General Motors Corporation recently announced that it is planning to offer convertible debt securities of about $1.1 billion. The security notes will be unsecured and will mature on June 1, 2009. GMC is also planning to grant the underwriters of the securities a 13-day option to acquire up to an additional $165 million in principal amount of the securities. To alter the $1.1 billion in convertible securities that were put to the company in March of this year is the intention of the offering. The company also intends to sustain liquidity at a time when the capital markets present a cozy environment to do so.
Citi, Deutsche Bank Securities and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are the offering's joint-book running managers. GMC anticipates indulging into capped call transactions with affiliates of the securities' underwriters. To sufficiently increase the effective conversion premium of the securities and minimize the potential dilution to GMC common stock upon potential future conversion, the capped call transactions are done. Capped all transactions' counter parties have advised GMC that they anticipate entering into various derivative and other minimizing activity with respect to the common stock of General Motors Corporation. This GM's common stock could have the result of increasing or preventing a decline in the cost of GMC's common stock concurrently with or following the costing of the convertible debt securities.
Moreover, in a total amount of around $4.1 billion, GMC got a commitment for a supplemental revolving credit facility. The car maker expects that the facility will be secured by GMC's common equity ownership of GMAC LLC and after the definitive agreement is signed, it will mature 364 days. For general corporate purposes, the credit line and cost could be drawn and calculated. And this includes the needs for working capital.
General Motors Corporation has filed a statement of registration and a prospectus with the SEC. These were for the offering to which this communication is referred to.
About General Motors Corporation
Also known as GM or GMC, General Motors Corporation is the 2nd (after Toyota) largest car company based on sales revenue as of 2007. Maker of quality cars and their parts, GMC has around 284,000 employees all over the world. In 2005, 9.17 million GMC cars and trucks were sold around the world.
It was founded in 1908, in Flint, Michigan and has global headquarters located at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, USA. In Zurich, Switzerland is their European headquarters. This American car maker produces its trucks and cars in 33 countries.
GM cars and trucks are sold under Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall brands.
GMC is the majority shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea. It has had collaborative ventures in technology and manufacturing with many of the automakers all over the world.
GM Parts like and accessories are known in the market under GM Performance Parts, GM Goodwrench and ACDelco brands through GM Service and Parts Operations that supplies GM dealerships and distributors all over the world. The United States is GM's largest national market. This is followed by China, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. GM owns half of a finance company, the GMAC Financial Services. It offers automotive, residential and commercial financing and insurance.
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The company is the number 1 automaker when it comes to Strategic Vision's Total Quality Index (TQI).
