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Title of Each Class of Securities |
Maximum Aggregate |
Amount of |
Senior Notes |
$100,000,000 |
$11,460 |
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PROSPECTUS |
Pricing Supplement Number: 5541 |
Dated December 1, 2011 |
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) |
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT |
Dated August 15, 2012 |
Dated December 1, 2011 |
Registration Statement: No. 333-178262 |
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION |
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GLOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES A |
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(Senior Unsecured Callable Fixed Rate Notes) |
Investing in these notes involves risks. See Risk Factors in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement pursuant to which these notes are issued.
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Issuer: |
General Electric Capital Corporation |
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Trade Date: |
August 15, 2012 |
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Settlement Date (Original Issue Date): |
August 24, 2012 |
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Maturity Date: |
August 24, 2037, subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer (as set forth below). |
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Principal Amount: |
US$100,000,000 |
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Price to Public (Issue Price): |
100.00% |
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Underwriters Commission: |
1.00% |
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All-in Price: |
99.00% |
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Net Proceeds to Issuer: |
US$ 99,000,000 |
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Interest Rate: |
4.575% |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
Monthly on the 24th of each month, commencing on September 24, 2012 and ending on the maturity date or the early redemption date, if applicable |
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Day Count Convention: |
30/360, Modified Following, Unadjusted |
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Page 2 |
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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424 (b) (2) |
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Dated August 15, 2012 |
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Registration Statement No. 333-178262 |
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Business Day Convention: |
New York |
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Method of Settlement: |
Depository Trust Company |
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Trustee: |
The Bank of New York Mellon |
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Denominations: |
Minimum of $1,000 with increments of $1,000 thereafter |
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Issuer Redemption: |
We may redeem your Notes, in whole or in part, at the Redemption Price set forth below on any Interest Payment Date commencing on or after August 24 2016. If we exercise our redemption option, the Interest Payment Date on which we so exercise it will be referred to as the Early Redemption Date |
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Redemption Price: |
If we exercise our redemption option, you will receive on the Early Redemption Date 100% of the principal amount together with any accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Early Redemption Date. |
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Call Notice Period: |
At least 30 business days prior written notice to the trustee and DTC |
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Put Dates (if any): |
Not Applicable |
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Put Notice Period: |
Not Applicable |
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CUSIP: |
36962G6E9 |
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ISIN: |
US36962G6E96 |
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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) |
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Dated August 15, 2012 |
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Registration Statement No. 333-178262 |
Plan of Distribution:
The Notes are being purchased by Barclays Capital Inc. (the Underwriter), as principal, at 100.00% of the aggregate principal amount less an underwriting discount equal to 1.00% of the principal amount of the Notes.
The Issuer has agreed to indemnify the Underwriter against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
CAPITALIZED TERMS USED HEREIN WHICH ARE DEFINED IN THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS ASSIGNED TO THEM IN THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
Legal Matters:
In the opinion of Fred A. Robustelli, as counsel to the Company, when the securities offered by this prospectus supplement have been executed and issued by the Company and authenticated by the trustee pursuant to the indenture, and delivered against payment as contemplated herein, such securities will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including, without limitation, the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers, and general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding of equity or law, provided that such counsel expresses no opinion as to the effect of any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws or provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent that such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to federal or state securities laws, on the conclusions expressed above. This opinion is given as of the date hereof and is limited to the Federal laws of the United States, the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as in effect on the date hereof. In addition, this opinion is subject to customary assumptions about the genuineness of signatures and certain factual matters, all as stated in the letter of such counsel dated December 1, 2011, which has been filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Companys registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2011.