WASHINGTON – General Motors, the biggest auto giant that has been part of American life for more than 100 years, was file for bankruptcy protection on Monday in a deal that will give taxpayers a 60 percent ownership stake and expand the government’s reach into big business,and this is the bad history in automotive world.
It would be the largest industrial bankruptcy in U.S. history, and the fourth-largest overall. In addition, a GM bankruptcy would be unprecedented as the federal government would pump billions more into the company,and the
The U.S. Treasury and GM, battered by almost $88 billion of losses since 2004, was prepared the way for tomorrow’s planned bankruptcy filing by getting a majority of bondholders to agree to a revised reorganization plan. About 54 percent of the investors, or 975 institutions, backed a swap of debt for equity and warrants, Elliot Sloane, spokesman for an ad hoc committee of bondholders, said today.
Underscoring the government’s extraordinary role, President Barack Obama planned to announce his support for GM’s restructuring strategy at a day appearance at the White House, much as he did in April when Chrysler sought court protection.
Administration officials said late Sunday the federal government would pump $30 billion dollars into GM as it makes its way through bankruptcy court. That’s besides the $20 billion in taxpayers’ money that the Treasury already lent to the automaker.
Henderson said GM has an urgent need for funding from the German government, so any partner for its European operations would have to be suitable to the government.
“We have a need for funding, actually, in our European business, that’s important and urgent and the German government hasn’t indicated an interest in running our business,” Henderson said. “We’re going to make sure that any partner we pick in this business is going to be suitable for them, so that if we need their support, we obviously want them to find any partner to be reasonable and acceptable.”
Henderson cast doubt on reports that GM may sell its Latin American operations, saying they have consistently brought great returns to the company.
“This is a business that we know and like very much,” he said.
The timing of GM’s intended bankruptcy filing and the naming of Koch were reported earlier today by the Wall Street Journal.
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because we have our company
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