Subaru of America, Inc. Ranked #2 on Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in America List

CHERRY HILL, N.J., May 1, 2008 -- Subaru of America, Inc. was ranked #2 on the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in America list released today by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. The list was made up of large, medium and small businesses with Subaru named #2 in the medium sized company category.

"This is a great honor for us to be recognized as one of the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in America," said Tom Doll, executive vice president and CFO for Subaru of America, Inc. "We are proud of our reputation as a family-focused organization."

Rita Soronen, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's executive director, said the list debuted in 2007 and includes the top 100 organizations that provide exceptional support to employees who adopt. "More than 50 organizations nationwide established or enhanced their adoption benefits for 2008. As a result, employers who made the list offered more robust adoption benefits packages this year to make it."

Rankings for the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in America list are based on the amount of financial assistance and paid leave provided. The foundation compiled the results from survey data collected from 919 U.S. employers. Several survey partners helped extend the survey's scope even further by asking their subscribers/members to participate: Employee Benefit News, a SourceMedia publication that is the leading source of information for benefits decision makers; the National Restaurant Association; and the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. In addition to ranking the top 100, the foundation also recognized the top 10 by size, the leaders of each industry, and companies who support the cause of adoption and adoptive families in other ways.

About Subaru of America, Inc.

Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of nearly 600 dealers across the United States. Subaru makes the best-selling All-Wheel Drive car sold in America based on R.L. Polk & Co. new vehicle retail registration statistics calendar year-end 2005. For additional information visit SUBARU .

About the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

This non-profit 501(c)3 public charity is dedicated to dramatically increasing the adoptions of the more than 140,000 children in North America's foster care systems ready and waiting to be adopted. Created by Wendy's founder Dave Thomas, who was adopted as a child, the foundation spearheads programs such as Wendy's Wonderful Kids, which puts adoption recruiters in all 50 states and Canada to find permanent, loving families for children in the foster care system, and Adoption-Friendly Workplace, which encourages employers to offer adoption benefits to their employees.