GM Chief Hopes to Return to Investment Grade Within Year
By Keith Naughton - Jun 1, 2012 1:56 PM ET
General Motors Co. (GM), the largest U.S. automaker, said it expects to cut its pension obligation by $26 billion by offering lump-sum payments to about 42,000 retirees and shifting its plans to a unit of Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU)
“These actions represent a major step toward our objective of de-risking our pension plans and will further strengthen our balance sheet and give us more financial flexibility,” Dan Ammann, GM’s chief financial officer, said today in a statement.
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