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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q


 

(Mark One)

   

[x]

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

   

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003

OR

[  ]

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

   

For the transition period from ____ to ____

Commission file number 1-6461

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware


(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

13-1500700


(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

260 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, CT


 

06927


(Address of principal executive offices)

  (Zip Code)

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) (203) 357-4000

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [x]  No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12 b-2 of the Act). Yes [ ] No [x]

At July 31, 2003, 3,985,403 shares of common stock with a par value of $4.00 were outstanding.

REGISTRANT MEETS THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN GENERAL INSTRUCTION H(1)(a) AND (b) OF FORM 10-Q AND IS THEREFORE FILING THIS FORM 10-Q WITH THE REDUCED DISCLOSURE FORMAT.

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General Electric Capital Corporation

Part I – Financial Information

 

Page

   

     Item 1. Financial Statements

   

          Condensed Statement of Current and Retained Earnings

 

3

          Condensed Statement of Financial Position

 

4

          Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

 

5

     Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

6

     Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

9

     Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

24

     

Part II – Other Information

   
     

     Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8–K

 

25

     Signatures

 

26

     

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This document includes certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors.

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Part I. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Condensed Statement of Current and Retained Earnings
General Electric Capital Corporation and consolidated affiliates

(Unaudited)

 

Second quarter
ended June 30

 

Six months
ended June 30

 


(Dollars in millions)

2003

 

2002

 

2003

 

2002

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Revenues from services

$

12,262

 

$

10,894

 

$

23,936

 

$

21,608

 

Sales of goods

 

568

   

899

   

1,055

   

1,715

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Total revenues

 

12,830

   

11,793

   

24,991

   

23,323

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Interest

 

2,444

   

2,335

   

4,812

   

4,511

 

Operating and administrative

 

3,815

   

2,966

   

7,226

   

6,033

 

Cost of goods sold

 

465

   

822

   

902

   

1,564

 

Insurance losses and policyholder and annuity benefits

 

2,147

   

1,990

   

4,312

   

3,940

 

Provision for losses on financing receivables

 

935

   

780

   

1,677

   

1,410

 

Depreciation and amortization of equipment on operating leases

                       

     (including buildings and equipment)

 

1,099

   

1,000

   

2,190

   

1,947

 

Minority interest in net earnings of consolidated affiliates

 

15

   

27

   

46

   

49

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Total costs and expenses

 

10,920

   

9,920

   

21,165

   

19,454

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Earnings before income taxes and accounting changes

 

1,910

   

1,873

   

3,826

   

3,869

 

Provision for income taxes

 

(306

)

 

(301

)

 

(604

)

 

(692

)

 

   
 

 

 

Earnings before accounting changes

 

1,604

   

1,572

   

3,222

   

3,177

 

Cumulative effect of accounting changes (note 4)

 

   

   

   

(1,015

)

 
 
 
 
 
                         

Net earnings

 

1,604

   

1,572

   

3,222

   

2,162

 

Dividends

 

(169

)

 

(444

)

 

(350

)

 

(987

)

Retained earnings at beginning of period

 

28,461

   

23,601

   

27,024

   

23,554

 
 

   
 

 

 

Retained earnings at end of period

$

29,896

 

$

24,729

 

$

29,896

 

$

24,729

 

 



 

 

 

 

See "Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements."

             

 

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Condensed Statement of Financial Position
General Electric Capital Corporation and consolidated affiliates

(Dollars in millions)

June 30, 2003

 

December 31, 2002

 
 
 
    (Unaudited)        

Cash and equivalents

$

4,913

 

$

6,983

 

Investment securities

 

81,450

   

89,807

 

Financing receivables:

           

     Time sales and loans, net of deferred income

 

158,146

   

141,775

 

     Investment in financing leases, net of deferred income

 

58,714

   

58,994

 
 

 

 
   

216,860

   

200,769

 

     Allowance for losses on financing receivables

 

(6,045

)

 

(5,447

)

 

 

 

Financing receivables – net

 

210,815

   

195,322

 

Insurance receivables

 

12,197

   

14,273

 

Other receivables – net

 

17,385

   

16,388

 

Inventories

 

181

   

208

 

Equipment on operating leases (at cost) including buildings and
     equipment, less accumulated amortization of $14,557 and $13,407

 

35,973

   

35,060

 

Intangible assets

 

21,338

   

20,916

 

Other assets

 

69,608

   

60,485

 

Assets held for sale (note 5)

 

22,235

   

 
 
 
 

Total assets

$

476,095

 

$

439,442

 
 
 
 
             

Short-term borrowings

$

122,126

 

$

122,745

 

Long-term borrowings

           

     Senior

 

161,509

   

137,893

 

     Subordinated

 

884

   

965

 

Insurance liabilities, reserves and annuity benefits

 

84,606

   

99,537

 

All other liabilities

 

29,171

   

26,169

 

Deferred income taxes

 

11,099

   

10,546

 

Liabilities associated with assets held for sale (note 5)

 

19,768

   

 
 
 
 

Total liabilities

 

429,163

   

397,855

 
 
 
 
             

Minority interest in equity of consolidated affiliates

 

1,796

   

1,834

 
 

 

 

Accumulated gains/(losses) – net

           

     Investment securities

 

3,779

   

1,030

 

     Currency translation adjustments

 

105

   

(591

)

     Derivatives qualifying as hedges

 

(2,892

)

 

(1,959

)

 

 

 

Accumulated non-owner changes other than earnings

 

992

   

(1,520

)

Capital stock

 

19

   

18

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

14,229

   

14,231

 

Retained earnings

 

29,896

   

27,024

 
 

 

 

Total share owner's equity

 

45,136

   

39,753

 
 
 
 
             

Total liabilities and equity

$

476,095

 

$

439,442

 
 
 
 
             

See "Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements."

 

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Condensed Statement of Cash Flows
General Electric Capital Corporation and consolidated affiliates

 

Six months ended
June 30 (Unaudited)

 
 
 

(Dollars in millions)

2003

2002

 
 
 

Cash Flows – Operating Activities

Net earnings

$

3,222

$

2,162

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash provided from
     operating activities

       

 

 

          Cumulative effect of accounting changes

1,015

          Provision for losses on financing receivables

1,677

1,410

          Depreciation and amortization of equipment on
               operating leases (including buildings and equipment)

2,190

1,947

All other operating activities

1,608

1,601

 
 
 

Cash from operating activities

8,697

8,135

 
 
 

Cash Flows – Investing Activities

Increase in loans to customers

(108,420

)

(86,100

)

Principal collections from customers – loans

99,779

81,303

Investment in equipment for financing leases

(9,463

)

(11,417

)

Principal collections from customers – financing leases

9,918

8,980

Net change in credit card receivables

(1,610

)

(1,398

)

Equipment on operating leases (including buildings and equipment):

     – additions

(3,043

)

(4,934

)

     – dispositions

2,353

2,666

Payments for principal businesses purchased, net of cash acquired

(8,083

)

(5,244

)

Purchases of securities by insurance and annuity businesses

(15,907

)

(18,498

)

Dispositions of securities by insurance and annuity businesses

15,628

15,677

All other investing activities

(5,573

)

(759

)





Cash used for investing activities

(24,421

)

(19,724

)





Cash Flows – Financing Activities

Net decrease in borrowings (maturities 90 days or less)

(4,509

)

(35,865

)

Newly issued debt – short-term (91-365 days)

738

1,710

Newly issued debt – long-term senior

36,218

56,569

Proceeds – non-recourse, leveraged lease debt

168

585

Repayments and other reductions – short-term (91-365 days)

(16,289

)

(12,057

)

Repayments and other reductions – long-term senior debt

(1,517

)

784

Principal payments – non-recourse, leveraged lease debt

(521

)

(321

)

Proceeds from sales of investment contracts

4,414

3,805

Cash acquired in assumption of liabilities for policy holder benefits

2,406

Redemption of investment contracts

(4,082

)

(3,742

)

Dividends paid

(350

)

(987

)





Cash from financing activities

14,270

12,887





Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents

(1,454

)

1,298

Cash and equivalents at beginning of year

6,983

6,784

 



 

Cash and equivalents at June 30 (a)

$

5,529

$

8,082

 
 
 

(a)     Cash and equivalents at June 30, 2003 includes $616 million of cash classified as assets held for sale in the Condensed Statement of Financial Position (see note 5).

See "Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements."

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Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

     1. The accompanying condensed, consolidated quarterly financial statements represent the consolidation of General Electric Capital Corporation and all of our affiliates (GECC) – companies that we directly or indirectly control (consolidated affiliates). We reclassified certain prior year amounts to conform to the current period presentation.

     2. The condensed, consolidated quarterly financial statements are unaudited. These statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) that we considered necessary to present a fair statement of the results of operations, financial position and cash flows. The results reported in these condensed, consolidated quarterly financial statements should not be regarded as necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year. We label our quarterly information using a calendar convention, that is, first quarter is consistently labeled as ending on March 31, second quarter as ending on June 30, and third quarter as ending on September 30. It is our longstanding practice to establish actual interim closing dates using a "fiscal" calendar, which requires our businesses to close their books on a Saturday in order to normalize the potentially disruptive effects of quarterly closings on business processes. The effects of this practice are modest and only exist within a reporting year. The fiscal closing calendar from 1993 through 2013 is available on our Web site, www.ge.com/en/company/investor/secreports.htm.

     3. In November 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Financial Interpretation No. (FIN) 45, Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others. Among other things, the Interpretation requires guarantors to recognize, at fair value, their obligations to stand ready to perform under certain guarantees. FIN 45 became effective for guarantees issued or modified on or after January 1, 2003 and had an inconsequential effect on our financial position as of June 30, 2003 and results of operations for the second quarter and the first six months of 2003.

     FIN 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities is effective for us on July 1, 2003. Based on the new criteria in the Interpretation, we will consolidate certain entities in our third quarter financial statements. While FIN 46 represents a significant change in accounting principles governing consolidation, it does not change the economic or legal characteristics of asset sales. Important considerations that differentiate FIN 46 entities from others included in our consolidated statements include the following:

     We will consolidate approximately $36 billion of securitized assets at transition and approximately $15 billion of investment securities related to guaranteed investment contracts. Assets and liabilities in FIN 46 entities differ from other consolidated assets and liabilities, thus our future financial statements will distinguish assets and liabilities that are included solely as a result of FIN 46. Because we will not sell any additional assets to these consolidated FIN 46 entities, these balances will decrease as the assets mature. Our July 1, 2003, consolidation of FIN 46 entities resulted in a $0.4 billion after-tax charge that will be reported as an accounting change in our third quarter results.

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     4. The FASB's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, generally became effective for us on January 1, 2002. Under SFAS 142, goodwill is no longer amortized but is tested for impairment using a fair value methodology. We stopped amortizing goodwill effective January 1, 2002.

     Under SFAS 142, we were required to test all existing goodwill for impairment as of January 1, 2002, on a "reporting unit" basis. A reporting unit is the operating segment unless, at businesses one level below that operating segment (the "component" level), discrete financial information is prepared and regularly reviewed by management, in which case such component is the reporting unit.

     A fair value approach is used to test goodwill for impairment. An impairment charge is recognized for the amount, if any, by which the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its fair value. We established fair values using discounted cash flows. When available and as appropriate, we use comparative market multiples to corroborate discounted cash flow results.

     The result of testing goodwill impairment in accordance with SFAS 142, as of January 1, 2002, was a non-cash charge of $1,204 million ($1,015 million after tax), which is reported in the caption "Cumulative effect of accounting changes." Substantially all of the charge relates to the IT Solutions business and the GE Auto and Home business, a direct subsidiary of GE Financial Assurance. Factors contributing to the impairment charge were the difficult economic environment in the information technology sector and heightened price competition in the auto insurance industry. No impairment charge had been required under our previous goodwill impairment policy, which was based on undiscounted cash flows.

Intangibles Subject To Amortization

 

At June 30, 2003

 

At December 31, 2002

 
 
 
 

(Dollars in millions)

Gross
carrying
amount

 

Accumulated
amortization

 

Gross
carrying
amount

 

Accumulated
amortization

 
 
 
 
 
 

Present value of future profits (PVFP)

$

3,978

 

$

(2,733

)

$

4,754

 

$

(2,676

)

Capitalized software

 

1,255

   

(532

)

 

1,269

   

(499

)

Servicing assets (a)

 

3,596

   

(3,353

)

 

3,580

   

(3,238

)

Patents, licenses and other

 

960

   

(534

)

 

826

   

(499

)

 

 

 

 

 

Total

$

9,789

 

$

(7,152

)

$

10,429

 

$

(6,912

)

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Servicing assets, net of accumulated amortization, are associated primarily with serviced residential mortgage loans amounting to $22 billion and $33 billion at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively.

 

     Amortization expense related to amortizable intangible assets for the second quarters ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, was $145 million and $431 million, respectively.  Amortization expense related to amortizable intangible assets for the first six months ended June 30,  2003 and 2002, was $427 million and $689 million, respectively. The estimated percentage of the December 31, 2002, net PVFP balance (adjusted for assets held for sale) to be amortized over each of the next five years follows.

2003

   

2004

   

2005

   

2006

   

2007

 

   
   
   
   
 

8.1

%

 

7.8

%

 

7.4

%

 

6.9

%

 

6.4

%

     Amortization expense for PVFP in future periods will be affected by acquisitions, realized capital gains/losses and other factors affecting the ultimate amount of gross profits realized from certain lines of business. Similarly, future amortization expense for other intangibles will depend on acquisition activity and other business transactions.

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Goodwill

Goodwill balances follow:

(Dollars in millions)

Commercial
Finance

 

Consumer
Finance

 

Equipment
Management

 

Insurance

 

All Other
GECS and
eliminations

 

Total

 
 
 
 
 
 

Balance, December 31, 2002

$

7,987

 

$

5,562

 

$

1,242

 

$

4,176

 

$

(1,568

)

$

17,399

Acquisitions/Purchase
     Accounting Adjustments

 

98

   

919

   

   

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