December 20, 2016 (Shareholders Foundation) - An investigation on behalf of investors of General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) shares over potential securities laws violations by General Motors and certain of its directors and officers in connection certain financial statements was announced.

The investigation by a law firm focuses on possible claims on behalf of purchasers of the securities of General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) concerning whether a series of statements by General Motors regarding its business, its prospects and its operations were materially false and misleading at the time they were made.

On December 14, 2016,an article was published stating that according to the official China Daily newspaper, a senior state planning official said that China will soon slap a penalty on an unnamed U.S. automaker for monopolistic behavior and that Zhang Handong, the director of the National Development and Reform Commissions price supervision bureau, stated that [i]nvestigators found the U.S. company had instructed distributors to fix prices starting in 2014. On that same day, another article was published stating that General Motors Co.s joint venture in China with SAIC Motor Corp. is being investigated by the government for possible anti-trust violations, according to people familiar with the matter and that [s]ome dealerships in the SAIC-GM network were investigated over retail pricing practices.

General Motors Company reported that its annual Total Revenue declined from over $155.92 billion in 2014 to over $152.35 billion in 2015 and that its Net Income increased from over $3.94 billion in 2014 to over $9.68 billion in 2015.

Shares of General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) closed on December 20, 2016, at $36.61 per share.