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Foley & Lardner Automotive Crisis Briefing Session

         MEDIA ALERT Event/Interview Opportunity February 5, 2009

  WHAT:         Under continuing sales and economic liquidity pressures,
                industry experts are predicting a wave of bankruptcies
                for both auto suppliers and manufacturers that will have
                widespread impact throughout the industry and beyond.  Learn
                how the current credit crisis will affect debtors and
                creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.

  EVENT:        Automotive Crisis Briefing Session: Chapter 11 Fundamentals

  TOPICS:       -- Timing and Triggers for a Chapter 11 Filing
                -- Chapter 11 Objectives and How to Emerge
                -- Key Facets of a Chapter 11 Proceeding
                -- Capital Markets' Receptiveness to Auto Industry Deals
                -- Financial vs. Operational Restructuring
                -- Out-of-Court Restructurings

  SPEAKERS:     Foley & Lardner LLP

                -- Judy A. O'Neill, Partner, Automotive Industry Team;
                   Chair, Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice;
                   Chair, Automotive Industry Crisis Response Team

                -- Ann Marie Uetz, Partner, Automotive Industry Team and
                   Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice

                Miller Buckfire

                -- Durc A. Savini, Managing Director and Head of Auto
                   Supplier Advisory Practice

  WHEN:         Thursday, February 5, 2009
                7:45 a.m., Registration and Continental Breakfast
                8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Program

  WHERE:        Foley & Lardner LLP
                One Detroit Center
                500 Woodward Avenue
                Suite 2700
                Detroit, MI  48226-3489
                313-234-7100 (Call to register)

  REGISTRATION: There is no cost to attend the briefing.  Space is limited
                to the first 48 registrants, however.

  CONTACT:      Michael Layne               Kanika Jackson
                248-855-6777, X105          248-855-6777
                mlayne@marxlayne.com        kjackson@marxlayne.com

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