Kathianne
12-19-2012, 12:53 PM
Going to cost:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121219/AUTO0103/212190382/Treasury-announces-GM-exit-strategy-automaker-buying-200-million-shares-from-U-S-?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|FRONTPAGE
December 19, 2012 at 10:50 am
<!-- HEAD --> Treasury announces GM exit strategy; automaker buying 200 million shares from U.S.
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By David Shepardson
Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will sell 200 million shareshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121219/AUTO0103/212190382/Treasury-announces-GM-exit-strategy-automaker-buying-200-million-shares-from-U-S-?odyssey=mod%7Cbreaking%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE#) — or 40 percent of its remaining stake in General Motors Co. — back to the automaker and announced plans to completely exit the Detroit automaker by March 2014.
The Detroit automaker said it will purchase 200 million shares of GM stock held by Treasury for $5.5 billion — or $27.50 per share — nearly $2 above the stock's closing price on Tuesday. GM shares jumped sharply on the news and were up 6.7 percent to $27.10, or $1.59.
The U.S. Treasury — after more than a year of refusing to say when it might start selling its remaining stake in GM — said it willannounce a written plan in January to shed its remaining 300 million shares over the next 12 to 15 months — likely in a series of small stock sales.
The Treasury's move is intended to minimize the impact of the stock sale on the share price.
The exit plan may prove to be a boost to GM's lagging stock price and to some car buyers, who have avoided GM because of the "Government Motors" label.
Still, taxpayers will almost certainly lose billions of dollars in the $49.5 billion GM bailout. If the government sold the rest of its stock at current prices, taxpayers would lose more than $13 billion.
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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121219/AUTO0103/212190382/Treasury-announces-GM-exit-strategy-automaker-buying-200-million-shares-from-U-S-?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|FRONTPAGE
December 19, 2012 at 10:50 am
<!-- HEAD --> Treasury announces GM exit strategy; automaker buying 200 million shares from U.S.
<!-- Byline -->
By David Shepardson
Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will sell 200 million shareshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121219/AUTO0103/212190382/Treasury-announces-GM-exit-strategy-automaker-buying-200-million-shares-from-U-S-?odyssey=mod%7Cbreaking%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE#) — or 40 percent of its remaining stake in General Motors Co. — back to the automaker and announced plans to completely exit the Detroit automaker by March 2014.
The Detroit automaker said it will purchase 200 million shares of GM stock held by Treasury for $5.5 billion — or $27.50 per share — nearly $2 above the stock's closing price on Tuesday. GM shares jumped sharply on the news and were up 6.7 percent to $27.10, or $1.59.
The U.S. Treasury — after more than a year of refusing to say when it might start selling its remaining stake in GM — said it willannounce a written plan in January to shed its remaining 300 million shares over the next 12 to 15 months — likely in a series of small stock sales.
The Treasury's move is intended to minimize the impact of the stock sale on the share price.
The exit plan may prove to be a boost to GM's lagging stock price and to some car buyers, who have avoided GM because of the "Government Motors" label.
Still, taxpayers will almost certainly lose billions of dollars in the $49.5 billion GM bailout. If the government sold the rest of its stock at current prices, taxpayers would lose more than $13 billion.
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