GM Board Schedules Annual Stockholders' Meeting for Aug. 4 in Detroit

DETROIT, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The General Motors Board of Directors today
announced that the company's annual stockholders' meeting will be held on
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 in Detroit.

The deadline for submitting stockholder proposals will be March 31, 2009, and
the deadline for submitting stockholder board nominations is April 6, 2009. GM
disclosed its 2008 executive compensation in its annual report on Form 10-K,
filed on March 5. Stockholders of record as of June 12, 2009 are eligible to
vote at the annual meeting; proxy materials will be mailed in June.

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), one of the world's largest automakers, was
founded in 1908, and today manufactures cars and trucks in 34 countries. With
its global headquarters in Detroit, GM employs 243,000 people in every major
region of the world, and sells and services vehicles in some 140 countries.
In 2008, GM sold 8.35 million cars and trucks globally under the following
brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, Hummer, Opel,
Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM's largest national market is
the United States, followed by China, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada,
Russia and Germany. GM's OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle
safety, security and information services. More information on GM can be
found at www.gm.com.

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SOURCE General Motors Corporation