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17-Dec-2012
Amendments to Articles of Inc. or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Financial Stat
On December 11, 2012 the Board of Directors (Board) of General Motors Company
(Company) amended the Company's bylaws effective immediately to do the
following:
• Change the name of the Board's former finance and risk committee to the
finance committee in the index and in Sections 3.1, 3.4, and 6.5;
• Remove the provision that the annual meeting of stockholders will be held on the first Tuesday in June so that it will be held on such date as the chairman of the board or the board of directors designates (Section 1.1);
• Clarify that written notice of stockholder meetings includes notification by electronic means as permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Section 1.3);
• Prohibit the Company from including information about any Proposed Nominee
in its proxy materials except to the extent required by applicable law
(Section 1.11)
• Remove from the description of the finance committee responsibility for assisting the board of directors in its oversight of the Company's risk management strategies and policies (Section 3.4);
• Add senior vice president to the list of officer titles and remove group vice president (Section 4.1);
• Remove the provision that subordinate officers may be appointed or suspended or removed by a committee of the board (Section 4.13);
• Eliminate the requirement to supplement any notice given by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmission with a paper copy of such notice delivered by overnight mail or courier service (Section 6.3); and
• Add to the provision permitting stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws a reference to Article SIXTH of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which requires approval by a majority of the outstanding voting stock for adoption, amendment or repeal of bylaws by stockholders (Section 6.8).
The description above of the amendments to the Company's bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the bylaws as amended, set forth in Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated in this Item by reference.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description Method of Filing
3.1 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Attached as Exhibit
General Motors Company, as of
December 11, 2012
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