Dura Automotive Announces Changes to Its Board of Directors

    ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.--Feb. 20, 2002--Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. , announced today that William L. Orscheln, president, Orscheln Management Co. and John C. Jorgensen, senior vice president, Orscheln Management Co., have resigned from Dura's Board of Directors in order to focus on their other businesses. Mr. Orscheln has been a board member since the acquisition of the brake and cable business of Alkin Co., in August of 1994. Mr. Jorgensen has been a board member since May of 1998. At this time, the company has not made a decision whether to fill these vacant board seats.
    Dura Automotive Systems, Inc., is the world's largest independent designer and manufacturer of driver control systems and a leading global supplier of door modules, seat mechanisms and structures, glass systems and engineered assemblies for the global automotive industry. The company is also a leading supplier of similar products to the North American recreational vehicle and mass transit market. Dura supplies every North American, European and Japanese original equipment manufacturer. Dura's operating headquarters is in Rochester Hills, Mich., and its corporate office is in Minneapolis, Minn. Information about Dura and its products is available on the Internet at www.duraauto.com.