UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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): July 8, 2011
Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 1-43 | 45-6194071 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| c/o Wilmington Trust Company, as trust administrator and trustee Attn: David A. Vanaskey Jr., Vice President Rodney Square North 1100 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware |
19890-1615 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 636-6019
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On July 8, 2011, Wilmington Trust Company, solely in its capacity as trust administrator and trustee (in such capacity, the “GUC Trust Administrator”) of the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust (the “GUC Trust”), FTI Consulting, Inc., as GUC Trust Monitor, Motors Liquidation Company, f/k/a General Motors Corporation (“MLC”), Chevrolet-Saturn of Harlem, Inc., n/k/a MLC of Harlem, Inc., Saturn, LLC, n/k/a MLCS, LLC, Saturn Distribution Corporation, n/k/a MLCS Distribution Corporation, Remediation and Liability Management Company, Inc., and Environmental Corporate Remediation Company, Inc. (collectively with MLC, the “Debtors”), executed the First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement (the “GUC Trust Agreement”). The Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.
Background
As previously discussed in the GUC Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2011, on August 31, 2010, the Debtors filed a Joint Chapter 11 Plan and related Disclosure Statement with the bankruptcy court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”). On December 8, 2010, the Debtors filed an Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan and related Disclosure Statement (as amended, the “Disclosure Statement”). On December 8, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court approved the Disclosure Statement and approved the procedures for solicitation of votes on the Debtors’ Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan. On March 18, 2011, the Debtors filed the Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan (the “Plan”) with the Bankruptcy Court. The GUC Trust Agreement was annexed to the Plan as Exhibit D thereto. On March 29, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Plan (the “Confirmation Order”) and on March 31, 2011, the Plan became effective in accordance with its terms.
Court Approval and Amendment
Section 13.13(b) of the GUC Trust Agreement provides that the agreement may be amended on petition to, and with the approval of, the Bankruptcy Court; provided that (x) no amendment or supplement to the GUC Trust Agreement shall be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the GUC Trust to dispose of its assets in an expeditious but orderly manner, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Confirmation Order and the GUC Trust Agreement, and (y) the GUC Trust Agreement shall not be amended in a manner that is inconsistent with the Plan in the form confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court, subject to post-confirmation modifications to the Plan.
On June 21, 2011, the GUC Trust Administrator filed the Motion of Wilmington Trust Company, as GUC Trust Administrator, to amend the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement (the “Motion”) along with a related notice of presentment, seeking Bankruptcy Court authority to amend the GUC Trust Agreement. By the Motion (to which a form of the Amendment was annexed as Exhibit B), the GUC Trust Administrator sought authority to amend the GUC Trust Agreement to (i) provide for distributions of distributable GUC Trust assets by the GUC Trust on account of non-transferable units to be issued and evidenced by appropriate notation on the books and records of the GUC Trust Administrator; and (ii) shift the end of the GUC Trust’s fiscal year, as established in Section 6.7 of the GUC Trust Agreement, from
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December 31 to March 31. No party objected to the Motion. On July 6, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court issued an order approving the Motion (the “Order”) and, pursuant to such Order, directed the GUC Trust Administrator, FTI Consulting, Inc. and the Debtors to each execute the Amendment. The Order is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| Number |
Description | |
| 2.1 | Order Approving Amendment to Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement signed on July 6, 2011. | |
| 3.1 | First Amendment to GUC Trust Agreement, dated July 8, 2011. | |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: July 14, 2011
| MOTORS LIQUIDATION COMPANY GUC TRUST | ||
| By: Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as trust administrator and trustee of the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust | ||
| By: |
/s/ David A. Vanaskey | |
| Name: |
David A. Vanaskey | |
| Title: |
Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company | |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Number | Description | |
| 2.1 | Order Approving Amendment to Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement signed on July 6, 2011. | |
| 3.1 | First Amendment to GUC Trust Agreement, dated July 8, 2011. | |
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Exhibit 2.1
| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK |
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| MOTORS LIQUIDATION COMPANY, et al., | : | 09-50026 (REG) | ||||
| f/k/a General Motors Corp., et al. | : | |||||
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ORDER APPROVING AMENDMENT TO
MOTORS LIQUIDATION COMPANY GUC TRUST AGREEMENT
Upon the motion, dated June 20, 2011 (the “Motion”) of Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as trust administrator and trustee (in such capacity, the “GUC Trust Administrator”) of the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust (the “Trust”) established under Article VI of the Debtors’ Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan dated as of March 18, 2011 (as confirmed, the “Plan”), seeking entry of an Order, pursuant to Sections 1142(b) and 105(a) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq. (the “Bankruptcy Code”) approving the amendment of the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) substantially in the form attached to the Motion as Exhibit B (the “Amendment”); and any objections to the Motion having been settled, resolved, withdrawn or overruled; and this Court having determined that the relief requested in the Motion is in the best interests of the above-captioned post-effective date debtors’ (the “Debtors”) creditors and estates; and it further appearing that proper and adequate notice of the Motion has been given and that no other or further notice is necessary; and after due deliberation thereon, and good and sufficient cause appearing therefor:
FINDINGS OF FACT
IT IS HEREBY FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT:
A. The GUC Trust Administrator’s entry into the Amendment complies fully with Section 13.13 of the Trust Agreement and is consistent with both the purpose and intent of the Trust and the Plan.
B. The GUC Trust Administrator’s entry into the Amendment does not require any additional approvals or consents.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED THAT:
ORDERED, that the relief requested in the Motion is granted in its entirety; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Amendment to the Trust Agreement, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B to the Motion, is hereby approved, and the GUC Trust Administrator, FTI Consulting, Inc., as trust monitor, and the Debtors are each authorized and directed to execute the same; and it is further
ORDERED, that except as expressly modified hereby or by the Amendment, the Trust Agreement shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect; and it is further
ORDERED, that this Order shall be effective immediately upon entry; and it is further
ORDERED, that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of all matters and disputes arising in connection with or related to the interpretation or implementation of the Amendment.
| Dated: |
July 6, 2011 |
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| New York, New York |
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| s/ Robert E. Gerber | ||||||
| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE | ||||||
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EXHIBIT B
[Trust Agreement Amendment]
First Amendment to Trust Agreement
This amendment, dated as of June , 2011 (the “Amendment”) to that certain Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2011 (the “Trust Agreement”), is executed by Wilmington Trust Company, as trust administrator and trustee (in such capacity, the “GUC Trust Administrator”) and the other undersigned parties, in accordance with Section 13.13 of the Trust Agreement. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan and Trust Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust (the “Trust”) was established for the sole purpose of liquidating and distributing its assets for the benefit of the holders of the Allowed General Unsecured Claims (whether allowed prior to, on, or after the Effective Date); and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to amend the Trust Agreement to provide for distributions of GUC Trust Distributable Assets on account of Units which are issued and evidenced by appropriate notation on the books and records of the GUC Trust Administrator; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.1(a) of the Trust Agreement, the GUC Trust Administrator has filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court seeking, inter alia, approval of this Amendment; and
WHEREAS, this Amendment shall become effective upon a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court and execution by the appropriate signatories to this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Section 13.13 of the Trust Agreement and the Confirmation Order, the Trust Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
| 1. | The second sentence of Section 3.3(a) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
With respect to holders of Note Claims and Eurobond Claims, if the Units are freely negotiable and transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement, the GUC Trust shall issue such Units to holders of Note Claims and Eurobond Claims through the applicable Indenture Trustees and Fiscal and Paying Agents, who will in turn distribute the Units to such holders in accordance with the procedures of DTC and its participants. If the Units are not freely negotiable and transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement, the GUC Trust shall issue the Units, as entries on GUC Trust Administrator’s books and records in accordance with Section 3.5(a) hereof, to the applicable Indenture Trustees and Fiscal and Paying Agents for the benefit of holders of Note Claims and Eurobond Claims. Any New GM Securities distributed to the applicable Indenture Trustees and Fiscal and Paying Agents on account of such Units shall in turn be distributed by such Indenture Trustees and Fiscal and Paying Agents to the holders of Note
Claims and Eurobond Claims in accordance with the procedures of DTC and its participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a holder of Note Claims or Eurobond Claims who holds such Claims in certificated form shall not be treated as a holder of Note Claims or Eurobond Claims for purposes of this Section 3.3.
| 2. | “At such time as” in the second sentence of Section 3.4(a) shall be replaced with the following: “As soon as reasonably practicable after”. |
| 3. | Section 3.5 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
| 3.5 | Evidence of Units. |
(a) Provided the Units are not freely negotiable or transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement, the Units shall be issued and evidenced by appropriate notation on the books and records of the GUC Trust Administrator. The Units shall not be certificated and shall not be transferable, assignable, pledged, or hypothecated in whole or in part, except by applicable laws of descent or distribution (in the case of a deceased individual GUC Trust Beneficiary); by operation of law; in accordance with applicable bankruptcy law; or as otherwise approved by the Bankruptcy Court. The GUC Trust Administrator shall not be required to recognize any equitable or other claims to such interest by the transferee thereof, and the named GUC Trust Beneficiary shall remain as such for all purposes hereunder.
(b) Provided the Units are freely negotiable and transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement:
(i) Except pursuant to sub-section 3.5(b)(ii) below, Units will be issued in global form (the “Global Unit Certificate”) only, registered in the name of DTC or its nominee (or the successor of either of them), and interests in the Global Unit Certificate will be held only through participants (including securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other financial organizations) of DTC, as depositary. The Global Unit Certificate shall bear such legend as may be required by DTC. The aggregate number of Units issued hereunder may from time to time be increased by adjustments made on the records of the GUC Trust and a corresponding increase in the number of Units evidenced by such Global Unit Certificate (as shall be specified in the schedule included as part of the Global Unit Certificate or the issuance of further Global Unit Certificates in respect of such additional Units). Units will not be issued in definitive form, except in the limited circumstances described in Section 3.5(b)(ii) below. For so long as DTC serves as depositary for the Units, the GUC Trust Administrator may rely on the information and records of DTC to make distributions and send communications to the holders of Units and, in so doing, the GUC Trust Administrator shall be fully protected and incur no liability to any holder of Units, any transferee (or purported transferee) of Units, or any other person or entity.
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(ii) If DTC is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for the Units, or if the GUC Trust Administrator with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor otherwise determines to do so, the GUC Trust Administrator shall exchange the Units represented by Global Unit Certificate(s) for definitive certificates.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Confirmation Order or this Trust Agreement, the GUC Trust shall not issue any Units unless and until (i) the GUC Trust receives a favorable ruling from the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC, in a form acceptable to the GUC Trust Administrator in its sole discretion, which provides that, among other matters, the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC would not recommend enforcement action if such Units are not registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) in addition to such favorable ruling from the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC, the Divisions of Investment Management and Trading and Markets of the SEC formally or informally communicate that they have no objection to the issuance of the Units and the establishment of the GUC Trust; provided, however, that in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above; if, and only if the Units are not transferable except by operation of law, the GUC Trust Administrator may waive the requirement of such a ruling or “no objection” communication, as applicable, in its sole discretion.
| 4. | The second sentence of Section 3.6 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “To the extent transferability of the Units would not require the GUC Trust to register the Units under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and for so long as DTC continues to serve as depositary for the Units, the transferability of the Units shall also be subject to the requirements of DTC’s electronic book-entry system.” |
| 5. | The second sentence of Section 5.6(b) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Subject to the following sentence, no fractional shares of New GM Common Stock or fractional New GM Warrants shall be distributed by the GUC Trust hereunder to any holder of a Unit. In addition, if the Units are not freely negotiable or transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement, no cash payment in an amount less than $25 shall be made by the GUC Trust Administrator to any holder of a Unit.” |
| 6. | In the third sentence of Section 6.2, the phrase “beneficial holders” shall be replaced with the phrase “Registered holders”. |
| 7. | Section 6.7 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Except for the first and last years of the GUC Trust, the fiscal year of the GUC Trust shall commence on April 1 and end on March 31 of the succeeding year. The first year of the GUC Trust shall commence on March 31, 2011 and end on March 31, 2012. For the last year of the GUC Trust, the fiscal year of the GUC Trust shall be such portion of the calendar year that the GUC Trust is in existence.” |
Except as expressly amended hereby, the Trust Agreement shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment or caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers, representatives, or agents as of the date first above written.
| MOTORS LIQUIDATION COMPANY | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| MLC OF HARLEM, INC. | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| MLCS, LLC | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| MLCS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| REMEDIATION AND LIABILITY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC. | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATE REMEDIATION COMPANY, INC. | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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| WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS GUC TRUST ADMINISTRATOR AND TRUSTEE: | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| FTI CONSULTING, INC., AS GUC TRUST MONITOR: | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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EXHIBIT C
[Notice]
| Motors Liquidation Company 401 South Old Woodward Avenue Suite 370 Birmingham, Michigan 48009 Attn: Thomas Morrow Telephone: (313) 486-4044 Telecopier: (313) 486-4259 E-mail: tmorrow@alixpartners.com |
AlixPartners LLP 40 West 57th Street New York, New York 10019 Attn: Ted Stenger Telephone: (212) 490-2500 Telecopier: (212) 490-1344 E-mail: tstenger@alixpartners.com | |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10153 Attn: Stephen Karotkin, Esq. Joseph H. Smolinsky, Esq. Telephone: (212) 310-8000 Telecopier: (212) 310-8007 E-mail: stephen.karotkin@weil.com joseph.smolinsky@weil.com |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Attn: Thomas Moers Mayer, Esq. Robert Schmidt, Esq. Telephone: (212) 715-9100 Telecopier: (212) 715-8000 E-mail: tmayer@kramerlevin.com rschmidt@kramerlevin.com | |
| Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered 375 Park Avenue, 35th Floor New York, New York 10152-3500 Attn: Elihu Inselbuch, Esq. Rita C. Tobin, Esq. Telephone: (212) 319-7125 Telecopier: (212) 644-6755 E-mail: ei@capdale.com rct@capdale.com |
Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered One Thomas Circle, N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 Attn: Trevor W. Swett III, Esq. Kevin C. Maclay, Esq. Telephone: (202) 862-5000 Telecopier: (202) 429-3301 E-mail: tws@capdale.com kcm@capdale.com | |
| Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, A Professional Corporation 2323 Bryan Street, Suite 2200 Dallas, Texas 75201 Attn: Sander L. Esserman, Esq. Robert T. Brousseau, Esq. Telephone: (214) 969-4900 Telecopier: (214) 969-4999 E-mail: esserman@sbep-law.com brousseau@sbep-law.com |
United States Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220 Attn: Chief Counsel, Office of Financial Stability Telecopier: (202) 927-9225 E-mail: OFSChiefCounselNotices@do.treas.gov | |
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| Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 1 World Financial Center New York, New York 10128 Attn: John J. Rapisardi, Esq. Telephone: (212) 504-6000 Telecopier: (212) 504-6666 E-mail: john.rapisardi@cwt.com |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 700 Sixth St. NW Washington, DC 20001 Attn: Douglas S. Mintz, Esq. Telephone: (202) 862-2200 Telecopier: (212) 504-6666 E-mail: douglas.mintz@cwt.com |
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Exhibit 3.1
First Amendment to Trust Agreement
This amendment, dated as of July 8, 2011 (the “Amendment”) to that certain Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2011 (the “Trust Agreement”), is executed by Wilmington Trust Company, as trust administrator and trustee (in such capacity, the “GUC Trust Administrator”) and the other undersigned parties, in accordance with Section 13.13 of the Trust Agreement. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan and Trust Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust (the “Trust”) was established for the sole purpose of liquidating and distributing its assets for the benefit of the holders of the Allowed General Unsecured Claims (whether allowed prior to, on, or after the Effective Date); and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to amend the Trust Agreement to provide for distributions of GUC Trust Distributable Assets on account of Units which are issued and evidenced by appropriate notation on the books and records of the GUC Trust Administrator; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.1(a) of the Trust Agreement, the GUC Trust Administrator has filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court seeking, inter alia, approval of this Amendment; and
WHEREAS, this Amendment shall become effective upon a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court and execution by the appropriate signatories to this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Section 13.13 of the Trust Agreement and the Confirmation Order, the Trust Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
| 1. | The second sentence of Section 3.3(a) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
With respect to holders of Note Claims and Eurobond Claims, if the Units are freely negotiable and transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement, the GUC Trust shall issue such Units to holders of Note Claims and Eurobond Claims through the applicable Indenture Trustees and Fiscal and Paying Agents, who will in turn distribute the Units to such holders in accordance with the procedures of DTC and its participants. If the Units are not freely negotiable and transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement, the GUC Trust shall issue the Units, as entries on GUC Trust Administrator’s books and records in accordance with Section 3.5(a) hereof, to the applicable Indenture Trustees and Fiscal and Paying Agents for the benefit of holders of Note Claims and Eurobond Claims. Any New GM Securities distributed to the applicable Indenture Trustees and Fiscal and Paying Agents on account of such Units shall in turn be distributed by such Indenture Trustees and Fiscal and Paying Agents to the holders of Note
Claims and Eurobond Claims in accordance with the procedures of DTC and its participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a holder of Note Claims or Eurobond Claims who holds such Claims in certificated form shall not be treated as a holder of Note Claims or Eurobond Claims for purposes of this Section 3.3.
| 2. | “At such time as” in the second sentence of Section 3.4(a) shall be replaced with the following: “As soon as reasonably practicable after”. |
| 3. | Section 3.5 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
| 3.5 | Evidence of Units. |
(a) Provided the Units are not freely negotiable or transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement, the Units shall be issued and evidenced by appropriate notation on the books and records of the GUC Trust Administrator. The Units shall not be certificated and shall not be transferable, assignable, pledged, or hypothecated in whole or in part, except by applicable laws of descent or distribution (in the case of a deceased individual GUC Trust Beneficiary); by operation of law; in accordance with applicable bankruptcy law; or as otherwise approved by the Bankruptcy Court. The GUC Trust Administrator shall not be required to recognize any equitable or other claims to such interest by the transferee thereof, and the named GUC Trust Beneficiary shall remain as such for all purposes hereunder.
(b) Provided the Units are freely negotiable and transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement:
(i) Except pursuant to sub-section 3.5(b)(ii) below, Units will be issued in global form (the “Global Unit Certificate”) only, registered in the name of DTC or its nominee (or the successor of either of them), and interests in the Global Unit Certificate will be held only through participants (including securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other financial organizations) of DTC, as depositary. The Global Unit Certificate shall bear such legend as may be required by DTC. The aggregate number of Units issued hereunder may from time to time be increased by adjustments made on the records of the GUC Trust and a corresponding increase in the number of Units evidenced by such Global Unit Certificate (as shall be specified in the schedule included as part of the Global Unit Certificate or the issuance of further Global Unit Certificates in respect of such additional Units). Units will not be issued in definitive form, except in the limited circumstances described in Section 3.5(b)(ii) below. For so long as DTC serves as depositary for the Units, the GUC Trust Administrator may rely on the information and records of DTC to make distributions and send communications to the holders of Units and, in so doing, the GUC Trust Administrator shall be fully protected and incur no liability to any holder of Units, any transferee (or purported transferee) of Units, or any other person or entity.
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(ii) If DTC is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for the Units, or if the GUC Trust Administrator with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor otherwise determines to do so, the GUC Trust Administrator shall exchange the Units represented by Global Unit Certificate(s) for definitive certificates.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Confirmation Order or this Trust Agreement, the GUC Trust shall not issue any Units unless and until (i) the GUC Trust receives a favorable ruling from the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC, in a form acceptable to the GUC Trust Administrator in its sole discretion, which provides that, among other matters, the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC would not recommend enforcement action if such Units are not registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) in addition to such favorable ruling from the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC, the Divisions of Investment Management and Trading and Markets of the SEC formally or informally communicate that they have no objection to the issuance of the Units and the establishment of the GUC Trust; provided, however, that in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above; if, and only if the Units are not transferable except by operation of law, the GUC Trust Administrator may waive the requirement of such a ruling or “no objection” communication, as applicable, in its sole discretion.
| 4. | The second sentence of Section 3.6 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “To the extent transferability of the Units would not require the GUC Trust to register the Units under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and for so long as DTC continues to serve as depositary for the Units, the transferability of the Units shall also be subject to the requirements of DTC’s electronic book-entry system.” |
| 5. | The second sentence of Section 5.6(b) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Subject to the following sentence, no fractional shares of New GM Common Stock or fractional New GM Warrants shall be distributed by the GUC Trust hereunder to any holder of a Unit. In addition, if the Units are not freely negotiable or transferable pursuant to Section 3.6 of this Agreement, no cash payment in an amount less than $25 shall be made by the GUC Trust Administrator to any holder of a Unit.” |
| 6. | In the third sentence of Section 6.2, the phrase “beneficial holders” shall be replaced with the phrase “Registered holders”. |
| 7. | Section 6.7 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Except for the first and last years of the GUC Trust, the fiscal year of the GUC Trust shall commence on April 1 and end on March 31 of the succeeding year. The first year of the GUC Trust shall commence on March 31, 2011 and end on March 31, 2012. For the last year of the GUC Trust, the fiscal year of the GUC Trust shall be such portion of the calendar year that the GUC Trust is in existence.” |
Except as expressly amended hereby, the Trust Agreement shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment or caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers, representatives, or agents as of the date first above written.
| MOTORS LIQUIDATION COMPANY | ||
| By: |
/s/ J. Selzer | |
| Name: J. Selzer | ||
| Title: VP, Treasurer & Secretary | ||
| MLC OF HARLEM, INC. | ||
| By: |
/s/ J. Selzer | |
| Name: J. Selzer | ||
| Title: VP, Treasurer & Secretary | ||
| MLCS, LLC | ||
| By: |
/s/ J. Selzer | |
| Name: J. Selzer | ||
| Title: VP, Treasurer & Secretary | ||
| MLCS DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
/s/ J. Selzer | |
| Name: J. Selzer | ||
| Title: VP, Treasurer & Secretary | ||
| REMEDIATION AND LIABILITY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC. | ||
| By: |
/s/ J. Selzer | |
| Name: J. Selzer | ||
| Title: VP, Treasurer & Secretary | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATE REMEDIATION COMPANY, INC. | ||
| By: |
/s/ J. Selzer | |
| Name: J. Selzer | ||
| Title: VP, Treasurer & Secretary | ||
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| WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS GUC TRUST ADMINISTRATOR AND TRUSTEE: | ||
| By: |
/s/ David A. Vanaskey, Jr. | |
| Name: David A. Vanaskey, Jr. | ||
| Title: Vice President | ||
| FTI CONSULTING, INC., AS GUC TRUST MONITOR: | ||
| By: |
/s/ Anna Phillips | |
| Name: Anna Phillips | ||
| Title: Sr. Managing Director | ||
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