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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 16, 1996.
Registration No. 33-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
STATE OF DELAWARE 38-0572515
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
100 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243-7301
3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48202-3091
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
THE GENERAL MOTORS PERSONAL SAVINGS PLAN FOR
HOURLY-RATE EMPLOYEES IN THE UNITED STATES
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(Full title of the plan)
JAMES H. HUMPHREY, Chief Accounting Officer
General Motors Corporation
3044 West Grand Blvd., Detroit, Michigan 48202-3091
(313) 556-4167
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(Name, address and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
maximum maximum
Amount offering aggregate Amount of
Title of securities to be price per offering registration
to be registered registered share* price* fee
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Class H Common Stock,
$0.10 par value.... 2,000,000 shares $54.50 $109,000,000 $33,030.30
Interests in The
General Motors
Personal Savings Plan
for Hourly-Rate Employees
in the United States**
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*Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
**In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this
registration statement:
(a)(1) The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1995, as amended (hereinafter referred to as "1995 Form 10-K"), which has
been filed by General Motors Corporation (hereinafter sometimes referred to
as "General Motors" or the "Corporation") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") pursuant to
Section'13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (hereinafter
referred to as the "1934 Act"), and (2) The General Motors Personal Savings
Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the "Plan") Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the "1995 Form 11-K"), filed
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act. The consolidated financial
statements and financial statement schedules included in the 1995 Form 10-K
and the financial statements of the Plan included in the 1995 Form 11-K,
incorporated by reference herein, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP
(as to the financial statements and financial statement schedules of General
Motors Corporation, and as to the financial statements of Hughes Electronics
Corporation and the Plan) and by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (as to the financial
statements of Electronic Data Systems Corporation), independent auditors, as
stated in their respective reports appearing therein, and have been so
incorporated in reliance upon such reports given upon the authority of said
firms as experts in accounting and auditing;
(b) The Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 1996, June 30, 1996, and September 30, 1996 and Current Reports on
Form 8-K dated January 29, 1996, February 26, 1996, March 12, 1996, April 19,
1996, May 29, 1996 and June 7, 1996, filed by the Corporation pursuant to
Section 13(a) of the 1934 Act; and
(c) the description of General Motors Class H common stock, $0.10
par value (hereinafter referred to as "Class H common stock"), contained in
Article Fourth of the General Motors Corporation Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, filed as Exhibit 3(i) to the Corporation's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated June 7, 1996, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the 1934 Act.
All documents subsequently filed by the Corporation pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
be a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the Class H common stock offered hereby has been
passed upon by Martin I. Darvick, Attorney, Legal Staff of the Corporation.
Mr. Darvick owns shares of General Motors $1-2/3 par value common stock and
Class H common stock and has options to purchase additional shares of $1-2/3
par value common stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Section 145 of the Delaware Corporation Law, the Corporation
is empowered to indemnify its directors and officers in the circumstances
therein provided.
The Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides
that no director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174, or any successor provision thereto, of the Delaware
Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived
an improper personal benefit.
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PART II (continued)
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers (concluded).
Under Article V of its By-Laws, the Corporation shall indemnify and
advance expenses to every director and officer (and to such person's heirs,
executors, administrators or other legal representatives) in the manner and
to the full extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists, or may
hereafter be amended, against any and all amounts (including judgments,
fines, payments in settlement, attorneys' fees and other expenses) reasonably
incurred by or on behalf of such person in connection with any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative ("a proceeding"), in which such director or
officer was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise
involved by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or member of any
other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, organization or other
enterprise. The Corporation shall not be required to indemnify a person in
connection with a proceeding initiated by such person if the proceeding was
not authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The Corporation
shall pay the expenses of directors and officers incurred in defending any
proceeding in advance of its final disposition ("advancement of expenses");
provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or
officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made
only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all
amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or
officer is not entitled to be indemnified under Article V of the By-Laws or
otherwise. If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses by an
officer or director under Article V of the By-Laws is not paid in full within
ninety days after a written claim therefor has been received by the
Corporation, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such
claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid
the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation
shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the
requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
The rights conferred on any person by Article V of the By-Laws shall not be
exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the Corporation's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise.
The Corporation is insured against liabilities which it may incur by
reason of Article V of its By-Laws. In addition, directors and officers are
insured, at the Corporation's expense, against some liabilities which might
arise out of their employment and not be subject to indemnification under
Article V of the By-Laws.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), is permitted to directors and
officers of the Corporation pursuant to the abovementioned provisions, or
otherwise, the Corporation has been informed that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy, as expressed in
said Act, and is therefore unenforceable.
Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors on
December 1, 1975, the Corporation to the fullest extent permissible under law
will indemnify, and has purchased insurance on behalf of, directors or
officers of the Corporation, or any of them, who incur or are threatened with
personal liability, including expenses, under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any amendatory or comparable legislation
or regulation thereunder.
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PART II (continued)
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Page No.
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(4)(a) General Motors Corporation Restated Certificate of
Incorporation as amended to June 7, 1996, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Current Report on Form 8-K
of General Motors dated June 7, 1996, and Amendment to
Article Fourth of the Certificate of Incorporation -
Division III - Preference Stock, by reason of the
Certificates of Designations filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on September 14, 1987 and
the Certificate of Decrease filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on September 29, 1987
(pertaining to the Six Series of Preference Stock
contributed to the General Motors pension trusts),
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 19 to the Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q of General Motors for the quarter ended
June 30, 1990 in the Form SE of General Motors dated
August 6, 1990; as further amended by the Certificate of
Designations filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware on June 28, 1991 (pertaining to the Series A
Conversion Preference Stock), incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(a) to Form S-8 Registration Statement No.
33-43744 in the Form SE of General Motors dated November 1,
1991; as further amended by the Certificate of Designations
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
on December 9, 1991 (pertaining to Series B 9-1/8%
Preference Stock), incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4(a) to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 33-45216 in the
Form SE of General Motors dated January 27, 1992; as
further amended by the Certificate of Designations filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on
February 14, 1992 (pertaining to Series C Convertible
Preference Stock), incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3(a) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of General Motors
for the year ended December 31, 1991 in the Form SE of
General Motors dated March 20, 1992; as further amended by
the Certificate of Designations filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on July 15, 1992 (pertaining
to Series D 7.92% Preference Stock), incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(a)(2) to the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q of General Motors for the quarter ended June 30,
1992 in the Form SE of General Motors dated August 10,
1992; and as further amended by the Certificate of
Designations filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware on December 15, 1992 (pertaining to Series G
9.12% Preference Stock), incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(a) to Form
S-3 Registration Statement No. 33-49309 in the Form SE of
General Motors dated January 25, 1993 .................. N/A
(b) By-Laws of General Motors Corporation as amended to
June 7, 1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii)
to the Current Report on Form 8-K of General Motors dated
June 7, 1996............................................ N/A
(5)(a) Opinion and consent of Martin I. Darvick, Attorney,
Legal Staff of General Motors, in respect of the
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(b) The registrant undertakes that it will submit or has
submitted the Plan and any amendment thereto to the
Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has
made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order
to qualify the Plan......................................... N/A
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PART II (concluded)
Item 8. Exhibits (concluded).
Exhibit Number Page No.
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(23)(a) Consent of Independent Auditors - Deloitte & Touche LLP...... II-9
(b) Consent of Independent Auditors - KPMG Peat Marwick LLP...... II-10
(c) Consent of Martin I. Darvick, Attorney, Legal Staff of
General Motors, included in Exhibit 5(a) above............... N/A
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement to include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement; (2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) of the 1934 Act and each filing of
the Plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Detroit, State of
Michigan, on December 13, 1996.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
By
/s/JOHN F. SMITH, JR.
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(John F. Smith, Jr., Chairman
of the Board of Directors, Chief
Executive Officer and President)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed on December 13, 1996 by the following
persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature Title
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/S/JOHN F. SMITH, JR. Chairman of the Board of Directors,
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(John F. Smith, Jr.) and President
/S/HARRY J. PEARCE Vice Chairman of the Board
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(Harry J. Pearce)
/s/J. MICHAEL LOSH Executive Vice President and)
- ------------------------------ Chief Financial Officer )
(J. Michael Losh) )
)
)
/s/LEON J. KRAIN Vice President and )Principal
- ------------------------------ Group Executive )Financial
(Leon J. Krain) )Officers
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/s/JOHN D. FINNEGAN Vice President and )
- ------------------------------ Treasurer )
(John D. Finnegan) )
/s/WALLACE W. CREEK Comptroller )
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(Wallace W. Creek) )
)Principal
)Accounting
)Officers
/s/JAMES H. HUMPHREY Chief Accounting Officer )
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(James H. Humphrey) )
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SIGNATURES (continued)
Signature Title
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/s/ANNE L. ARMSTRONG Director
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(Anne L. Armstrong)
/s/JOHN H. BRYAN Director
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(John H. Bryan)
/s/THOMAS E. EVERHART Director
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(Thomas E. Everhart)
/s/CHARLES T. FISHER, III Director
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(Charles T. Fisher, III)
/s/J. WILLARD MARRIOTT, JR. Director
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(J. Willard Marriott, Jr.)
/s/ANN D. MCLAUGHLIN Director
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(Ann D. McLaughlin)
/s/ECKHARD PFEIFFER Director
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(Eckhard Pfeiffer)
Director
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(Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.)
/s/JOHN G. SMALE Director
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(John G. Smale)
/s/LOUIS W. SULLIVAN Director
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(Louis W. Sullivan)
/s/DENNIS WEATHERSTONE Director
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(Dennis Weatherstone)
/s/THOMAS H. WYMAN Director
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(Thomas H. Wyman)
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SIGNATURES (concluded)
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in
the United States has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Detroit, State of Michigan, on December 13, 1996.
THE GENERAL MOTORS PERSONAL
SAVINGS PLAN FOR HOURLY-RATE
EMPLOYEES IN THE UNITED STATES
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(Plan)
By
/s/JOHN F. SMITH, JR.
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(John F. Smith, Jr., Chairman,
the President's Council)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below on December 13, 1996 by the
following persons as members of the President's Council of General Motors
Corporation, the Committee thereunto duly appointed with full power and
authority to construe, interpret and administer the said Plan.
Signature Title
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/s/JOHN F. SMITH, JR. Chairman
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(John F. Smith, Jr.)
/s/LOUIS R. HUGHES Member
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(Louis R. Hughes)
/s/J. MICHAEL LOSH Member
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(J. Michael Losh)
/s/HARRY J. PEARCE Member
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(Harry J. Pearce)
/s/G. RICHARD WAGONER, JR. Member
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(G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.)
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EXHIBIT 5(a)
December 12, 1996
General Motors Corporation
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153-0075
Gentlemen:
As Attorney, Legal Staff of General Motors Corporation, I am
familiar with the Registration Statement, dated December 13, 1996, being
filed by GM with the Securities and Exchange Commission, relating to (1)
interests in the General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate
Employees in the United States (the "Plan") and (2) 2,000,000 shares of
General Motors Class H common stock, $0.10 par value, to be registered for
the Plan.
It is my opinion that the interests in the Plan and the Class H
common stock to be registered, when sold or issued hereafter in accordance
with the provisions of said Plan, in accordance with Delaware law will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5(a) of the
abovementioned Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/MARTIN I. DARVICK
Martin I. Darvick
Attorney, Legal Staff
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EXHIBIT 23(a)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 of General Motors Corporation of our reports dated January 29,
1996, and June 10, 1996, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
General Motors Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1995, as amended,
and in the Annual Report on Form 11-K of the General Motors Personal Savings
Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States for the year ended
December 31, 1995, respectively. We also consent to the reference to us
under the heading "Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference" in this
Registration Statement.
/s/DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Detroit, Michigan
December 12, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23(b)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We hereby consent to the use of our report dated January 24, 1996, appearing
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of General Motors Corporation for the year
ended December 31, 1995, as amended, incorporated herein by reference and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "Incorporation of Documents by
Reference" in this Registration Statement.
/s/KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Dallas, Texas
December 12, 1996
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