[AH_LiveRight]

Credit to Petronski-
This is NOT BS

“The Restructuring Transactions will cause very substantial dilution to existing holders of GM common stock. As of March 31, 2009, there were 610,505,273 shares of GM common stock outstanding. Assuming full participation in the Exchange Offers, the aggregate amount of GM common stock issued in connection with the Exchange Offers will be approximately 6.1 billion shares, which, based on the number of shares of GM common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2009, would represent approximately 10% of the pro forma outstanding GM common stock; the aggregate amount of GM common stock issued to the U.S. Treasury (or its designee) pursuant to the U.S. Treasury Debt Conversion and to the New VEBA pursuant to the VEBA modifications will be approximately 54.4 billion shares, which would represent approximately 89% of the pro forma outstanding GM common stock, with the final allocation between the U.S. Treasury (or its designee) and the New VEBA to be determined in the future (however, as a condition to closing the Exchange Offers, subject to the overall limit of approximately 89% of the pro forma outstanding GM common stock to be issued to the U.S. Treasury (or its designee) and the New VEBA in the aggregate, the U.S. Treasury (or its designee) will hold at least 50% of the pro forma outstanding GM common stock); and existing GM common stockholders would hold approximately 1% of the pro forma outstanding GM common stock. We determined the foregoing GM common stock allocations following discussions with the U.S. Treasury where the U.S. Treasury indicated that it would not be supportive of higher allocations to the holders of GM Public Debt or to the existing GM common stockholders.”

The Treasury (or it designee) gets 50% of ** 60.5 BILLION ** shares. Current common stock holders get par value. That is $0.01

[umgud]

Geez, I didn’t know so many people get hurt when a company is nationalized by its gov’t.

[happygrl]

Isn’t this outright thievery?

[April Lexington]

According to this formula, existing shareholders get diluted into oblivion but they continue to hold their shares. The new ocean of shares are issued primarily to the FedGov and the UAW. Then, they do a massive reverse split to bring the share value to a reasonable $18.00 or so per share. The old share holders get one new share for every 100 to 200 shares they hold, so they get squat (but, that's what owning a poorly run company does to equity). This is actually a pretty slick deal, except for the FedGov and the UAW ending up owning a majority of the company with voting control. It remains to be seen if the UAW VEBA and the FedGov continue to hold the majority and screw the company into the ground or, if the share price recovers with new capitalization, they sell their stock for a profit, diversify (especially the VEBA) and let control slip back into the private market where capitalism and freedom are restored. I guess we'll just have to trust Obama! (AND I DON'T TRUST THAT COMMUNIST FOR A STINKIN MINUTE!!!!!)