UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549-1004
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 3, 2009
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY
(Exact Name of Company as Specified in its Charter)
| 333-160471 | DELAWARE | 27-0383222 | ||
| (Commission File Number) | (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan | 48265-3000 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(313) 556-5000
(Company’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| ITEM 8.01 | Other Events |
Index to Exhibits
Sales Release and Charts Dated November 3, 2009
| ITEM 8.01 | Other Events |
On November 3, 2009 General Motors Company (GM) issued a news release announcing October sales. The release and charts are attached as Exhibit 99.1.
This Form 8-K corrects certain information contained in the original November 3, 2009 news release. The following corrections were made:
| • | On page three under the heading “Buick key facts”, the phrase that Lucerne had highest sales month of 2009 with sales of 4,324 was deleted. |
| • | On page three under the heading “GMC key facts”, Terrain total sales were up 63 percent and not 85 percent as originally disclosed. |
| • | On page three under the heading “GMC key facts”, total sales for new Buick and GMC models were up 20 percent and not 33 percent as originally disclosed. |
| • | On page four under the heading “Management Discussion of October Sales Results”, U.S. October 2009 SAAR was changed to 10.8 million from 10.6 million. Also, the October 2009 SAAR improvement was changed to 14 percent from 13 percent. |
| • | On page five under the heading “Management Discussion of October Sales Results – Auto Industry”, the phrase that industry estimated October SAAR of 10.7 million could be the highest monthly SAAR since November 2008 (excluding Cash for Clunkers) was deleted. |
| Exhibit |
Description |
Method of Filing | ||
| Exhibit 99.1 |
Sales Release and Charts Dated November 3, 2009 | Attached as Exhibit | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY (Company) | ||||||
| Date: November 9, 2009 | By: | /S/ NICK S. CYPRUS | ||||
| Nick S. Cyprus | ||||||
| Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||