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[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for coming this morning. My name is kenneth feinberg, and ive been assigned the task of designing and administering the gm ignition compensation claims resolution protocol, the gm ignition switch compensation program. I want to spend a few minutes this morning, a, an overview of the program, how we got where we are. Secondly, i want to summarize the Eligibility Criteria for claimants who can file a claim. There are and third, i want to explain a bit the dollars and the compensation that is available under the ram. Under the program. We started drafting this protocol about two months ago at, initially, gms request. We have reached out to a wide variety of individuals and institutions to get as much information as we could about what ought to be in this ram. In this program. I thank General Motors for their total cooperation in establishing this program. Theyre funding it, and theyre funding it without any cap on
Claimants who can file a claim. Third, i want to explain a bit the dollars and the compensation that is available under the program. We started drafting is protocol about two months ago at initially gms request. We have reached out to a wide variety of individuals and institutions to get as much information as we could about what ought to be in this program. I thank General Motors for their total cooperation in establishing this program, they are funding it, and they are funding it without any tap on the aggregate amount of money that will be available. Gm basically has said whatever it costs to pay all eligible claims under the protocol, they will pay it. There is no ceiling on the aggregate dollars. Also, gm has said under this program that anybody who already settled their claim with General Motors before they knew about this coverup or his ignition switch problem, meyrick up the release they signed and come back into this program to get additional compensation. So ive read that the