One more point to add to somebody's rebuttal concerning the pension liabilities. The company is doing a fine job trying to reduce the risk of future liabilities, but more importantly those liabilities are based on certain assumptions. The one that is hurting the most in this environment is the risk-free interest rate. I wonder what the pension liabilities would look like if the 10 year treasury was at 4%?
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If the average of the closing prices of the common stock over the 40 consecutive trading day period ending on the third trading day immediately preceding December 1, 2013 is less than $33.00 then the conversion rate is 1.5152. It's a mouthful.
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I think you are confusing the term dilution with trading volume. If the treasury sells their block the company does not issue any shares, hence no dilution.
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The 30% shares you are referring to are already outstanding and will cause no dilution. In fact the company just bought back 200 million shares that reduced the amount outstanding.
The only two remnants of the bankruptcy that will cause dilution are the Class A & B warrants and the Series B convertible preferred stock. Neither of which are owned by the treasury.
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Many people will never look to buy GM stock simply because they were restructured by the government. This is okay because it allows forward thinkers to buy at pretty good prices. GM has had a terrible past but things are improving. Sales are increasing, costs are lower, margins should improve and they are heavily investing in new products. This is a company more streamlined than ever. Europe is being handled much more aggressively and will eventually overcome it's problems.
Also, many people who casually disregard GM as "Government Motors" have not spent the time actually researching the financials of the company. The balance sheet has dramatically improved and an eventual retiring of preferred shares will add over $800M to pre-tax margins. I view that as a major catalyst on a $44 billion dollar market cap company.
I say let them trash GM. Slowly but surely people will come around to the fact that GM is not as bad as it seems.
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The only two remnants of the bankruptcy that will cause dilution are the Class A & B warrants and the Series B convertible preferred stock. Neither of which are owned by the treasury.
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Also, many people who casually disregard GM as "Government Motors" have not spent the time actually researching the financials of the company. The balance sheet has dramatically improved and an eventual retiring of preferred shares will add over $800M to pre-tax margins. I view that as a major catalyst on a $44 billion dollar market cap company.
I say let them trash GM. Slowly but surely people will come around to the fact that GM is not as bad as it seems.