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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Jun 4, 2007)

Filed June 4, 2007For Securities:GE

Summary

This General Electric Company (GE) 8-K filing from June 4, 2007, is primarily technical in nature, serving to provide XBRL-formatted financial data from their first-quarter 2007 10-Q filing. The company is testing the XBRL format and technology, and this filing includes condensed statements for earnings, financial position, and cash flows for the relevant periods. Importantly, investors are explicitly advised that the XBRL data is unaudited and should not be relied upon for investment decisions, as it is not the official SEC filing of the financial statements.

Key Highlights

  • 1General Electric (GE) filed an 8-K on June 4, 2007, to provide XBRL-formatted financial data.
  • 2The XBRL data is derived from GE's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2007.
  • 3The filing includes condensed statements for earnings, financial position, and cash flows.
  • 4This submission is part of a test of XBRL formatting and technology.
  • 5Investors are strongly cautioned that the XBRL data in this report is unaudited.
  • 6The company explicitly states that investors should not rely on this XBRL data for making investment decisions.
  • 7The XBRL-formatted information is not considered GE's official SEC filing of financial statements.

Frequently Asked Questions

The primary purpose of this 8-K filing is to provide financial information from GE's first-quarter 2007 10-Q report in XBRL format as a test of the new reporting technology. It is not intended to present new financial developments or disclosures.

No, investors are explicitly warned in the filing not to rely on the XBRL-formatted information contained within this 8-K for investment decisions. The data is unaudited and is being provided for technology testing purposes only.

The XBRL-formatted exhibit includes the Condensed Statement of Earnings, Condensed Statement of Financial Position, and Condensed Statement of Cash Flows for the relevant periods of the first quarter of 2007.

The official and audited financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, would have been in GE's Form 10-Q filing, which was filed with the SEC on April 27, 2007. This 8-K filing is supplementary and for XBRL testing purposes only.