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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 |
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Dated September 19, 2007 |
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Registration Statement: No. 333-132807 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
GLOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES A
(Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes)
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Issuer: |
General Electric Capital Corporation |
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Ratings: |
Aaa/AAA |
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Trade Date: |
September 19, 2007 |
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Settlement Date: |
September 24, 2007 |
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Maturity Date: |
September 18, 2009 |
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Principal Amount: |
US$260,000,000 |
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Price to Public (Issue Price): |
100.000% |
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Agents Commission: |
0.060% |
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All-in Price: |
99.940% |
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Accrued Interest: |
TBD |
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Net Proceeds to Issuer: |
US$259,844,000 plus Accrued Interest to be determined on the Settlement Date |
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Interest Rate Basis (Benchmark): |
Federal Funds Open |
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Index Currency: |
U.S. Dollars |
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Spread (plus or minus): |
Plus 0.400% |
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Index Maturity: |
Overnight |
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Interest Payment Period: |
Quarterly |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
Quarterly on the 18th day of each March, June, September, and December, commencing December 18, 2007 and ending on the Maturity Date |
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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 |
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Dated September 19, 2007 |
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Registration Statement: No. 333-132807 |
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Initial Interest Rate: |
Described as in "Additional Terms-Interest" below |
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Interest Reset Periods and Dates: |
Daily, on each Business Day provided that the Federal Funds Open Rate in effect for any day that is not a Business Day shall be the Federal Funds Open Rate in effect for the prior Business Day. See "Additional Terms-Interest" below. |
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Interest Determination Date: |
On each Interest Reset Date. See "Additional Terms-Interest" below. |
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Day Count Convention: |
Actual/360 |
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Denominations: |
Minimum of $1,000 with increments of $1,000 thereafter |
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CUSIP: |
36962G3G7 |
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ISIN: |
N/A |
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Common Code: |
N/A |
Investing in the Notes involves risks. See "Risk of Foreign Currency Notes and Indexed Notes" on page 2 of the accompanying prospectus supplement and "Risk Factors" on page 2 of the accompanying prospectus.
Plan of Distribution:
The Notes are being purchased by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (The "Underwriter"), as principal, at 100.000% of the aggregate principal amount less an underwriting discount equal to 0.060% of the principal amount of the Notes.
The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriter against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Additional Terms:
Reopening of Issue
The Notes are intended to be fully fungible and be consolidated and form a single issue for all purposes with the Issuers issue of US$1,000,000,000 principal amount of Floating Rate Notes due September 18th, 2009 as described in the Issuers Pricing Supplement number 4657 dated September 14th, 2007.
Interest
The interest rate applicable to each Interest Reset Period will equal the Federal Funds Open Rate (as defined below) plus the Spread set forth above.
The "Federal Funds Open Rate" for an Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day under the heading "Federal Funds" for the relevant Index Maturity and opposite the caption "Open" as such rate is displayed on Moneyline Telerate Page 5.
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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 |
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Dated September 19, 2007 |
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Registration Statement: No. 333-132807 |
If on a Calculation Date for an Interest Period such rate for an Interest Determination Date in that Interest Period does not appear on Moneyline Telerate Page 5, the rate for the Interest Determination Date will be the rate for that day displayed on FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg which is the Fed Funds Opening Rate as reported by Prebon Yamane (or a successor) on Bloomberg.
If on a Calculation Date for an Interest Period such rate for an Interest Determination Date in that Interest Period does not appear on Moneyline Telerate Page 5 or FFPREBON Index page on Bloomberg, the rate for such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight U.S. Dollar Federal Funds prior to 9.00 am, New York City time, on that day arranged by three brokers of Federal Funds transactions in New York City as selected by the Calculation Agent.
General
At June 30, 2007, the Company had outstanding indebtedness totaling $461.381 billion, consisting of notes payable within one year, senior notes payable after one year and subordinated notes payable after one year. The total amount of outstanding indebtedness at June 30, 2007, excluding subordinated notes payable after one year, was equal to $456.421 billion.
Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
The information contained in the Prospectus under the caption "Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges" is hereby amended in its entirety, as follows:
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Year Ended December 31 , |
Six Months Ended |
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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
June 30, 2007 |
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1.43 |
1.77 |
1.87 |
1.70 |
1.64 |
1.44 |
For purposes of computing the consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of net earnings adjusted for the provision for income taxes, minority interest and fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest and discount on all indebtedness and one-third of rentals, which the Company believes is a reasonable approximation of the interest factor of such rentals.
CAPITALIZED TERMS USED HEREIN WHICH ARE DEFINED IN THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS ASSIGNED TO THEM IN THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov
. Alternatively, the Issuer or the underwriter participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by callingMerrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1-866-500-5408, or Investor Communications of the Issuer at 1-203-357-3950.