PREVIEW-GM seen posting deep loss as deadline looms
*What: GM Q1 results Thursday
*Analysts on average expect a $11.05/share loss ex-items
*Results to be last under current capital structure
DETROIT, May 6 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp GM.N is expected to report a deep loss on Thursday for the first quarter in its last earnings report before the deadline for a restructuring that would wipe out current shareholders.
GM is facing a government-imposed June 1 deadline to reach agreements to overhaul its operations and cut more than $40 billion in debt.
GM said in a statement on its website that global vehicle sales fell 28 percent in the first quarter, led by a 47 percent decline in North America.
The quarter also coincided with GM's failure to win new federal backing for a turnaround plan that the Obama administration's auto's task force concluded was too slow-moving and too cautious to succeed.
In its punishing first quarter, the Obama administration ousted former Chief Executive Rick Wagoner. Continued...
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