Jan 2, 2009
Story Timeline: 327 days
Government to get 5 million preferred GMAC shares : The federal government will get 5 million preferred shares of GMAC LLC paying 8 percent interest in exchange for its $5 billion capital injection to help the troubled lender avoid bankruptcy. GMAC disclosed the terms of the deal in a filing Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. GMAC is the financial arm of General Motors Corp. and is responsible for making car loans and financing dealer inventories. The government also exercised...
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