is first provided to you for such use) did not, and on the applicable Representation Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (iv) there has been no material adverse change in the condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements; (v) the aggregate principal amount of Variable Denomination Floating Rate Demand Notes outstanding at any one time will not exceed U.S.$12,000,000,000; and (vi) no event exists which would constitute an event of default under the Indenture; except that the representations and warranties set forth in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 1(a) do not apply to statements or 3 omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplements based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by you expressly for use therein. (b) Additional Certifications. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to you or to your counsel in connection with an offering of Notes shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to you as to the matters covered thereby. SECTION 2. Act as Distribution Agent. (a) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you agree to act as a distribution agent of the Company and to use your best efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Notes upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus Supplements. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend solicitation by you of purchases of the Notes commencing at any time for any period of time or permanently. Upon receipt of instructions from the Company, you will forthwith suspend solicitation of purchases from the Company until such time as the Company has advised you that such solicitation may be resumed. You shall have the right to suspend solicitations, commencing at any time you reasonably believe that there has occurred a material adverse change in the condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that then set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements, and ending at the time you have been reasonably satisfied that adequate and full disclosure of such adverse change has been made (including without limitation any necessary amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements). The Company agrees to pay your out-of-pocket expenses incurred in respect of the performance of your obligations under this Agreement. (b) Information. The Company authorizes you, in connection with your solicitation of purchases of the Notes, to use only information taken from the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements, and the documents incorporated therein by reference, and you agree that you will not use any other information in connection with your solicitation of purchases of the Notes. 4 (c) Registered Broker-Dealer. You represent that you are a broker-dealer registered under the 1934 Act. SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with you as follows: (a) Notice of Certain Events. The Company will notify you promptly (i) of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendment), (ii) of the mailing or the delivery to the Commission for filing of any supplement to the Prospectus Supplements or any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act which will be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus Supplements, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus Supplements or for additional information, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. (b) Copies of Registration Statement Prospectus. The Company will deliver to you two conformed copies of the Registration Statement (as originally filed) and of each amendment thereto relating to the Notes (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus Supplements). The Company will furnish to you as many copies of the Prospectus Supplements (as amended or supplemented) as you shall reasonably request so long as you are required to deliver a Prospectus Supplements in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Notes. (c) Revisions of Prospectus - Material Changes. If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Notes as in the opinion of counsel to the Company a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Notes by you, any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus Supplements in order that the Prospectus Supplements will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements 5 therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplements in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, prompt notice shall be given, and confirmed in writing, to you to cease the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes. If the Company shall determine that solicitation of purchases of the Notes shall be resumed, then, prior to the Company's authorizing you to resume solicitations of purchases of the Notes the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement comply with such requirements. (d) Prospectus Revisions - Periodic Financial Information. Promptly after the filing with the Commission of the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q with respect to each of the first three quarters of any fiscal year, the Company shall furnish copies of such reports to you; provided, however, that if on the date of such filing you shall have suspended solicitation of purchases of the Notes pursuant to a request from the Company, the Company shall not be obligated to furnish copies of such reports until such time as the Company shall determine that solicitation of purchases of the Notes should be resumed. (e) Prospectus Revisions - Audited Financial Information. Promptly after the filing with the Commission of the Company's annual report on Form 10-K including the audited financial statements of the Company for the preceding fiscal year, the Company shall furnish copies of such report to you; provided, however, that if on the date of such filing you shall have suspended solicitation of purchases of Notes pursuant to a request from the Company, the Company shall not be obligated to furnish copies of such reports until such time as the Company shall determine that solicitation of purchases of Notes should be resumed. (f) Section 11(a) Earnings Statements. The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, earnings statements, which need not be audited, 6 covering twelve month periods beginning after the effective date (as defined in the rules and regulations promulgated under Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act) of the Registration Statement with respect to each sale of Notes that will satisfy Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and comply with the rules and regulations thereunder. (g) Copies of Current Reports. The Company will furnish to you, promptly after the filing thereof with the Commission, copies of its reports on Form 8-K (other than reports relating solely to securities other than the Notes). (h) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with you, to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as you may reasonably designate, and will maintain such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Notes; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. The Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Notes have been qualified as above provided. (i) 1934 Act Filings. The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file timely all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Sections 3(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act. SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (a) The preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto and the Prospectus Supplements and any amendments or supplements thereto; (b) The fees and disbursements of the Company's accountants and of the Trustee, the Servicing Agent, the Agent Bank and their respective counsel; 7 (c) The qualification of the Notes under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(h), including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky Survey and any Legal Investment Survey; (d) The printing and delivery to you in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, and of the Prospectus Supplements and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the delivery by you of the Prospectus Supplements and any amendments or supplements thereto in connection with solicitations of sales of the Notes; (e) The printing and delivery to you of copies of the Indenture and any Blue Sky Survey and any Legal Investment Survey; (f) Any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Notes; (g) The fees and expenses, if any, incurred with respect to any filing with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; and (h) Any advertising and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred with the approval of the Company. SECTION 5. Conditions of Obligations. Your obligations to solicit offers to purchase the Notes as agent of the Company will be subject at all times to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein and to the accuracy of the statements of the Company's officers made in any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein contained on its part to be performed and observed and to the following additional conditions precedent: (a) Legal Opinions. As of the Commencement Date, you shall have received the following documents: (i) Opinion of Company Counsel. The opinion of the Company's In-House Legal Counsel, 8 dated as of such Commencement Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that: (A) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. (B) The Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in the jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property requires such qualification. (C) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, is a valid and binding agreement of the Company and has been qualified under the 1939 Act. (D) The Notes have been duly authorized and will be valid and binding obligations of the Company and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. (E) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited under applicable law. (F) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the issuance and sale of the Notes by the Company as provided herein will contravene the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or result in any violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or regulation or of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries. 9 (G) The statements contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus Supplements under the captions "Certain Terms of the Notes" and "The GE Interest Plus Notes", respectively, and "Plan of Distribution" fairly present the matters referred to therein. (H) Each document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus Supplements which were filed pursuant to the 1934 Act (except for the financial statements included therein, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion) complied when so filed as to form in all material respects with the 1934 Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. (I) The Registration Statement is effective under the 1933 Act and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission. (J) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements and any supplements and amendments thereto comply as to form in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. (K) Such counsel believes that (except for the financial statements included therein, as to which counsel need not express any belief) each part of the Registration Statement at the time it became effective, and if an amendment to the Registration Statement or an Annual Report on Form 10-K has been filed by the Company with the commission subsequent to such date, at the time of the most recent such filing, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to 10 make the statements therein not misleading, and the Prospectus Supplements, as of the Commencement Date, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (ii) In rendering the opinion referred to in subparagraph (i) above, such counsel may state that with respect to (J) and (K) of subparagraph (i), such counsel's opinion and belief are based upon his participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements and any amendments and supplements thereto (including documents incorporated by reference) and review and discussion of the contents thereof, but are without independent check or verification except as stated therein. In rendering the opinion referred to in subparagraph (ii) above, such counsel may state that with respect to (J) and (K) of subparagraph (i) above, such counsel's opinion and belief are based upon its participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements and any amendments and supplements thereto (other than documents incorporated by reference) and upon its review and discussion of the contents thereof (including documents incorporated by reference), but are without independent check or verification except as stated therein. (b) Officer's Certificate. At the Commencement Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission, and there shall have been no material adverse change in the condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements; and you shall have received on the Commencement Date a certificate, dated the Commencement Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the foregoing effect. 11 The officer making such certificate may rely upon the best of his knowledge as to proceedings pending or threatened. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Commencement Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that the covenants set forth in Section 3(f) hereof, the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the indemnity agreements set forth in Section 7 hereof, and the provisions of Sections 8 and 12 hereof shall remain in effect. SECTION 6. Additional Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees that: each acceptance by it of an offer for the purchase of Notes shall be deemed to be an affirmation that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and in any certificate theretofor delivered to you pursuant hereto are true and correct at the time of such acceptance or sale, as the case may be (and it is understood that such representations and warranties shall relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplements as amended and supplemented to each such time). SECTION 7. Indemnification. (a) Indemnification of You. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold you harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplements (if used within the period set forth in Section 3(c) and as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to the Company by you expressly for use therein. (b) Indemnification of Company. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to you, but only with reference to information relating to you furnished in writing by you expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplements. 12 (c) General. In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 7(a) or 7(b) hereof, such person (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY") shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a) and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding affected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on your behalf, or by or on behalf of the Company or any controlling person of the Company, and shall survive each delivery of and payment for any of the Notes. 13 SECTION 9. Termination. (a) Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated as to a party for any reason, at any time by either party hereto upon the giving of 90 days' written notice of such termination to the other party hereto. (b) General. In the event of any such termination, neither party will have any liability to the other party hereto, except that the covenant set forth in Section 3(f) hereof (except that the Company shall no longer be required to comply with the provisions of Section 3(f) after it has made generally available to its security holders an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning after the date of the last sale of Notes hereunder which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder), the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the indemnity agreements set forth in Section 7 hereof, and the provisions of Sections 8 and 12 hereof shall remain in effect. SECTION 10. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to you shall be directed to GE Capital Markets, Inc., 1600 Summer Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06927, attention of Executive Vice President; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at: 201 High Ridge Road, Stamford, Connecticut 06927, attention of Senior Vice President - Corporate Treasury and Global Funding Operation. SECTION 11. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon you and the Company and your and the Company's respective successors thereto. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Section 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. 14 SECTION 12. Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties created hereby shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such State. 15 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between you and the Company in accordance with its terms. Very truly yours, GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION By: /s/ Dennis R. Sweeney -------------------------------------- Name: Dennis R. Sweeney Title: Vice President CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written: GE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. By: /s/ Mark S. Barber --------------------------------- Name: Mark S. Barber Title: Executive Vice President 16 EX-5 3 y22849exv5.txt EX-5: OPINION AND CONSENT OF DAVID P. RUSSELL Exhibit 5 July 17, 2006 General Electric Capital Corporation 260 Long Ridge Road Stamford, CT 06927 Ladies and Gentlemen: I have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3 being filed on July 17, 2006, by General Electric Capital Corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of $12,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's Variable Denomination Floating Rate Demand Notes (the "Notes"), to be issued from time to time under a First Amended and Restated Indenture dated as of January 25, 2001, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Successor Trustee (the "Indenture"). In my opinion, when the issuance of the Notes and approval of the final terms thereof have been duly authorized by appropriate corporate action and the Notes have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered against payment therefor, subject to the final terms of the Notes being in compliance with then applicable law, the Notes will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and will entitle the holders thereof to the benefits provided by the Indenture, pursuant to which such Notes were issued, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether the issue of enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to myself under the caption "Legal Opinion" in the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, /s/ David P. Russell David P. Russell EX-23 4 y22849exv23.txt EX-23: CONSENT OF KPMG LLP Exhibit 23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Dear Sirs: We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of General Electric Capital Corporation dated July 17, 2006 (the "Registration Statement") of our report dated February 10, 2006, relating to the statement of financial position of General Electric Capital Corporation and consolidated affiliates as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related statements of earnings, changes in shareowner's equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005 and the related schedule, management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 which report appears in the December 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of General Electric Capital Corporation. Our report, which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, refers to a change in the method of accounting in 2004 and 2003 for variable interest entities. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Registration Statement. /s/ KPMG LLP Stamford, Connecticut July 17, 2006 EX-24 5 y22849exv24.txt EX-24: POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being directors and/or officers of General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints James A. Parke, Kathryn A. Cassidy and Brian T. McAnaney, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and to act with or without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to execute in the name of each such person and to file (i) a Registration Statement of the Corporation on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the Corporation's debt securities, preferred stock, guarantees and letters of credit, (ii) a Registration Statement of the Corporation on Form S-3 under the Securities Act with respect to the Corporation's Variable Denomination Floating Rate Demand Notes, (iii) a Registration Statement relating to the offerings covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act and (iv) any and all amendments and post-effective amendments relating to such Registration Statements as such person or persons executing the same pursuant to this Power of Attorney may approve. This Power of Attorney may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one Power of Attorney. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 17th day of November, 2005. /s/ Jeffrey R. Immelt - ---------------------------------- Jeffrey R. Immelt Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ James A. Parke /s/ Philip D. Ameen - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ James A. Parke Philip D. Ameen Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Senior Vice President and Controller Officer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer) (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Kathryn A. Cassidy - ---------------------------------- Kathryn A. Cassidy Senior Vice President - Corporate Treasury and Global Funding Operation (Page 1 of 2) /s/ Charles E. Alexander /s/ John H. Myers - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Charles E. Alexander John H. Myers Director Director /s/ David L. Calhoun /s/ Michael A. Neal - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ David L. Calhoun Michael A. Neal Director Director /s/ James A. Colica /s/ David R. Nissen - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ James A. Colica David R. Nissen Director Director /s/ Pamela Daley /s/ Ronald R. Pressman - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Pamela Daley Ronald R. Pressman Director Director /s/ Dennis D. Dammerman /s/ John G. Rice - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Dennis D. Dammerman John G. Rice Director Director /s/ Brackett B. Denniston /s/ John M. Samuels - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Brackett B. Denniston John M. Samuels Director Director /s/ Arthur H. Harper /s/ Keith S. Sherin - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Arthur H. Harper Keith S. Sherin Director Director /s/ Robert C. Wright ------------------------------------ Robert C. Wright Director (Page 2 of 2) EX-25 6 y22849exv25.htm EX-25: FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY EX-25
 

Exhibit 25
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
 
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF
A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
 
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF
A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)
 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
     
 
  13-4994650
(State of incorporation
  (I.R.S. employer
if not a national bank)
  identification No.)
 
   
1111 Polaris Parkway
   
Columbus, Ohio
  43271
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
Robert M. Macallister
Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, NY 10005-1401
Tel: (212) 552-1716
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
 
General Electric Capital Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  13-1500700
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification No.)
 
   
260 Long Ridge Road
   
Stamford, CT
  06927
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
 

 


 

Variable Denomination Floating Rate Demand Notes
(Title of the indenture securities)
 
GENERAL
Item 1. General Information.
     Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
  (a)   Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.
 
      Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.
 
      Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551
 
      Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429.
 
  (b)   Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
 
      Yes.
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor and Guarantors.
      If the obligor or any guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
      None.

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Item 16. List of Exhibits
     List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.
     1. A copy of the Articles of Association of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).
     2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Comptroller of the Currency for the trustee to commence business. (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).
     3. None, the authority of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents described in Exhibits 1 and 2.
     4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee. (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).
     5. Not applicable.
     6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-106575 which is incorporated by reference).
     7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
     8. Not applicable.
     9. Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York and State of New York, on the 10th day of July, 2006.
             
    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
 
           
 
           
 
  By   /s/   Michael A. Smith
         
 
      /s/   Michael A. Smith
 
          Vice President

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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1
Bank Call Notice
RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
of 1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43240
and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System,
at the close of business March 31, 2006, in
accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this
District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
Dollar Amounts
         
ASSETS   in Millions  
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
       
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin
  $ 35,771  
Interest-bearing balances
    11,008  
Securities:
       
Held to maturity securities
    72  
Available for sale securities
    55,459  
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
       
Federal funds sold in domestic offices
    17,813  
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
    228,565  
Loans and lease financing receivables:
       
Loans and leases held for sale
    32,025  
Loans and leases, net of unearned income
  $ 381,159  
Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses
    5,042  
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance
    376,117  
Trading Assets
    246,732  
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)
    8,145  
Other real estate owned
    388  
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
    1,620  
Intangible assets:
       
Goodwill
    23,681  
Other Intangible assets
    11,704  
Other assets
    44,294  
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 1,093,394  
 
     

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LIABILITIES
         
Deposits
       
In domestic offices
  $ 417,676  
Noninterest-bearing
  $ 134,430  
Interest-bearing
    283,246  
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and IBF’s
    163,635  
Noninterest-bearing
  $ 6,677  
Interest-bearing
    156,958  
 
       
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
       
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices
    9,221  
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    125,094  
Trading liabilities
    137,150  
Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)
    90,745  
Subordinated notes and debentures
    18,638  
Other liabilities
    41,884  
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    1,004,043  
Minority Interest in consolidated subsidiaries
    1,956  
EQUITY CAPITAL
         
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus
    0  
Common stock
    1,785  
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)
    59,450  
Retained earnings
    27,149  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    (989 )
Other equity capital components
    0  
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL
    87,395  
TOTAL LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST, AND EQUITY CAPITAL
    1,093,394  
 
     
I, Joseph L. Sclafani, E.V.P. & Controller of the above-named
bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has
been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued
by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness
of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been
examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and
belief has been prepared in conformance with the in-
structions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory
authority and is true and correct.
MICHAEL J. CAVANAGH)
WILLIAM B. HARRISON , JR.) DIRECTORS
JAMES DIMON )

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