Chrysler was the first of the two American automakers to initiate a managed bankruptcy in 2009, but General Motors was the one that went public first. Now comes word that Chrysler’s Initial Public Offering of stock may not happen this year as expected.
Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne suggested today that Chrysler may delay its initial public offering depending on the cash needs of the U.S. automaker and the auto workers union trust fund…
He said a decision on whether and when to take Chrysler public would depend on how much the automaker itself and the United Auto Workers health care trust, which pays health benefits for retirees and holds a 63.5 percent share in Chrysler, need liquidity.
“If those two needs are not there, then the IPO of Chrysler may or may not become relevant,” Marchionne told reporters after a Fiat shareholders meeting.
Marchionne had announced in July of last year that an IPO would get done sometime in 2011.