Danbury, CT and Rochester, N.Y., August 29, 2004 - GE Healthcare Financial Services, a unit of GE Commercial Finance, and Eastman Kodak Company's Health Imaging (HI) Group have signed a global vendor financing agreement that will enable HI to offer its customers a full range of GE equipment financing options, including operating and capital leases, loans and customized financing programs.

"This agreement will better position us to offer turn-key financing programs that meet the individualized needs of our medical imaging customers in the U.S., initially, and subsequently in other countries of the world," said Jo Ann Campbell, Chief Financial Officer of Kodak's Health Imaging Group.

"We are committed to providing financing that supports our customers' business objectives," said Catherine Estrampes, General Manager of Vendor Finance for GE Healthcare Financial Services. "Our history in healthcare financing gives us the experience necessary to develop broad-based, effective financial products and services. In addition, our commitment and financial strength position GE Healthcare Financial Services to build the right financing solutions for Kodak and its customers."

GE Healthcare Financial Services, a unit of GE Commercial Finance, is the premier provider of capital, financial solutions and related services for the global healthcare market. With $13 billion in assets, GE Healthcare Financial Services offers a full range of financing capabilities from equipment leasing and real estate financing to working capital lending, vendor programs and acquisition financing. With a dedicated focus and a deep knowledge of the healthcare industry, GE Healthcare Financial Services collaborates with customers to create tailored financial solutions that help them improve their productivity and profitability. For more information, visit

Kodak's Health Imaging Group is a world leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing intelligent imaging products from analog to digital and in providing innovative medical-imaging services, including those to assist customers with interoperability and other needs. Its broad product portfolio includes computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) systems, laser imagers, picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), traditional mammography systems, x-ray film systems for general radiography, and dental imaging products. Its services portfolio includes everything from basic repair and maintenance to services encompassing equipment integration (from multiple vendors), storage and archiving, secure email, and more.

The group, with 2003 revenues of $2.43 billion, has served the global healthcare community for more than 100 years. The Health Imaging Group and Kodak's other major businesses - Graphic Communications Group, Commercial Imaging, Display & Components, and Digital & Film Imaging Systems - together are leading participants in infoimaging, a $385 billion industry created by the convergence of image-and-information technology. Infoimaging unites three closely related imaging markets that enable end users to more easily capture, process, print and share images and information: devices (such as Health Imaging's CR and DR systems), infrastructure (online networks and delivery systems for images, including PACS) and services & media (software, film and paper).

For more information about Kodak's Health Imaging Group, contact your Kodak representative or visit Kodak's web site at www.kodak.com/go/health.

Media Contacts

John Labella
Eastman Kodak Company
585-724-6891
john.labella@kodak.com.

Deia Campanelli
GE Healthcare Financial Services
312-441-6169