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Pursuant to a court-approved settlement agreement, the transfer of these liabilities was implemented by Ford transferring on Dec. 31 the following assets to the VEBA Trust:
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Also on Dec. 31, Ford made the following payments on the New Notes:
As a result of these actions, the New Notes will represent about $7 billion in incremental debt on Ford's balance sheet.
"The transfer of these health care liabilities to the VEBA Trust is the culmination of several years of work and will significantly improve our competitiveness in the U.S.," said Lewis Booth, Ford's chief financial officer. "We have removed a substantial health care liability from our balance sheet and have significantly reduced health care expenses. We also have shown confidence in our liquidity and One Ford plan by pre-paying $500 million of debt owed to the VEBA Trust."
Additional details about this transaction are included in Ford's Current Report on Form 8-K filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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-- An Amortizing Guaranteed Secured Note maturing June 30, 2022, with an original principal amount of $6.7 billion with a corresponding estimated present value of $4.8 billion ("New Note A"); -- An Amortizing Guaranteed Secured Note maturing June 30, 2022, with an original principal amount of $6.5 billion with a corresponding estimated present value of $4.7 billion ("New Note B" and, together with New Note A, the "New Notes"); -- Warrants expiring on Jan. 1, 2013, to purchase 362 million shares of Ford Common Stock at a price of $9.20 per share; -- Assets in a Temporary Asset Account consisting of cash and marketable securities with an estimated value of $620 million; and -- Assets in Ford's internal VEBA trust consisting of cash and marketable securities with an estimated value of $3.5 billion.
SOURCE Ford Motor Company
