Rumor has it that Sergio Marchionne is planning on taking Chrysler public once again
Rumor has it that Sergio Marchionne is planning on taking Chrysler public once again
That AutoTrader still exists in the post-Craigslist world may come as a surprise to some car shoppers. But the company is apparently alive and well, and will be going public, having just filed a $300 million IPO.
While regular General Motors shareholders get to ride the wave below the IPO price, the swells holding the preferred mandatory convertible shares get dividends totaling $59.4 million.
Freed from a post-IPO lockdown, Tesla investors discharge 15% of its share price. [Bloomberg/Freep]
General Motors officially kicked its IPO old school today, plotting to hawk $13 billion in shares Nov. 18. Original G also popped up to $2.1 billion in net income last quarter. Mad cheddar. [GM]
GM's IPO needs to be priced at $133.78 per share for taxpayers to make their money back. Good luck with that. [AP]
New General Motors CEO says not to expect the IPO to pay back taxpayer bailout money. Also, the sky is blue. [CNBC]
General Motors won't start the hard sell of its shares to investors, called a "road show," until Nov. 3, one day after mid-term elections, and the actual IPO now expected Nov. 18. Why? Politics, of course.