RHJ International ("RHJI") announces today that it is in negotiations with General Motors Corporation ("GM") over the acquisition of a majority stake in GM's European subsidiary Adam Opel GmbH, which inlcudes Vauxhall in the UK. These discussions have been taking place over a number of weeks and are at an advanced stage.

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