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This is the GM International Newsline for Friday, May 10, 1996, 9:30 a.m. EDT. 
AUDIO NEWSLINE NUMBER: 8-346-3136.

SMITH ADDRESSES GM EMPLOYEE SHAREHOLDERS ABOUT EDS SPLIT-OFF VOTE.... GM 
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Jack Smith addresses GM employee
shareholders regarding the EDS split-off vote by saying, "As you know, on March 
31, on the recommendation of GM Management, the GM Board of Directors 
unanimously approved the split-off of EDS from General Motors subject to 
obtaining stockholder approval. General Motors is now requesting the approval of
the split-off and related matters from holders of its $1-2/3, Class E and Class 
H Common stocks. You will soon be receiving the Solicitation 
Statement/Prospectus together with a consent form which you will be asked to 
sign and return. The materials seek your approval of the proposed split-off of 
EDS from GM and certain related matters.

"EDS is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors. As part of the 
split-off of EDS from GM: 1) each outstanding share of Class E Common stock will
be converted into one share of EDS Common stock; 2) GM will receive $500 million
in cash from EDS; and 3) GM and EDS will enter into a new Master Service 
Agreement and certain related agreements pursuant to which EDS will continue to 
serve as GM's principal supplier of information technology services. Following 
the Split-Off, EDS will be an independent, publicly held company, with shares of
its Common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

"The GM Board has determined that the Split-Off and related transactions are in 
the best interests of, and fair to, General Motors and each class of GM common 
stockholders. GM Management and the Board of Directors recommend that General 
Motors common stockholders approve the Split-Off and related transactions by 
executing and returning the consent form. The offer to exchange EDS common stock
for Class E common stock is made only by means of the Solicitation 
Statement/Prospectus which you will receive.

"We urge you to read the solicitation materials carefully and request that you 
complete, date, sign and return the consent form as soon as possible. You may 
receive more than one set of the Solicitation materials if you own shares 
through a GM sponsored employee savings plan and if you also own shares of the 
GM Common stocks outside of these plans or in different names. You must execute 
and return all consent cards in order to vote all of the shares you own. As a GM
Employee, your consent is important regardless of the number of shares you 
own."