SEC 10-K Paper

General Motors Company GM

10K:https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467858/000146785816000255/gm201510k.htm#s23F4617E402C57BC42207E99D0F9540E

You will write a 3 page paper, single spaced, one inch margins, 12 pt font, with double space between paragraphs. Your paper should comment on the financial statements for your company as they relate to the information presented in chapters 13-18 of your textbook, including the notes to the financial statements. ** Use headings in your paper such as Investments (topics from our textbook; other examples would be Financial Ratios or Cash Flow). Please keep your paper to no more than 3 pages (Only include your own writing in this page count. See item #11). The report is based on the financial accounting material in our class through week 3 where topics include the Statement of Cash Flows, Financial ratio analysis, and Trend analysis including Vertical Analysis, a very important concept.

6. Please include a brief introduction of your company as well as a conclusion/summary at the end.

7. You will also be required to include the Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement as an attachment to your report (you can cut and paste directly from the 10-K report).

8. APA style is required for citations and a reference list. Use your own words! Turnitin will be used by your professor to check for plagiarism.

9. Ask questions if any of the requirements are unclear.

Additional guidance for your paper and resources:

11. Page count does not include title page, table of contents, calculations, tables, financial statements and exhibits, and reference list. Please include them as attachments at the end of the paper.

12. Please include a title page (include your name on the title page)

13. Include a reference list (business classes use APA format)

14. Include in text citations (business classes use APA format)

15. Your paper should use one-inch margins on the left, right, top, and bottom of each page, and font set at 12 point.

SEC 10-K Power Point Presentation

24. You will also be required to prepare a brief power point file of 6 slides

26. Include a reference list in APA format. (Again, title page, tables, financial statements and reference list, etc. should not be included in the page count).

Ask questions if any of the requirements are unclear.