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VOTING RESULTS FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S 2009 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS


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WILMINGTON, Del., May 14, 2009 – A total of 98 people attended Ford Motor Company's [NYSE: F] 54th Annual Meeting of Shareholders today at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware.

Preliminary voting results indicate that a total of 1,945,535,622 shares of common stock and 70,852,076 shares of Class B stock were represented at the annual meeting in person or by proxy. These shares represent 90.03% percent of the votes that could be cast.

Each director received at least 3,266,703,051 votes, or 93.3 percent of the votes cast at the meeting. (Proposal 1 in the proxy statement).

Votes on other Proposals:

Proposal 2.  Relating to the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Ford's independent registered public accounting firm for 2009.
For:                     98.5 percent
Against:                1.5 percent
Abstain:                0.7 percent

Proposal 3.  Relating to approval to issue common stock in excess of 20% of amount outstanding.
For:                      95.6 percent
Against:                 4.4 percent
Abstain:                 0.9 percent

Proposal 4.  Relating to approval to issue common stock in excess of 1% of amount outstanding to an affiliate.
For:                      95.9 percent
Against:                 4.1 percent
Abstain:                 0.9 percent

Proposal 5.  Relating to disclosing any prior government affiliation of directors, officers, and consultants.
For:                        6.0 percent
Against:              94.0 percent
Abstain:                1.1 percent

Proposal 6.  Relating to permitting holders of 10% of common stock to call special shareholder meetings.
For:                       9.7 percent
Against:             90.3 percent
Abstain:               1.1 percent

Proposal 7.  Relating to consideration of a recapitalization plan to provide that all of the Company's outstanding stock have one vote per share.
For:                    19.5 percent
Against:             80.5 percent
Abstain:               0.9 percent

Proposal 8.  Relating to the Company issuing a report disclosing policies and procedures related to political contributions.
For:                    10.5 percent
Against:            89.5 percent
Abstain:              2.5 percent

Proposal 9.  Relating to providing shareholders the opportunity to cast an advisory vote to ratify the compensation of the Named Executives.
For:                  1  2.6 percent
Against:            87.4 percent
Abstain:              0.9 percent

Proposal 10.  Relating to disclosing in the Proxy Statement certain matters related to voting on shareholder proposals.
For:                      6.7 percent
Against:            93.3 percent
Abstain:              1.2 percent

Proposal 11.  Relating to the Company adopting comprehensive health care reform principles.
For:                      5.5 percent
Against:            94.5 percent
Abstain:              2.9 percent

Proposal 12.  Relating to limiting executive compensation until the Company achieves two consecutive years of profitability.
For:                      9.3 percent
Against:            90.7 percent
Abstain:              0.8 percent

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