Amerigon Announces Date for Annual Shareholders Meeting

DEARBORN, Mich., April 20 -- Amerigon Incorporated today announced that its Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday, May 1, 20059, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be held at the Company's corporate offices in Dearborn, MI, and all shareholders are invited to attend.

Only holders of the Company's Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on the record date, April 13, 2005, are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Shareholders will be asked to vote on: the election of directors to the Board of Directors; a proposal to change the Company's state of incorporation from California to Michigan by merger into a wholly owned subsidiary; and a proposal to amend the Company's Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of options automatically granted to non-employee directors upon initial election to the Board of Directors and each year thereafter and to eliminate the limitation on the number of shares that may be delivered pursuant to options granted under the plan that qualify as incentive stock options.

About Amerigon

Amerigon designs, develops and markets its proprietary Climate Control Seat(TM) (CCS(TM)) products for sale to automotive and truck original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). CCS enhances individual driver and passenger comfort in virtually all climatic conditions by providing cooling and heating to seat occupants, as desired, through an active thermoelectric-based temperature management system. Amerigon's subsidiary, BSST, is developing products using its proprietary, high-efficiency thermoelectric devices (TED). It has development contracts with industry leading partners to expand the market for TED-based automotive and non-automotive products. Amerigon maintains sales and technical support centers in Los Angeles, Detroit, Japan, Germany and England.