PRESS RELEASE

Lear Reports Impact of GM Strike Resolution

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Nov. 12 -- Lear Corporation
today reported that its 1996 fourth quarter earnings per share
will be affected due to recent CAW and UAW work stoppages at General
Motors Corporation (GM) production facilities.
    Based upon preliminary estimates, earnings per share for the
quarter ending December 31, 1996, will be adversely affected by
approximately $.10 per share.
    A Fortune 500 Company, Lear Corporation is the world's largest
independent supplier of automotive interior systems, with 1995 sales
of $4.7 billion.  In 1995, Lear was the third largest independent
automotive supplier in North America and one of the ten largest in the
world.  The company's world-class products are manufactured by more
than 40,000 employees in 135 facilities located in 19 countries.
    Information about Lear and its products is available on the
Internet at http://www.lear.com.


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