Motors Liquidation 10Q 2019 Q3 Quarterly report

Motors Liquidation (MTLQU) 10-Q2019 Q3 Quarterly report

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM10-Q

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2018

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission FileNo. 001-00043

Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		45-6194071
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o Wilmington Trust Company, as trust administrator and trustee Attn: David A. Vanaskey Jr., Administrative Vice President Rodney Square North 1100 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware		19890-1615
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(302)636-6019

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☐ No ☒*

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of RegulationS-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes ☐ No ☒*

*	The registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but has filed all reports required pursuant to theno-action letter of the Securities and Exchange Commission to the registrant dated May 23, 2012.

MOTORS LIQUIDATION COMPANY GUC TRUST

FORM10-Q TABLE OF CONTENTS


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	PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements
	Condensed Statements of Net Assets in Liquidation (Liquidation Basis), December 31, 2018 (unaudited) and March 31, 2018		1
	Condensed Statements of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation (Liquidation Basis), Three and Nine Months Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)		2
	Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Liquidation Basis), Nine Months Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)		3
	Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)		4
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		18
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		43
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		43

	PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		43
Item 1A.	Risk Factors		50
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		53
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities		53
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures		53
Item 5.	Other Information		53
Item 6.	Exhibits		54

Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION (LIQUIDATION BASIS)

(Dollars in thousands)


	December 31, 2018		March 31, 2018
	Unaudited
ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents (Note 3)	$	2,397	$	2,563
Marketable Securities (Note 3)		502,252		505,183
Accrued Investment Income (Note 3)		34,879		17,495
Other Assets (Note 3)		473		63

TOTAL ASSETS		540,001		525,304
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities		2,041		5,420
Liquidating Distributions Payable (Note 4)		1,792		1,825
Contingent Settlement Obligation (Note 3)		—		15,000
Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation (Note 6)		40,559		38,087
Reserves for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs (Note 6)		169		169

TOTAL LIABILITIES		44,561		60,501

NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION (Note 3)	$	495,440	$	464,803

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Financial Statements.

Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS IN LIQUIDATION (LIQUIDATION BASIS) (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands)


	Three Months Ended December 31,						Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net Assets in Liquidation, beginning of period	$	481,757		$	485,433		$	464,803		$	488,213
Increase (decrease) in net assets in liquidation:
Additions to reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation and Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs (Note 6)		(855	)		(6,148	)		(9,434	)		(15,677	)
Reversal of contingent settlement obligation (Note 3)		—			—			15,000			—
Net reversal of liquidating distributions (Note 4)		—			6,509			—			6,494
Dividends and interest income (Note 3)		14,178			976			24,711			6,232
Other income (reversal) (Note 3)		360			(1,508	)		360			—

Net increase (decrease) in net assets in liquidation		13,683			(171	)		30,637			(2,951	)

Net Assets in Liquidation, end of period	$	495,440		$	485,262		$	495,440		$	485,262

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Financial Statements.

Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (LIQUIDATION BASIS) (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands)


	Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2018			2017
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities
Cash receipts from interest and dividends	$	7,328		$	3,298
Cash paid for professional fees, governance costs and other administrative costs		(10,398	)		(10,267	)
Cash paid for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs		—			(11,705	)
Cash receipts for refunds		7			193
Cash paid for distributions		(33	)		(433	)

Net cash flows used in operating activities		(3,096	)		(18,914	)
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities
Cash used to purchase marketable securities		(3,275,108	)		(2,702,947	)
Cash from maturities and sales of marketable securities		3,278,038			2,719,497

Net cash flows from investing activities		2,930			16,550

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(166	)		(2,364	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		2,563			4,320

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	2,397		$	1,956

The GUC Trust has not presented a reconciliation from net income to cash flow from operations. As an entity in liquidation, the GUC Trust does not have continuing operations that result in the measurement of net income as that term is used by generally accepted accounting principles to measure results of operations.

See Accompanying Notes to Condensed Financial Statements.

Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust

Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

December 31, 2018

1. Description of Trust and Reporting Policies

The Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust (“GUC Trust”) is a successor to Motors Liquidation Company (formerly known as General Motors Corp.) (“MLC”) for the purposes of Section 1145 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (“Bankruptcy Code”). The GUC Trust holds, administers and directs the distribution of certain assets pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Second Amended and Restated Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement (the “GUC Trust Agreement”), dated as of July 30, 2015, and as amended from time to time, and pursuant to the Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan (the “Plan”), dated March 18, 2011, of MLC and its debtor affiliates (collectively, along with MLC, the “Debtors”), for the benefit of holders of allowed general unsecured claims against the Debtors (“Allowed General Unsecured Claims”).

The GUC Trust was formed on March 30, 2011, as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, for the purposes of implementing the Plan and distributing the GUC Trust’s distributable assets. Wilmington Trust Company serves as trustee and trust administrator of the GUC Trust (in such capacity, and not in its individual capacity, the “GUC Trust Administrator”), and FTI Consulting, Inc. serves as trust monitor of the GUC Trust (in such capacity, and not in its individual capacity, the “GUC Trust Monitor”). Prior to the liquidation in July and August 2015 of all New GM Securities (as defined below) then held by the GUC Trust (pursuant to the Liquidation Order (as defined below)), the Plan (as qualified by the Liquidation Order) generally provided for the distribution of certain shares of common stock (“New GM Common Stock”) of the new General Motors Company, formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. (“New GM”) and any associated Dividend Cash (as defined below) and certain warrants for the purchase of shares of such stock (the “New GM Warrants,” and, together with the New GM Common Stock, the “New GM Securities”) to holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims pro rata by the amount of such claims. Since such liquidation of the New GM Securities, distributions to holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims consist entirely of cash distributions in lieu of New GM Securities. In addition, prior to the qualification by the Liquidation Order and the resulting subsequent liquidation of New GM Securities, the Plan provided that each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim would obtain, in the form of GUC Trust Units (as defined below), a contingent right to receive, on a pro rata basis, additional shares of New GM Common Stock (and associated Dividend Cash) and New GM Warrants (if and to the extent such New GM Common Stock and New GM Warrants were not required for the satisfaction of previously Disputed General Unsecured Claims (as defined in Note 2), Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims (as defined in Note 2) or liquidation for the payment of the expenses and liabilities of the GUC Trust), and certain cash, if any, remaining at the dissolution of the GUC Trust. Since the aforementioned liquidation of all New GM Securities previously held by the GUC Trust, the holders of GUC Trust Units have a contingent right to receive additional cash, in lieu of New GM Securities, if any, remaining at the dissolution of the GUC Trust.

By order dated July 2, 2015 (the “Liquidation Order”), the Bankruptcy Court approved the conversion of the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities into cash. To effect such conversion, on July 7, 2015, the GUC Trust converted all of its holdings of New GM Warrants into New GM Common Stock in a cashless exercise. In total, the GUC Trust converted (i) 10,352,556 New GM Series A Warrants (defined below) into 7,407,155 shares of New GM Common Stock, and (ii) 10,352,556 New GM Series B Warrants (defined below) into 4,953,635 shares of New GM Common Stock. Thereafter, the GUC Trust sold all of its holdings of New GM Common Stock for net proceeds aggregating $741.7 million, having completed all such sales on August 5, 2015. As a result, all distributions by the GUC Trust thereafter in respect of any Allowed General Unsecured Claims (including in respect of the GUC Trust Units) are made solely in cash. Pursuant to the Liquidation Order, the proceeds of such liquidation (net of applicable costs, fees, and expenses paid in respect thereof) were allocated to the beneficiaries of the GUC Trust on a pro rata basis in the following manner:

(a)

A GUC Trust beneficiary’s entitlement to a particular number of New GM Warrants that were exercised was converted into an entitlement to receive the number of shares of New GM Common Stock into which such New GM Warrants were exercised. Such conversions were 0.71549 shares of New GM Common Stock for each New GM Series A Warrant and 0.47849 shares of Common Stock for each New GM Series B Warrant; and

(b)

A GUC Trust beneficiary’s entitlement to a particular number of shares of New GM Common Stock that were liquidated (including the exercised New GM Warrants as set forth above), was converted into an entitlement to receive an amount of cash equal to the weighted average sales price (net of any applicable costs, fees, and expenses paid in respect thereof) of all of the New GM Common Stock sold, multiplied by the number of shares of New GM Common Stock to which such GUC Trust beneficiary would otherwise be entitled (including exercised New GM Warrants as set forth above). Such weighted average sales price for the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Common Stock that were sold subsequent to June 30, 2015 was $31.23 per share.

Following the liquidation described above, the GUC Trust has invested most of the proceeds in certain marketable securities as permitted under the GUC Trust Agreement. The amount of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held for distribution to GUC Trust beneficiaries, including Dividend Cash, is referred to herein as Distributable Cash.

The GUC Trust exists solely for the purpose of resolving claims, distributing Distributable Cash (following the aforementioned liquidation of all New GM Securities) and winding down the affairs of MLC, all in accordance with a plan of liquidation of MLC approved by the Bankruptcy Court and the Liquidation Order. Accordingly, the GUC Trust has prepared the accompanying financial statements on the liquidation basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Under the liquidation basis of accounting, assets are stated at their estimated realizable value, which is thenon-discounted amount of cash into which an asset is expected to be converted during the liquidation period, while liabilities continue to be recognized at the amount required by other U.S. GAAP, and are not remeasured to reflect any anticipation that an entity will be legally released from an obligation. Additionally, under the liquidation basis of accounting, a reserve is established for estimated costs expected to be incurred during the liquidation period. Such costs are accrued when there is a reasonable basis for estimation. Also, an accrual is made for estimated income or cash expected to be received over the liquidation period to the extent that a reasonable basis for estimation exists. These estimates are periodically reviewed and adjusted as appropriate. The valuation of assets at realizable value, the accrual for investment income on marketable securities expected to be received over the liquidation period, reserves for residual wind-down claims and costs and reserves for expected liquidation costs represent estimates, are based on present facts and circumstances known to the GUC Trust Administrator, and are subject to change.

As described above, the beneficiaries of the GUC Trust are future holders and, to the extent their liquidating distributions have not yet been paid to them, current holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and future and current holders of GUC Trust Units (“Trust Beneficiaries”). As Disputed General Unsecured Claims, if any, and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims are resolved and allowed and thereby become Allowed General Unsecured Claims, the holders thereof become entitled to receive liquidating distributions of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) and GUC Trust Units pro rata by the amount of such claims. Upon such occurrence, the GUC Trust incurs an obligation to distribute Distributable Cash and, accordingly, liquidating distributions payable are recorded in the amount of Distributable Cash (previously the fair value of New GM Securities) that the GUC Trust is obligated to distribute as of the end of the period in which the Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims are resolved as Allowed General Unsecured Claims. Prior to the resolution and allowance of any Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims, liabilities are not recorded for the conditional obligations associated with any Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims. Rather, the beneficial interests of GUC Trust beneficiaries in the residual assets of the GUC Trust are reflected in Net Assets in Liquidation of the GUC Trust in the financial statements.

The accompanying (a) condensed statement of net assets in liquidation as of March 31, 2018, which has been derived from audited financial statements, and (b) the unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form10-Q and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The GUC Trust believes all adjustments, normal and recurring in nature, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The changes in net assets in liquidation for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the changes in net assets that may be expected for the full year. The GUC Trust believes that, although the disclosures contained herein are adequate to prevent the information presented from being misleading, the accompanying interim condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the GUC Trust’s financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2018 included in the Annual Report on Form10-K filed by the GUC Trust with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 11, 2018.

The preparation of condensed financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the GUC Trust Administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and are subject to change.

Changes to U.S. GAAP are made by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of accounting standards updates (ASUs) to FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification. The GUC Trust considers the applicability and impact of all ASUs. ASUs not noted herein were assessed and determined to be not applicable.

2. Plan of Liquidation

On March 31, 2011, the date the Plan became effective (the “Effective Date”), there were approximately $29,771 million in Allowed General Unsecured Claims. In addition, as of the Effective Date, there were approximately $8,154 million in disputed general unsecured claims which reflected liquidated disputed claims and a Bankruptcy Court ordered distribution reserve for unliquidated disputed claims (“Disputed General Unsecured Claims”), but did not reflect Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims. The total aggregate amount of general unsecured claims, both allowed and disputed, asserted against the Debtors, inclusive of the Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims, was approximately $39,425 million as of the Effective Date.

Pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement, holders of Disputed General Unsecured Claims became entitled to receive a distribution of Distributable Cash from the GUC Trust if, and to the extent that, such Disputed General Unsecured Claims became Allowed General Unsecured Claims (such claims, “Resolved Disputed Claims”). Under the GUC Trust Agreement, the GUC Trust Administrator had the authority to file objections to such Disputed General Unsecured Claims and such claims could be prosecuted through alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including mediation and arbitration, if appropriate. As of December 31, 2018, there were no remaining Disputed General Unsecured Claims. There remained $50.0 million in claim amount that is not associated with any particular claim, but which has been set aside by the GUC Trust Administrator as a general claim contingency. See “Allowed and Disputed Claims” in Note 3 below.

Only one avoidance action, captioned Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation Co. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. et al., Adv. Pro.No. 09-00504 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. July 31, 2009) (the “Term Loan Avoidance Action”), was commenced prior to the statutory deadline for commencing such actions. The Term Loan Avoidance Action was commenced by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation Company (the “Committee”), and, among other things, seeks the return of approximately $1.5 billion that had been transferred by the Debtors (with funds advanced after the commencement of the Debtors’ chapter 11 cases by the United States Treasury and Export Development Canada (together, the “DIP Lenders”)) to a consortium of prepetition lenders pursuant to the terms of the order of the Bankruptcy Court. On December 15, 2011, in accordance with the Plan, upon the dissolution of MLC, the Term Loan Avoidance Action was transferred to the Avoidance Action Trust (as defined below). Pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement, to the extent that Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as the trustee and trust administrator of the Avoidance Action Trust (the “Avoidance Action Trust Administrator”), is successful in obtaining a recovery by way of judgment or settlement from the defendants to the Term Loan Avoidance Action, such defendants shall receive an Allowed General Unsecured Claim against the GUC Trust in the amount so disgorged to the Avoidance Action Trust (such general unsecured claims “Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims,” and together with Resolved Disputed Claims, the “Resolved Allowed Claims”). As described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action have reached a settlement in principle, subject to further documentation and approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The terms of this settlement are not yet publicly available. Pursuant to the settlement, the defendants to the Term Loan Avoidance Action will receive Allowed General Unsecured Claims.

Also as described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), the Committee, the DIP Lenders and the Avoidance Action Trust have reached a settlement agreement concerning, among other things, the allocation of distributable recoveries from the Term Loan Avoidance Action. The Bankruptcy Court approved the settlement agreement in an opinion and order entered on August 24, 2016, which order was affirmed on appeal and is fully in effect. No funds reclaimed from the prepetition lenders in the Term Loan Avoidance Action will be transferred to or otherwise benefit the GUC Trust or be distributed on account of GUC Trust Units.

GUC Trust Distributable Assets

Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Bankruptcy Court authorized the distribution by New GM of 150 million shares of New GM Common Stock, warrants to acquire 136,363,635 newly issued shares of New GM Stock with an exercise price set at $10.00 per share that were scheduled to expire on July 10, 2016 (“New GM Series A Warrants”), and warrants to acquire 136,363,635 newly issued shares of New GM Stock with an exercise price set at $18.33 per share that were scheduled to expire on July 10, 2019 (“New GM Series B Warrants”). Record ownership of the New GM Securities was held by MLC for the benefit of the GUC Trust until the dissolution of MLC on December 15, 2011, at which time record ownership was transferred to the GUC Trust.

As described above, pursuant to the Liquidation Order, during July and August 2015, all of the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities were liquidated and, following such liquidation, the GUC Trust’s Distributable Assets principally consist of Distributable Cash. Substantially all of such Distributable Cash is invested in certain marketable securities as permitted under the GUC Trust Agreement.

Prior to the liquidation of all of its holdings of New GM Common Stock, the GUC Trust received dividends on such New GM Common Stock aggregating $24.7 million. Such dividends are required to be applied to the same purpose as the New GM Common Stock to which such dividends relate. If the portion of Distributable Cash applicable to the proceeds from the liquidation of New GM Common Stock is distributed to holders of subsequently allowed Disputed General Unsecured Claims, Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims and GUC Trust Units, then the dividends relating to such Distributable Cash will also be distributed to such holders. If, however, Distributable Cash is appropriated in accordance with the GUC Trust Agreement to fund the costs and liabilities of the GUC Trust, then, in that case, the dividends relating to such Distributable Cash will be applied to such costs and liabilities of the GUC Trust and (just like the appropriated Distributable Cash) will be maintained as Other Administrative Cash (as defined below). Because such dividends are applied to the same purposes as the associated Distributable Cash, any references in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q to Distributable Cash should be understood to include the dividends relating to such Distributable Cash, unless expressly stated otherwise. The amount of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held by the GUC Trust that relates to dividends received by the GUC Trust on New GM Common Stock previously held by the GUC Trust is referred to as Dividend Cash and is

included in the amount of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held for distribution to GUC Trust beneficiaries that is referred to herein as Distributable Cash (except to the extent of dividends relating to appropriated Distributable Cash that is classified as Other Administrative Cash following such appropriation).

Funding for GUC Trust Costs of Liquidation

The GUC Trust has incurred and will continue to incur certain costs to liquidate the trust assets and implement the Plan. On or about the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, MLC contributed approximately $52.7 million to the GUC Trust to be held and maintained by the GUC Trust Administrator (the “Administrative Fund”) for the purpose of paying certain fees and expenses (including certain tax obligations) incurred by the GUC Trust (including fees of the GUC Trust Administrator and the GUC Trust Monitor and the fees and expenses for professionals retained by the GUC Trust), other than the Reporting Costs, as defined below (“Wind-Down Costs”). As of December 31, 2018, the remaining Administrative Fund aggregated $1.3 million (consisting of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities). Such remaining amount of the Administrative Fund has been designated for the satisfaction of certain specifically identified costs and liabilities of the GUC Trust, and such amount may not be used for the payment of Trust Professionals fees and expenses or other Wind-Down Costs. Pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement, cash or investments from the Administrative Fund, if any, which remain at the winding up and conclusion of the GUC Trust must be returned to the DIP Lenders.

The GUC Trust Agreement authorized the GUC Trust to liquidate approximately $5.7 million of New GM Securities (the “Initial Reporting Cash”) shortly after the Effective Date for the purposes of funding certain fees and expenses of the GUC Trust (the “Reporting Costs”), including those directly or indirectly relating to (i) reports to be prepared and filed by the GUC Trust pursuant to applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the SEC, (ii) the transfer, registration for transfer and certification of GUC Trust Units, (iii) the application by the Committee to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for a private letter ruling regarding the tax treatment of the GUC Trust and the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims in respect to the distribution of New GM Securities, and (iv) certain legal proceedings relating to the Term Loan Avoidance Action. The GUC Trust Agreement provides that the Administrative Fund may not be utilized to satisfy any Reporting Costs.

The GUC Trust Agreement provides that, to the extent the GUC Trust Administrator determines that the Administrative Fund is not sufficient to satisfy the current or projected Wind-Down Costs or the Initial Reporting Cash is not sufficient to satisfy the current or projected Reporting Costs, the GUC Trust Administrator, with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor, is authorized to set aside Distributable Cash from distribution for these purposes. The GUC Trust Administrator may then appropriate such Distributable Cash to fund the Wind-Down Costs and/or Reporting Costs with the required approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Distributable Cash that is set aside and/or appropriated in this manner will not be available for distribution to the beneficiaries of GUC Trust Units, and any appropriation of Distributable Cash (including related Dividend Cash) will be classified as “Other Administrative Cash” under the GUC Trust Agreement. The setting aside (or appropriation) of Distributable Cash, including Dividend Cash, itself is not, and has not been, reflected in the Condensed Statements of Net Assets in Liquidation or any of the other financial statements of the GUC Trust. Separate from this process of setting aside (or appropriating) Distributable Cash to satisfy unfunded projected costs and expenses of the GUC Trust, as a matter of financial reporting, the GUC Trust records reserves in its Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation (the source of funding of which is not addressed therein) for all expected costs of liquidation for which there is a reasonable basis for estimation. For this reason, among others, there is not a direct relationship between the amount of such reserves reflected in the Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation and the amount of any Distributable Cash that is set aside (or appropriated) for current or projected costs and expenses of the GUC Trust. Adjustments to the Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation as reported in the Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation are recorded only when there is a reasonable basis for estimation of the expected incurrence of additional costs or a reduction in expected costs. For more information regarding the Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation reflected in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation, see Note 6.

Prior to the liquidation of all previously-held New GM Securities in July and August 2015 described above, the GUC Trust was authorized, with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor, to set aside from distribution New GM Securities for the funding purposes described above and to sell suchset-aside New GM Securities with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Bankruptcy Court previously approved in March and December 2012, and again in January 2015, the sale of New GM Securities to fund the then current and projected costs and expenses of the GUC Trust. The March 2012 Bankruptcy Court order also authorized the sale of further New GM Securities aggregating $13.7 million for the purpose of funding certain fees, costs and expenses of the Avoidance Action Trust and the transfer of the sale proceeds to the Avoidance Action Trust (such sale proceeds were so transferred in May 2012). Prior to the liquidation of all New GM Securities described above, sales of New GM Securities to fund projected Wind-Down Costs and Reporting Costs through calendar year 2015 aggregated approximately $61.7 million, including Dividend Cash of $0.2 million and the Initial Reporting Cash (which amounts comprised part of the GUC Trust’s Other Administrative Cash). Such securities sold aggregated 1,043,801 shares of New GM Common Stock, 948,887 New GM Series A Warrants and 948,887 New GM Series B Warrants. In December 2015, February 2017 and March 2018, the Bankruptcy Court approved the appropriation of Distributable Cash aggregating approximately $35.6 million to fund the projected costs and expenses of the GUC Trust through calendar year 2018. Such appropriation reduced Distributable Cash and increased Other Administrative Cash. As of December 31, 2018, Other Administrative Cash aggregated $18.6 million. On January 23, 2019, the Bankruptcy Court approved the appropriation of Distributable Cash

aggregating approximately $12.4 million to fund the projected costs and expenses of the GUC Trust through calendar year 2019, which reduced Distributable Cash and increased Other Administrative Cash subsequent to December 31, 2018. To the extent that any of the Other Administrative Cash is not ultimately outlaid and is held by the GUC Trust at the time of its dissolution, such remaining Other Administrative Cash will be distributed by the GUC Trust to holders of GUC Trust Units.

As of December 31, 2018, Distributable Cash of $24.8 million was set aside for projected GUC Trust fees, costs and expenses to be incurred beyond 2018. Accordingly, such Distributable Cash is not available for distribution to the beneficiaries of GUC Trust Units.Set-aside and/or appropriated Distributable Cash are reflected in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities in the Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation until expended.

Funding for Potential Tax Liabilities on Dispositions of New GM Securities, Dividends on New GM Common Stock and Investment Income

The GUC Trust is subject to U.S. federal income tax on realized net gains from the distribution and sale of New GM Securities (such taxes, “Taxes on Distribution”). The GUC Trust is also subject to U.S. federal income tax on dividends received on New GM Common Stock held by the GUC Trust (such taxes, “Dividend Taxes”) and on investment income earned on Distributable Cash (such taxes, “Investment Income Taxes”). The GUC Trust Agreement provides that the Administrative Fund may not be utilized to satisfy any Taxes on Distribution, Dividend Taxes or Investment Income Taxes. As such, the GUC Trust Administrator is authorized, with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor, to set aside from distribution Distributable Cash in amounts that would be sufficient to satisfy any potential Taxes on Distribution, Dividend Taxes or Investment Income Taxes. Any Distributable Cash that is set aside for Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes is included in theset-aside for Wind-Down Costs described above in “Funding for GUC Trust Costs of Liquidation.” The GUC Trust Administrator may appropriate suchset-aside Distributable Cash to fund any such Taxes on Distribution, Dividend Taxes or Investment Income Taxes with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor and, with respect to Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes only, with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Any Distributable Cash that is appropriated in this manner will not be available for distribution to the beneficiaries of GUC Trust Units, and the appropriation of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) will be classified as “Other Administrative Cash” under the GUC Trust Agreement.Set-aside and/or appropriated Distributable Cash are reflected in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities until expended to pay any Taxes on Distribution, Dividend Taxes or Investment Income Taxes. While anyset-aside or appropriated Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) is not available for distribution, there is no corresponding liability or reserve related to any suchset-aside assets reflected in the Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation or any of the other financial statements of the GUC Trust.

Prior to the liquidation of all New GM Securities in July and August 2015 described above, the GUC Trust was authorized, with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor, to set aside from distribution New GM Securities to fund potential Taxes on Distribution, Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes and to sell suchset-aside New GM Securities to fund the Taxes on Distribution, Dividend Taxes or Investment Income Taxes with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor and, with respect to Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes only, with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

During the quarter ended December 31, 2018, the GUC Trust Administrator reviewed the potential Taxes on Distribution, Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes. As a result of such review, the GUC Trust Administrator determined that no Distributable Cash should be set aside for potential Taxes on Distribution, Dividend Taxes or Investment Income Taxes. As a result of the application of Section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, the GUC Trust’s federal income tax returns for the year ended March 31, 2018 and all prior years are no longer subject to examination by the IRS, and no income taxes may be assessed for the year ended March 31, 2018 or any prior year. However, the GUC Trust’s remaining capital loss carryovers and net operating loss carryovers are still subject to examination by the IRS in subsequent years if those losses, if any, are utilized. Such utilization (on a net basis) is not expected as a result of the sale of all previously held New GM Securities in the year ended March 31, 2016, except potentially with respect to any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares (if the fair market value of the Additional Shares on the date of distribution or sale is greater than the fair market value of such shares on the date of receipt), which is not determinable or estimable at this time. Accordingly, no income taxes are expected to be paid in the future, except potentially with respect to any Taxes on Distribution resulting from any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares, which is not determinable or estimable at this time. See Note 7 and “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates – Income Taxes” in Item 2 (“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”) below for more information regarding income taxes and remaining capital and net operating loss carryovers generated in prior years that are still subject to examination by the IRS, and which potentially could succeed to Claimants (as defined below pursuant to tax rules) and the material uncertainties associated therewith. The GUC Trust Administrator intends to continue to reevaluate the amount of Distributable Cash set aside on a quarterly basis.

For additional information regardingset-aside Distributable Cash, see “Net Assets in Liquidation—Distributable Cash Set Aside from Distribution” in Item 2 (“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”) below.

Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs

Upon the dissolution of the Debtors, which occurred on December 15, 2011, the GUC Trust became responsible for resolving and satisfying (to the extent allowed) all remaining disputed administrative expenses, priority tax claims, prioritynon-tax claims and secured claims (the “Residual Wind-Down Claims”). On December 15, 2011, under the Plan, the Debtors transferred to the GUC Trust an amount of assets necessary (the “Residual Wind-Down Assets”) to satisfy the ultimate allowed amount of such Residual Wind-Down Claims (including certain reasonable litigation defense costs related to the Term Loan Avoidance Action (the “Avoidance Action Defense Costs”)), as estimated by the Debtors, and the costs, fees and expenses relating to satisfying and resolving the Residual Wind-Down Claims (the “Residual Wind-Down Costs”). The Residual Wind-Down Assets initially aggregated approximately $42.8 million (which amount consisted of approximately $40.0 million in cash, including approximately $1.4 million designated for the payment of Avoidance Action Defense Costs, and the transferred benefit of approximately $2.8 million in prepaid expenses). To the extent that the Residual Wind-Down Claims and the Residual Wind-Down Costs are less than the Residual Wind-Down Assets, any excess funds will be returned to the DIP Lenders. Also, while not expected at this time, if the GUC Trust Administrator determines that the Residual Wind-Down Assets are not adequate to satisfy the Residual Wind-Down Claims (including the actual amount of Avoidance Action Defense Costs) and Residual Wind-Down Costs, such costs will be satisfied by Other Administrative Cash. If there is no remaining Other Administrative Cash, the GUC Trust Administrator is authorized to, with GUC Trust Monitor approval, set aside and, with Bankruptcy Court approval, appropriate Distributable Cash to cover the shortfall. To the extent that Distributable Cash is set aside and/or appropriated to obtain funding to complete the wind-down of the Debtors, such Distributable Cash will not be available for distribution to the beneficiaries of the GUC Trust. Therefore, the amount of Residual Wind-Down Claims and Residual Wind-Down Costs could reduce the assets of the GUC Trust available for distribution. The setting aside or appropriation of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) itself is not reflected in the Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation or any of the other financial statements of the GUC Trust. Rather, suchset-aside or appropriated Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) is reflected in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation until expended. After the GUC Trust has concluded its affairs, any funds remaining that were obtained from the appropriation of Distributable Cash to fund the wind-down process or the resolution and satisfaction of the Residual Wind-Down Claims will be distributed to the holders of the GUC Trust Units.

As of December 31, 2018, the amount of Avoidance Action Defense Costs incurred exceeds the corresponding cash of $1.4 million received by the GUC Trust from MLC on the Dissolution Date by approximately $30.2 million. As a result, new Residual Wind-Down Claims have arisen in the amount of such excess. In April 2017, the GUC Trust entered into a letter agreement with the administrative agent for the prepetition lenders who are the defendants in the Term Loan Avoidance Action, or the Administrative Agent. Such letter agreement provides that the GUC Trust’s obligation to pay Avoidance Action Defense Costs of the Administrative Agent is limited to an amount approximating the remaining designated Residual Wind-Down Assets. Such cap on Avoidance Action Defense Costs shall remain in place unless and until the Term Loan Avoidance Action is resolved in full (by final court order or by settlement), which court order or settlement contains a determination that the Administrative Agent was oversecured with respect to the loan which is the subject of the Term Loan Avoidance Action, or otherwise contains a voluntary agreement with the GUC Trust with respect to payment of the Avoidance Action Defense Costs. At this time, the GUC Trust does not expect to incur additional Avoidance Action Defense Costs.

As of December 31, 2018, Residual Wind-Down Assets aggregating $0.2 million were held by the GUC Trust and were recorded in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation. There were no remaining expected Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs against such assets as of December 31, 2018. Accordingly, the GUC Trust expects to return the remaining Residual Wind-Down Assets to the DIP Lenders upon the winding up and conclusion of the GUC Trust. A corresponding amount is recorded in the reserves for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation.

In addition to the Residual Wind-Down Assets, the GUC Trust also received on the Dissolution Date approximately $3.4 million in cash from MLC, which amount included: (i) $1.4 million in respect of certain costs, fees and expenses payable under the Plan to the indenture trustees and fiscal and paying agents for the previously outstanding debt of MLC (the “Indenture Trustee / Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs”), and (ii) $2.0 million in respect of Reporting Costs. The funds received were credited to the reserve for expected costs of liquidation. Any unused portion of the funds designated for the Indenture Trustee / Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs must be returned to the DIP Lenders and will not be available for distribution to the holders of GUC Trust Units at the winding up and conclusion of the GUC Trust. As of December 31, 2018, funds designated for the Indenture Trustee / Fiscal and Paying Agents Costs held by the GUC Trust approximated $0.1 million and are recorded in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation. None of the approximately $2.0 million in funds designated for Reporting Costs remained as of December 31, 2018.

3. Net Assets in Liquidation

Description

Under the GUC Trust Agreement and the Plan, as described more fully in Note 1, the beneficiaries of the GUC Trust are future and, to the extent their liquidating distributions have not yet been paid to them, current holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and future and current holders of GUC Trust Units. Assets of the GUC Trust consisting primarily of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) as described in Note 1 are available to be distributed to the Trust Beneficiaries (“GUC Trust Distributable Assets”) in accordance with the Plan and the GUC Trust Agreement, except to the extent that they are set aside or appropriated for funding the expected costs of liquidation of the GUC Trust. The amounts of net assets in liquidation presented in the accompanying Condensed Statements of Net Assets in Liquidation correspond to the amounts of GUC Trust Distributable Assets as of the respective dates, after certain adjustments including reductions for the amounts ofset-aside Distributable Cash and appropriated Distributable Cash. As of December 31, 2018, GUC Trust Distributable Assets aggregated approximately $457.9 million. For additional information, see “Net Assets in Liquidation—Distributable Assets” in Item 2 (“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”) below.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

As of December 31, 2018, cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities aggregated $504.6 million and are comprised of the following:


(in thousands)
Distributable Cash (including associated Dividend Cash)			$ 484,477
Other Administrative Cash			18,583
Administrative Fund			1,279
Residual Wind-Down Assets			174
Funds for Indenture Trustee / Fiscal Paying Agent Costs			136

Total			$ 504,649

As described in Note 4, as of December 31, 2018, the GUC Trust had accrued liquidating distributions payable aggregating $1.8 million. In addition, as described in Note 2, as of December 31, 2018, the amount of Distributable Cash reflected in the table above includes $24.8 million of amounts set aside for projected GUC Trust fees, costs and expenses to be incurred beyond 2018. The aggregate amount of Distributable Cash which was pending distribution or was set aside and was not available for distribution as of December 31, 2018 was $26.6 million.

Accrued Investment Income on Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

As of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, the GUC Trust had accrued approximately $34.1 million and $16.7 million, respectively, of investment income on marketable securities and cash equivalents expected to be earned over the estimated remaining liquidation period in accordance with the liquidation basis of accounting. Such accrual is estimated principally based on forecasted cash outflows and expected returns based on recent yields on U.S. Treasury bills in which the marketable securities are invested. During the quarter ended December 31, 2018, such accrual was increased by approximately $11.4 million primarily due to a reduction in expected distributions associated with Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims as a result of the settlement in principle of the Term Loan Avoidance Action described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”). An extension in the estimated length of time for resolution of litigation involving certain General Motors vehicle recalls described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”) and a corresponding extension in the expected date to make distributions in respect of GUC Trust Units, along with recent increases in yields on U.S. Treasury bills, in such quarter also contributed to the increase in such accrual. During the nine months ended December 31, 2018, such accrual was increased by approximately $17.4 million due to the following: (a) net extensions in the estimated length of time for resolution of the aforementioned litigation involving certain General Motors vehicle recalls and corresponding net extensions in the expected date to make distributions in respect of GUC Trust Units, (b) a reduction in expected distributions associated with Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims during the quarter ended December 31, 2018 as a result of the aforementioned settlement in principle of the Term Loan Avoidance Action and (c) increases in yields on U.S. Treasury bills in such nine-month period. Such accrual, along with receivables for investment income earned as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, is included in Accrued Investment Income in the accompanying Condensed Statements of Net Assets in Liquidation.

Expected Reimbursement of Funds Transferred to the Avoidance Action Trust

Upon its dissolution on December 15, 2011 and pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement, MLC transferred to the Avoidance Action Trust cash of $0.5 million to be utilized for certain expenses if incurred. To the extent the funds are not utilized, they are required to be repaid to the GUC Trust. As of December 31, 2018, such remaining funds held by the Avoidance Action Trust are approximately $0.4 million and are expected to be paid to the GUC Trust by the Avoidance Action Trust upon its dissolution. Such expected repayment has been accrued as of December 31, 2018 and is included in Other Assets in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation.

Accrued Expected Reimbursement of Legal Fees

During the quarter ended September 30, 2017, the GUC Trust entered into an agreement with New GM providing for, among other provisions, reimbursement of certain legal fees incurred as described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”). While the terms of the agreement were subject to certain conditions, including Bankruptcy Court approval, at such time, the GUC Trust anticipated that the agreement would be consummated. Accordingly, the GUC Trust accrued approximately $1.5 million in expected reimbursements of legal fees at September 30, 2017. Such accrual was based on an estimate of the amount of reimbursements expected to be received if the agreement were consummated. Such estimate of expected reimbursements was based on reimbursable legal fees incurred and expected to be incurred through the then-expected date of consummation of the agreement. As a result of developments in the related litigation as described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), such accrual was reversed in the quarter ended December 31, 2017, due to uncertainties associated with consummation of such agreement.

Potential Distributable Capital and Net Operating Loss Carryovers

As described in “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Income Taxes” in Item 2 (“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”) below, the GUC Trust’s unused capital and net operating loss carryovers potentially could succeed to Claimants (as defined below pursuant to tax rules) upon the termination of the GUC Trust. Reference is made thereto for information regarding such potential distributable loss carryovers and the material uncertainties associated therewith.

Trust Units

As described in Note 1, under the Plan, each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim retains a contingent right to receive, on a pro rata basis, additional Distributable Cash (if and to the extent not required for the satisfaction of previously Disputed General Unsecured Claims or Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims, or appropriation for the payment of the expenses or any tax liabilities of the GUC Trust). The GUC Trust issues units representing such contingent rights (“GUC Trust Units”) at the rate of one GUC Trust Unit per $1,000 of Allowed General Unsecured Claims to each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim, subject to rounding pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement, in connection with the initial recognition of each Allowed General Unsecured Claim.

The GUC Trust makes quarterly liquidating distributions to holders of GUC Trust Units to the extent that (i)(a) certain previously Disputed General Unsecured Claims asserted against the Debtors’ estates or Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims are either disallowed or are otherwise resolved favorably to the GUC Trust (thereby reducing the amount of GUC Trust assets reserved for distribution in respect of such asserted or potential claims) or (b) certain Excess GUC Trust Distributable Assets (as defined in the GUC Trust Agreement) that were previously set aside from distribution are released in the manner permitted under the GUC Trust Agreement, and (ii) as a result of the foregoing, the amount of Excess GUC Trust Distributable Assets (as defined in the GUC Trust Agreement) as of the end of the relevant quarter exceeds thresholds set forth in the GUC Trust Agreement.

During the three months ended December 31, 2018, there were no changes in the number of GUC Trust Units outstanding or which the GUC Trust was obligated to issue. Outstanding or issuable GUC Trust Units as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2018 aggregated 31,855,504.

Allowed and Disputed Claims

The total cumulative pro rata liquidating distributions ultimately received by Trust Beneficiaries is dependent upon the current amount of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and final resolution of outstanding Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims (as described in Note 2). Disputed General Unsecured Claims as of December 31, 2018 reflect a distribution “set aside” permitted by the Plan and the GUC Trust Agreement. As described in Note 1, prior to the resolution and allowance of Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims, liabilities are not recorded for the conditional obligations associated with Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims. Liquidating distributions payable are recorded in the amount of Distributable Cash (previously the fair value of New GM Securities) to be distributed as of the end of the period in which the Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Claims are resolved as Allowed General Unsecured Claims.

The following table presents a summary of activity with respect to Allowed and Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims for the three months ended December 31, 2018:


(in thousands)	Allowed General Unsecured Claims		Disputed General Unsecured Claims (1)		Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims		Maximum Amount of Unresolved Claims (2)		Total Claim Amount (3)
Total, September 30, 2018	$	31,855,432	$	50,000	$	1,494,843	$	1,544,843	$	33,400,275
Disputed General Unsecured Claims resolved or disallowed		—		—		—		—		—
Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims resolved or disallowed		—		—		—		—		—

Total, December 31, 2018	$	31,855,432	$	50,000	$	1,494,843	$	1,544,843	$	33,400,275

(1)

Remaining Disputed General Unsecured Claims represent a general claim contingency for any future disputed claims or other obligations of the GUC Trust. The GUC Trust has set aside from distribution an aggregate of $14.8 million for this general claim contingency (i.e., $296 in Distributable Cash per $1,000 of Allowed General Unsecured Claims, as provided in the Plan).

(2)	Maximum Amount of Unresolved Claims represents the sum of Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims.

(3)	Total Claim Amount represents the sum of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and Maximum Amount of Unresolved Claims.

As described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action have reached a settlement in principle, subject to further documentation and approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The terms of this settlement are not yet publicly available. Pursuant to the settlement, the defendants to the Term Loan Avoidance Action will receive Allowed General Unsecured Claims.

Also as described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), the GUC Trust previously executed the Settlement Agreement with certain plaintiffs. If approved by the Bankruptcy Court, the Settlement Agreement would have provided for the Settlement Payment to such plaintiffs of $15.0 million, among other provisions. During the quarter ended March 31, 2018, the GUC Trust accrued a contingent settlement obligation of $15.0 million for the Settlement Payment. As a result of developments in the related litigation as described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), such contingent obligation was reversed in the quarter ended September 30, 2018, due to uncertainties associated with consummation of the Settlement Agreement. As described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), the Settlement Agreement was not approved by the Bankruptcy Court.

4. Liquidating Distributions

Liquidating distributions in the three months ended December 31, 2018 consisted of the following:


(in thousands)	Fair Value
Distributions during the three months ended December 31, 2018	$	21
Less: Liquidating distributions payable as of September 30, 2018		(1,813	)
Add: Liquidating distributions payable as of December 31, 2018		1,792

Total	$	—

Liquidating distributions in the nine months ended December 31, 2018 consisted of the following:


(in thousands)	Fair Value
Distributions during the nine months ended December 31, 2018	$	33
Less: Liquidating distributions payable at March 31, 2018		(1,825	)
Add: Liquidating distributions payable at December 31, 2018		1,792

Total	$	—

The distributions during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 consisted of distributions to holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims who previously failed to fulfill informational requirements for distribution established in accordance with the GUC Trust Agreement, but subsequently fulfilled such information requirements.

The GUC Trust was obligated as of December 31, 2018 to distribute Distributable Cash of $1.8 million to certain holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims who had not then satisfied certain informational requirements necessary to effect the distribution to which they are entitled.

The obligation to distribute Distributable Cash to holders of GUC Trust Units for excess distributions payable at December 31, 2017 declined from such balances at the beginning of the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017, resulting in a net reversal of liquidating distributions of approximately $6.5 million in each such period.

5. Fair Value Measurements

Accounting standards require certain assets and liabilities be reported at fair value in the financial statements and provide a framework for establishing that fair value. The framework for determining fair value is based on a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The GUC Trust’s Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and Liquidating Distributions Payable are presented as provided by this hierarchy.

Level 1—In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the GUC Trust has the ability to access.

Level 2—Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs use other inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly. These Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, and other inputs such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.

Level 3—Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs, including inputs that are available in situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the related asset or liability. These Level 3 fair value measurements are based primarily on management’s own estimates using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques taking into account the characteristics of the asset or liability. The GUC Trust had no assets or liabilities that are measured with Level 3 inputs as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018.

In instances where inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels in the above fair value hierarchy, fair value measurements in their entirety are categorized based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. The GUC Trust’s assessment of the significance of particular inputs to these fair value measurements requires judgment and considers factors specific to each asset or liability.

The GUC Trust also holds other financial instruments not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, including Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities. The fair value of these liabilities approximates the carrying amounts in the accompanying financial statements due to the short maturity of such instruments.

The following table presents information about the GUC Trust’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, and the valuation techniques used by the GUC Trust to determine those fair values.


	December 31, 2018
(in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Cash Equivalents:
Money market funds	$	168	$	—	$	—	$	168
Marketable Securities:
U.S. Treasury bills		—		502,252		—		502,252

Total Assets	$	168	$	502,252	$	—	$	502,420

Liabilities:
Liquidating distributions payable	$	1,792	$	—	$	—	$	1,792


	March 31, 2018
(in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	540	$	—	$	—	$	540
Marketable Securities:
U.S. Treasury bills		—		505,183		—		505,183

Total Assets	$	540	$	505,183	$	—	$	505,723

Liabilities:
Liquidating distributions payable	$	1,825	$	—	$	—	$	1,825

The following are descriptions of the valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value:

•

Due to their short-term liquid nature, the fair value of cash equivalents approximates their carrying value.

•

Marketable securities consist of U.S. Treasury bills. Due to their short-term maturities, the fair value of U.S. Treasury bills approximates their carrying value.

•

Liquidating distributions payable are valued at the amount of cash that the GUC Trust is obligated to distribute.

The GUC Trust’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy as of the actual date of the event of change in circumstances that caused the transfer. There were no such transfers during the three or nine months ended December 31, 2018 and the year ended March 31, 2018.

6. Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation and Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs

The following is a summary of the activity in the reserves for expected costs of liquidation for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:


	Three months ended December 31, 2018
(in thousands)	Reserve for Expected Wind-Down Costs			Reserve for Expected Reporting Costs			Reserve for Indenture Trustee/Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs			Total Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation
Balance, September 30, 2018	$	26,927		$	14,847		$	123		$	41,897
Plus addition to (reduction in) reserves		(479	)		1,334			—			855
Less liquidation costs incurred:
Trust professionals		(488	)		(528	)		—			(1,016	)
Trust governance		(616	)		(451	)		10			(1,057	)
Other administrative expenses		(39	)		(81	)		—			(120	)

Balance, December 31, 2018	$	25,305		$	15,121		$	133		$	40,559

	Nine months ended December 31, 2018
(in thousands)	Reserve for Expected Wind-Down Costs			Reserve for Expected Reporting Costs			Reserve for Indenture Trustee/Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs			Total Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation
Balance, March 31, 2018	$	25,204		$	12,739		$	144		$	38,087
Plus additions to reserves		3,944			5,490			—			9,434
Less liquidation costs incurred:
Trust professionals		(1,655	)		(1,600	)		—			(3,255	)
Trust governance		(2,082	)		(1,352	)		(11	)		(3,445	)
Other administrative expenses		(106	)		(156	)		—			(262	)

Balance, December 31, 2018	$	25,305		$	15,121		$	133		$	40,559


	Three months ended December 31, 2017
(in thousands)	Reserve for Expected Wind-Down Costs			Reserve for Expected Reporting Costs			Reserve for Indenture Trustee/Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs			Total Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation
Balance, September 30, 2017	$	11,038		$	11,282		$	195		$	22,515
Plus addition to (reduction in) reserves		6,307			(159	)		—			6,148
Less liquidation costs incurred:
Trust professionals		(3,432	)		(647	)		—			(4,079	)
Trust governance		(598	)		(450	)		(30	)		(1,078	)
Other administrative expenses		(10	)		(75	)		—			(85	)

Balance, December 31, 2017	$	13,305		$	9,951		$	165		$	23,421


	Nine months ended December 31, 2017
(in thousands)	Reserve for Expected Wind-Down Costs			Reserve for Expected Reporting Costs			Reserve for Indenture Trustee/Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs			Total Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation
Balance, March 31, 2017	$	9,851		$	8,827		$	225		$	18,903
Plus additions to reserves		11,037			4,631			—			15,668
Less liquidation costs incurred:
Trust professionals		(5,643	)		(2,018	)		—			(7,661	)
Trust governance		(1,903	)		(1,350	)		(60	)		(3,313	)
Other administrative expenses		(37	)		(139	)		—			(176	)

Balance, December 31, 2017	$	13,305		$	9,951		$	165		$	23,421

During the three months ended December 31, 2018, estimates of expected Wind-Down Costs and estimates of expected Reporting Costs (for which there is a reasonable basis for estimation) decreased by $0.5 million and increased by $1.3 million, respectively. During the nine months ended December 31, 2018, estimates of expected Wind-Down Costs and estimates of expected Reporting Costs increased (net of reductions in the three months ended June 30, 2018) by $3.9 million and $5.5 million, respectively. During the three months ended December 31, 2017, estimates of expected Wind-Down Costs increased by $6.3 million and estimates of expected Reporting Costs decreased by $0.2 million. During the nine months ended December 31, 2017, estimates of expected Wind-Down Costs and estimates of expected Reporting Costs increased by $11.0 million and $4.6 million, respectively. Such revisions in the estimates were recorded as additions to (reductions in) the reserves for expected costs of liquidation in such periods. The GUC Trust has recorded reserves for expected costs of liquidation that represent amounts expected to be incurred over the estimated remaining liquidation period of the GUC Trust for which there was a reasonable basis for estimation as of December 31, 2018. As described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), noticing costs up to $13.7 million will be paid under the Revised Settlement Agreement. At this time, a reasonable basis for estimation does not exist as to whether such noticing costs will be incurred. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2018, no accrual for such potential noticing costs has been recorded.

The amount of liquidation costs that will ultimately be incurred depends on both the time period and the extent of activities required for the GUC Trust to complete its functions and responsibilities under the Plan and the GUC Trust Agreement. Significant uncertainty remains both as to that time period and as to the extent of those activities. As of December 31, 2018, the recorded reserves for expected costs of liquidation reflected estimated costs for a remaining liquidation period estimated to extend, at a minimum, through April 2022, which was increased by four months during the quarter ended December 31, 2018 from a remaining liquidation period previously estimated to extend through December 2021. The remaining liquidation period has been estimated predominately on a modified probability-weighted basis as permitted under U.S. GAAP and which the GUC Trust believes is the most appropriate measurement basis under the circumstances. Where an outcome is estimated to be likely, the likely outcome has been used as the best estimate and no weight has been given to the unlikely outcome. In addition, consistent with the liquidation basis of accounting, no consideration has been given to potential outcomes to the extent there does not exist a reasonable basis for estimation. Beginning in the quarter ended December 31, 2016, the remaining liquidation period is dependent predominantly on the estimate of the remaining period of time for resolution of litigation involving certain General Motors vehicle recalls described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”). During such quarter, developments in such vehicle recall litigation resulted in an extension in the estimated length of time for resolution of such litigation that now exceeds the estimate of the remaining period of time for resolution of the Term Loan

Avoidance Action (which previously was the primary determinant). Because of uncertainties associated with resolution of the General Motors vehicle recall litigation, a reasonable basis for estimation with respect to certain outcomes does not exist. As a result, the GUC Trust’s estimate of the remaining period of time for resolution represents the minimum remaining length of time estimated to be likely for resolution of the litigation. In addition, certain additional estimated time to wind down the GUC Trust following resolution of the litigation is included in the estimated liquidation period. Future developments in the General Motors vehicle recall litigation could extend the current estimate of such minimum remaining period of time for resolution and, therefore, extend the estimated minimum remaining liquidation period of the GUC Trust beyond April 2022. In addition, certain liquidation costs that are expected to be prepaid by the GUC Trust upon its dissolution have also been estimated and accrued. The GUC Trust’s estimates regarding the costs and remaining liquidation period may change in the near term, and such change may be material.

The following is a summary of the activity in the reserves for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs for the three months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:


(in thousands)	2018		2017
Balance, beginning of period	$	169	$	160
Plus additions to reserves		—		—
Less claims allowed during the period		—		—

Balance, end of period	$	169	$	160

The following is a summary of the activity in the reserves for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs for the nine months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:


(in thousands)	2018		2017
Balance, beginning of period	$	169	$	966
Plus net addition to reserves		—		9
Less claims allowed during the period		—		(815	)

Balance, end of period	$	169	$	160

Residual Wind-Down Claims allowed during the nine months ended December 31, 2017 primarily consisted of Avoidance Action Defense Costs. As described in Note 2, in April 2017, in relation to the Term Loan Avoidance Action, the GUC Trust entered into a letter agreement with the Administrative Agent. Such letter agreement provides that the GUC Trust’s obligation to pay Avoidance Action Defense Costs of the Administrative Agent is limited to an amount approximating the remaining designated Residual Wind-Down Assets. Such cap on Avoidance Action Defense Costs shall remain in place unless and until the Term Loan Avoidance Action is resolved in full (by final court order or by settlement), which court order or settlement contains a determination that the Administrative Agent was oversecured with respect to the loan which is the subject of the Term Loan Avoidance Action, or otherwise contains a voluntary agreement with the GUC Trust with respect to payment of the Avoidance Action Defense Costs. At this time, the GUC Trust does not expect to incur additional Avoidance Action Defense Costs.

7. Income Taxes

There was no current tax benefit or provision for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, due to cumulative net operating and capital losses, and no income taxes have been paid by the GUC Trust. There also was no deferred tax benefit or provision in such periods as a result of the establishment of a full valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets as of the beginning and end of such periods. As a result of the enactment of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” in December 2017, the GUC Trust’s federal income tax rate was reduced from 39.6% to 37% effective April 1, 2018, the first day of the GUC Trust’s current fiscal year. In December 2017, the GUC Trust expected that the 37% tax rate would be in effect when its temporary differences reversed and, accordingly, the GUC Trust’s deferred tax assets and liabilities were adjusted to the enacted 37% tax rate as of December 31, 2017. There was no impact on the deferred tax provision as the result of the establishment of a full valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2017.

Deferred taxes in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation as of December 31, 2018 are comprised of the following components:


Deferred tax assets:
Reserves for expected costs of liquidation and Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs	$	15,069
Net operating and capital loss carryovers		52,086

Gross deferred tax assets		67,155
Less: Valuation allowance		(54,393	)

Deferred tax asset, net of valuation allowance		12,762
Deferred tax liabilities:
Accrued investment income		(12,629	)
Other asset		(133	)

Gross deferred tax liabilities		(12,762	)

Net deferred taxes	$	—

As previously disclosed, during the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the GUC Trust made a determination to file its U.S. federal income tax returns taking the position that beneficial ownership for a substantial majority of New GM Securities was transferred from MLC to the GUC Trust on March 31, 2011, and that the tax basis of such New GM Securities should be determined with reference to the value of such securities on such date, instead of December 15, 2011, when record ownership of the remaining New GM Securities still held by MLC was transferred from MLC to the GUC Trust. For the remaining substantial minority of New GM Securities transferred from MLC to the GUC Trust, the GUC Trust determined that the transfer of beneficial ownership occurred on other dates for which the tax basis should be determined by reference to the value of such securities on such dates. This new tax position resulted in an increased tax basis of the New GM Securities from the prior tax position and, therefore, reduced taxable gains and increased taxable losses on distributions and sales of New GM Securities since March 31, 2011. The new tax position has not been sustained on examination by the IRS as of the date hereof. However, the GUC Trust believes, based on the available evidence and consultation with GUC Trust professionals, that it is more likely than not that the new tax position will be sustained on examination by the IRS based on the technical merits of the position. Accordingly, this new tax position has been recognized in the current and deferred income tax liabilities and the income tax provision in the GUC Trust’s financial statements since the quarter ended September 30, 2013.

Following the GUC Trust’s determination to utilize the new tax position set forth above, the GUC Trust filed its U.S. federal income tax returns for the years ended March 31, 2013 and thereafter with the IRS using such new tax position. Such tax returns were accompanied by requests for prompt determination of tax liability pursuant to Section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the60-day statutory notification periods set forth in Section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the GUC Trust’s U.S. federal income tax returns for the year ended March 31, 2018 and prior years have expired. Accordingly, the tax liabilities set forth in the GUC Trust’s U.S. federal income tax returns for the year ended March 31, 2018 and prior years are no longer subject to examination by the IRS, and no income taxes can be assessed for such years. Also, no income taxes are expected to be paid in the future (because, as a result of the liquidation of all the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities during the year ended March 31, 2016, no net taxable income is expected to be generated), except potentially with respect to any Taxes on Distribution from any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares, which is not determinable or estimable at this time. However, if any Taxes on Distribution resulting from the receipt and subsequent distribution or sale of Additional Shares were to become payable, it is anticipated that such income taxes would be funded from the sale of a portion of such Additional Shares.

Remaining capital loss carryovers that were generated in prior years utilizing the new tax position, which aggregate $1.7 million (after expiration on March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, of capital loss carryovers of $22.6 million and $158.1 million attributable to the years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively), along with net operating loss carryovers generated through December 31, 2018, aggregating $139.1 million, could be subject to examination by the IRS in subsequent years when those losses, if any, are utilized. The GUC Trust does not expect to utilize any capital or net operating loss carryovers (on a net basis) in the future, except potentially with respect to any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares referred to above (if the fair market value of the Additional Shares on the date of distribution or sale is greater than the fair market value of such shares on the date of receipt), which is not determinable or estimable at this time. The remaining capital loss carryovers of $1.7 million expire on March 31, 2020 and the net operating loss carryovers begin to expire on March 31, 2032. However, pursuant to the enactment of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” in December 2017, any net operating losses generated by the GUC Trust in tax years beginning April 1, 2018, do not expire. These loss carryovers in the aggregate result in a deferred tax asset of $52.1 million (reflected in the table above). As described in “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Income Taxes” in Item 2 (“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”) below, the GUC Trust’s loss carryovers potentially could succeed to Claimants (as defined below pursuant to tax rules). Reference is made thereto for information regarding such potential distributable loss carryovers and the material uncertainties associated therewith.

A full valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets aggregating $54.4 million was established as of December 31, 2018 because, as a result of the liquidation of all of the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities, it has been determined that such deferred tax assets are not realizable at this time. Such valuation allowance was decreased by $5.1 million and $5.8 million from the full valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets established as of September 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively.

8. Related Party Transactions

In addition to serving as GUC Trust Administrator, Wilmington Trust Company continues to serve as trustee pursuant to the indentures for certain series of previously outstanding debt of MLC. Wilmington Trust Company has received and may receive in the future certain customary fees in amounts consistent with Wilmington Trust Company’s standard rates for such service. The Bankruptcy Court previously approved the creation of a segregated fund for the purposes of funding such fees for Wilmington Trust Company, as well as the other indenture trustees and fiscal and paying agents for previously outstanding debt of MLC. There were no such fees for Wilmington Trust Company in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

In addition, Wilmington Trust Company has entered into certain arrangements with the GUC Trust pursuant to which it or its affiliates have previously received, and may in the future receive, reasonable and customary fees and commissions for services other than services in the capacity of GUC Trust Administrator. Such arrangements include the provision of custodial, investment advisory and brokerage services to the GUC Trust. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the total amount of such fees and commissions was approximately $65,000 and $195,000, respectively.

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following addresses material changes in the net assets in liquidation of the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust, or the GUC Trust, for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2018. It is intended to be read in conjunction with the condensed financial statements of the GUC Trust included in Item 1 above, which we refer to as the financial statements. For additional information about the purpose and administrative operations of the GUC Trust, see the disclosure in the notes to the financial statements filed with this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q and in the Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 filed by the GUC Trust with the SEC on June 11, 2018. A glossary of defined terms used, but not otherwise defined, in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q is provided under the heading “Glossary” below.

Overview

The GUC Trust is a successor to Motors Liquidation Company (which dissolved on December 15, 2011), or MLC, for the purposes of Section 1145 of title 11 of the United States Code, or the Bankruptcy Code. The GUC Trust was initially formed on March 30, 2011, for the purposes of implementing the Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan, or the Plan, of MLC and its affiliateddebtors-in-possession, or the Debtors, which was filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, or the Bankruptcy Court, on March 18, 2011. The Plan subsequently became effective on March 31, 2011, or the Effective Date, and, on April 18, 2013, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order granting the GUC Trust’s request for entry of a final decree administratively closing each of the Debtors’ chapter 11 cases other than the chapter 11 case of MLC.

Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust

The functions and responsibilities of the GUC Trust are governed by the Plan and the Second Amended and Restated Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2015, or the GUC Trust Agreement. The GUC Trust is administered by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as trust administrator and trustee, or the GUC Trust Administrator. As set forth in the GUC Trust Agreement, the activities of the GUC Trust Administrator are overseen by FTI Consulting, Inc., solely in its capacity as trust monitor of the GUC Trust, or the GUC Trust Monitor. Although the GUC Trust has no officers, directors or employees, the GUC Trust Administrator is authorized by the GUC Trust Agreement to engage professionals and other service providers to assist the GUC Trust Administrator in the administration of the GUC Trust. Accordingly, the GUC Trust and GUC Trust Administrator rely on receiving accurate information, reports and other representations from such professionals and service providers and from the GUC Trust Monitor.

Among its other duties and obligations, the GUC Trust is obligated pursuant to the Plan and the GUC Trust Agreement to (i) distribute the assets composing the corpus of the GUC Trust to satisfy the general unsecured claims against the Debtors that are allowed pursuant to the Plan, or the Allowed General Unsecured Claims, (ii) prosecute and resolve objections to the general unsecured claims against the Debtors that are disputed at a given time, or Disputed General Unsecured Claims, (iii) take all necessary actions to administer the wind-down of the affairs of the Debtors, and (iv) to resolve and satisfy (to the extent allowed) the Residual Wind-Down Claims (as defined below) assumed by the GUC Trust.

Distributions and Distributable Assets of the GUC Trust

As of December 31, 2018, the principal assets composing the corpus of the GUC Trust are holdings of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities resulting from the liquidation in July and August 2015 of the GUC Trust’s previously held (i) shares of common stock of General Motors Company, or the New GM Common Stock, (ii) warrants to acquire shares of New GM Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per share that would have expired on July 10, 2016, or the New GM Series A Warrants, and (iii) warrants to acquire shares of New GM Common Stock at an exercise price of $18.33 per share that were scheduled to expire on July 10, 2019, or the New GM Series B Warrants. The New GM Series A Warrants and the New GM Series B Warrants are referred to collectively as the New GM Warrants, and the New GM Common Stock and the New GM Warrants are referred to collectively as the New GM Securities.

By order dated July 2, 2015, or the Liquidation Order, the Bankruptcy Court approved the conversion of the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities into cash. To effect such conversion, on July 7, 2015, the GUC Trust converted all of its holdings of New GM Warrants into New GM Common Stock in a cashless exercise. In total, the GUC Trust converted (i) 10,352,556 New GM Series A Warrants into 7,407,155 shares of New GM Common Stock, and (ii) 10,352,556 New GM Series B Warrants into 4,953,635 shares of New GM Common Stock. Thereafter, the GUC Trust sold all of its holdings of New GM Common Stock for net proceeds aggregating $741.7 million, having completed all such sales on August 5, 2015. As a result, all distributions by the GUC Trust thereafter in respect of Allowed General Unsecured Claims (including in respect of the GUC Trust Units) have been and will be made solely in cash.

Pursuant to the Liquidation Order, the proceeds of such liquidation (net of applicable costs, fees, and expenses paid in respect thereof) were allocated to the beneficiaries of the GUC Trust on a pro rata basis in the following manner:

(a)

(b)

The Plan, as qualified by the Liquidation Order, generally provides for the distribution of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) to holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims pro rata by the amount of such claims. In that regard, the Plan provides that each holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim will obtain, in addition to an initial distribution of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) in such amount as described below, a contingent right to receive, on a pro rata basis, additional Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) (only if and to the extent such Distributable Cash is not required to satisfy new Allowed General Unsecured Claims or to fund the liquidation and administrative costs or income tax liabilities of the GUC Trust) available for distribution to the holders of such rights. Such rights are represented by units of beneficial interests in the GUC Trust, or GUC Trust Units, distributed to holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims in proportion to the amount of their claims, subject to certain rounding rules set forth in the Plan and the GUC Trust Agreement.

Prior to the aforementioned liquidation of all its holdings of New GM Common Stock, the GUC Trust received dividends on the New GM Common Stock it held as of the respective record dates aggregating approximately $24.7 million. Such dividends are required to be applied to the same purpose as the New GM Common Stock to which such dividends relate. If the portion of Distributable Cash applicable to the proceeds from the liquidation of New GM Common Stock is distributed to holders of subsequently allowed Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims, or GUC Trust Units, then the dividends relating to such Distributable Cash will also be distributed to such holders. If, however, Distributable Cash is appropriated by the GUC Trust in accordance with the GUC Trust Agreement to fund the costs and liabilities of the GUC Trust, then, in that case,

the dividends relating to such Distributable Cash will be applied to such costs and liabilities of the GUC Trust and (just like the appropriated Distributable Cash) will be maintained in Other Administrative Cash (as defined below under the heading “Funding for the GUC Trust’s Liquidation and Administrative Costs”). Because such dividends are applied to the same purpose as the associated Distributable Cash, any references in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q to Distributable Cash should be understood to include the dividends relating to such Distributable Cash, unless expressly stated otherwise. The amount of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held by the GUC Trust that relates to dividends received by the GUC Trust on New GM Common Stock previously held by the GUC Trust is referred to as Dividend Cash and is included in the amount of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held for distribution to GUC Trust beneficiaries that is referred to herein as Distributable Cash (except to the extent of dividends relating to appropriated Distributable Cash that is classified as Other Administrative Cash following such appropriation).

Pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement, the GUC Trust is required to make quarterly distributions to the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims that were allowed during the immediately preceding fiscal quarter. Under the terms of the Plan, the GUC Trust Agreement and the Liquidation Order (and subject to rounding under the Plan), and following the liquidation of the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities in July and August 2015, each $1,000 in amount of such new Allowed General Unsecured Claims is entitled to receive (upon delivery of any information required by the GUC Trust) approximately $296 in cash (which dollar value shifts slightly due to rounding as required by the Plan), which represents the net cash value of the New GM Securities that otherwise would have been distributed to such claimant prior to entry of the Liquidation Order, together with associated cash in lieu of fractional shares and Dividend Cash, as well as one GUC Trust Unit. Such initial distribution includes a pro rata share of Distributable Cash associated with New GM Securities that were distributed as Excess GUC Trust Distributable Assets (as defined below) in respect of GUC Trust Units since the Effective Date of the Plan. Quarterly distributions are made to holders of newly Allowed General Unsecured Claims as promptly as practicable after the first day of the fiscal quarter following the periods ending each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, during the life of the GUC Trust.

In addition to the foregoing, the GUC Trust is required to make quarterly distributions in respect of GUC Trust Units if Excess GUC Trust Distributable Assets as of the end of the preceding fiscal quarter exceed certain thresholds set forth in the GUC Trust Agreement. Such distributions in respect of GUC Trust Units, if any, are made as promptly as practicable after the end of the periods ending each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31. Excess GUC Trust Distributable Assets means (i) Distributable Cash, including Dividend Cash (only if and to the extent such Distributable Cash (a) is not required for the satisfaction of new Allowed General Unsecured Claims and (b) has not been set aside from distribution to fund potential liquidation and administrative costs or income tax liabilities of the GUC Trust (as described below under “Net Assets in Liquidation—Distributable Cash Set Aside from Distribution”) and (ii) Other Administrative Cash available, if any, for distribution to the holders of GUC Trust Units.

As described in “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Income Taxes” below, the GUC Trust’s unused Loss Carryovers (as defined below) potentially could succeed to Claimants (as defined below pursuant to tax rules) upon the termination of the GUC Trust. Reference is made thereto for information regarding such potential distributable Loss Carryovers and the material uncertainties associated therewith.

Funding for the GUC Trust’s Liquidation and Administrative Costs

As of the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, MLC funded approximately $52.7 million in cash to the GUC Trust, or the Administrative Fund, to be held and maintained by the GUC Trust Administrator for the purpose of paying certain fees and expenses incurred by the GUC Trust (including the fees and expenses of the GUC Trust Administrator and the GUC Trust Monitor, the fees and expenses of other professionals retained by the GUC Trust, and certain tax obligations), which are referred to as the Wind-Down Costs. The United States Department of the Treasury and the Governments of Canada and Ontario (through Export Development Canada), which are referred to collectively as the DIP Lenders, maintain a lien on the Administrative Fund which relates to certain funds advanced at the commencement of the Debtors’ insolvency proceedings. Consequently, pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement, any cash or investments from the Administrative Fund which remain at the winding up and conclusion of the GUC Trust must be returned to the DIP Lenders. As of December 31, 2018, the remaining Administrative Fund aggregated $1.3 million (consisting of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities). Such remaining amount of the Administrative Fund has been designated for the satisfaction of certain specifically identified costs and liabilities of the GUC Trust, and such amount may not be used for the payment of Trust Professionals fees and expenses or other Wind-Down Costs.

The GUC Trust Agreement provides that the Administrative Fund may not be utilized to fund certain specified costs, fees and expenses, which are referred to as Reporting Costs, including those directly or indirectly relating to (i) reports to be prepared and filed by the GUC Trust pursuant to applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, (ii) the transfer, registration for transfer and certification of GUC Trust Units, (iii) the application by the Committee to the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, for a private letter ruling regarding the tax treatment of the GUC Trust and the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims in respect to the distribution of New GM Securities, and (iv) certain legal proceedings relating to

the Term Loan Avoidance Action. In addition, the Administrative Fund cannot be used to fund any current or projected tax liabilities of the GUC Trust, other than those included in the Administrative Fund budget. However, the GUC Trust Agreement provides the GUC Trust Administrator with the authority to set aside from distribution and appropriate Distributable Cash to fund such Reporting Costs and projected tax liabilities (other than those included in the Administrative Fund budget), with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court and/or the GUC Trust Monitor, in each case as described below. Prior to the sale of all New GM Securities previously held by the GUC Trust in July and August 2015 as described above, the GUC Trust Administrator was authorized to set aside from distribution and sell New GM Securities to fund such Reporting Costs and projected tax liabilities with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court and/or the GUC Trust Monitor as described below.

The GUC Trust Agreement affords the GUC Trust Administrator, with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor, the authority to set aside from distribution Distributable Cash (previously New GM Securities were set aside) in amounts sufficient to satisfy (i) any current or projected Wind-Down Costs of the GUC Trust that exceed the amounts budgeted or were not budgeted in the Administrative Fund, including any U.S. federal income taxes on dividends received by the GUC Trust on New GM Common Stock previously held by the GUC Trust (“Dividend Taxes”) and on investment income earned on Distributable Cash (“Investment Income Taxes”), (ii) any current or projected Reporting Costs that exceed the then current Reporting and Transfer Cash, or (iii) any current or projected Taxes on Distribution (as defined below). This process is not related to, and is separate from, the process of recognizing any current and deferred income tax liabilities, as well as reserves for expected costs of liquidation in the Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation as a matter of financial reporting, which is only required for expected costs of liquidation for which there is a reasonable basis for estimation under applicable accounting standards. See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation” and “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Income Taxes” below. The GUC Trust Administrator reevaluates, on a quarterly basis, the amount of Distributable Cash needed to be set aside from distribution for purposes of funding projected liquidation and administrative costs (including any projected Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes) and potential Taxes on Distribution.

The GUC Trust Administrator may appropriate Distributable Cash (previously, New GM Securities were sold) that has been set aside from distribution to fund (with the required approval of the Bankruptcy Court) the current or projected Wind-Down Costs (including any Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes) and Reporting Costs of the GUC Trust, and (with the required approval of only the GUC Trust Monitor) any current and projected Taxes on Distribution of the GUC Trust. Such appropriated Distributable Cash (previously the cash proceeds of sales of New GM Securities and the marketable securities in which such cash proceeds were invested) is referred to as Other Administrative Cash. Pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement, any cash or marketable securities constituting Other Administrative Cash which remain at the winding up and conclusion of the GUC Trust will be distributed to the holders of GUC Trust Units.

Prior to the aforementioned liquidation of all New GM Securities in July and August 2015, the GUC Trust was authorized, with the approval of the GUC Trust Monitor, to set aside from distribution New GM Securities for the funding of Wind-Down Costs and Reporting Costs described above and to sell suchset-aside New GM Securities with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The Bankruptcy Court previously approved in March and December 2012, and again in January 2015, the sale of New GM Securities to fund certain accrued and projected Wind-Down Costs which were in excess of the amounts budgeted in the Administrative Fund for such costs, and certain projected Reporting Costs. Prior to the aforementioned liquidation of all the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities, sales of New GM Securities to fund projected Wind-Down Costs and Reporting Costs through calendar year 2015 aggregated approximately $61.7 million, including Dividend Cash of $0.2 million and approximately $5.7 million expressly authorized by the GUC Trust Agreement to be liquidated shortly after the Effective Date for the purposes of funding certain Reporting Costs, which is referred to as the Initial Reporting Cash. In December 2015, February 2017 and March 2018, the Bankruptcy Court approved the appropriation of Distributable Cash aggregating approximately $35.6 million to fund the projected costs and expenses of the GUC Trust through calendar year 2018. Such appropriations reduced Distributable Cash and increased Other Administrative Cash. As of December 31, 2018, approximately $18.6 million remained in Other Administrative Cash and was recorded in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation. On January 23, 2019, the Bankruptcy Court approved the appropriation of Distributable Cash aggregating approximately $12.4 million to fund the projected costs and expenses of the GUC Trust through calendar year 2019, which reduced Distributable Cash and increased Other Administrative Cash subsequent to December 31, 2018.

Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs

In addition to resolving Disputed General Unsecured Claims, the GUC Trust Administrator was required to resolve and satisfy (to the extent allowed) certain disputed administrative expenses, priority tax claims, prioritynon-tax claims, and secured claims against the Debtors, or the Residual Wind-Down Claims. Upon the dissolution and winding up of MLC on December 15, 2011, or the Dissolution Date, the GUC Trust assumed responsibility for the resolution and satisfaction (to the extent allowed) of such Residual Wind-Down Claims. At that time, MLC transferred to the GUC Trust assets, or the Residual Wind-Down Assets, in an amount sufficient, based upon the Debtors’ reasonable estimates, to satisfy the residual Wind-Down Claims and the costs, fees and expenses

related to satisfying and resolving the Residual Wind-Down Claims, or the Residual Wind-Down Costs. The Residual Wind-Down Assets so transferred approximated $42.8 million consisting of approximately $40.0 million in cash (including approximately $1.4 million for the payment of certain defense costs related to the Term Loan Avoidance Action, or Avoidance Action Defense Costs) and the transferred benefit of approximately $2.8 million in prepaid expenses.

As of December 31, 2018, the amount of Avoidance Action Defense Costs incurred exceeded the corresponding cash received by the GUC Trust from MLC on the Dissolution Date by approximately $30.2 million. As a result, new Residual Wind-Down Claims have arisen in the amount of such excess. In April 2017, the GUC Trust entered into a letter agreement with the administrative agent for the prepetition lenders who are the defendants in the Term Loan Avoidance Action, or the Administrative Agent. Such letter agreement provides that the GUC Trust’s obligation to pay Avoidance Action Defense Costs of the Administrative Agent is limited to an amount approximating the remaining designated Residual Wind-Down Assets. Such cap on Avoidance Action Defense Costs will remain in place unless and until the Term Loan Avoidance Action is resolved in full (by final court order or by settlement), which court order or settlement contains a determination that the Administrative Agent was oversecured with respect to the loan which is the subject of the Term Loan Avoidance Action, or otherwise contains a voluntary agreement by the GUC Trust with respect to payment of the Avoidance Action Defense Costs. At this time, the GUC Trust does not expect to incur additional Avoidance Action Defense Costs.

Pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement and the Plan, the Residual Wind-Down Assets are to be administered in accordance with the GUC Trust Agreement and the Plan and are to be used to satisfy and resolve the Residual Wind-Down Claims and to fund the Residual Wind-Down Costs and certain Avoidance Action Defense Costs. Any unused portions of the Residual Wind-Down Assets must be returned to the DIP Lenders and will not be available for distribution to the holders of GUC Trust Units at the winding up and conclusion of the GUC Trust. If, collectively, the actual amounts of Residual Wind-Down Claims allowed, the Residual Wind-Down Costs and the Avoidance Action Defense Costs exceed the Residual Wind-Down Assets, the GUC Trust Administrator may be required to set aside from distribution and appropriate Distributable Cash to fund the shortfall. Any such appropriation of Distributable Cash would reduce the amount of Distributable Cash available for distribution to holders of GUC Trust Units.

As of December 31, 2018, Residual Wind-Down Assets aggregating $0.2 million were held by the GUC Trust and were recorded in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation. There were no remaining expected Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs against such assets as of December 31, 2018. Accordingly, the GUC Trust expects to return the remaining Residual Wind-Down Assets to the DIP Lenders upon the winding up and conclusion of the GUC Trust. A corresponding amount is recorded in the reserve for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation.

Other Assets Received from MLC on the Dissolution Date

In addition to the Residual Wind-Down Assets, the GUC Trust also received on the Dissolution Date approximately $3.4 million in cash from MLC, which amount included: (i) approximately $2.0 million designated for Reporting Costs and (ii) approximately $1.4 million designated for reimbursements to indenture trustees and fiscal and paying agents under the Debtors prepetition debt issuances for costs associated with, among other things, administering distributions to registered holders of the debtors’ prepetition debt issuances, or Indenture Trustee / Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs. Any unused portion of the funds designated for Indenture Trustee / Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs must be returned to the DIP Lenders and will not be available for distribution to the holders of GUC Trust Units at the winding up and conclusion of the GUC Trust. As of December 31, 2018, funds designated for the Indenture Trustee / Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs of $0.1 million were held by the GUC Trust and are recorded in marketable securities in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation. A corresponding amount is recorded in the reserves for expected costs of liquidation in the accompanying Condensed Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation as of December 31, 2018. None of the approximately $2.0 million in funds designated for Reporting Costs remained as of December 31, 2018.

Income Tax Liabilities for Certain Capital Gains, Investment Income and Dividends on New GM Common Stock

The GUC Trust incurs U.S. federal income tax liabilities on capital gains realized upon (a) the distribution of New GM Securities to holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims or GUC Trust Units, (b) by sale of New GM Securities, or (c) any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares (if the fair market value of the Additional Shares on the date of distribution or sale is greater than the fair market value of such shares on the date of receipt), unless such capital gains are offset by capital losses, deductible expenses and accumulated net operating losses, which are referred to as Taxes on Distribution. The GUC Trust also incurs U.S. federal income tax liabilities on investment income and dividends received on New GM Common Stock previously held by the GUC Trust, unless such income is offset by deductible expenses and accumulated net operating losses (such income tax liabilities on dividends received on New GM Common Stock and investment income are referred to as Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes, respectively). The GUC Trust records any current taxes payable from such realized net capital gains and interest and dividends (net of deductible operating losses and expenses) and records a deferred tax asset with a corresponding

valuation allowance (resulting in no net deferred tax asset) for remaining net capital loss carryovers from the disposition of New GM Securities, along with net operating loss carryovers. A full valuation allowance is recorded because, as a result of the liquidation of all of the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities, it has been determined that such deferred tax assets are not realizable at this time. See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Income Taxes” below. As a result of cumulative capital losses utilizing the new tax position described below and net operating losses, the GUC Trust has not incurred or paid any income tax liabilities, and, as described below, the GUC Trust does not expect to incur any income tax liabilities in the future, except potentially with respect to any Taxes on Distribution from receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares, which is not determinable or estimable at this time.

Following the GUC Trust’s determination to utilize the new tax position set forth above, the GUC Trust filed its U.S. federal income tax returns for the years ended March 31, 2013 and thereafter with the IRS using such new tax position. Such tax returns were accompanied by requests for prompt determination of tax liability pursuant to Section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the60-day statutory notification periods set forth in Section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the GUC Trust’s U.S. federal income tax returns for the year ended March 31, 2018 and prior years have expired. Accordingly, the tax liabilities set forth in the GUC Trust’s U.S. federal income tax returns for the year ended March 31, 2018 and prior years are no longer subject to examination by the IRS, and no income taxes can be assessed for such years. Also, no income taxes are expected to be paid in the future (because, as a result of the liquidation of all the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities during the year ended March 31, 2016, no net taxable income is expected to be generated), except potentially with respect to any Taxes on Distributions resulting from any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares referred to above, which is not determinable or estimable at this time.

Term Loan Avoidance Action

On July 31, 2009, the Committee commenced a legal action against certain prepetition lenders of the Debtors, styled as Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation Co. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. et al. (Adv. Pro.No. 09-00504 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. July 31, 2009)), which is referred to as the Term Loan Avoidance Action. Among other things, the Term Loan Avoidance Action seeks the return of approximately $1.5 billion that had been transferred to a consortium of prepetition lenders of the Debtors, pursuant to the court order approving thedebtor-in-possession loans made by the DIP Lenders to MLC. On the Dissolution Date, the Term Loan Avoidance Action was transferred to a trust established for the purpose of holding and prosecuting the Term Loan Avoidance Action, or the Avoidance Action Trust. The proper beneficiaries of the proceeds of the Term Loan Avoidance Action had been a matter of dispute, with both the DIP Lenders and the Committee, on behalf of the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims, claiming sole rights to such proceeds. As described in Part II Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”) below, the Committee, the DIP Lenders and the Avoidance Action Trust have reached a settlement agreement concerning, among other things, the allocation of potential distributable recoveries from the Term Loan Avoidance Action. The Bankruptcy Court approved the settlement agreement in an opinion and order entered on August 24, 2016 (the “Approval Order”), which order was affirmed on appeal and is fully in effect. No funds reclaimed from the prepetition lenders in the Term Loan Avoidance Action will be transferred to or otherwise benefit the GUC Trust or be distributed on account of GUC Trust Units. As also described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action have reached a settlement in principle, subject to further documentation and approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The terms of this settlement are not yet publicly available. On February 1, 2019, counsel to the Avoidance Action Trust filed a letter with the Bankruptcy Court[09-00504 (MG) Docket No. 1168], advising the Bankruptcy Court of the settlement in principle and intends to provide a further update to the Bankruptcy Court about the settlement on or before February 14, 2019.

Amounts recovered by the Avoidance Action Trust will, pursuant to the Plan, give rise to Allowed General Unsecured Claims on behalf of the prepetition lenders from which such amounts were recovered (as beneficiaries of the GUC Trust) (such allowed general unsecured claims “Resolved Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims,” and together with Resolved Disputed Claims, the “Resolved Allowed Claims”). As used in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q, the amounts of “Disputed General Unsecured Claims” do not include any Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims. Unless and until further Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims are allowed, the potential holders of such claims will not be entitled to receive a distribution from the GUC Trust. However, if and to the extent that such Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims do arise, the holders of such claims will be entitled to receive a distribution from the GUC Trust. As noted above, pursuant to the Plan, no funds reclaimed from the prepetition lenders will be transferred to the GUC Trust or be distributed to holders of GUC Trust Units in respect of such GUC Trust Units. Accordingly, a holder of a GUC Trust Unit that does not hold a corresponding Allowed General Unsecured Claim (because such holder received the GUC Trust Unit as a subsequent transferee and not in a direct distribution from the GUC Trust in satisfaction of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim) will have its recovery diluted through the incurrence of Resolved Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims by the GUC Trust, without receiving the benefit of any cash recovered pursuant to the Term Loan Avoidance Action. As described above, pursuant to the settlement in principle among the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action, the defendants will receive Allowed General Unsecured Claims and will be entitled to receive a distribution from the GUC Trust.

Pursuant to the Plan, the GUC Trust is obligated to satisfy reasonable Avoidance Action Defense Costs, subject to the right of the GUC Trust or the DIP Lenders to seek disgorgement in accordance with the terms of the Plan. As described under the heading “Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs” above, the amount of Avoidance Action Defense Costs incurred exceeds the amount of Residual Wind-Down Assets received from MLC which was designated for this purpose by approximately $30.2 million. As a result, new Residual Wind-Down Claims have arisen in the amount of such excess. In April 2017, the GUC Trust entered into a letter agreement with the Administrative Agent. Such letter agreement provides that the GUC Trust’s obligation to pay Avoidance Action Defense Costs of the Administrative Agent is limited to an amount approximating the remaining designated Residual Wind-Down Assets. Such cap on Avoidance Action Defense Costs shall remain in place unless and until the Term Loan Avoidance Action is resolved in full (by final court order or by settlement), which court order or settlement contains a determination that the Administrative Agent was oversecured with respect to the loan which is the subject of the Term Loan Avoidance Action, or otherwise contains a voluntary agreement with the GUC Trust with respect to payment of the Avoidance Action Defense Costs. At this time, the GUC Trust does not expect to incur additional Avoidance Action Defense Costs.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Liquidation Basis of Accounting

The GUC Trust was created for the purposes described in Note 1 (“Description of Trust and Reporting Policies”) to the financial statements and has a finite life. As a result, the GUC Trust has prepared its financial statements on the liquidation basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Under the liquidation basis of accounting, assets are stated at their estimated realizable value, which is thenon-discounted amount of cash into which an asset is expected to be converted during liquidation, while liabilities continue to be recognized at the amount required by other U.S. GAAP, and are not remeasured to reflect any anticipation that an entity will be legally released from an obligation. Additionally, under the liquidation basis of accounting, a reserve is established for estimated costs expected to be incurred during liquidation. Such costs are accrued when there is a reasonable basis for estimation. An accrual is also made for estimated income or cash expected to be received over the liquidation period to the extent that a reasonable basis for estimation exists. The valuation of assets at realizable value, reserves for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs, reserves for expected liquidation costs and the accrual for investment income from marketable securities represent estimates, based on present facts and circumstances known to the GUC Trust Administrator, and are subject to change. These estimates are periodically reviewed and adjusted as appropriate. As described below under the headings “Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities and Accrued Investment Income on Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities” and “Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation,” estimates for investment income expected to be earned over the remaining liquidation period and estimates for the expected costs of liquidation may change in the near term, and such changes could be material.

The GUC Trust beneficiaries are future and, to the extent their liquidating distributions have not yet been paid to them, current holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and future and current holders of GUC Trust Units. As any Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Claims are resolved and allowed and thereby become Allowed General Unsecured Claims, the holders thereof become entitled to receive liquidating distributions of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) and GUC Trust Units pro rata by the amount of such claims. Upon such occurrence, the GUC Trust incurs an obligation to distribute Distributable Cash and, accordingly, liquidating distributions payable are recorded in the amount of Distributable Cash (previously the fair value of New GM Securities) that the GUC Trust is obligated to distribute as of the end of the period in which any Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims are resolved as Allowed General Unsecured Claims. Prior to the resolution and allowance of any Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims, liabilities are not recorded for the conditional obligations associated with Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims. Rather, the beneficial interests of GUC Trust beneficiaries in the residual assets of the GUC Trust are reflected in Net Assets in Liquidation of the GUC Trust in the financial statements.

Under the liquidation basis of accounting, the GUC Trust presents two principal financial statements: a Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation and a Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation. In addition, although not required under the liquidation basis of accounting, the GUC Trust also presents a Statement of Cash Flows, in accordance with the requirements of the GUC Trust Agreement.

Holdings of New GM Securities and Dividends on New GM Common Stock

The GUC Trust previously held New GM Securities for future distribution in respect of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and the GUC Trust Units, of which some were previously set aside from distribution to fund potential administrative costs and income tax liabilities (including Taxes on Distribution, Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes). The securities held consisted of shares of New GM Common Stock and New GM Warrants. As described above under “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Distributions and Distributable Assets of the GUC Trust,” pursuant to the Liquidation Order, the GUC Trust liquidated all of its holdings of New GM Securities during July and August 2015. The GUC Trust valued its holdings in the securities at their fair value based on quoted closing market prices as of the last trading day of the fiscal period.

Dividends received on previously held New GM Common Stock are required to be applied to the same purpose as the New GM Common Stock to which such dividends relate. If the portion of Distributable Cash applicable to the liquidated New GM Common Stock is distributed to holders of subsequently Resolved Allowed Claims and GUC Trust Units, then the dividends relating to such Distributable Cash will also be distributed to such holders. If, however, Distributable Cash is appropriated by the GUC Trust in accordance with the GUC Trust Agreement to fund the costs and liabilities of the GUC Trust, then, in that case, the dividends relating to such appropriated Distributable Cash will be applied to such costs and liabilities of the GUC Trust and (just like the appropriated Distributable Cash) will be maintained in Other Administrative Cash. Because such dividends are applied to the same purpose as the associated Distributable Cash, any references to Distributable Cash should be understood to include the dividends relating to such Distributable Cash, unless expressly stated otherwise. The amount of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held by the GUC Trust that relates to dividends received by the GUC Trust on New GM Common Stock previously held by the GUC Trust is referred to as Dividend Cash and is included in the amount of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held for distribution to GUC Trust beneficiaries that is referred to as Distributable Cash (except to the extent of dividends relating to appropriated Distributable Cash that is classified as Other Administrative Cash following such appropriation).

Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities and Accrued Investment Income on Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

Cash equivalents consist of balances held in money market funds. Marketable securities consist of short-term investments in U.S. Treasury bills. The GUC Trust has valued these securities at carrying value, which approximates fair value. Beginning in the quarter ended June 30, 2014, estimated investment income expected to be earned on short-term investments in marketable securities is accrued under the liquidation basis of accounting to the extent that a reasonable basis for estimation exists. Such accrual is estimated principally based on forecasted cash outflows and expected returns based on recent yields on U.S. Treasury bills in which the marketable securities are invested. Estimates of forecasted cash outflows include the amount and timing of distributions with respect of GUC Trust Units. Such estimates may change in the near term, and such change may be material.

Reserves for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Residual Wind-Down Costs

Upon the dissolution of MLC, which occurred on December 15, 2011, the GUC Trust became responsible for resolving and satisfying (to the extent allowed) all remaining Residual Wind-Down Claims. On the date of dissolution of the Debtors, the Debtors transferred to the GUC Trust Residual Wind-Down Assets in an amount necessary to satisfy the ultimate allowed amount of such Residual Wind-Down Claims (including certain Avoidance Action Defense Costs) and the Residual Wind-Down Costs, as estimated by the Debtors. A corresponding amount was recorded in the reserves for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs. Prior to execution of the letter agreement with the Administrative Agent described above, such reserves were increased for expected increases in Avoidance Action Defense Costs for which there was a reasonable basis for estimation and that were expected to exceed the recorded reserves. Should the Residual Wind-Down Claims and the Residual Wind-Down Costs be less than the Residual Wind-Down Assets, any excess funds will be returned to the DIP Lenders. While not expected at this time, if, collectively, the actual amounts of Residual Wind-Down Claims allowed and the Residual Wind-Down Costs exceed the Residual Wind-Down Assets, the GUC Trust Administrator may be required to set aside from distribution and appropriate Distributable Cash to fund the shortfall. Any such appropriation would reduce the amount of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) available for distribution to holders of GUC Trust Units.

Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation

Under the liquidation basis of accounting, the GUC Trust is required to estimate and accrue the costs associated with implementing the Plan and distributing the GUC Trust’s distributable assets. These costs, described as Wind-Down Costs and Reporting Costs in Note 2 (“Plan of Liquidation”) to the financial statements, consist principally of professional fees, costs of governance, and other administrative expenses. These amounts may vary significantly due to, among other things, the time and effort required to complete all activities and distributions under the Plan. The GUC Trust has recorded reserves for expected costs of liquidation that represent estimated costs to be incurred over the remaining liquidation period of the GUC Trust for which there is a reasonable basis for estimation. The amount of liquidation costs that will ultimately be incurred depends both on the period of time and on the extent of activities required for the GUC Trust to complete its functions and responsibilities under the Plan and the GUC Trust Agreement. Significant uncertainty remains both as to that time period and as to the extent of those activities. As a result, estimates for the expected costs of liquidation may change in the near term, and such change could be material.

As of December 31, 2018, such remaining liquidation period is estimated to extend, at a minimum, through April 2022 and has been estimated predominantly on a modified probability-weighted basis, which the GUC Trust believes is the most appropriate measurement basis under the circumstances. Where an outcome is estimated to be likely, the likely outcome has been used as the best estimate and no weight has been given to the unlikely outcome. In addition, consistent with the liquidation basis of accounting, no consideration has been given to potential outcomes to the extent there does not exist a reasonable basis for estimation. Beginning in the quarter ended December 31, 2016, the remaining liquidation period is dependent predominantly on the estimate of the remaining period of time for resolution of litigation involving certain General Motors vehicle recalls described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”). During such quarter, developments in such vehicle recall litigation resulted in an extension in the estimated length of time for resolution of such litigation that now exceeds the estimate of the remaining period of time for resolution of the Term Loan Avoidance Action (which previously was the primary determinant). Because of certain uncertainties associated with resolution of the General Motors vehicle recall litigation, a reasonable basis for estimation with respect to certain outcomes does not exist. As a result, the GUC Trust’s estimate of the remaining period of time for resolution represents the minimum remaining length of time estimated to be likely for resolution of the litigation. In addition, certain additional estimated time to wind down the GUC Trust following resolution of the litigation is included in the estimated liquidation period. Future developments in the General Motors vehicle recall litigation could extend the current estimate of such minimum remaining period of time for resolution and, therefore, extend the estimated minimum remaining liquidation period of the GUC Trust beyond April 2022. In addition, certain liquidation costs that are expected to be prepaid by the GUC Trust upon its dissolution have also been estimated and accrued. The GUC Trust’s estimates regarding the costs and remaining liquidation period may change in the near term, and such change may be material.

As the GUC Trust incurs liquidation costs, the reserves are released to offset the costs incurred and a liability to the service provider is recognized as an account payable or accrued liability until paid. In addition, because the GUC Trust only records reserves for expected costs for which there is a reasonable basis for estimation under applicable U.S. GAAP, additional costs may be identified from time to time for which additional reserves must be recorded. As such costs are identified, the GUC Trust records an increase to its reserves and charges such increase as an addition to such reserves in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation.

The process of recording reserves for expected costs of liquidation as a matter of financial reporting is separate and distinct from the process by which Distributable Cash is set aside from distribution for the purposes of funding projected costs of liquidation. Such projected costs are generally estimated on a more conservative (i.e., more inclusive) basis and include contingencies that are not permitted to be accrued in reserves for expected costs of liquidation under applicable U.S. GAAP. For a more complete description of the process of setting aside Distributable Cash to fund projected costs and potential liabilities of the GUC Trust, see “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Funding for the GUC Trust’s Liquidation and Administrative Costs” above and “Net Assets in Liquidation—Distributable Cash Set Aside from Distribution” below.

Contingent Settlement Obligation

The GUC Trust accrues for loss contingencies when it is probable that a liability has been incurred as of the date of the financial statements and the amount of such liability can be reasonably estimated. In assessing whether a liability has been incurred as of the date of the financial statements, the GUC Trust considers events occurring after the date of the financial statements that provide additional evidence with respect to conditions that existed as of the date of the financial statements, including the estimates inherent in the process of preparing financial statements. Accordingly, during the quarter ended March 31, 2018, the GUC Trust accrued a contingent settlement obligation pursuant to the Settlement Agreement with certain plaintiffs described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”). As a result of developments in the related litigation as described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), such accrual was reversed in the quarter ended September 30, 2018, due to uncertainties associated with consummation of such agreement.

Income Taxes

The GUC Trust is considered to be a Disputed Ownership Fund pursuant to Treasury RegulationSection 1.468B-9. Because all of the assets that have been transferred to the GUC Trust are passive investments, the GUC Trust is taxed as a Qualified Settlement Fund (or QSF) pursuant to Treasury RegulationSection 1.468B-9(c)(1)(ii). The QSF tax status of the GUC Trust was approved by the IRS in a private letter ruling issued on March 2, 2011. In general, a QSF computes taxable income in the same manner as a corporation but pays federal income tax using trust income tax rates on its modified gross income. Modified gross income includes gross income pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 61, less administrative expenses, certain losses from the sale, exchange or worthlessness of property, and net operating losses. In general, a Disputed Ownership Fund taxed as a QSF does not recognize gross income on assets transferred to it; therefore, the GUC Trust has not recognized gross income on the transfer of assets from MLC.

The GUC Trust generates gross income in the form of interest and dividend income (including dividends received on its previous holdings of New GM Common Stock) and recognizes capital gains and/or losses upon (a) its disposition of New GM Securities and (b) any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares (if the fair market value of the Additional Shares on the date of distribution or sale differs from the fair market value of such shares on the date of receipt), which are reduced by administrative expenses and accumulated net operating and capital losses, to compute modified gross income. As the GUC Trust is taxable for federal income tax purposes, a current income tax liability or asset, if any, is recognized for estimated taxes payable or receivable for the year. Deferred tax liabilities and assets are recognized for the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between financial reporting and tax accounting. Deferred tax assets are reviewed for recoverability and valuation allowances are provided as necessary.

The GUC Trust is not subject to state income taxes under current law. Accordingly, no current or deferred state income tax liabilities and assets are recorded.

The process of recognizing deferred tax assets and liabilities and any current income taxes payable as a matter of financial reporting is separate and distinct from the process by which any Distributable Cash is set aside from distribution for the purposes of funding potential income tax liabilities. Any such potential income tax liabilities are generally estimated on a more conservative (i.e., more inclusive) basis and may include amounts of potential income tax liabilities beyond the amounts that are permitted to be recorded under applicable accounting standards. For a more complete description of the process of setting aside Distributable Cash to fund projected costs and potential income tax liabilities of the GUC Trust, see “Net Assets in Liquidation—Distributable Cash Set Aside from Distribution” below.

The GUC Trust recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authority, based on the technical merits of the position, review of available evidence and consultation with GUC Trust professionals. The GUC Trust’s tax liability with respect to its federal income tax returns for the year ended March 31, 2018 and all prior years are no longer subject to examination as a result of the application of Section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. However, the amounts shown in the schedule below, which include capital loss carryovers as of March 31, 2018, along with net operating loss carryovers generated through March 31, 2018, could be subject to examination by the IRS in subsequent years if those losses are utilized. It is not expected that such losses will be utilized (on a net basis) in the future, except potentially with respect to any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares referred to above (if the fair market value of the Additional Shares on the date of distribution or sale is greater than the fair market value of such shares on the date of receipt), which is not determinable or estimable at this time. As of December 31, 2018, there are no known items which would result in a significant accrual for uncertain tax positions.

As of March 31, 2018, the GUC Trust had capital loss carryovers and net operating loss carryovers (or together, the Loss Carryovers) for which the GUC Trust had not taken a deduction in the amounts set forth below, scheduled by the year the losses were incurred. These amounts reflect the Loss Carryovers shown on the federal income tax returns filed by the GUC Trust, which have not been examined by the IRS, as follows (in thousands):


Taxable Year Ended	Net Operating Loss Carryovers		Capital Loss Carryovers
March 31, 2012	$	38,011	$	158,137
March 31, 2013		32,128		22,635
March 31, 2014		14,322		—
March 31, 2015		1,761		1,674
March 31, 2016		15,276		—
March 31, 2017		27,596		—
March 31, 2018		10,360		—

Total	$	139,454	$	182,446

As of August 5, 2015, the GUC Trust had disposed of all of its capital assets. Accordingly, the GUC Trust does not expect to recognize any additional capital gains or losses going forward, except potentially with respect to any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares referred to above (if the fair market value of the Additional Shares on the date of distribution or sale differs from the fair market value of such shares on the date of receipt), which is not determinable or estimable at this time. In general, capital losses may be carried forward by corporations for five years after such losses were incurred (or the Five Year Rule) and may be carried forward indefinitely bynon-corporate persons. The capital loss carryovers of $158.1 million and $22.6 million attributable to the years ended March 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively, are no longer available for utilization by the GUC Trust under the Five Year Rule. Net operating losses generally may be carried forward for 20 years after such losses are incurred; although, pursuant to the enactment of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” in December 2017, any net operating losses generated in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, may be carried over indefinitely.

Loss Succession Rule

Under Treasury RegulationsSection 1.468B-9(c)(6) (or the Loss Succession Rule), upon termination of the GUC Trust, each GUC Trust Claimant (as defined below pursuant to tax regulations) is entitled to succeed to and take into account a portion of any unused (vs. unexpired) Loss Carryovers of the GUC Trust. The Loss Succession Rule provides that, in order to determine the portion of such Loss Carryovers to which each Claimant will succeed, such Loss Carryovers must be allocated among GUC Trust Claimants in proportion to the value of the GUC Trust assets distributable to each such Claimant. For purposes of the rules that govern Disputed Ownership Funds, a claimant (or a Claimant) is defined as a person who claims ownership of, in whole or in part, property immediately before and immediately after such property is transferred to a Disputed Ownership Fund. Accordingly, under the Loss Succession Rule, a person is generally eligible to succeed to the GUC Trust’s Loss Carryovers if the person (i) receives a distribution of GUC Trust assets upon the GUC Trust’s termination and (ii) qualifies as a Claimant with respect to the GUC Trust.

The mechanics of the Loss Succession Rule, as applied to the GUC Trust and the holders of GUC Trust Units, are unclear in several respects. The following discussion describes one possible interpretation of the rules. However, it is possible that the IRS will take a position that differs from that described below. As previously disclosed, the GUC Trust had initiated preliminary discussions with the IRS regarding the Loss Succession Rule, but, at this time, those discussions are not being pursued. Holders of GUC Trust Units should consult their own tax advisors about the application of the Loss Succession Rule upon the termination of the GUC Trust in light of their particular circumstances.

Termination of the GUC Trust

It is generally expected that all holders of GUC Trust Units on the final distribution date will receive a distribution of Excess GUC Trust Distributable Assets. The rules that govern Disputed Ownership Funds do not address when a Disputed Ownership Fund is considered to terminate for purposes of the Loss Succession Rule. One possible interpretation of the Loss Succession Rule is that the GUC Trust will be considered to terminate when the GUC Trust distributes all of its remaining assets to the holders of GUC Trust Units (i.e., on the final distribution date). Under this interpretation, all holders of GUC Trust Units would be considered to receive a distribution of GUC Trust assets upon the termination of the GUC Trust. At this time, the GUC Trust is not able to predict with any certainty when a final distribution may occur or when the GUC Trust will be terminated.

Allocation of Loss Carryovers

The rules that govern Disputed Ownership Funds do not address how the Loss Succession Rule should apply when Claimants are permitted to transfer their interests in a Disputed Ownership Fund. Because the GUC Trust Units are transferrable, it is not possible for the GUC Trust to determine which holders of GUC Trust Units may constitute Claimants for purposes of the Loss Succession Rule at any given time. Accordingly, upon its termination, the GUC Trust will not be in a position to provide an allocation of the GUC Trust’s Loss Carryovers among GUC Trust Claimants and/or holders of GUC Trust Units. As of December 31, 2018, there were 31,855,504 GUC Trust Units outstanding or issuable and $31.9 billion of Allowed General Unsecured Claims.

In addition, because the GUC Trust computes its taxable income in the same manner as a corporation, it is unclear whether, and if so, to what extent, the Five Year Rule might affect the amount of unused capital loss carryovers to which GUC Trust Claimants may succeed under the Loss Succession Rule.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements on a liquidation basis in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities. These estimates are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could materially impact the amounts reported and disclosed in the financial statements and related footnotes. Significant estimates include the anticipated amounts and timing of future cash flows and estimated yields on investments in marketable securities for estimated investment income expected to be received, expected liquidation costs, and expected Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.

Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation

During the three months ended December 31, 2018, net assets in liquidation increased by approximately $13.6 million, from approximately $481.8 million to approximately $495.4 million, principally as a result of investment income of $14.2 million, partly offset by additions of $0.9 million to the reserves for expected costs of liquidation. During the nine months ended December 31, 2018, net assets in liquidation increased by approximately $30.6 million, from approximately $464.8 million to approximately $495.4 million, principally as a result of investment income of $24.7 million and the reversal of a contingent settlement obligation of $15.0 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2018, partly offset by net additions of $9.4 million to the reserves for expected costs of liquidation. As described in Note 3 (“Net Assets in Liquidation”) to the financial statements, the reversal of the contingent settlement obligation of $15.0 million is associated with uncertainties with respect to consummation of the Settlement Agreement. Also as described in Note 3 (“Net Assets in Liquidation”) to the financial statements, approximately $11.4 million of investment income in the three months ended December 31, 2018 is associated with an increase in accrued investment income primarily due to a reduction in expected distributions associated with Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims as a result of the settlement in principle of the Term Loan Avoidance Action described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”). An extension in the estimated length of time for resolution of litigation involving certain General Motors vehicle recalls and a corresponding extension in the expected date to make distributions in respect of GUC Trust Units, along with recent increases in yields on U.S. Treasury bills, in such quarter contributed to the increase in such accrual. Approximately $17.4 million of investment income in the nine months ended December 31, 2018 is associated with an increase in accrued investment income due to the following: (a) a net extension in the estimated length of time for resolution of the aforementioned vehicle recall litigation and a corresponding extension in the expected date to make distributions in respect of GUC Trust Units, (b) a reduction in expected distributions associated with Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims during the quarter ended December 31, 2018 as a result of the aforementioned settlement in principle of the Term Loan Avoidance Action and (c) increases in yields on U.S. Treasury bills, in such nine-month period. As described in “Liquidation and Administrative Costs” below, the additions to the reserves for expected costs of liquidation of $0.9 million and $9.4 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 is primarily associated with an extension in the estimated length of the remaining liquidation period, partly offset by reversals of expected noticing costs under the Settlement Agreement that were previously accrued.

There was no income tax provision or benefit during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018, as a result of cumulative net operating and capital losses and the establishment of a full valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets as of the beginning and end of such periods. As a result of the liquidation of all of the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities, it has been determined that the deferred tax assets are not realizable at this time. See “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Income Tax Liabilities for Certain Capital Gains, Investment Income and Dividends on New GM Common Stock” above and Note 7 (“Income Taxes”) to the financial statements.

Liquidation and Administrative Costs

As discussed above under “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates,” under the liquidation basis of accounting, the GUC Trust was required upon its establishment to record reserves in respect of its expected costs associated with implementing the Plan and distributing the GUC Trust’s distributable assets. These costs consist principally of professional fees, governance costs and other liquidation and administrative costs.

Under U.S. GAAP, these reserves may be established only to the extent there is a reasonable basis for their estimation. From time to time, as additional costs are identified and for which there is reasonable basis for estimation, the GUC Trust records an increase to its reserves for expected costs of liquidation and charges such increase as an addition to reserves for expected costs of liquidation in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation. As costs are actually incurred by the GUC Trust, such costs reduce the previously recorded reserves for expected costs of liquidation by the amount of such incurred costs, with no further effect on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets in Liquidation.

The GUC Trust’s reserves for liquidation and administrative costs (recorded in conformity with U.S. GAAP) are allocable into the following categories:

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reserve for expected Wind-Down Costs, corresponding to expenditures to be made out of the Administrative Fund and, following the depletion of the Administrative Fund, Other Administrative Cash (see “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Funding for the GUC Trust’s Liquidation and Administrative Costs”);

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reserve for expected Reporting Costs, corresponding to expenditures to be made out of Other Administrative Cash (see “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Funding for the GUC Trust’s Liquidation and Administrative Costs”); and

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reserve for Indenture Trustee / Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs, corresponding to expenditures to be made out of the cash received by the GUC Trust from MLC on the Dissolution Date (see “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Other Assets Received from MLC on the Dissolution Date”).

In addition, the GUC Trust maintains reserves for Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs, corresponding to expenditures to be made out of Residual Wind-Down Assets and, following the depletion of such assets, Other Administrative Cash (see “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs”).

As described in greater detail under “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust” above and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below, unused portions of certain of the assets associated with the foregoing reserves are required to be returned to the DIP Lenders upon the winding up and dissolution of the GUC Trust. Therefore, such assets are not available to fund costs of liquidation and administration or any income tax liabilities of the GUC Trust, and are also not available for distribution to the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims or GUC Trust Units. See “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Funding for the GUC Trust’s Liquidation and Administrative Costs,” “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Residual Wind-Down Claims” and “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Other Assets Received from MLC on the Dissolution Date.”

As of December 31, 2018, the GUC Trust had approximately $40.6 million in reserves for liquidation and administrative costs that are estimated to be incurred through the winding up and conclusion of the GUC Trust, compared to approximately $41.9 million in reserves as of September 30, 2018. The following table summarizes in greater detail the changes in such reserves during the three months ended December 31, 2018:


	Three months ended December 31, 2018
(in thousands)	Reserve for Expected Wind-Down Costs			Reserve for Expected Reporting Costs			Reserve for Indenture Trustee/Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs		Total Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation
Balance, September 30, 2018	$	26,927		$	14,847		$	123	$	41,897
Plus addition to (reduction in) reserves		(479	)		1,334			—		855
Less liquidation costs incurred:
Trust professionals		(488	)		(528	)		—		(1,016	)
Trust governance		(616	)		(451	)		10		(1,057	)
Other administrative expenses		(39	)		(81	)		—		(120	)

Balance, December 31, 2018	$	25,305		$	15,121		$	133	$	40,559

Reserves for expected costs of liquidation were increased by approximately $0.9 million during the three months ended December 31, 2018, in order to reflect a decrease in expected Wind-Down Costs of $0.5 million and an increase in expected Reporting Costs of $1.3 million. The decrease in expected Wind-Down Costs during the three months ended December 31, 2018 is primarily

associated with a reversal of expected noticing costs under the Settlement Agreement that were previously accrued, partly offset by an increase in expected Wind-Down Costs associated with an extension in the estimated length of the remaining liquidation period. As described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), noticing costs of up to $13.7 million will be paid under the Revised Settlement Agreement. At this time, a reasonable basis for estimation does not exist as to whether such noticing costs will be incurred. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2018, no accrual for such potential noticing costs has been recorded. The increase in expected Reporting Costs is primarily associated with an extension in the estimated length of the remaining liquidation period. In comparison, reserves for expected costs of liquidation were increased approximately $6.1 million during the three months ended December 31, 2017, in order to reflect an increase in expected Wind-Down Costs of $6.3 million and a decrease in expected Reporting Costs of $0.2 million. The increase in expected Wind-Down Costs during the three months ended December 31, 2017, is primarily associated with an increase in expected legal fees associated with litigation involving certain General Motors vehicle recalls described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”). The decrease in expected Reporting Costs during the three months ended December 31, 2017, is primarily associated with a lesser amount of costs incurred as compared to forecasted costs in the quarter ended December 31, 2017.

Reserves were increased approximately $9.4 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2018, in order to reflect increases in expected Wind-Down Costs and expected Reporting Costs of $3.9 million and $5.5 million, respectively (such increases are net of reductions in the reserves and expected costs in the three months ended June 30, 2018). The net increase in expected Wind-Down Costs during the nine months ended December 31, 2018 is primarily associated with a net extension in the estimated length of the remaining liquidation period, partly offset by a reversal of expected noticing costs that were previously accrued and a reduction in legal fees in the quarter ended September 30, 2018 associated with a settlement of balances due. The net increase in expected Reporting Costs is primarily associated with a net extension in the estimated length of the remaining liquidation period. In comparison, reserves were increased approximately $15.7 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2017, in order to reflect an increase in expected Wind-Down Costs of $11.0 million and an increase in expected Reporting Costs of $4.6 million. The increase in expected Wind-Down Costs during the nine months ended December 31, 2017, is primarily associated with an increase in expected legal fees associated with litigation involving certain General Motors vehicle recalls described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”), along with an extension in the estimated length of the remaining liquidation period during the quarter ended September 30, 2017. The increase in expected Reporting Costs during the nine months ended December 31, 2017, is primarily associated with an extension in the estimated length of the remaining liquidation period during the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

Reserves for expected costs of liquidation were reduced by the amount of liquidation and administrative costs incurred during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018. Trust professional costs incurred during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 were approximately $1.0 million and $3.3 million, respectively, as compared to approximately $4.1 million and $7.7 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017. The decrease of $3.1 million from three-month period to period and the decrease of $4.4 million from nine-month period to period are primarily due to decreases in Wind-Down Costs charged to the reserve. Trust governance costs incurred during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 were approximately $1.1 million and $3.4 million, respectively, as compared to approximately $1.1 million and $3.3 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017. Other administrative costs during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 were approximately $120,000 and $262,000, respectively, as compared to approximately $85,000 and $176,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017. For additional information regarding the components of each category of costs, see “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Funding for the GUC Trust’s Liquidation and Administrative Costs” and “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Other Assets Received from MLC Trust on the Dissolution Date.”

The foregoing reserves represent future costs of the GUC Trust for which there is a reasonable basis for estimation as of December 31, 2018, and, therefore, are recorded under the liquidation basis of accounting in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Additional costs may be incurred for which there was not a reasonable basis for estimation as of December 31, 2018. In particular, as of December 31, 2018, the recorded reserves for expected costs of liquidation reflect estimated costs for a remaining liquidation period estimated to extend, at a minimum, through April 2022, which date, beginning in the quarter ended December 31, 2016, is dependent predominantly on the estimate of the remaining period of time for resolution of litigation involving certain General Motors vehicle recalls described in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”). During such quarter, developments in such vehicle recall litigation resulted in an extension in the estimated length of time for resolution of such litigation that now exceeds the estimate of the remaining period of time for resolution of the Term Loan Avoidance Action (which previously was the primary determinant). Because of certain uncertainties associated with resolution of the General Motors vehicle recall litigation, a reasonable basis for estimation with respect to certain outcomes does not exist. As a result, the GUC Trust’s estimate of the remaining period of time for resolution represents the minimum remaining length of time estimated to be likely for resolution of the litigation. In addition, certain additional estimated time to wind down the GUC Trust following resolution of the litigation is included in the estimated liquidation period. This minimum end date of the remaining liquidation period has been estimated predominantly on a modified probability-weighted basis as permitted under U.S. GAAP and which the GUC Trust believes is the most appropriate measurement basis under the circumstances. Where an outcome is estimated to be likely, the likely outcome has been used as the best estimate and no weight has been given to the unlikely outcome. In addition, consistent with the liquidation basis of accounting, no consideration has been given to potential outcomes to the

extent there does not exist a reasonable basis for estimation. Additionally, certain liquidation costs that are expected to be prepaid by the GUC Trust upon its dissolution have also been estimated and accrued. Future developments in the General Motors vehicle recall litigation could extend the current estimate of the minimum remaining period of time for resolution and, therefore, extend the estimated minimum remaining liquidation period of the GUC Trust beyond April 2022. In addition, as described above, noticing costs of up to $13.7 million will be paid under the Revised Settlement Agreement. At this time, a reasonable basis for estimation does not exist as to whether such noticing costs will be incurred. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2018, no accrual for such potential noticing costs has been recorded.

The amount of liquidation costs that will ultimately be incurred depends on both the length of the remaining liquidation period and the extent of activities required for the GUC Trust to complete its functions and responsibilities under the Plan and the GUC Trust Agreement. Significant uncertainty remains both as to that time period and as to the extent of those activities. The GUC Trust’s estimates regarding the minimum remaining liquidation period and the expected costs of liquidation may change in the near term, and such change could be material.

If the funds available for each of the foregoing categories of costs are not sufficient to satisfy any of the costs in that category, the GUC Trust will be required to appropriate a portion of Distributable Cash in order to meet its additional obligations for those costs. Any such appropriation will result in a lesser amount of Distributable Cash available for distribution to holders of GUC Trust Units.

The process of recognizing reserves for expected costs of liquidation as a matter of financial reporting is separate and distinct from the process by which Distributable Cash is set aside from distribution for the purposes of funding projected costs of liquidation, which are generally estimated on a more conservative (i.e., more inclusive) basis and include contingencies that are not permitted to be recognized under applicable accounting standards. As described in further detail below, certain amounts of Distributable Cash have already been set aside from distribution for the purposes of meeting such potential additional obligations. However, the amounts set aside from distribution are neither reflected in nor a part of the financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q because the process of setting aside such assets is not related to the process of recording, as a matter of financial reporting in the Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation, reserves for expected costs of liquidation or any current and deferred income tax liabilities. See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Income Taxes” and “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation” above and “Net Assets in Liquidation—Distributable Cash Set Aside from Distribution” below.

For additional information regarding the reserves described above, see Note 2 (“Plan of Liquidation”) and Note 6 (“Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation and Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs”) to the financial statements.

Net Assets in Liquidation

Disputed Claims

The following table presents a summary of the activity in Allowed and Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims for the three months ended December 31, 2018:


(in thousands)	Allowed General Unsecured Claims		Disputed General Unsecured Claims (1)		Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims		Maximum Amount of Unresolved Claims (2)		Total Claim Amount (3)
Total, September 30, 2018	$	31,855,432	$	50,000	$	1,494,843	$	1,544,843	$	33,400,275
Disputed General Unsecured Claims resolved or disallowed		—		—		—		—		—
Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims resolved or disallowed		—		—		—		—		—

Total, December 31, 2018	$	31,855,432	$	50,000	$	1,494,843	$	1,544,843	$	33,400,275

(1)

(2)	Maximum Amount of Unresolved Claims represents the sum of Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims.

(3)	Total Claim Amount represents the sum of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and Maximum Amount of Unresolved Claims.

Distributable Assets

The table below summarizes the activity in New GM Securities prior to their liquidation and Distributable Cash that composes the GUC Trust’s distributable assets, including the numbers of New GM Securities and amount of Distributable Cash previously distributed, as well as the amount of Distributable Cash available for distribution to holders of GUC Trust Units as of December 31, 2018 (in thousands):


	New GM Common Stock			New GM Series A Warrants			New GM Series B Warrants			Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash)
Distributable Assets as of Effective Date (March 31, 2011)		150,000			136,364			136,364		$	—
Dividends received on New GM Common Stock		—			—			—			24,746
Prior distributions (1)		(137,299	)		(124,817	)		(124,817	)		(246,216	)
Prior sales to fund GUC Trust costs and Avoidance Action Trust funding obligation		(1,313	)		(1,194	)		(1,194	)		(170	)
Prior liquidation of New GM Securities		(11,388	)		(10,353	)		(10,353	)		741,701
Prior appropriation of Distributable Cash to fund GUC Trust liquidation and administrative costs		—			—			—			(35,584	)

Holdings as of December 31, 2018		—			—			—			484,477

Less: Distributions payable as of December 31, 2018 (2)											(1,792	)
Less: Amounts set aside from distribution to fund projected GUC Trust costs											(24,768	)

Distributable Assets as of December 31, 2018 (3)										$	457,917

(1)

The numbers of New GM Securities and the amount of Distributable Cash shown as distributed include sales for (a) cash distributions to governmental entities to the extent such governmental entities requested such sales and demonstrated to the satisfaction of the GUC Trust Administrator that such governmental entities were precluded by applicable law from receiving distributions of New GM Securities and (b) fractional amounts of New GM Securities, in lieu of which the GUC Trust was required pursuant to the GUC Trust Agreement to distribute cash, subject to certain minimum thresholds.

(2)

Distributions payable includes amounts payable in respect of Allowed General Unsecured Claims that were allowed in prior fiscal periods, but for which the holders of such claims had not yet supplied information required by the GUC Trust in order to effect the distribution to which they are entitled.

(3)

Distributable Assets reflects the amounts of Distributable Cash and Dividend Cash shown as “GUC Trust Distributable Assets” on the report included as Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form8-K filed by the GUC Trust with the SEC on January 24, 2019. Such Distributable Cash and associated Dividend Cash have been set aside for potential distribution in respect of current Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims as of December 31, 2018. To the extent that such claims are resolved in favor of the GUC Trust, Distributable Cash and associated Dividend Cash may become available for distribution to holders of GUC Trust Units in future periods. The amount of Distributable Cash and associated Dividend Cash set out above as “Distributable Assets” does not directly relate to Net Assets in Liquidation or any other number appearing in the GUC Trust’s financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

As described above under the heading “Disputed Claims,” as of December 31, 2018, there were approximately $31.9 billion in Allowed General Unsecured Claims. In respect of such claims, the GUC Trust had previously distributed in the aggregate 137,298,736 shares of New GM Common Stock, 124,817,263 New GM Series A Warrants and 124,817,263 New GM Series B Warrants and $246.2 million of Distributable Cash. In addition, the GUC Trust was obligated to distribute as of December 31, 2018, $1.8 million of Distributable Cash.

Distributable Cash Set Aside from Distribution

Overview of Distributable Cash Set Aside from Distribution

In addition to distributions of Distributable Cash, which are reflected as reductions to the GUC Trust net assets in its financial statements, the GUC Trust also, from time to time, sets aside Distributable Cash for potential future appropriation to fund projected liquidation and administrative costs, as well as any potential income tax liabilities, including Dividend Taxes, Investment Income Taxes and Taxes on Distribution. Distributable Cash that is set aside from distribution by the GUC Trust is not deducted from the net assets in liquidation of the GUC Trust in its financial statements unless and until suchset-aside Distributable Cash is appropriated and expended. Distributable Cash set aside from distribution is segregated by the GUC Trust for such specific purposes and is not available for distribution to holders of GUC Trust Units or other claimants unless and to the extent that the GUC Trust later determines that theset-aside Distributable Cash is no longer needed to fund those specific purposes.

This process is not related to, and is separate from, the process of recording any current and deferred income tax liabilities and reserves for expected costs of liquidation in the Statement of Net Assets in Liquidation, as a matter of financial reporting. As a matter of financial reporting, income tax liabilities and reserves for expected costs of liquidation must be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to the GUC Trust. By contrast, the estimates of projected costs and potential liabilities for which the GUC Trust may set aside Distributable Cash are generally made on a more conservative (i.e., more inclusive) basis and include contingencies that are not permitted to be recognized under applicable accounting standards. See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Reserves for Expected Costs of Liquidation” above.

As of December 31, 2018, the distributable assets of the GUC Trust available for distribution to holders of GUC Trust Units consisted of Distributable Cash of approximately $457.9 million (including Dividend Cash), after deducting the amounts of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) (i) set aside from distribution to fund additional projected liquidation and administrative costs of the GUC Trust (as described below under the heading “Set Aside Calculations Relating to Projected Liquidation and Administrative Costs, Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes”) and (ii) set aside for distributions payable in respect of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and Allowed General Unsecured Claims that were allowed in prior fiscal periods, but for which the holders of such claims had not yet supplied information required by the GUC Trust in order to effect the distributions to which they are entitled. Such Distributable Cash has been set aside for potential distribution in respect of current Disputed General Unsecured Claims and Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims. To the extent such claims are resolved in favor of the GUC Trust, Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) may become available for distribution to holders of GUC Trust Units in future periods.

Prior to the liquidation of all the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities in July and August 2015, New GM Securities were set aside to fund projected liquidation and administrative costs and potential income tax liabilities as described below.

Set Aside Calculations Relating to Projected Liquidation and Administrative Costs, Including Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes

The GUC Trust Administrator reevaluates, on a quarterly basis, the amount of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) needed to be set aside from distribution for purposes of funding projected liquidation and administrative costs, including any Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes. This determination is made on a basis different than that used to calculate reserves for financial statement purposes. Under the current methodology, the amount to be set aside is equal to the estimates of unfunded projected liquidation and administrative costs (including any Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes). Prior to the liquidation of all of the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities, estimates of unfunded projected liquidation and administrative costs (including any Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes) were converted into the number of New GM Securities to be set aside from distribution by dividing such estimates by the trailing twelve-month average closing prices for the New GM Securities. A corresponding amount of Dividend Cash associated with theset-aside New GM Securities was also set aside from distribution.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2018, as a result of the standard quarterly reevaluations described above, the estimate of unfunded projected liquidation and administrative costs (including any Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes) was increased by $1.1 million to $33.7 million. Such increase was primarily related to an increase in remaining projected Wind-Down Costs primarily associated with estimated noticing costs, largely offset by a reduction in unfunded projected costs associated with costs incurred in the quarter ended December 31, 2018. However, due to limitations on the amount of Distributable Cash available to be set aside for such purposes, the amount set aside was reduced to $24.8 million. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2018, the GUC Trust had set aside from distribution Distributable Cash of $24.8 million for the purposes of funding future projected liquidation and administrative costs of the GUC Trust. Because of a fixed amount of Distributable Cash administered by the GUC Trust, as well as the

requirement to also set aside a sufficient amount of Distributable Cash to satisfy all potential Allowed General Unsecured Claims (including Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims), the amount of Distributable Cash available to be set aside to fund projected liquidation costs and other potential obligations is subject to inherent limitations.

Set Aside Calculations Relating to Potential Taxes on Distribution

In addition to reevaluating the amount of Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) to be set aside from distribution to fund projected liquidation and administrative costs, including any Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes, the GUC Trust Administrator also reevaluates, on a quarterly basis, the amount of Distributable Cash needed to be set aside from distribution to fund potential Taxes on Distribution. The current methodology for calculating such set aside estimates potential Taxes on Distribution by applying the applicable U.S. federal income tax rate to net realized capital gains that are still subject to examination by the IRS, less current period tax deductible expenses and future tax deductible expenses. Such realized capital gains are computed using a tax basis for the New GM Securities based on the date of transfer of record ownership of the New GM Securities to the GUC Trust from MLC on December 15, 2011, and the tax basis of the New GM Common Stock received for the exercise of the New GM Warrants pursuant to the Liquidation Order. However, as a result of the application of Section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, the GUC Trust’s federal income tax returns for the year ended March 31, 2018 and all prior years are no longer subject to examination, and no income taxes may be assessed for the year ended March 31, 2018 or any prior year. In addition, while the GUC Trust’s remaining capital losses (based on the tax basis of previously held New GM Securities for financial reporting purposes) and net operating losses are still subject to examination by the IRS in subsequent years if those losses are utilized, such utilization (on a net basis) is not expected as a result of the sale of all New GM Securities in the year ended March 31, 2016, except potentially with respect to any receipt and subsequent distribution or sale of Additional Shares (if the fair market value of the Additional Shares on the date of distribution or sale is greater than the fair market value of such shares on the date of receipt), which is not determinable or estimable at this time. Accordingly, no income taxes are expected to be paid in the future, except potentially with respect to any Taxes on Distribution resulting from the receipt and subsequent distribution or sale by the GUC Trust of Additional Shares, which is not determinable or estimable at this time. However, if any Taxes on Distribution resulting from the receipt and subsequent distribution or sale of Additional Shares were to become payable, it is anticipated that such income taxes would be funded from the sale of a portion of such Additional Shares. As a result, beginning with the quarter ended September 30, 2016 and as of December 31, 2018, the GUC Trust Administrator determined that no Distributable Cash should be set aside for potential Taxes on Distribution (or Dividend Taxes and Investment Income Taxes) at this time.

The GUC Trust’s calculation of the amount of any Distributable Cash needed to be set aside from distribution to fund such potential Taxes on Distribution was made using a different methodology than that used to calculate any current and deferred taxes for financial statement purposes. As described above, in estimating potential Taxes on Distribution, the current set aside methodology calculates realized capital gains using the tax basis of the New GM Securities on December 15, 2011 with respect to any tax return years that are still subject to examination. By contrast, in calculating any current and deferred taxes for purposes of financial reporting under applicable U.S. GAAP, the GUC Trust calculates realized capital gains using the tax basis of the New GM Securities for financial reporting purposes, which is based on the date of transfer of beneficial ownership of the New GM Securities to the GUC Trust from MLC (which occurred on March 31, 2011 for a substantial majority of the previously held New GM Securities).

It is the view of the GUC Trust Administrator, after consultation with the GUC Trust Monitor and other professionals retained by the GUC Trust, that the calculation methodologies described above, on the basis of which Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) is set aside from distribution, generally estimate the projected liquidation and administrative costs and potential liabilities of the GUC Trust on a conservative basis. Accordingly, it is the view of the GUC Trust Administrator and the GUC Trust Monitor that the Distributable Cash currently set aside from distribution to fund such costs and liabilities would be sufficient to satisfy such obligations of the GUC Trust as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q. However, there can be no assurance that the amount of Distributable Cash set aside will be sufficient to fund such costs and liabilities as they are actually incurred. In addition, there can be no assurance that, as a result of future evaluations, additional Distributable Cash will not need to be set aside or appropriated to fund additional costs and liabilities, beyond those that are currently included in the GUC Trust’s estimates, in particular as a result of changes in the GUC Trust’s estimates of projected costs and potential liabilities. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below.

GUC Trust Units

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The GUC Trust’s sources of liquidity are principally the funds it holds for the payment of liquidation and administrative costs, and to a significantly lesser degree, the earnings on such funds invested by it. In addition, as a result of the liquidation of all the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities during the quarter ended September 30, 2015, the GUC Trust holds Distributable Cash for distribution to GUC Trust beneficiaries. The GUC Trust holds such funds primarily in U.S. Treasury bills, as permitted by the Plan and the GUC Trust Agreement.

During the nine months ended December 31, 2018, the GUC Trust’s holdings of cash and cash equivalents decreased approximately $0.2 million from approximately $2.6 million to approximately $2.4 million. The decrease was primarily due to cash paid for liquidation and administrative costs of $10.4 million, largely offset by cash from the sale of marketable securities in excess of reinvestments of $2.9 million and interest income received on such marketable securities of $7.3 million.

During the nine months ended December 31, 2018, the funds invested by the GUC Trust in marketable securities decreased approximately $2.9 million, from approximately $505.2 million to approximately $502.3 million. The decrease was due primarily to the sale of marketable securities to fund a portion of the payments described above during the period. The GUC Trust earned on the accrual basis approximately $7.3 million in interest income on such investments during the period.

As of December 31, 2018, the GUC Trust held approximately $504.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities. Of such amount, approximately $484.5 million relates to Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash), a portion of which the GUC Trust Administrator is permitted to set aside from distribution and to appropriate with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court or Trust Monitor, as applicable, in order to fund additional costs as they become due. Included in Distributable Cash as of December 31, 2018, is approximately $13.5 million of Dividend Cash. As described above, Dividend Cash will be distributed to holders of subsequently Resolved Allowed Claims and GUC Trust Units in respect of Distributable Cash that they receive, except to the extent such dividends are in respect of Distributable Cash that is appropriated by the GUC Trust in accordance with the GUC Trust Agreement to fund the GUC Trust’s liquidation and administrative costs, any income tax liabilities or shortfalls in Residual Wind-Down Assets.

As of December 31, 2018, Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash) held by the GUC Trust was set aside as follows: (a) $1.8 million for liquidating distributions payable as of that date and (b) $24.8 million to fund projected liquidation and administrative costs. See “Net Assets in Liquidation—Distributable Assets” above.

In addition to Distributable Cash (including Dividend Cash), the GUC Trust held approximately $20.2 million in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2018, representing funds held for payment of costs of liquidation and administration and other liabilities. Of that amount, approximately $1.6 million (comprising approximately $0.2 million of the remaining Residual Wind-Down Assets, approximately $1.3 million of the remaining Administrative Fund and approximately $0.1 million in remaining funds designated for the Indenture Trustee / Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs) is required by the GUC Trust Agreement to be returned, upon thewinding-up of the GUC Trust, to the DIP Lenders to the extent such funds are not utilized to satisfy designated Wind-Down Costs, Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs and Indenture Trustee / Fiscal Paying Agent Costs. Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities remaining in the Administrative Fund have been designated for the satisfaction of certain specifically identified costs and liabilities of the GUC Trust, and such amounts may not be used for the payment of GUC Trust professionals’ fees and expenses or other Wind-Down Costs. Such amounts will not at any time be available for distribution to the holders of the GUC Trust Units. The balance of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities of approximately $18.6 million is available for the payment of certain reporting and administrative costs of the GUC Trust, and would be available in the future for distribution to the holders of the GUC Trust Units, if not otherwise used to satisfy those expected costs. See “Liquidation and Administrative Costs” above.

There is no assurance that additional amounts of Distributable Cash will not be required to be set aside from distribution and appropriated to fund additional costs and income tax liabilities, beyond what the GUC Trust Administrator has already set aside. Any appropriation of Distributable Cash that occurs to fund such obligations will result in a lesser amount of Distributable Cash available for distribution to holders of GUC Trust Units. In addition, as described above under the headings “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Residual Wind-Down Claims and Costs” and “Functions and Responsibilities of the GUC Trust—Other Assets Received from MLC on the Dissolution Date,” a portion of the GUC Trust’s assets are currently segregated pursuant to the GUC Trust

Agreement for the satisfaction of Residual Wind-Down Claims and certain other specified costs. If such assets are insufficient to satisfy the Residual Wind-Down Claims or fund such other specified costs for any reason, the GUC Trust Administrator will similarly be required to set aside from distribution and appropriate additional amounts of Distributable Cash in order to fund such shortfall.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form10-Q contains forward-looking statements about the assets, financial condition and prospects of the GUC Trust. Actual results could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements because of various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the resolution of the Disputed General Unsecured Claims, the outcome of and the ultimate recovery on the Term Loan Avoidance Action and any related incurrence of Allowed General Unsecured Claims, the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling on the Revised Settlement Agreement if the Revised Settlement Agreement is not approved, the ultimate outcome of the Late Claims Motion (as defined below), the GUC Trust’s incurrence of professional fees and other expenses in connection with administration of the GUC Trust, changes in tax and other governmental rules and regulations applicable to the GUC Trust, and other risks. Some of these risks and uncertainties are beyond the ability of the GUC Trust to control, and in many cases, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements cannot be predicted. These forward-looking statements should therefore be considered in light of various important factors, including those set forth in the GUC Trust’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 and those set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q. When used in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q, the words “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “expects,” “intends,” and “anticipates” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Glossary

The capitalized terms used in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth below. For additional information on any of the matters relating to such terms, see the disclosure in the notes to the financial statements filed with this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q and in the Current Report on Form8-K filed by the GUC Trust with the SEC on June 12, 2012.

“2016 Threshold Issues” means the five issues that the Bankruptcy Court identified, by Order to Show Cause dated December 13, 2016, and directed the parties to address.

“363 Transaction” means the transaction in which NGMCO, Inc. (now General Motors Company) acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities of the Debtors pursuant to and subject to the terms of the MSPA.

“AdditionalPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs” means the 171 plaintiffs for which a motion was filed with the Bankruptcy Court on July 28, 2017 for authority to file late claims against the GUC Trust.

“Additional Shares” means the additional shares of New GM Common Stock that New GM will be required to issue under the MSPA if the Bankruptcy Court finds that the estimated aggregate Allowed General Unsecured Claims against the Debtors exceed $35 billion.

“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent for various lenders party to the Term Loan.

“Administrative Fund” means the cash contributed to the GUC Trust to be held and maintained by the GUC Trust Administrator for the purpose of paying the Wind-Down Costs.

“Allowed General Unsecured Claims” means the general unsecured claims against the Debtors that are allowed at any given time.

“Approval Order” means the opinion and order entered on August 24, 2016 by the Bankruptcy Court approving the settlement agreement reached by the Committee, the DIP Lenders and the Avoidance Action Trust concerning, among other things, the allocation of potential distributable recoveries from the Term Loan Avoidance Action.

“Avoidance Action Defense Costs” means certain reasonable costs, fees and expenses which the GUC Trust is obligated to satisfy relating to defending the Term Loan Avoidance Action, subject to the right of the GUC Trust to seek disgorgement in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

“Avoidance Action Trust” means the trust established under the Plan for the purpose of holding and prosecuting the Term Loan Avoidance Action.

“Avoidance Action Trust Administrator” means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as the trustee and trust administrator of the Avoidance Action Trust.

“Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code.

“Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

“Claimant” means, for purposes of the rules that govern Disputed Ownership Funds, a person who claims ownership of, in whole or in part, property immediately before and immediately after such property is transferred to a Disputed Ownership Fund.

“Closing Date” means July 10, 2009, the date on which the sale of substantially all of the assets of Old GM pursuant to the MSPA was completed.

“Committee” means the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the Debtors appointed by the Office of the United States Trustee in the chapter 11 cases of the Debtors.

“Committee Summary Judgment Motion” means the Motion of Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for Partial Summary Judgment (Docket No. 24) filed by the Committee on July 1, 2010, seeking a ruling in favor of the Committee with respect to the Term Loan Avoidance Action.

��Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment” means the Committee Summary Judgment Motion and the JPMorgan Summary Judgment Motion.

“Debtors” means MLC and its affiliated debtors anddebtors-in-possession.

“DIP Credit Agreement” means theDebtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2009, by and among MLC, as borrower, the guarantors named therein, the U.S. Treasury, as lender, and the Governments of Canada and Ontario, through Export Development Canada, as lenders.

“DIP Lenders” means the United States Department of Treasury and the Governments of Canada and Ontario, through Export Development Canada.

“Disputed General Unsecured Claims” means the general unsecured claims against the Debtors that are disputed at a given time and does not include any Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims.

“Dissolution Date” means December 15, 2011, the date that MLC filed a Certificate of Dissolution with the Secretary of State of Delaware and was dissolved.

“Distributable Cash” means the amount of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held for distribution to GUC Trust beneficiaries and includes Dividend Cash.

“Dividend Cash” means the amount of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held by the GUC Trust that relates to dividends received by the GUC Trust on New GM Common Stock previously held by the GUC Trust.

“Dividend Taxes” means federal income taxes incurred in respect of dividends received by the GUC Trust on New GM Common Stock then previously held by the GUC Trust.

“Effective Date” means March 31, 2011, the date that the Plan became effective.

“Enforcement Decision” means the Bankruptcy Court’sMemorandum Opinion and Order Regarding Motion to Enforce the Settlement Agreement by and among the Signatory Plaintiffs and the GUC Trust (Docket No. 14212) dated January 18, 2018.

“Equitable Mootness Finding” means the holding of the Bankruptcy Court in the Threshold Issues Decision and the Threshold Issues Judgment that the plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions and the Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions may seek authorization to file late claims in the bankruptcy cases of Old GM, but that any such claims as against the GUC Trust are “equitably moot” (that is, fashioning relief for the plaintiffs against the GUC Trust would be “impractical, imprudent and therefore inequitable”), and thus the assets of the GUC Trust cannot be used to satisfy such claims.

“Excess GUC Trust Distributable Assets” means (i) Distributable Cash (previously New GM Securities) and Dividend Cash associated with such Distributable Cash (only if and to the extent such Distributable Cash (or New GM Securities) and Dividend Cash (a) are not required for the satisfaction of new Allowed General Unsecured Claims and (b) have not been set aside from distribution to fund projected liquidation and administrative costs, Dividend Taxes, Investment Income Taxes or Taxes on Distribution of the GUC Trust) and (ii) Other Administrative Cash available, if any, for distribution to the holders of GUC Trust Units.

“Five Year Rule” means the five year period after capital losses are incurred for which such losses may be carried forward by corporations under U.S. tax rules.

“Forbearance Agreement” means the agreement between New GM and the GUC Trust, since terminated in accordance with its terms, by which (i) the GUC Trust agreed not to seek an order estimating the claims of the plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions and the Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions or seek the issuance of Additional Shares from New GM until the final resolution of certain litigation, (ii) New GM agreed to pay the costs of the GUC Trust’s litigation in connection with the Late Claims Motions and related litigation, and (iii) New GM and the GUC Trust agreed to negotiate an appropriate rate of return from New GM should any GUC Trust distributions be held up solely due to the Late Claims Motions litigation.

“GUC Trust” means the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust.

“GUC Trust Administrator” means Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as trust administrator and trustee of the GUC Trust.

“GUC Trust Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2015.

“GUC Trust Monitor” means FTI Consulting, Inc., solely in its capacity as trust monitor of the GUC Trust.

“GUC Trust Units” means the units of beneficial interests in the GUC Trust distributed to holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims in proportion to the amount of their claims subject to certain rounding rules set forth in the Plan and the GUC Trust Agreement. Each GUC Trust Unit represents the contingent right to receive a pro rata share of the Excess GUC Trust Distributable Assets.

“Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions” means the various actions (including putative class actions) filed by various plaintiffs against New GM seeking compensatory and other damages and other relief for economic losses allegedly resulting from the Ignition Switch Recall, or the underlying condition of the subject vehicles.

“Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions” means the various actions (including putative class actions) filed by various plaintiffs against New GM seeking compensatory and other damages and other relief for personal injury and other claims allegedly arising from accidents that occurred as a result of the underlying condition of the vehicles subject to the Ignition Switch Recall.

“Ignition SwitchPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs” means the various plaintiffs who filed actions against New GM seeking compensatory and other damages and other relief for personal injury and other claims allegedly arising from accidents that occurred before the Closing as a result of the underlying condition of the vehicles subject to the Ignition Switch Recall.

“Ignition Switch Recall” means the ignition switch-related recalls initiated by New GM in February and March 2014 as NHTSA Recall No. 14v047.

“Indenture Trustee / Fiscal and Paying Agent Costs” means certain costs, fees and expenses payable under the Plan to the indenture trustees and fiscal and paying agents for the previously outstanding debt of MLC.

“Initial Reporting Cash” means the proceeds of approximately $5.7 million from the sale by the GUC Trust of New GM Securities shortly after the Effective Date, expressly authorized by the GUC Trust Agreement for the purposes of funding Reporting Costs.

“Investment Income Taxes” means federal income taxes incurred in respect of investment income earned by the GUC Trust on Distributable Cash held, or previously held, by the GUC Trust.

“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.

“JPMorgan Summary Judgment Motion” means the Motion of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 28) filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. on July 1, 2010, seeking a ruling in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. with respect to the perfection of the UCC Collateral.

“Late Claims Motions” means the motions filed in the Bankruptcy Court, seeking permission to file late claims against the GUC Trust, by plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions, plaintiffs in the Other Economic Loss Actions, and 175 Ignition SwitchPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs.

“Liquidation Order” means the Bankruptcy Court’s order dated July 2, 2015 pursuant to which the Bankruptcy Court approved the conversion of the GUC Trust’s holdings of New GM Securities into cash.

“Loss Carryovers” means capital loss carryovers and net operating loss carryovers of the GUC Trust.

“Loss Succession Rule” means, under Treasury RegulationSection 1.468B-9(C)(6), each Claimant is entitled to succeed to and take into account a portion of any unused Loss Carryovers upon termination of the GUC Trust.

“MDL Court” means, with respect to case number14-MD-2543 (JMF), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

“MDL Proceeding” means the actions that have been transferred to and consolidated under the case number14-MD-2543 (JMF) and are pending before the MDL Court, including certain Subject Recall-Related Actions.

“MLC” means Motors Liquidation Company, which dissolved on December 15, 2011.

“Motions to Enforce” means the series of motions filed by New GM with the Bankruptcy Court seeking to enjoin the Subject Recall-Related Actions and to enforce the Sale Order.

“MSPA” means the Master Sale and Purchase Agreement dated as of July 10, 2009, by and among Old GM, certain of its debtor subsidiaries and NGMCO, Inc., as amended.

“New GM” means General Motors Company, together with its consolidated subsidiaries.

“New GM Common Stock” means the common stock of General Motors Company, including with respect to New GM Common Stock that has been set aside from distribution, reserved, or sold and any Dividend Cash related to such New GM Common Stock.

“New GM Securities” means the New GM Common Stock and the New GM Warrants (including with respect to New GM Common Stock and New GM Warrants that had been set aside from distribution, reserved or sold, and any Dividend Cash related to such New GM Common Stock).

“New GM Series A Warrants” means the warrants to acquire shares of New GM Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per share that were scheduled to expire on July 10, 2016.

“New GM Series B Warrants” means the warrants to acquire shares of New GM Common Stock at an exercise price of $18.33 per share that were scheduled to expire on July 10, 2019.

“New GM Warrants” means the New GM Series A Warrants and the New GM Series B Warrants.

“Old GM” means MLC, formerly known as General Motors Corporation.

“Order” means the Bankruptcy Court’s Order onCross-Motions for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 72) dated March 1, 2013 in respect of the Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment.

“Order to Show Cause” means the order issued by the Bankruptcy court, dated December 13, 2016, and addressing the 2016 Threshold Issues.

“Other Administrative Cash” means the amount of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities held by the GUC Trust that relates to proceeds from the sale of New GM Securities or appropriated Distributable Cash that had been set aside from distribution to fund the current or projected liquidation and other administrative costs or income tax liabilities of the GUC Trust, plus (a) any Dividend Cash related to New GM Common Stock so sold or Distributable Cash so appropriated and (b) investment income earned on marketable securities and cash equivalents.

“Other Economic Loss Actions” means the various actions (including putative class actions) filed by various plaintiffs against New GM seeking compensatory and other damages for economic losses allegedly resulting from recalls of vehicles initiated by New GM (other than the Ignition Switch Recall), or the underlying condition of those vehicles.

“Other Personal Injury Actions” means the various actions (including putative class actions) filed by various plaintiffs against New GM seeking compensatory and other damages and other relief for personal injury and other claims allegedly arising from accidents that occurred as a result of the underlying condition of the vehicles subject to the recalls initiated by New GM other than the Ignition Switch Recall.

“Personal Injury Actions” means the various actions (including putative class actions) filed by various plaintiffs against New GM seeking compensatory and other damages for personal injury and other claims allegedly arising from accidents that occurred as a result of the underlying condition of the vehicles subject to the recalls initiated by New GM.

“Plan” means the Debtors’ Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan, filed with the Bankruptcy Court on March 18, 2011.

“Proposed Plaintiff Settlement” means the unsigned, unexecuted agreement between the GUC Trust, on the one hand, and counsel for certain Ignition Switch Economic Loss Action and Other Economic Loss Action plaintiffs, certain Ignition Switch Pre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs, and the AdditionalPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs, on the other hand, regarding a potential settlement of certain issues underlying the Late Claims Motions.

“QSF” means Qualified Settlement Fund under applicable regulations of the United States Department of Treasury.

“Recall-Related Actions” means, collectively, the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions, the Other Economic Loss Actions and the Personal Injury Actions.

“Reporting Costs” means fees, costs and expenses of the GUC Trust directly or indirectly relating to (i) reports to be prepared and filed by the GUC Trust pursuant to applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the SEC, (ii) the transfer, registration for transfer and certification of GUC Trust Units, (iii) the application by the Committee to the IRS for a private letter ruling regarding the tax treatment of the GUC Trust and the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims in respect of the distribution of New GM Securities and (iv) certain legal proceedings relating to the Term Loan Avoidance Action.

“Residual Wind-Down Assets” means the funds remaining of the approximately $42.8 million in cash and prepaid expenses transferred by MLC to the GUC Trust on the Dissolution Date to satisfy the Residual Wind-Down Claims and Residual Wind-Down Costs (which amount consisted of approximately $40.0 million in cash, including approximately $1.4 million for Avoidance Action Defense Costs, and the transferred benefit of approximately $2.8 million in prepaid expenses).

“Residual Wind-Down Claims” means all disputed administrative expenses, priority tax claims, prioritynon-tax claims, and secured claims against the Debtors that were remaining as of the Dissolution Date and are not resolved at a given time.

“Residual Wind-Down Costs” means certain costs, fees and expenses relating to satisfying and resolving the Residual Wind-Down Claims.

“Resolved Allowed Claims” means the Resolved Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims and the Resolved Disputed Claims.

“Resolved Disputed Claims” means previously Disputed General Unsecured Claims that are subsequently allowed.

“Resolved Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims” means the Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims that are subsequently allowed as a result of recoveries by the Avoidance Action Trust pursuant to the Term Loan Avoidance Action.

“Revised Settlement Agreement” means that certain settlement agreement between the GUC Trust and Signatory Plaintiffs dated as of February 1, 2019.

“Rule 23 Decision” means the Memorandum Opinion and Order Concluding that the Signatory Plaintiffs and the GUC Trust Must Satisfy Civil Rule 23 for the Proposed Settlement to be Approved and Denying Three Pending Motions Without Prejudice [Docket No. 14374] issued by the Bankruptcy Court on September 25, 2018.

“Sale Order” means the Sale Order and Injunction entered by the Bankruptcy Court on July 5, 2009, approving the sale of substantially all of the assets of Old GM to New GM pursuant to Section 363(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Second Circuit” means the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

“Settlement Agreement” means the settlement agreement, dated as of April 25, 2018, between the GUC Trust and certain plaintiffs to settle the Late Claims Motions and other related issues, which agreement, as amended, was replaced by the Revised Settlement Agreement.

“Settlement Payment” means the $15.0 million payment from the GUC Trust to a fund for the benefit of certain plaintiffs, that was to be made pursuant to the Settlement Agreement.

“Stipulation” means the Stipulation and Order Amending and Superseding Certain Prior Orders Regarding Discovery and Scheduling [Docket No. 1059] filed by the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action on July 31, 2018, requiring each party to the litigation to filepre-motion letters to the Bankruptcy Court identifying the issues that each party contends should be addressed by the Bankruptcy Court through motion practice without additional discovery.

“Subject Recall-Related Actions” means the Recall-Related Actions that concern vehicles designed, manufactured or sold prior to the Closing Date, except for Personal Injury Actions related to accidents that occurred after the Closing Date.

“Taxes on Distribution” means federal income taxes incurred in respect of any capital gains realized upon the sale or distribution of New GM Securities to holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims or GUC Trust Units.

“Term Loan” means the syndicated loan facility evidenced by that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of November 29, 2006, among General Motors Corporation, Saturn Corporation and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto from time to time (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise revised from time to time).

“Term Loan Avoidance Action” means the legal action styled as Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation Co. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al., Adv. Pro.No. 09-00504 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. July 31, 2009).

“Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims” means the potential Allowed General Unsecured Claims that will arise in the amount of any recovery of proceeds if the Avoidance Action Trust Administrator is successful in its prosecution of the Term Loan Avoidance Action. For the avoidance of doubt, as used in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q, the amounts of “Disputed General Unsecured Claims” do not include any Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims.

“Threshold Issues Appeal Decision” means the Second Circuit’s decision in case number15-2844, docket number 384, and related cross-appeals, dated July 13, 2016.

“Threshold Issues Decision” means the Bankruptcy Court’sDecision on Motion to Enforce Sale Order (Docket No. 13109) dated April 15, 2015.

“Threshold Issues Judgment” means the Bankruptcy Court’sJudgment (Docket No. 13177) dated June 1, 2015 with respect to the Threshold Issues Decision.

“Trust Beneficiaries” means the beneficiaries of the GUC Trust, who are future holders and, to the extent their liquidating distributions have not yet been paid to them, current holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and future and current holders of GUC Trust Units.

“UCC-3” means theUCC-3 termination statement filed prior to the date of the Debtors’ bankruptcy filings which related to certain collateral owned by the Debtors on which the Administrative Agent asserted a lien in respect of the Term Loan.

“UCC Collateral” means the collateral owned by the Debtors on the date of their bankruptcy filings, which collateral was the subject of theUCC-3.

“Used Car Purchasers” means plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions who bought used GM vehicles post-Sale.

“Wind-Down Costs” means certain fees and expenses incurred by the GUC Trust, including fees of the GUC Trust Administrator and the GUC Trust Monitor and the fees and expenses for other professionals retained by the GUC Trust, other than Reporting Costs.

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Disclosure under this item is not required, pursuant to theno-action letter of the SEC to the GUC Trust dated May 23, 2012.

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

During the fiscal period covered by this report, the management of the GUC Trust, with the participation of the Administrative Vice President of the GUC Trust Administrator, completed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the GUC Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based on this evaluation, the GUC Trust’s management, including that Administrative Vice President of the GUC Trust Administrator, has concluded that, as of the end of the fiscal period covered by this report, the GUC Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective. There were no material changes in the GUC Trust’s internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal period covered by this report.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings.

Term Loan Avoidance Action.

On July 31, 2009, the Committee, on behalf of the Debtors, commenced the Term Loan Avoidance Action. Among other things, the Term Loan Avoidance Action seeks the return of approximately $1.5 billion that had been transferred to a consortium of prepetition lenders pursuant to the terms of the order approving the DIP Credit Agreement on the theory that the prepetition filing of a particularUCC-3 termination statement, or theUCC-3, had the effect of rendering such lenders’ previously perfected security interest in certain assets of the Debtors, or the UCC Collateral, unperfected on the date of the Debtors’ bankruptcy filings.

On July 1, 2010, the Committee filed a motion for partial summary judgment, or the Committee Summary Judgment Motion, seeking a ruling in favor of the Committee with respect to the perfection of the lenders’ security interest in the UCC Collateral. Also on July 1, 2010, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. filed its own summary judgment motion, or the JPMorgan Summary Judgment Motion (and, together with the Committee Summary Judgment Motion, the Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment), seeking a ruling in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., with respect to the perfection of the lenders’ security interest in the UCC Collateral. On the Dissolution Date, while the Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment were still pending, the right to prosecute the Term Loan Avoidance Action was transferred to the Avoidance Action Trust. To the extent that the Avoidance Action Trust Administrator is successful in obtaining and collecting a judgment against the defendant(s) therein, Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims will become allowed in the amount actually collected from the defendant(s), and in the name of such defendant(s).

On March 1, 2013, the Bankruptcy Court rendered a decision on the Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, holding that JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., or the Administrative Agent, had not authorized the filing of theUCC-3, and thus the lenders’ security interest in the UCC Collateral remained properly perfected on the date of the Debtors’ bankruptcy filings. The Bankruptcy Court subsequently entered an order and a judgment on the Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, which distilled the decision on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment into an order denying the Committee Summary Judgment Motion and granting the JPMorgan Summary Judgment Motion. On March 7, 2013, the Avoidance Action Trust appealed the order and judgment, which appeal was heard directly by the Second Circuit.

On January 21, 2015, the Second Circuit reversed the Bankruptcy Court’s grant of summary judgment for the Administrative Agent, holding that the Administrative Agent had authorized the filing of theUCC-3 and thereby extinguished the lenders’ perfected security interest in the UCC Collateral. The Administrative Agent subsequently filed a petition for rehearing en banc, which petition was denied by the Second Circuit. On April 20, 2015, the Second Circuit issued a mandate instructing the Bankruptcy Court to enter partial summary judgment for the Committee, which judgment was entered by the Bankruptcy Court on June 12, 2015. Pursuant to a scheduling order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on May 19, 2015, the Avoidance Action Trust filed an amended complaint against the defendants to the Term Loan Avoidance Action on May 20, 2015.

Beginning on November 16, 2015, numerous defendants filed motions seeking to dismiss the amended complaint or to obtain a judgment on the pleadings. The Bankruptcy Court heard oral argument with respect to the motions to dismiss and motions for judgment on the pleadings on April 18, 2016. The Bankruptcy Court denied all of the motions to dismiss in an opinion and order dated June 30, 2016. A group of defendants filed a motion for leave to appeal from the Bankruptcy Court’s opinion and order. That motion for leave to appeal was denied by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on March 24, 2017.

On November 9, 2016, the Avoidance Action Trust filed a stipulation and proposed order that was signed by counsel to the Avoidance Action Trust, counsel to the Administrative Agent and counsel to certain defendants to the Term Loan Avoidance Action, which stipulation had the effect of dismissing approximately $28.2 million in preference claims that were asserted by the Avoidance Action Trust in its amended complaint.

A trial on a number of the key issues in the Term Loan Avoidance Action (the “Representative Assets Trial”) was conducted before the Bankruptcy Court from April 24, 2017 through May 5, 2017, followed by post-trial briefing and closing arguments on June 5, 2017. The Bankruptcy Court rendered a decision with respect to the Representative Assets Trial on September 26, 2017 and determined whether each of the 40 representative assets (out of over 200,000 disputed assets) constituted fixtures and how to value each of the 40 assets, in an effort to provide guidance to the parties in resolving the remaining disputes through settlement. On October 10, 2017, the Avoidance Action Trust filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court seeking leave to appeal the decision on the Representative Assets Trial, which motion is currently pending. On October 24, 2017, the Administrative Agent filed a conditional notice of cross-appeal, seeking leave to appeal the decision on the Representative Assets Trial solely in the event that the Avoidance Action Trust’s motion is granted. Because the Bankruptcy Court’s decision (and any potential appeal) relates only to certain “representative” assets, it does not resolve all of the issues in the Term Loan Avoidance Action. Although the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action attempted to consensually resolve the disputes through mediation, in theUpdated Joint Status Report filed with the Court on July 2, 2018, the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action have jointly concluded that they do not believe they will be able to reach a global settlement at this time. The parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action have, however, agreed to continue to engage in mediation sessions on certain discreet issues, the resolution of which would reduce the scope of the litigation going forward.

On July 31, 2018, the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action filed a Stipulation and Order Amending and Superseding Certain Prior Orders Regarding Discovery and Scheduling [Docket No. 1059] (the “Stipulation”) requiring each party to the litigation to filepre-motion letters to the Bankruptcy Court identifying the issues that each party contends should be addressed by the Bankruptcy Court through motion practice without additional discovery; responses to thepre-motion letters were to be filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or before August 10, 2018. The Stipulation contemplated that the Bankruptcy Court would hold apre-motion conference in the future and motion practice with respect to those identified issues would be scheduled thereafter. The Stipulation also contemplated that document discovery on the Initial Discovery and Trial Issues (as defined in the Stipulation) would resume on August 14, 2018. Within 30 days of thepre-motion conference (on a date to be determined), the parties will submit a comprehensive discovery plan for Initial Discovery and Trial Issues.

The parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action each timely filed apre-motion letter on July 31, 2018 and identified specific topics appropriate for motion practice.

Thepre-motion conference took place on August 9, 2018. The Bankruptcy Court authorized targeted discovery and the parties to further negotiate timing of the discovery and additional court proceedings.

On September 14, 2018, the Bankruptcy Court entered theStipulation and Order Amending and Superseding Certain Prior Orders Regarding Discovery and Scheduling [Docket No. 1080] (the “September 14 Scheduling Order”), which framed certain of the remaining discovery and trial issues between the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action. Among other things, the September 14 Scheduling Order provided that discovery resume in full and explained that obtaining expedited rulings from the Bankruptcy Court on certain “Initial Discovery and Trial Issues” could materially facilitate a consensual resolution. In addition, the September 14 Scheduling Order set out schedules for discovery, motion practice and ultimately, trial of the “Initial Discovery and Trial Issues.” Trial on ultimate issues is not yet incorporated into the schedule. Global mediation has resumed, and the parties to the Term Loan Avoidance Action have reached a settlement in principle subject to further documentation and approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The terms of this settlement are not yet publicly available. On February 1, 2019, counsel to the Avoidance Action Trust filed a letter with the Bankruptcy Court[09-00504 (MG) Docket No. 1168], advising the Bankruptcy Court of the settlement in principle and intends to provide a further update to the Bankruptcy Court about the settlement on or before February 14, 2019.

As described above in Note 2 (“Plan of Liquidation”) to the financial statements, the successful prosecution of, and recovery under, the Term Loan Avoidance Action will result in the allowance of additional Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims against the GUC Trust, the holders of which claims will be entitled to receive a distribution of Distributable Cash (including the related Dividend Cash) from the GUC Trust. Moreover, beneficial interests in the Avoidance Action Trust (if any) remain with holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims, rather than beneficiaries of GUC Trust Units. As such, a holder of a GUC Trust Unit that does not hold a corresponding Allowed General Unsecured Claim will have its recovery diluted through the allowance of Term Loan Avoidance Action Claims by the GUC Trust, without receiving the benefit of any cash recovered pursuant to the Term Loan Avoidance Action.

The Avoidance Action Trust was established under the Plan separate from the GUC Trust. The proper beneficiaries of the proceeds of the Term Loan Avoidance Action has been a matter of dispute, with both the DIP Lenders and the Committee, on behalf of the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims, claiming sole rights to such proceeds. On June 6, 2011, the Committee commenced an adversary proceeding seeking a declaratory judgment that (i) the DIP Lenders are not entitled to any proceeds of the Term Loan Avoidance Action and have no interests in the Avoidance Action Trust, and (ii) the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims have the exclusive right to receive any and all proceeds of the Term Loan Avoidance Action, and are the exclusive beneficiaries of the Avoidance Action Trust. On December 2, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order in favor of the Committee, denying the DIP Lenders’ motions to dismiss and for summary judgment. On December 16, 2011, the DIP Lenders appealed this and other related rulings and decisions of the Bankruptcy Court. On July 3, 2012, the District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated the Bankruptcy Court’s judgment and remanded the case to the Bankruptcy Court, with instructions for the Bankruptcy Court judge to dismiss the Committee’s complaint without prejudice for want of subject matter jurisdiction. On July 16, 2016, the Committee and the Avoidance Action Trust filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court seeking, among other relief, approval of a settlement between the DIP Lenders and the Committee resolving their dispute about the entitlement to proceeds of the Term Loan Avoidance Action. On August 24, 2016, the Approval Order was entered by the Bankruptcy Court. Pursuant to the Approval Order, the Bankruptcy Court has now approved a settlement of this dispute according to which, after the repayment by the Avoidance Action Trust of certain cash advances, any distributable proceeds are to be allocated and paid as follows: 70% to holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims and 30% to the DIP Lenders. The Approval Order was affirmed by a Judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 6, 2017. Beneficial interests in the Avoidance Action Trust (if any) will remain with the DIP Lenders and the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims, rather than beneficiaries of GUC Trust Units.

General Motors Product Recalls

Since the beginning of 2014, New GM has recalled millions of vehicles due to defective ignition switches, including, but not limited to, the Ignition Switch Recall, and has recalled millions of additional vehicles to address certain electrical and other safety concerns, including other defects related to the ignition switch. Many of the vehicles affected by the foregoing recalls were manufactured or sold prior to July 10, 2009, or the Closing Date, the date on which the sale of substantially all of the assets of Old GM pursuant to the MSPA was completed.

In its Annual Report on Form10-K filed February 6, 2019, New GM also disclosed that over 100 putative class actions were pending against New GM in various courts in the United States and Canada seeking compensatory and other damages and other relief for economic losses allegedly resulting from one or more of the recalls announced in 2014 and/or the underlying condition of vehicles covered by those recalls. Certain of these over 100 cases, or the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions, concern the Ignition Switch Recall, certain other cases, or the Other Economic Loss Actions, concern recalls other than the Ignition Switch Recall, and yet others concern both the Ignition Switch Recall and one or more other recalls (such actions are described herein interchangeably as Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions or Other Economic Loss Actions). In addition, New GM disclosed that several hundreds of other actions were pending against New GM in various courts in the United States and Canada seeking compensatory and other damages and other relief for personal injury and other claims allegedly arising from accidents that occurred as a result of the underlying condition of the vehicles subject to the recalls initiated by New GM. Certain of these cases, or the Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions, concern the Ignition Switch Recall, certain other cases, or the Other Personal Injury Actions, concern recalls other than the Ignition Switch Recall, and yet others concern both the Ignition Switch Recall and one or more other recalls (such actions are described herein interchangeably as Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions or Other Personal Injury Actions).

Since June 2014, Recall-Related Actions have been transferred to the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, or the MDL Court, and have been consolidated into a single case, case number14-MD-2543 (JMF), or the MDL Proceeding. Recall-Related Actions pending in state court have been consolidated in a separate state multi-district litigation pending in Texas. Over time, New GM has reached various agreements with certain personal injury claimants regarding possible settlement of their claims. The MDL proceedings are ongoing.

Concurrently with the proceedings before the MDL Court, New GM took steps in the Bankruptcy Court to enjoin the Subject Recall-Related Actions. In that respect, beginning on April 21, 2014, New GM filed a series of motions with the Bankruptcy Court seeking to enjoin the Subject Recall-Related Actions and to enforce the Sale Order and Injunction entered on July 5, 2009, or the Sale Order (under which all product liability and property damage claims arising from accidents or incidents prior to the Closing Date were to remain with Old GM as general unsecured claims), or the Motions to Enforce.

Beginning on May 16, 2014, the Bankruptcy Court entered a series of scheduling orders which identified a number of “threshold issues” to be resolved by the Bankruptcy Court, including (i) whether plaintiffs’ procedural due process rights were violated in connection with the 363 Transaction, (ii) if such due process rights were violated, what is the appropriate remedy, (iii) whether any or all of the claims asserted in the Subject Recall-Related Actions are claims against Old GM and/or the GUC Trust, and (iv) whether any such claims against Old GM and/or the GUC Trust should be dismissed as equitably moot. The GUC Trust appeared as a party in interest with respect to New GM’s Motions to Enforce and filed briefs in opposition thereto, asserting that none of the claims of the plaintiffs in the Subject Recall-Related Actions may be properly asserted against Old GM or the GUC Trust.

On April 15, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court rendered a decision, or the Threshold Issues Decision, on the threshold issues. The Bankruptcy Court found (among other things) that the plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions and the Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions may seek authorization to file late claims in the bankruptcy cases of Old GM, but that any such claims as against the GUC Trust are “equitably moot” (that is, fashioning relief for the plaintiffs against the GUC Trust would be “impractical, imprudent and therefore inequitable”), and thus the assets of the GUC Trust cannot be used to satisfy such claims. This finding is called the Equitable Mootness Finding.

On June 1, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court issued a judgment, or the Threshold Issues Judgment, which clarifies the terms of the Threshold Issues Decision and distills the Bankruptcy Court’s holdings into a binding order. The Threshold Issues Judgment provides, in pertinent part, that:

(i) The plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions suffered a due process violation with respect to the Sale Order, whereas the plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions did not suffer a due process violation with respect to the Sale Order;

(ii) As a result of the due process violation, the provisions of the Sale Order which purport to shield New GM from any liability associated with its independent post-Sale actions can be modified, and the plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions may proceed against New GM with respect to its independent post-Sale actions;

(iii) Any claims asserted in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions and the Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions that relate to actions of Old GM are enjoined from being pursued against New GM on successor liability grounds;

(iv) Given the Equitable Mootness Finding, the assets of the GUC Trust cannot be utilized to satisfy any claims that may be filed by plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions and Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions after the date of entry of the Threshold Issues Judgment; and

(v) Pursuant to section 502(j) of the Bankruptcy Code, assets of the GUC Trust may be used to satisfy previously allowed or disallowed claims that are reconsidered for cause. Hence, any person who holds a previously allowed or disallowed claim may seek to have that claim reconsidered by the Bankruptcy Court, and in the event that any such claimant prevails in an application for reconsideration, the resulting additional allowed claims could dilute the recoveries of holders of GUC Trust Units.

The Equitable Mootness Finding became binding on plaintiffs in the Other Economic Loss Actions and Other Personal Injury Actions pursuant to a decision and order of the Bankruptcy Court dated September 3, 2015.

Certain plaintiffs appealed the Threshold Issues Decision and Threshold Issues Judgment, and New GM and the GUC Trust each filed cross-appeals with respect to the Threshold Issues Decision and Threshold Issues Judgment. On September 22, 2015, the Second Circuit entered an order granting a direct appeal of the Threshold Issues Decision and Threshold Issues Judgment to the Second Circuit.

On July 13, 2016, after briefing and oral argument, the Second Circuit reached a decision in the appeal, or the Threshold Issues Appeal Decision. In the Threshold Issues Appeal Decision, the Second Circuit held, in pertinent part, that plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions involved inpre-closing accidents, or the Ignition SwitchPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs, and plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions who acquired their vehiclespre-closing were entitled to, but did not receive, direct-mail notice of the Sale because Old GM “knew or reasonably should have known about the ignition switch defect prior to bankruptcy.” The Second Circuit also noted that it could not say with fair assurance that the outcome of the Sale would have been the same had Old GM given plaintiffs adequate notice of the ignition switch defect and the Sale, and these plaintiffs voiced their objections to those provisions of the Sale Order barring their claims against New GM. Accordingly, the Second Circuit ruled that enforcing the Sale Order against the Ignition SwitchPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs and the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Plaintiffs would violate their procedural due process rights in these circumstances, and therefore, they cannot be bound by the terms of the Sale Order. As a result, the court held that those plaintiffs are not enjoined from pursuing claims against New GM.

The Second Circuit further held that the Bankruptcy Court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to issue its Equitable Mootness Finding because no plaintiff has asserted a claim against the GUC Trust. Therefore, the Second Circuit held, the Bankruptcy Court’s Equitable Mootness Finding was purely advisory. The Second Circuit did not, however, express any opinion as to the merits of whether claims against the GUC Trust would be equitably moot if brought against the GUC Trust.

In addition, the Second Circuit held that the Sale Order cannot enjoin independent claims relating to New GM’s post-Sale conduct. It also held that claims by plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions who bought used GM vehicles post-Sale, or Used Car Purchasers, are not bound by the Sale Order and, therefore, are not enjoined from pursuing claims against New GM for their losses, because those claimants lacked apre-Sale connection to Old GM at the time Old GM filed its bankruptcy petition.

The Second Circuit remanded the case to the Bankruptcy Court for it to conduct further proceedings. Thereafter, the Second Circuit denied New GM’s petition for rehearing, and, on April 24, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States denied New GM’s petition for a writ of certiorari.

Once jurisdiction over the case was returned to the Bankruptcy Court, that court held status conferences with the parties. On December 13, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered an Order to Show Cause directing the parties to address the following, the 2016 Threshold Issues: (1) whether the Ignition Switch Recall encompasses only claims stemming from NHTSA Recall No. 14v047, or whether it includes other recalls; (2) whether Other Economic Loss Actions asserting claims based solely on New GM’s independent conduct may proceed; (3) whether and how Used Car Purchasers may proceed against New GM; (4) whether plaintiffs involved in post-Closing Date accidents may bring successor liability actions against New GM; and (5) whether any plaintiffs may file late proofs of claim against the GUC Trust. Plaintiffs and New GM submitted briefs and presented argument on topics one through four, but the GUC Trust opted not to brief or present argument on those topics. On July 12, 2017, the Bankruptcy Court issued its decision on the first four 2016 Threshold Issues, holding that “(i) only plaintiffs with the Ignition Switch Defect in a Subject Vehicle are Ignition Switch Plaintiffs; (ii) used car purchasers are bound by the Sale Order to the same extent as their predecessors in interest; and (iii) claims for punitive damages against New GM, based on Old GM conduct, are barred by the Bankruptcy Code’s priority scheme.” New GM and various plaintiffs appealed certain of the Bankruptcy Court’s decisions relating to the 2016 Threshold Issues. On May 29, 2018, the United States District Court, sitting as an appellate court, affirmed the Bankruptcy Court rulings in part and vacated in part, remanding for further proceedings.SeeOpinion and Order, Docket No. 95,17-cv-6196 (JMF).

Pursuant to the Order to Show Cause issued by the Bankruptcy Court, on December 22, 2016, various plaintiffs moved the Bankruptcy Court for permission to file late claims against the GUC Trust. Specifically, Ignition Switch Economic Loss Action plaintiffs filed a proposed class proof of claim on behalf of individuals whose vehicles were recalled in NHTSA Recall No. 14v047; Other Economic Loss Action plaintiffs filed a proposed class proof of claim on behalf of individuals whose cars were subject to other New GM recalls; and 175 Ignition SwitchPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs each filed a proposed proof of claim. Together, these motions are the Late Claims Motions. On July 28, 2017, counsel for 171so-called “AdditionalPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs” filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court for authority to file late claims against the GUC Trust. Counsel for the AdditionalPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs supplemented their motion by adding 113 additional plaintiffs on August 12, 2017, and 64 additional plaintiffs on September 22, 2017, bringing the total to 348 AdditionalPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs. On December 4, 2017, counsel for the Ignition SwitchPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs filed a notice of withdrawal as counsel of record for 30 claimants, bringing the total to 145 Ignition SwitchPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs.

The Bankruptcy Court has not set a schedule for deciding the Late Claims Motions or for addressing the motion by the AdditionalPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs. In an Order dated March 2, 2017, the Bankruptcy Court gave permission to the GUC Trust and New GM to serve each of the plaintiffs in the Late Claims Motions related to the Ignition Switch Defect with interrogatories designed to elicit relevant facts related to the Late Claims Motions. In addition, the Bankruptcy Court ordered the GUC Trust, New GM, and the plaintiffs in the Late Claims Motions to file briefs addressing whether the plaintiffs must satisfy the standard set forth inPioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Limited Partnership, 507 U.S. 380 (1993), to obtain authority to file late proofs of claim, and whether and as of when some or all of the proponents of the Late Claim Motions are the beneficiaries of a tolling agreement with respect to the time for filing the Late Claim Motions. The Bankruptcy Court has not yet scheduled oral argument to discuss those issues.

Following briefing related to the Late Claims Motions, the GUC Trust engaged in discussions with counsel for certain Ignition Switch Economic Loss Action and Other Economic Loss Action plaintiffs, certain Ignition SwitchPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs, and the AdditionalPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs regarding a potential settlement of certain issues underlying the Late Claims Motions. Such discussions meaningfully progressed, but never culminated in an executed settlement agreement (the “Proposed Plaintiff Settlement”). Instead, the GUC Trust entered into a “Forbearance Agreement” with New GM by which (i) the GUC Trust agreed not to seek an order estimating the claims of the plaintiffs in the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions and the Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions or seek the issuance of Additional Shares from New GM until the final resolution of certain litigation, (ii) New GM agreed to pay the costs of the GUC Trust’s litigation in connection with the Late Claims Motions and related litigation, and (iii) New GM and the GUC Trust agreed to negotiate an appropriate rate of return from New GM should any GUC Trust distributions be held up solely due to the Late Claims Motions litigation. While the Forbearance Agreement was executed by the parties, its terms were subject to certain conditions which were never satisfied, including obtaining the approval of the Bankruptcy Court. By its terms, the Forbearance Agreement was scheduled to automatically terminate on December 29, 2017 in the event that the Bankruptcy Court had not yet entered an order approving the Forbearance Agreement. On December 28, 2017, the GUC Trust and New GM entered into a First Amendment to Forbearance Agreement which had the effect of extending the automatic termination date to February 28, 2018. The Forbearance Agreement terminated on February 28, 2018 pursuant to its terms.

Counsel for the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Action and Other Economic Loss Action Plaintiffs, certain Ignition SwitchPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs, and AdditionalPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs maintained that the Proposed Plaintiff Settlement was binding on the GUC Trust, notwithstanding that the agreement was never executed, and on September 11, 2017, filed a motion to enforce the Proposed Plaintiff Settlement in the Bankruptcy Court. On September 12, 2017, the GUC Trust filed a motion to authorize the Forbearance Agreement with New GM, which New GM joined.

On January 18, 2018, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Enforcement Decision, denying the motion of the plaintiffs in the Proposed Plaintiff Settlement to enforce the Proposed Plaintiff Settlement. In denying that motion, the Bankruptcy Court found that the unexecuted Potential Plaintiff Settlement was not enforceable because it contained an unambiguous provision that it would not become enforceable until executed. In so holding, however, the Bankruptcy Court also made certain negative findings of fact with respect to the GUC Trust, which findings the GUC Trust disputes. After due deliberation, the GUC Trust determined that it will not seek to appeal such findings. A copy of the Enforcement Decision was filed as an exhibit to the GUC Trust’s Current Report on Form8-K filed with the SEC on January 24, 2018.

As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form8-K filed on May 4, 2018, the GUC Trust, on April 25, 2018, entered into the Settlement Agreement with certain plaintiffs to settle the Late Claims Motions and various related issues.

The Settlement Agreement filed for approval with the Bankruptcy Court provides for the following: (a) upon entry of a Bankruptcy Court order approving procedures for notifying plaintiffs of the proposed settlement, the GUC Trust will pay the reasonable costs and expenses of providing such notice, up to a maximum of $6.0 million; (b) upon entry of a Bankruptcy Court order approving the settlement documented in the Settlement Agreement, the GUC Trust will pay $15.0 million, or the Settlement Payment, to a fund for the benefit of certain plaintiffs; (c) concurrently with the Settlement Payment, all plaintiffs will be deemed to irrevocably waive and release all present and future claims against the GUC Trust related to the issues underlying the Late Claims Motions; (d) the GUC Trust will seek entry of an order estimating the amount of plaintiffs’ claims, which may, depending on the amount of the Bankruptcy Court’s estimate, trigger the obligation of New GM to issue Additional Shares; (e) any and all Additional Shares issued as a result of the entry of a claims estimation order will be placed in a fund for the exclusive benefit of certain plaintiffs; and (f) concurrently with the making of the Settlement Payment, all holders of beneficial interest in the GUC Trust, as well as the defendants in the Term Loan Avoidance Action, will be deemed to irrevocably waive and release any and all rights to the Additional Shares.

As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form8-K filed on May 30, 2018, on May 22, 2018, the GUC Trust entered into an amended version of the Settlement Agreement intended to clarify the intent of certain provisions of the Settlement Agreement. The amendments clarify that the Bankruptcy Court’s estimation of the plaintiffs’ claims against the GUC Trust, while subject to appeal, will not afford the plaintiffs the ability to seek jury trials to determine the amount of individual claims for distribution purposes. The amendments further clarify that, if the Settlement Agreement is approved, the plaintiffs will be subject to a complete and irrevocable waiver and release in regards to any claims against the GUC Trust or the GUC Trust assets upon payment of the Settlement Payment. Lastly, the amendments clarify that the plaintiffs will also waive jury trial rights in regards to the determination of the amount of individual claims that are estimated for allowance purposes.

The approval of the Bankruptcy Court is required for the Settlement Agreement to be effective. On May 2 and 3, 2018, the GUC Trust filed motions with the Bankruptcy Court seeking approval of the Settlement Agreement and requesting that the Bankruptcy Court estimate the value of the claims made by the plaintiffs subject to the Settlement Agreement and, if the estimated value of such claims meets certain thresholds specified in the MSPA, to order New GM to issue Additional Shares under the MSPA to a settlement fund established for the benefit of the plaintiffs party to the Settlement Agreement.

At a case management conference on May 25, 2018, the Bankruptcy Court requested briefing on whether a class of economic loss plaintiffs must be certified pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 prior to approval of the Settlement Agreement and related issues. Simultaneous briefs on that issue were filed on June 12, 2018, and the Bankruptcy Court heard oral argument on those issues on July 19, 2018. As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form8-K on October 1, 2018, on September 25, 2018, the Bankruptcy Court issued the Memorandum Opinion and Order Concluding that the Signatory Plaintiffs and the GUC Trust Must Satisfy Civil Rule 23 for the Proposed Settlement to be Approved and Denying Three Pending Motions Without Prejudice [Docket No. 14374] (the “Rule 23 Decision”). The Rule 23 Decision concluded that a Rule 2023 class certification of the economic loss claimants is required before the Bankruptcy Court can approve the Settlement Agreement, which Settlement Agreement contemplates resolution and estimation of the claims of millions of economic loss plaintiffs. The Bankruptcy Court also noted that while “[t]he Proposed Settlement makes a lot of sense, ending years of uncertainty and litigation and providing Claimants with the possibility of recovery . . . approval of the Proposed Settlement first requires Rule 23 class certification for settlement purposes.” In the absence of class certifications, the Bankruptcy Court found that each economic loss plaintiff would be required to individually file his or her own claim.

In the Rule 23 Decision, the Bankruptcy Court also denied without prejudice the following motions, which were filed in connection with the motion for approval of the Settlement Agreement: (1) the Motion for Order: (a) Granting Authority to Reallocate and Use Distributable Cash for Notice Procedures; (b) Approving Notice Procedures with Respect to (A) the Proposed Settlement Pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2002(m) and (B) the Estimation Motion; and (c) Directing the Production of Information Held by General Motors LLC Pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2004 and Bankruptcy Code Section 105(a) filed on May 2, 2018 [Docket No. 14292]; (2) the Motion of Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust to (a) Approve the GUC Trust Administrator’s Actions, (b) approve the Settlement Agreement by and among the Signatory Plaintiffs and the GUC Trust Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 105, 363 and 1142 and Bankruptcy Rules 3002 and 9019 and (c) Authorize the Reallocation of GUC Trust Assets filed on May 3, 2018 [Docket No. 14293]; and (3) the Motion of Motors Liquidation GUC Trust to Estimate Vehicle Recall Economic Loss and Personal Injury Claims for Allowance Purposes and to Establish a Schedule for the Claims Estimation Proceeding filed on May 3, 2018 [Docket No. 14294].

At a case management conference on December 20, 2018, counsel for the GUC Trust and the Signatory Plaintiffs advised the Bankruptcy Court that they had resumed settlement negotiations regarding the Late Claims Motions and other related issues, which settlement would incorporate the Rule 23 Decision.

On February 1, 2019, the GUC Trust Administrator filed the Motion of Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust to Approve (I) the GUC Trust Administrator’s Actions, (II) the Settlement Agreement by and Among the Signatory Plaintiffs and the GUC Trust Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 105, 363, and 1142 and Bankruptcy Rules 3002, 9014 and 9019 and (III) Authorize the Reallocation of GUC Trust Assets [Docket No. 14409] (the “Settlement Approval Motion”) with the Bankruptcy Court seeking (i) court approval of actions to be undertaken by the GUC Trust Administrator under the terms of a proposed settlement between and among the GUC Trust Administrator, certain Ignition Switch Plaintiffs, certainNon-Ignition Switch Plaintiffs and certainPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs (as those terms are defined in the Settlement Approval Motion) and (ii) authorization to, among other things, reallocate and use up to $13.72 million in GUC Trust Distributable Assets for the purposes of funding notice costs contemplated by the Revised Settlement Agreement. The Revised Settlement Agreement also contemplates that within three business days of entry of the Final Approval Order (as defined therein), the GUC Trust shall file a motion to estimate the aggregate allowed General Unsecured Claims of Economic Loss Plaintiffs and certainPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs against Sellers (as defined in the Revised Settlement Agreement) and/or the GUC Trust pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 502(c), Section 5.1 of the GUC Trust Agreement, Section 7.3 of the Plan, Section 3.2(c) of the MSPA and the Side Letter (as defined in the Revised Settlement Agreement and attached as Exhibit A thereto). The Settlement Approval Motion is currently scheduled to be heard by the Bankruptcy Court on March 11, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern), with an objection deadline of March 4, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern).

Key terms of the Revised Settlement Agreement filed with the Bankruptcy Court for approval include: (1) the GUC Trust has agreed to pay the reasonable cost and expense of notice of the settlement in an amount not to exceed $13.72 million; (2) the Economic Loss Plaintiffs and the GUC Trust agreed to prepare and file a motion seeking certification of the Economic Loss Classes (as defined therein) pursuant to Rule 23 on a preliminary and final basis, form and manner of notice, and appointment of class representatives and class counsel for Rule 23(a) and (g) settlement certification purposes; (3) the settlement set forth in the Revised Settlement Agreement shall become effective on the date that the Final Approval Order is entered (the “Settlement Effective Date”); (4) upon the Settlement Effective Date, the Plaintiffs (as defined therein) shall be deemed to irrevocably waive and release all claims against the GUC Trust, including a release of any rights to prior distributions of or current GUC Trust assets and any rights to distributions by the Avoidance Action Trust, and waive jury trial rights with regard to fixing the amount of individual claims that are estimated for allowance purposes and entitlement to any value from the Adjustment Shares; and (5) subject to the entry of the Final Approval Order and within three (3) business days after its entry, the GUC Trust will seek the entry of an order estimating claims that: (i) estimates the aggregate Allowed General Unsecured Claims of Plaintiffs against Sellers and/or the GUC Trust pursuant to Section 5.1 of the GUC Trust Agreement, Section 7.3 of the Plan, Section 3.2(c) of the MSPA, and the Side Letter, in an amount that, as of the date of such order, could equal or exceed $10 billion, thus triggering the issuance of the maximum amount of the Adjustment Shares; and (ii) directs that, subject to Section 7 of the Revised Settlement Agreement, any such Adjustment Shares issued as a result of such order, or the value of such Adjustment Shares, be promptly delivered by New GM to a trust, fund or other vehicle established and designated by the Signatory Plaintiffs for the exclusive benefit of Plaintiffs.

This description is a summary of key terms only, and does not purport to describe all terms of the Revised Settlement Agreement. A copy of the Revised Settlement Agreement was filed as an exhibit to the GUC Trust’s Current Report on Form8-K filed with the SEC on February 7, 2019.

On February 1, 2019, the Economic Loss Plaintiffs filed the Motion to: (1) Extend Bankruptcy Rule 7023 to These Proceedings; (2) Approve the Form and Manner Of Notice; (3) Grant Class Certification For Settlement Purposes Upon Final Settlement Approval; (4) Appoint Class Representatives and Class Counsel for Settlement Purposes; and (5) Approve the Settlement Agreement by and Among The Signatory Plaintiffs and the GUC Trust Pursuant To Rule 23 [Docket No. 14408] (the “Rule 23 Motion”). The filing of the Rule 23 Motion is expressly contemplated by the Revised Settlement Agreement.

Other Matters

The GUC Trust has been named a defendant in an action by a claimant asserting claims against Old GM (among others). The claimant is seeking relief from the Bankruptcy Court to pursue tort claims against New GM, or in the alternative, to file apost-bar-date proof of claim against Old GM’s bankruptcy estate. On October 18, 2017, the Bankruptcy Court denied the claimant’s motion in its entirety, holding that the claimant received adequate due process, and could not demonstrate excusable neglect necessary to file a late proof of claim. On October 26, 2017, the claimant filed a notice of appeal of the Bankruptcy Court’s decision. The appellant in that matter filed his brief on June 29, 2018. The GUC Trust timely filed a response brief on July 30, 2018. New GM also filed a separate reply brief. Oral argument on the appeal was held on October 30, 2018. A decision has yet to be rendered on the appeal.

In addition, on January 21, 2019, Celestine and Lawrence Elliott filed a motion to assert a late claim against Old GM, and a draft of the proof of claim (which purports to be an individual and class claim) that the Elliotts seek to file relating to issues with the driver door module on their 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer (the “Trailblazer Late Claim Motion”). As explained in the Trailblazer Late Claim Motion, the Elliott’s 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer was subject to recalls for an issue with the driver door module starting in 2012 and continuing through 2014, NHTSA Campaign Nos. 12V406000, 13V248000, 14V404000 and 15V599000. The GUC Trust filed an objection to the Trailblazer Late Claim Motion on February 11, 2019 and the Bankruptcy Court has not yet scheduled a hearing on the matter.

New GM Securities Class Action

On March 21, 2014, a putative class action was initiated against New GM on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired New GM Common Stock during the period from November 17, 2010 through July 24, 2014, inclusive, and suffered damages. The action was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, and captionedNew York State Teachers’ Retirement System v. General Motors Company, et al.,14-cv-11191-LVP-MKM. In November 2015, New GM reached a proposed settlement of the class action. The proposed settlement amount is an aggregate of $300 million, plus earned interest, and, after deducting certain expenses, including attorneys’ fees and costs and taxes on the earned interest, the settlement amount will be distributed in cash (pro rata by the relative size of their claims) to all members of the settlement class who submit a valid and timely claim form. The settlement was subsequently approved by the court. The GUC Trust timely filed a proof of claim with the settlement administrator and presently anticipates that its potential recovery will be nominal in amount.

Other than the foregoing, during the quarter ended December 31, 2018, no material changes occurred with respect to any legal proceedings relating to the GUC Trust, as compared to the disclosures included in the GUC Trust’s prior filings with the SEC.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

No assurance may be given that claims relating to accidents or other incidents, including recalls involving General Motors vehicles manufactured or sold prior to July 10, 2009, and/or settlements previously reached with plaintiffs asserting such claims, will not adversely affect the GUC Trust, its assets or the Plan.

No assurance may be given that claims relating to accidents or other incidents, including recalls involving General Motors vehicles manufactured or sold prior to July 10, 2009, and/or settlements previously reached with plaintiffs asserting such claims, will not become allowed claims and thereby dilute the remaining assets of the GUC Trust and possibly even require claw back of previous distributions.

Since the beginning of 2014, New GM has recalled millions of vehicles due to defective ignition switches, including, but not limited to, the Ignition Switch Recall, and has recalled millions more vehicles to address certain electrical and other safety concerns. Many of the vehicles affected by the foregoing recalls were manufactured or sold prior to July 10, 2009, or the Closing Date, the date on which the sale of substantially all of the assets of Old GM pursuant to the MSPA was completed.

In its Annual Report onForm 10-K filed February 6, 2019, New GM also disclosed that over 100 putative class actions were pending against New GM in various courts in the United States and Canada seeking compensatory and other damages and other relief for economic losses allegedly resulting from one or more of the recalls announced in 2014 and/or the underlying condition of vehicles covered by those recalls. Certain of these over 100 cases, or the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions, concern the Ignition Switch Recall, certain other cases, or the Other Economic Loss Actions, concern recalls other than the Ignition Switch Recall, and yet others concern both the Ignition Switch Recall and one or more other recalls (such actions are described herein interchangeably as Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions or Other Economic Loss Actions). In addition, New GM disclosed that several hundreds of other actions were pending against New GM in various courts in the United States and Canada seeking compensatory and other damages and other relief for personal injury and other claims allegedly arising from accidents that occurred as a result of the underlying condition of the vehicles subject to the recalls initiated by New GM. Certain of these cases, or the Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions, concern the Ignition Switch Recall, certain other cases, or the Other Personal Injury Actions, concern recalls other than the Ignition Switch Recall, and yet others concern both the Ignition Switch Recall and one or more other recalls (such actions are described herein interchangeably as Ignition Switch Personal Injury Actions or Other Personal Injury Actions). Many of these

plaintiffs have also sought the ability to file late proofs of claim against the GUC Trust (the “Late Claims Motions”). For additional information about the bankruptcy proceedings related to the Ignition Switch Economic Loss Actions, the Other Economic Loss Actions, and the Personal Injury Actions, see “General Motors Product Recalls” in Part II, Item 1 (“Legal Proceedings”) below.

As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form8-K filed on May 4, 2018, the GUC Trust, on April 25, 2018, entered into an agreement, or the Settlement Agreement, with certain plaintiffs to settle the Late Claims Motions and various related issues.

On February 1, 2019, the GUC Trust Administrator filed the Motion of Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust to Approve (I) the GUC Trust Administrator’s Actions, (II) the Settlement Agreement by and Among the Signatory Plaintiffs and the GUC Trust Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 105, 363, and 1142 and Bankruptcy Rules 3002, 9014 and 9019 and (III) Authorize the Reallocation of GUC Trust Assets [Docket No. 14409] (the “Settlement Approval Motion”) with the Bankruptcy Court seeking (i) court approval of actions to be undertaken by the GUC Trust Administrator under the terms of a proposed settlement between and among the GUC Trust Administrator, certain Ignition Switch Plaintiffs, certainNon-Ignition Switch Plaintiffs and certainPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs (as those terms are defined in the Settlement Approval Motion) and (ii) authorization to, among other things, reallocate and use up to $13.72 million in GUC Trust Distributable Assets for the purposes of funding notice costs contemplated by the Revised Settlement Agreement. The Revised Settlement Agreement also contemplates that within three business days of entry of the Final Approval Order (as defined therein), the GUC Trust shall file a motion to estimate the aggregate allowed General Unsecured Claims of Economic Loss Plaintiffs and certainPre-Closing Accident Plaintiffs against Sellers and/or the GUC Trust pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 502(c), Section 5.1 of the GUC Trust Agreement, Section 7.3 of the Plan, Section 3.2(c) of the MSPA and the Side Letter. The Settlement Approval Motion is currently scheduled to be heard by the Bankruptcy Court on March 11, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern), with an objection deadline of March 4, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern).

Key terms of the Revised Settlement Agreement filed with the Bankruptcy Court for approval include: (1) the GUC Trust has agreed to pay the reasonable cost and expense of notice of the settlement in an amount not to exceed $13.72 million; (2) the Economic Loss Plaintiffs and the GUC Trust agreed to prepare and file a motion seeking certification of the Economic Loss Classes pursuant to Rule 23 on a preliminary and final basis, form and manner of notice, and appointment of class representatives and class counsel for Rule 23(a) and (g) settlement certification purposes; (3) the settlement set forth in the Revised Settlement Agreement shall become effective on the date that the Final Approval Order is entered (the “Settlement Effective Date”); (4) upon the Settlement Effective Date, the Plaintiffs shall be deemed to irrevocably waive and release all claims against the GUC Trust, including a release of any rights to prior distributions of or current GUC Trust assets and any rights to distributions by the Avoidance Action Trust, and waive jury trial rights with regard to fixing the amount of individual claims that are estimated for allowance purposes and entitlement to any value from the Adjustment Shares; and (5) subject to the entry of the Final Approval Order and within three (3) business days after its entry, the GUC Trust will seek the entry of an order estimating claims that: (i) estimates the aggregate Allowed General Unsecured Claims of Plaintiffs against Sellers and/or the GUC Trust pursuant to Section 5.1 of the GUC Trust Agreement, Section 7.3 of the Plan, Section 3.2(c) of the MSPA, and the Side Letter, in an amount that, as of the date of such order, could equal or exceed $10 billion, thus triggering the issuance of the maximum amount of the Adjustment Shares; and (ii) directs that, subject to Section 7 of the Revised Settlement Agreement, any such Adjustment Shares issued as a result of such order, or the value of such Adjustment Shares, be promptly delivered by New GM to a trust, fund or other vehicle established and designated by the Signatory Plaintiffs for the exclusive benefit of Plaintiffs.

Other Matters

Other than the foregoing, there have been no material changes regarding risk factors from what was previously included in the Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 filed with the SEC on June 11, 2018.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Disclosure under this item is not required, pursuant to theno-action letter of the SEC to the GUC Trust dated May 23, 2012.

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Disclosure under this item is not required, pursuant to theno-action letter of the SEC to the GUC Trust dated May 23, 2012.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5.

Other Information.

None.

Item 6.

Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

3.1		Second Amended and Restated Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust Annual Report on Form10-K filed on May 25, 2016).

31*		Rule13a-14(a) Certification

32**		Section 1350 Certification

101*		Interactive Data Files

*	filed herewith

**	furnished herewith

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


Date: February 13, 2019	MOTORS LIQUIDATION COMPANY GUC TRUST

	By:	Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as trust administrator and trustee of the Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust

	By:	/s/ David A. Vanaskey Jr.
	Name:	David A. Vanaskey Jr.
	Title:	Administrative Vice President
		of Wilmington Trust Company

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