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Report: GM may not need additional loans to survive
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 07 - 01 - 2009


General Motors Corp has adequate funds from
government loans to cover the worst-case scenario it described in
December and won't need additional help unless the economy
deteriorates further, it was reported Wednesday, according to dpa.
"The US Treasury's 13.4-billion-dollar bridge loan ... coupled
with the separate transaction for GMAC, meets our liquidity needs
under the scenarios outlined in our December plan to Congress," GM
spokesman Greg Martin told Bloomberg financial news agency.
The carmaker had earlier said it wouldn't have enough funds to pay
its bills in December and would go bankrupt without federal aid. The
worst-case scenario it outlined for 2009 was car sales of 10.5
million vehicles.
GM has already received 4 billion dollars of the 13.4-billion-
dollar loan promised by President George W Bush to keep the iconic US
car industry alive. It said the money was being used to pay bills,
mainly to its 3,000 suppliers.
The bridge loan provides GM with 9.4 billion dollars and Chrysler
LLC with 4 billion dollars over December and January. GM could get
another 4 billion dollars in February.
The Treasury Department also committed 6 billion dollars to
supporting GMAC LLC, GM's financing arm. It will buy a 5-billion-
dollar stake in GMAC and also lend GM an additional 1 billion dollars
so that the largest US carmaker can contribute to the financier's
reorganization as a bank holding company.
GM owns 49 per cent of GMAC, which is a critical source of
financing for car sales.
The federal funds come with tough conditions. GM and Chrysler will
have to prove they can return to viability or the money could be
withdrawn by March 31, likely leaving no option other than
bankruptcy.


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