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General Motors Voluntary Report of 2017 Political Contributions As part of its overall efforts to promote transparency for stockholders and others, General Motors is releasing its voluntary disclosure of corporate contributions for calendar year 2017. Included in this report are (1) contributions to section 527 organizations; (2) contributions to individual candidates for state and local office; and (3) portions of dues or similar payments to 501(c)(6) trade associations and section 501(c)(4) organizations, to the extent the dues or other payments equal or exceed $50,000, and that are attributable to political expenditure. In addition, links are provided below to the GM Corporate Policy on Corporate Political Contributions and Expenditures, as well as to obtain GM PAC contributions. (1) Section 527 Organization Contributions Republican Governors Association $250,000 Democratic Governors Association $100,000 Republican State Leadership Committee $120,000 Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee $50,000 GOPAC $50,000 Republican Attorneys General Association $25,000 Democratic Attorneys General Association $27,450 (2) Corporate Contributions to Individual Candidates for State or Local Office None (3) Portion of Dues or Similar Payments, to the Extent Dues or Payments Equal or Exceed $50,000, Paid in 2016 to 501(c)(6) Trade Associations or Section 501(c)(4) Organizations, Which Were Used for Political Expenditures as Identified by the Trade Association or Organization: In 2017, GM paid dues or similar payments of at least $50,000 to organizations recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt under either section 501(c)(6) as a trade association or section 501(c)(4) as a social welfare organization. The following is a summary of such portion of such GM dues or similar payments used for political expenditure: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers $79,405 Detroit Regional Chamber $2,400 GM's Policy on Corporate Political Contributions and Expenditures can be found on GM’s corporate website: http://www.gm.com/content/dam/gm/en_us/english/Group4/InvestorsPDFDocuments/GMPolicyCorporat ePoliticalContributionsandExpenditures.pdf
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General Motors Voluntary Report of 2017 Political Contributions
As part of its overall efforts to promote transparency for stockholders and others, General Motors is releasing its voluntary disclosure of corporate contributions for calendar year 2017. Included in this report are (1) contributions to section 527 organizations; (2) contributions to individual candidates for state and local office; and (3) portions of dues or similar payments to 501(c)(6) trade associations and section 501(c)(4) organizations, to the extent the dues or other payments equal or exceed $50,000, and that are attributable to political expenditure. In addition, links are provided below to the GM Corporate Policy on Corporate Political Contributions and Expenditures, as well as to obtain GM PAC contributions. (1) Section 527 Organization Contributions
Republican Governors Association $250,000 Democratic Governors Association $100,000 Republican State Leadership Committee $120,000 Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee $50,000 GOPAC $50,000 Republican Attorneys General Association $25,000 Democratic Attorneys General Association $27,450
(2) Corporate Contributions to Individual Candidates for State or Local Office None (3) Portion of Dues or Similar Payments, to the Extent Dues or Payments Equal or Exceed $50,000, Paid in 2016 to 501(c)(6) Trade Associations or Section 501(c)(4) Organizations, Which Were Used for Political Expenditures as Identified by the Trade Association or Organization: In 2017, GM paid dues or similar payments of at least $50,000 to organizations recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt under either section 501(c)(6) as a trade association or section 501(c)(4) as a social welfare organization. The following is a summary of such portion of such GM dues or similar payments used for political expenditure:
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers $79,405 Detroit Regional Chamber $2,400
GM's Policy on Corporate Political Contributions and Expenditures can be found on GM’s corporate website: http://www.gm.com/content/dam/gm/en_us/english/Group4/InvestorsPDFDocuments/GMPolicyCorporatePoliticalContributionsandExpenditures.pdf
General Motors Voluntary Report of 2017 Political Contributions
Details of employee contributions to the federal GM Political Action Committee (PAC) and the GM PAC’s contributions to candidates, party committees and other PACs can be found on the FEC website: http://www.fec.gov 2017 Individual Filings can be found at: February http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1149026/ March http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1152352/ April http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1156701/ May http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1162277/ June http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1165909/ July http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1173050/ August http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1178916/ September http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1182026/ October http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1187813/ November http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1191234/ December http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1194551/ Year End http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00076810/1199596/ GM’s voluntary disclosure represents every effort and intention to fully report all such contributions. However, given the scope and size of GM’s operations and the variety of contribution channels, some contributions could be inadvertently omitted from this initial disclosure. If GM is made aware of additional contributions through its own review process, employees or by other means and sources outside the company, it will immediately disclose those contributions by posting a revised report.
