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)