Official: US gets 60% of GM after bankruptcy

• Source: China Daily
• [16:11 June 01 2009]
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General Motors Corp will file for bankruptcy protection on Monday to complete a restructuring within three months that will give US taxpayers a 60 percent stake for $50 billion in aid, an Obama administration official said on Sunday night.

The total includes nearly $20 billion already extended to the automaker this year, and there are no plans for additional aid, according to the official, who requested anonymity ahead of President Barack Obama's Monday remarks on GM.

Canada will loan GM $9.5 billion in return for about 12 percent equity. In exchange for concessions, a United Auto Workers retiree healthcare trust will own 17.5 percent equity and unsecured bondholders, 10 percent. The union and debtholders will also get warrants to buy more of GM.