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DETROIT--May 5, 2011 : General Motors Company today announced first quarter net income attributable to common stockholders of $3.2 billion, or $1.77 per fully-diluted share, marking the company’s fifth consecutive profitable quarter. Revenue increased $4.7 billion to $36.2 billion, compared with the first quarter of 2010.

“We are on plan,” said Dan Akerson, chairman and CEO. “GM has delivered five consecutive profitable quarters, thanks to strong customer demand for our new fuel-efficient vehicles and a competitive cost structure that allows us to leverage our strong brands around the world and focus on driving profitable automotive growth.”

Net income attributable to common stockholders includes gains of $1.6 billion and $0.3 billion respectively related to the sales of the company’s ownership interest in Delphi Automotive LLP and Ally Financial Inc. preferred stock. It also includes a $0.4 billion goodwill impairment charge at GM Europe (GME) resulting from a change in accounting standards and charges totaling $0.1 billion at GM International Operations (GMIO) related to revised tax regulations affecting the company’s India joint venture. Combined, these special items increased net income attributable to common stockholders by $1.5 billion or $0.82 per fully-diluted share.

Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) were $3.5 billion. EBIT adjusted to exclude special items was $2.0 billion compared with $1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2010.

GM Results Overview (in billions except for per share amounts)







Q1 2010

Q1 2011


Revenue

$31.5

$36.2


Net income attributable to common stockholders

$0.9

$3.2

Earnings per share (EPS) diluted

$0.55

$1.77

EBIT

$1.8

$3.5

Less special items

$0.1

$1.5

EBIT -- adjusted

$1.7

$2.0

Impact of special items on EPS diluted

$0.08

$0.82

Automotive net cash flow from operating activities

$1.9

$(0.6)*

Automotive free cash flow

$1.0

$(1.9)*




* Includes $2.5 billion negative impact related to wholesale advance financing agreement termination




GM North America (GMNA) reported EBIT of $2.9 billion compared with $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2010. On an EBIT-adjusted basis, GMNA increased its earnings by $0.1 billion to $1.3 billion compared with the first quarter of 2010. The company expects GMNA’s quarterly EBIT-adjusted results to improve on average for the remainder of the year compared with the first quarter as better pricing and improved fixed cost should more than offset commodity cost increases and unfavorable mix.

GME reported EBIT of $(0.4) billion. GME’s results improved by $0.6 billion on an EBIT-adjusted basis compared with the first quarter of 2010 and it achieved a significant milestone by delivering breakeven results on that basis. Based on current plans, GME is targeting to achieve breakeven results on an EBIT-adjusted basis before restructuring for the entire year.

GMIO reported EBIT of $0.5 billion compared with $0.9 billion in the first quarter of 2010. On an EBIT-adjusted basis, GMIO earned $0.6 billion in the first quarter, a decline of $0.3 billion compared with the first quarter of 2010.

GM South America (GMSA) reported EBIT of $0.1 billion, down $0.2 billion from the first quarter of 2010. There were no adjustments in either period.

GM expects that full-year 2011 EBIT-adjusted results will show solid improvement over 2010. GM continues to expect no material impact on full-year results from the Japan crisis.

For the quarter, automotive cash flow from operating activities was $(0.6) billion and automotive free cash flow was $(1.9) billion. Both figures include the $2.5 billion cash impact of GM’s decision, announced in October 2010, to end a wholesale advance agreement with Ally Financial.

GM ended the quarter with very strong total liquidity of $36.5 billion. Cash and marketable securities were $30.6 billion compared with $27.6 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2010.

“GM has great potential to deliver profitable growth around the world as the recovery continues,” said Dan Ammann, senior vice president and CFO. “While we’re encouraged, we keenly recognize we have more opportunities to leverage our scale, improve spending and investment efficiencies, and optimize our strong balance sheet.”

About General Motors -- General Motors , one of the world’s largest automakers, traces its roots back to 1908. With its global headquarters in Detroit, GM employs 202,000 people in every major region of the world and does business in more than 120 countries. GM and its strategic partners produce cars and trucks in 30 countries, and sell and service these vehicles through the following brands: Baojun, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Daewoo, Holden, Isuzu, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall, and Wuling. GM’s largest national market is China, followed by the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and Italy. GM’s OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. More information on the new General Motors can be found at www.gm.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

In this press release and in related comments by our management, our use of the words “expect,” “anticipate,” “possible,” “potential,” “target,” “believe,” “commit,” “intend,” “continue,” “may,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “project,” “projected,” “positioned” or similar expressions is intended to identify forward-looking statements that represent our current judgment about possible future events. We believe these judgments are reasonable, but these statements are not guarantees of any events or financial results, and our actual results may differ materially due to a variety of important factors. Among other items, such factors might include: our ability to realize production efficiencies and to achieve reductions in costs as a result of our restructuring initiatives and labor modifications; our ability to maintain quality control over our vehicles and avoid material vehicle recalls; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity and financing sources and an appropriate level of debt, including as required to fund our planned significant investment in new technology; the ability of our suppliers to timely deliver parts, components and systems; our ability to realize successful vehicle applications of new technology; and our ability to continue to attract new customers, particularly for our new products. GM's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q provides information about these and other factors, which we may revise or supplement in future reports to the SEC.

Exhibit 1


General Motors Company and Subsidiaries

Supplemental Material

(Unaudited)



The accompanying tables and charts for securities analysts include earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), EBIT adjusted and Automotive free cash flow which are not prepared in accordance with Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and have not been audited or reviewed by GM's independent auditors. EBIT, EBIT adjusted and Automotive free cash flow are considered non-GAAP financial measures.

Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding GM's operating results because they exclude amounts that management does not consider part of operating results when assessing and measuring the operational and financial performance of the organization. Management believes these measures allow it to readily view operating trends, perform analytical comparisons and benchmark performance among geographic regions. Accordingly, GM believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful in allowing for greater transparency of GM's core operations and they are therefore used by management in its financial and operational decision-making.

While management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information, they are not operating measures under U.S. GAAP and there are limitations associated with their use. GM's calculation of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be completely comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences between companies in their method of calculation. As a result, the use of these non-GAAP financial measures has limitations and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, other measures such as Net income or Net income attributable to common stockholders. Due to these limitations, these non-GAAP financial measures are used as a supplement to U.S. GAAP measures.

The following table summarizes the reconciliation of EBIT to its most comparable U.S. GAAP measure (dollars in millions):



Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2011

Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2010

Operating segments



GMNA(a)

$ 2,898

$ 1,218

GME(a)(b)

(390)

(477)

GMIO(a)(b)

480

908

GMSA(a)(b)

90

265

GM Financial(c)

130

€”

Total operating segments

3,208

1,914

Corporate and eliminations

317

(90)

EBIT(c)

3,525

1,824

Interest income

127

90

Automotive interest expense

149

337

Income tax expense

137

509

Net income attributable to stockholders

3,366

1,068

Less: Cumulative dividends on preferred stock

215

203

Net income attributable to common stockholders

$ 3,151

$ 865




(a)

Interest and income taxes are recorded centrally in Corporate; therefore, there are no reconciling items for GM's automotive operating segments between EBIT and Net income attributable to stockholders.

(b)

In the year ended December 31, 2010 GM changed its managerial and financial reporting structure so that certain entities geographically located within Russia and Uzbekistan were transferred from GM's GME segment to GM's GMIO segment and certain entities geographically located in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay were transferred from GM's GMIO segment to GM's newly created GMSA segment. GM has retrospectively revised the segment presentation for all periods presented.

(c)

GM Financial amounts represent income before income taxes.




General Motors Company and Subsidiaries

Supplemental Material

(Unaudited)

The following table summarizes the reconciliation of EBIT adjusted to EBIT (dollars in millions):





Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2011(a)

Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2010

EBIT adjusted

$ 2,042

$ 1,701

Special items

1,483

123

EBIT

$ 3,525

$ 1,824




(a)

GM Financial amounts included in EBIT and EBIT adjusted represent income before income taxes.




Special Items

In the three months ended March 31, 2011 special items included:

  • Gain of $1.6 billion in GMNA related to the sale of GM's Class A Membership Interests in Delphi Automotive LLP;
  • Gain of $339 million in Corporate related to the sale of 100% of the Ally Financial Preferred Stock;
  • Impairment charge of $395 million in GME related to goodwill; and
  • Charge of $106 million in GMIO related to GM's India joint venture.

In the three months ended March 31, 2010 special items included a gain of $123 million in GME related to the sale of Saab Automobile AB to Spyker Cars NV.

The following table summarizes the reconciliation of Automotive free cash flow to Automotive Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (dollars in millions):



Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2011

Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2010

Automotive



Free cash flow

$ (1,918)

$ 1,010

Capital expenditures

1,322

840

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

$ (596)

$ 1,850




General Motors Company and Subsidiaries

Supplemental Material

(Unaudited)

The following tables summarize selected data by segment (dollars in millions):



GMNA

GME

GMIO

GMSA

Corporate

Eliminations

Total

Automotive

GM

Financial

Eliminations

Total

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2011











Total net sales and revenue

$ 22,110

$ 6,870

$ 5,427

$ 3,896

$ 16

$ (2,420)

$ 35,899

$ 295

$ €”

$ 36,194












Depreciation, amortization and impairment of long- lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets

$ 977

$ 340

$ 116

$ 116

$ 13

$ €”

$ 1,562

$ 14

$ €”

$ 1,576












Equity income, net of tax and gain on disposal of investments(a)

$ 1,729

$ €”

$ 415

$ €”

$ €”

$ €”

$ 2,144

$ €”

$ €”

$ 2,144




(a)

Includes a gain of $1.6 billion recorded on the sale of GM's Class A Membership Interests in Delphi Automotive LLP.






GMNA

GME

GMIO

GMSA

Corporate

Eliminations

Total

Automotive

Total

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2010









Total net sales and revenue

$ 19,286

$ 5,461

$ 4,985

$ 3,324

$ 45

$ (1,625)

$ 31,476

$ 31,476










Depreciation, amortization and impairment of long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets

$ 1,174

$ 384

$ 65

$ 129

$ 51

$ €”

$ 1,803

$ 1,803










Equity income, net of tax and gain on disposal of investments

$ 34

$ 7

$ 362

$ €”

$ €”

$ €”

$ 403

$ 403




The following tables summarize worldwide employment and payroll:



March 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

Worldwide Employment (thousands)



GMNA

97

96

GME

40

40

GMIO

33

32

GMSA

32

31

GM Financial

3

3

Total Worldwide

205

202




U.S. -- Salaried

28

28

U.S. -- Hourly

49

49





Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2011

Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2010

Worldwide Payroll (billions)

$ 3.3

$ 3.0




General Motors Company and Subsidiaries

Supplemental Material

(Unaudited)


Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2011

Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2010

Production Volume (units in thousands)(a)



GMNA -- Cars

284

244

GMNA -- Trucks

502

424

Total GMNA

786

668

GME

344

305

GMIO - Consolidated Entities

257

248

GMIO - Joint Ventures(b)

709

654

Total GMIO

966

902

GMSA

231

210

Total Worldwide

2,327

2,085





(a)

Production volume includes vehicles produced by certain joint ventures.

(b)

The joint venture agreements with SGMW (44%) in the three months ended March 31, 2011 and (34%) in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and FAW-GM (50%) allows for significant rights as a member as well as the contractual right to report SGMW and FAW-GM joint venture production in China.




General Motors Company and Subsidiaries

Supplemental Material

(Unaudited)


Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2011

Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2010(a)(b)

Vehicle Sales (units in thousands)(c)(d)(e)



United States



Chevrolet -- Cars

181

156

Chevrolet -- Trucks

235

182

Cadillac

41

29

Buick

45

32

GMC

91

69

Other

0

8

Total United States

593

477

Canada, Mexico and Other

92

86

Total GMNA

684

564

GME



Opel/Vauxhall

320

295

Chevrolet

112

105

Other

1

4

Total GME

433

404

GMIO



Chevrolet

256

220

Wuling

337

334

Buick

166

122

GM Daewoo

16

28

Holden

32

36

FAW-GM

17

28

GMC

7

8

Cadillac

8

4

Other

17

11

Total GMIO(f)(g)

855

790

GMSA



Chevrolet

247

237

Other

3

4

Total GMSA

250

241

Total Worldwide

2,221

1,999




(a)

Includes HUMMER, Saturn and Pontiac vehicle sales data.

(b)

Includes GM Saab Automobile AB (Saab) vehicle sales data through February 2010.

(c)

Vehicle sales data may include rounding differences.

(d)

Certain fleet sales that are accounted for as operating leases are included in vehicle sales at the time of delivery to the daily rental car companies.

(e)

GMNA vehicle sales primarily represent sales to the ultimate customer. GME, GMIO and GMSA vehicle sales primarily represent estimated sales to the ultimate customer. In countries where end customer data is not readily available other data sources, such as wholesale volumes, are used to estimate vehicle sales.

(f)

Includes the following joint venture vehicle sales:





Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2011

Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2010


Joint venture sales in China





SGM

310

235



SGMW and FAW-GM

376

388


Joint venture sales in India





HKJV

29

22

(g)

The joint venture agreements with SGMW (44%) in the three months ended March 31, 2011 and (34%) in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and FAW-GM (50%) allow for significant rights as a member as well as the contractual right to report SGMW and FAW-GM join t venture vehicle sales in China as part of GM's global market share.




General Motors Company and Subsidiaries

Supplemental Material

(Unaudited)


Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2011

Three Months

Ended

March 31, 2010(a)(b)

Market Share(c)(d)(e)



United States -- Cars

15.4%

14.8%

United States -- Trucks

22.4%

22.0%

Total United States

19.0%

18.4%

Total GMNA

18.3%

17.8%

Total GME

8.6%

8.5%

Total GMIO(f)(g)

9.2%

8.8%

Total GMSA

18.8%

20.7%

Total Worldwide

11.5%

11.1%




U.S. Retail/Fleet Mix



% Fleet Sales -- Cars

28.6%

40.6%

% Fleet Sales -- Trucks

20.5%

24.5%

Total Vehicles

23.6%

30.9%




GMNA Capacity Utilization(h)

99.1%

85.1%




(a)

Includes HUMMER, Saturn and Pontiac vehicle sales data.

(b)

Includes GM Saab vehicle sales data through February 2010.

(c)

Market share information is based on vehicle sales volume.

(d)

Certain fleet sales that are accounted for as operating leases are included in vehicle sales at the time of delivery to the daily rental car companies.

(e)

GMNA vehicle sales primarily represent sales to the ultimate customer. GME, GMIO and GMSA vehicle sales primarily represent estimated sales to the ultimate customer. In countries where end customer data is not readily available other data sources, such as wholesale volumes, are used to estimate vehicle sales.

(f)

Includes the following joint venture vehicle sales: (units in thousands)





Three Months

Three Months



Ended

Ended



March 31, 2011

March 31, 2010


Joint venture sales in China





SGM

310

235



SGMW and FAW-GM

376

388


Joint venture sales in India





HKJV

29

22

(g)

The joint venture agreements with SGMW (44%) in the three months ended March 31, 2011 and (34%) in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and FAW-GM (50%) allow for significant rights as a member as well as the contractual right to report SGMW and FAW-GM joint venture vehicle sales in China as part of GM's global market share.

(h)

Two shift rated, annualized.




General Motors Company and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Income Statements

(In millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)


Three Months

Ended

Three Months

Ended


March 31, 2011

March 31, 2010

Net sales and revenue



Automotive sales

$ 35,879

$ 31,422

GM Financial revenue

295

€”

Other automotive revenue

20

54

Total net sales and revenue

36,194

31,476

Costs and expenses



Automotive cost of sales

31,685

27,553

GM Financial operating and other expenses

165

€”

Automotive selling, general and administrative expense

2,994

2,684

Other automotive expenses, net

6

46

Total costs and expenses

34,850

30,283

Goodwill impairment charges

395

€”

Operating income

949

1,193

Automotive interest expense

149

337

Interest income and other non-operating income, net

604

447

Loss on extinguishment of debt

€”

(1)

Income before income taxes and equity income

1,404

1,302

Income tax expense

137

509

Equity income, net of tax and gain on disposal of investments

2,144

403

Net income

3,411

1,196

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(45)

(128)

Net income attributable to stockholders

3,366

1,068

Less: Cumulative dividends on preferred stock

215

203

Net income attributable to common stockholders

$ 3,151

$ 865




Earnings per share



Basic and Diluted



Net income attributable to common stockholders -- basic

$ 3,151

$ 865

Addition of preferred dividends to holders of Series B Preferred Stock

59

€”

Net income attributable to common stockholders -- diluted

$ 3,210

$ 865

Basic and Diluted



Weighted-average common shares outstanding -- basic

1,504

1,500

Dilutive effect of warrants

162

67

Dilutive effect of conversion of Series B Preferred Stock

148

€”

Dilutive effect of restricted stock units

3

€”

Weighted-average common shares outstanding -- diluted

1,817

1,567




Basic earnings per share

$ 2.09

$ 0.58

Diluted earnings per share

$ 1.77

$ 0.55




General Motors Company and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In millions, except share amounts)

(Unaudited)

ASSETS

March 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

Automotive Current Assets



Cash and cash equivalents

$ 20,975

$ 21,061

Marketable securities

8,618

5,555

Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities

29,593

26,616

Accounts and notes receivable (net of allowance of $336 and $252)

12,990

8,699

Inventories

13,991

12,125

Equipment on operating leases, net

3,099

2,568

Other current assets and deferred income taxes

3,276

3,045

Total current assets

62,949

53,053

Automotive Non-current Assets



Equity in net assets of nonconsolidated affiliates

6,937

8,529

Property, net

19,944

19,235

Goodwill

28,752

30,513

Intangible assets, net

11,488

11,882

Other assets and deferred income taxes

4,249

4,754

Total non-current assets

71,370

74,913

Total Automotive Assets

134,319

127,966

GM Financial Assets



Finance receivables, net (including finance receivables transferred to special purpose entities of $8,603 and $7,156)

8,276

8,197

Restricted cash

1,201

1,090

Goodwill

1,265

1,265

Other assets (including leased assets transferred to special purpose entities of $188 at March 31, 2011)

785

380

Total GM Financial Assets

11,527

10,932

Total Assets

$ 145,846

$ 138,898

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY



Automotive Current Liabilities



Accounts payable (principally trade)

$ 24,739

$ 21,497

Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt (including debt at GM Korea of $117 and $70)

1,743

1,616

Accrued liabilities (including derivative liabilities at GM Korea of $49 and $111)

25,200

24,044

Total current liabilities

51,682

47,157

Automotive Non-current Liabilities



Long-term debt (including debt at GM Korea of $8 and $835)

3,268

3,014

Postretirement benefits other than pensions

9,396

9,294

Pensions

21,660

21,894

Other liabilities and deferred income taxes

12,851

13,021

Total non-current liabilities

47,175

47,223

Total Automotive Liabilities

98,857

94,380

GM Financial Liabilities



Securitization notes payable

6,061

6,128

Credit facilities

1,412

832

Other liabilities

430

399

Total GM Financial Liabilities

7,903

7,359

Total Liabilities

106,760

101,739

Commitments and contingencies



Equity



Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 2,000,000,000 shares authorized:



Series A (276,101,695 shares issued and outstanding (each with a $25.00 liquidation preference) at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010)

5,536

5,536

Series B (100,000,000 shares issued and outstanding (each with a $50.00 liquidation preference) at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010)

4,855

4,855

Common stock, $0.01 par value (5,000,000,000 shares authorized, 1,560,755,989 and 1,500,149,928 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2011 and 1,500,136,998 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010)

15

15

Capital surplus (principally additional paid-in capital)

24,347

24,257

Retained earnings

1,951

266

Accumulated other comprehensive income

1,494

1,251

Total stockholders' equity

38,198

36,180

Noncontrolling interests

888

979

Total Equity

39,086

37,159

Total Liabilities and Equity

$ 145,846

$ 138,898