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To: daveinmarinca who wrote (13220)	10/21/2008 1:20:48 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71475

Google is your friend if you don't know people at one of the firms involved. reuters.com GM close to acquiring supplier Cobasys-report Thu Jun 5, 2008 6:45pm DETROIT, June 5 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is close to acquiring Cobasys, a struggling joint venture that supplies batteries to some of its hybrid vehicles, trade publication Automotive News reported on Thursday. A GM spokesman declined to comment on the sale report. Representatives of Cobasys could not be reached for comment. Cobasys, a joint venture of a Chevron (CVX.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) unit and Energy Conversion Devices Inc (ENER.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), commenced negotiations with a potential buyer in early 2008, according to regulatory filings by Energy Conversion Devices in May. An unnamed customer has supported the company by providing a loan for equipment purchases and agreed to pay higher prices on products purchased from Cobasys, the filing said. Problems at Cobasys led GM to recall 9,000 vehicles late last year, and GM hired consulting form BBK Ltd to do a financial audit of Cobasys, Automotive News reported. Cobasys produces batteries for GM's Saturn Vue and Aura hybrids. Cobasys had losses of about $76 million in 2007, and in January management forecast 2008 losses in the range of $82 million to $86 million, according to the regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (Reporting by David Bailey and Poornima Gupta; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe) .