/C O R R E C T I O N -- General Motors Corporation/
23 December 2003 - 7:33AM
PR Newswire (US)
/C O R R E C T I O N -- General Motors Corporation/ In the news
release GM , Hughes and News Corporation Complete Hughes
Transactions, issued earlier today by General Motors Corporation
over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the fourth and
fifth paragraphs should read: Immediately prior to the close of the
Hughes transaction, there were 1,109,270,842 shares of GM Class H
common stock outstanding. As a result of the transactions, GM Class
H common stockholders received about 0.8232 shares of Hughes common
stock and about 0.0921 News Corporation Preferred ADSs for each
share of GM Class H common stock held immediately prior to the
closing of the transaction. After completion of the transactions,
News Corporation transferred its entire 34 percent interest in
Hughes to Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. (NYSE:FOX) in exchange for
two promissory notes totaling $4.5 billion and approximately 74.5
million shares of Class A common stock of Fox Entertainment Group
valued at $27.99 per share. As a result of the transfer, News
Corporation's equity interest in Fox Entertainment Group increased
to approximately 82.0 percent from approximately 80.6 percent while
its voting power remained at approximately 97 percent. rather than:
Immediately prior to the close of the Hughes transaction, there
were 1,109,270,842 shares of GM Class H common stock outstanding.
As a result of the transactions, GM Class H common stockholders
received about 0.8232 shares of Hughes common stock and about
0.1768 News Corporation Preferred ADSs for each share of GM Class H
common stock held immediately prior to the closing of the
transaction. After completion of the transactions, News Corporation
transferred its entire 34 percent interest in Hughes to Fox
Entertainment Group, Inc. (NYSE:FOX) in exchange for two promissory
notes totaling $4.5 billion and approximately 74.2 million shares
of Class A common stock of Fox Entertainment Group valued at $27.99
per share. As a result of the transfer, News Corporation's equity
interest in Fox Entertainment Group increased to approximately 82.0
percent from approximately 80.6 percent while its voting power
remained at approximately 97 percent. PRNewswire -- Dec. 22
DATASOURCE: General Motors Corporation Web site:
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