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Snr Convertible Note Offering
Snr Convertible Note Offering.

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Ford Motor Co\n04 December 2006\n\nContact:\nMedia: Equity Investment Fixed Income Shareholder Inquiries: \nBecky Sanch Community: Investment Community: 1.800.555.5259 or \n1.313.594.4410 Raj Modi Rob Moeller 1.313.845.8540 \[email protected] 1.313.323.8221 1.313.621.0881 [email protected] \n [email protected] [email protected] \n\n\n\nFORD ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO OFFER SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES\n\nDEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 4 - Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) today announced its\nintention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, approximately $3\nbillion principal amount of Senior Convertible Notes due 2036, which will be\nunsecured. Ford also expects to grant the underwriters an over-allotment option\nto purchase up to $450 million principal amount of additional notes. This\noffering of notes will be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as\namended.\n\nThe joint-book running managers for this offering are Citigroup Corporate and\nInvestment Banking, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche\nBank Securities Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &\nSmith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. The joint-lead manager\nfor this offering is BNP Paribas Securities Corp.\n\nThe interest rate, conversion price, offering price and other terms will be\ndetermined by negotiations between Ford and the underwriters of the notes. Ford\nexpects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate\npurposes.\n\nOffers and sales of the notes will be made only by the related prospectus and\nprospectus supplement. A copy of the prospectus and prospectus supplement can be\nobtained from:\n\nCitigroup Corporate and Investment Banking \nBrooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor \nBrooklyn, NY 11220 \nTel: 718-765-6732 or Fax: 718-765-6734\n\nGoldman, Sachs & Co.\nAttn: Prospectus Dept, 85 Broad St.\nNew York, NY 10004\nFax: 212-902-9316 or email at [email protected]\n\nJ.P. Morgan Securities Inc.\nNational Statements Processing\n4 Chase Metrotech Center, CS Level\nBrooklyn, NY 11245\nTel: 718-242-8002 or Fax: 718-242-1350\n\nThere shall not be any offer or sale of these notes in any jurisdiction in which\nthe offer or sale would be unlawful.\n\nFord Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, \nMich., manufacture...