OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2015. The Board of Directors of GE today declared a \\$0.23 per share dividend on the outstanding common stock of the Company payable January 25, 2016 to shareowners of record at the close of business on December 21, 2015. The ex-dividend date is December 17, 2015.

The announcement is in line with the Company’s April 10, 2015 GE Capital Exit Plan announcement, which stated that GE will maintain its dividend at the current level in 2016 and grow it thereafter.  GE remains on track in its plan to return more than \\$90 billion to investors in dividends, buyback and the Synchrony exchange through 2018.

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