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SEC Comment Letter for General Motors Co (GM) (CIK 0001467858) (GM) — Aug 26, 2025

General Motors Co (GM) (CIK 0001467858)
Date: Aug. 26, 2025 · CIK: 0001467858 · Accession: 0000000000-25-009091

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Date
August 26, 2025
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General Motors Co (GM) (CIK 0001467858)

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August 26, 2025 Christopher Hatto Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer General Motors Company 300 Renaissance Center Detroit, Michigan 48265-3000 Re:General Motors Company Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 Filed January 28, 2025 File No. 001-34960 Dear Christopher Hatto: We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related disclosures and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 Note 23. Segments, page 100 1.We note that your tabular disclosures of segment information beginning on page 101 include columns for each of the reportable segments, as well as columns for “Corporate” and "Eliminations/Reclassifications", which are added to arrive at a “Total” column. This presentation appears to result in a total Earnings (loss) before interest and taxes - adjusted amount, inclusive of Corporate. Please revise to reconcile the total of the reportable segments’ measures of profit or loss to consolidated income before income taxes. Refer to ASC 280-10-50-30(b). In this regard, the reconciliation should include a single amount for the subtotal of the reportable segments’ measures of profit or loss with a reconciliation of that amount to consolidated income before income taxes. Similarly, please revise to reconcile other totals of reportable segments’ amounts, such as revenues, assets, and depreciation and amortization, to the corresponding consolidated amounts as required by ASC 280-10-50-30. We also note that the “Corporate” column includes amounts, such as net sales 2.

August 26, 2025 Page 2 and revenue, segment expenses and other items, adjustments, and earnings (loss) before interest and taxes - adjusted. ASC 280-10-50-15 requires information about other business activities and operating segments that are not reportable to be combined and disclosed in an all other category separate from other reconciling items in the reconciliations required by ASC 280-10-50-30 through 50-31. Please revise your disclosures accordingly. Please provide us with your proposed revised disclosure. See also ASC 280-10-55-48. 3.Please explain to us why you believe it is appropriate to include the subtotal “Total Automotive” in your table of key financial information by segment. In this regard, it does not appear that Total Automotive is a reportable segment, and disclosing a profitability measure for a subset of the reportable segments and amounts in the "Corporate" column does not appear to be considered in ASC 280-10-50-22 or 50-30. Please advise or revise your disclosure accordingly. 4.We note your presentation of the “Segment expenses and other items” and “Adjustments” line items in arriving at “Earnings (loss) before interest and taxes – adjusted.” Please tell us whether any of these amounts represent significant segment expenses disclosed pursuant to ASC 280-10-50-26A, or, if they are other segment items pursuant to ASC 280-10-50-26B, why they have been presented separately. In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Please contact Stephany Yang at 202-551-3167 or Claire Erlanger at 202-551-3301 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Manufacturing

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August 26, 2025
Christopher Hatto
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
General Motors Company
300 Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan 48265-3000
Re:General Motors Company
Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2024
Filed January 28, 2025
File No. 001-34960
Dear Christopher Hatto:
            We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related
disclosures and have the following comments.
            Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
            After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2024
Note 23. Segments, page 100
1.We note that your tabular disclosures of segment information beginning on page 101
include columns for each of the reportable segments, as well as columns for
“Corporate” and "Eliminations/Reclassifications", which are added to arrive at a
“Total” column. This presentation appears to result in a total Earnings (loss) before
interest and taxes - adjusted amount, inclusive of Corporate. Please revise to reconcile
the total of the reportable segments’ measures of profit or loss to consolidated income
before income taxes. Refer to ASC 280-10-50-30(b). In this regard, the reconciliation
should include a single amount for the subtotal of the reportable segments’ measures
of profit or loss with a reconciliation of that amount to consolidated income before
income taxes. Similarly, please revise to reconcile other totals of reportable segments’
amounts, such as revenues, assets, and depreciation and amortization, to the
corresponding consolidated amounts as required by ASC 280-10-50-30.
We also note that the “Corporate” column includes amounts, such as net sales 2.

August 26, 2025
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and revenue, segment expenses and other items, adjustments, and earnings (loss)
before interest and taxes - adjusted. ASC 280-10-50-15 requires information about
other business activities and operating segments that are not reportable to be
combined and disclosed in an all other category separate from other reconciling items
in the reconciliations required by ASC 280-10-50-30 through 50-31. Please revise
your disclosures accordingly. Please provide us with your proposed revised
disclosure. See also ASC 280-10-55-48.
3.Please explain to us why you believe it is appropriate to include the subtotal “Total
Automotive” in your table of key financial information by segment. In this regard, it
does not appear that Total Automotive is a reportable segment, and disclosing a
profitability measure for a subset of the reportable segments and amounts in the
"Corporate" column does not appear to be considered in ASC 280-10-50-22 or 50-30.
Please advise or revise your disclosure accordingly.
4.We note your presentation of the “Segment expenses and other items” and
“Adjustments” line items in arriving at “Earnings (loss) before interest and taxes –
adjusted.” Please tell us whether any of these amounts represent significant segment
expenses disclosed pursuant to ASC 280-10-50-26A, or, if they are other segment
items pursuant to ASC 280-10-50-26B, why they have been presented separately.
            In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments,
action or absence of action by the staff.
            Please contact Stephany Yang at 202-551-3167 or Claire Erlanger at 202-551-3301
with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing