FACTBOX: General Motors before and after bankruptcy
DETROIT (Reuters) - A new General Motors emerged from bankruptcy on Friday, 40 days after it filed for court protection, as a leaner automaker pledging to win back consumers and pay back taxpayers.
The new GM, created from the old GM's strongest assets including Chevrolet and Cadillac, has a healthier balance sheet, lower labor costs, fewer brands and a significantly reduced break-even point.
Details of how GM's operations have changed follow.
* BALANCE SHEET
The new GM has U.S. debt of about $11 billion, which excludes preferred stock of $9 billion.
That represents a reduction of more than $40 billion in obligations that consist mostly of unsecured debt and a healthcare trust for union hourly retirees, known as VEBA.
* OWNERSHIP
The old GM was a publicly traded company.
The U.S. Treasury owns 60.8 percent of the new GM, the VEBA healthcare trust has a 17.5 percent stake, and Canada and Ontario governments 11.7 percent. The remaining 10 percent goes to the old GM to pay off unsecured creditors. Continued...


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