EX-24 5 dex24.txt 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 Denis J. Nayden, James A. Parke, Michael A. Neal, Kathryn A. Cassidy and Nancy E. Barton, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, 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 with respect to $50,000,000,000 aggregate amount of the Corporation's debt securities, warrants, preferred stock, guarantees, letters of credit, promissory notes and loan obligations and (ii) any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement 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 7th day of March, 2002. /s/ Denis J. Nayden --------------------------------------- Denis J. Nayden Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ James A. Parke /s/ Joan C. Amble --------------------------------------- --------------------------------- James A. Parke Joan C. Amble Vice Chairman, Chief Financial 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 /s/ Nancy E. Barton /s/ James R. Bunt ----------------------------------- --------------------------------- Nancy E. Barton James R. Bunt Director Director /s/ David L. Calhoun /s/ Dennis D. Dammerman ----------------------------------- --------------------------------- David L. Calhoun Dennis D. Dammerman Director Director /s/ Michael D. Fraizer ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Scott C. Donnelly Michael D. Fraizer Director Director /s/ Arthur H. Harper ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Arthur H. Harper Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr. Director Director /s/ Jeffrey R. Immelt ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Jeffrey R. Immelt Robert Jeffe Director Director ----------------------------------- --------------------------------- John H. Myers Michael A. Neal Director Director /s/ Gary M. Reiner ----------------------------------- --------------------------------- Ronald R. Pressman Gary M. Reiner Director Director ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Gary L. Rogers John M. Samuels Director Director /s/ Keith S. Sherin /s/ Edward D. Stewart ------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Keith S. Sherin Edward D. Stewart Director Director ------------------------------------ Robert C. Wright Director