GM files for bankruptcy

By Aftab on Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Filled Under: Auto News

General Motors that is a quite well industrial icon and the largest automaker company in the United States has field for bankruptcy in New York yesterday.

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Many proceedings of this GM good assets sale is expected to take place quickly that are going to transfer a US Treasury Department owned entity, the bondholders of the UAW and the Government of Canada in the next two or three months, all that is expected to prove quite effective in the emergence of the company as well structured firm. Old assets that include factories, brands, dealership and different legacy costs would remain in the supervision of the court.

In the papers of the court, the company has listed $82.29b as its assets and $172.81b as its liabilities.

A $30.1b federal funding to be used to help the company get through the bankruptcy, and the board of directors of the company will be selected by the US government and nearly 61% of the restructured company to be owned by it, while the Canadian government will get 12% of the new company with $9.5m return in funds.

In his Monday morning address, President Barack Obama says that General Motors and its stakeholders offered an achievable and viable plan to this American icon that will help it to rise again.

Source: autoweek

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