Filed under: Chrysler, Earnings/Financials, UAW/Unions, Fiat



It's official: The Detroit Three is now The Detroit Two and The Fiat Subsidiary, Chrysler. Both the Italian carmaker and The Pentastar announced the completion of cash payments and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on future payments necessary to make the Chrysler Group a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiat. As previously detailed, Chrysler made a cash payment of $1.9 billion and Fiat North America made a cash payment of $1.75 billion to the Voluntary Employment Benefit Association (VEBA) run by the United Auto Workers union.

On top of that, Chrysler Group signed an MOU that agrees to payments of $700 million to the VEBA in four installments, the first of which was made concurrently with the other cash payments. And for you trivia mavens, the full name of the UAW is the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. So go impress your loved ones with that nugget after you check out the press release below.Continue reading Chrysler purchases remaining shares from VEBA Trust, announces funding plan

Chrysler purchases remaining shares from VEBA Trust, announces funding plan originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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