Motors Liquidation (MTLQU) 10-Q 2020 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULE13a-14(a) and15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS AMENDED

I, David A. Vanaskey Jr., in my capacity as Administrative Vice President of Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as trust administrator and trustee of Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust (the “Trust”), certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-Q of the Trust;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the net assets and changes in net assets under the liquidation basis of accounting of the Trust as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) for the Trust and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Trust, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Trust’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation, to the Trust’s auditors:

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Trust’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 13, 2019

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