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Ford Declares Second-Quarter Dividends

9 April 1999

Ford Declares Second-Quarter Dividends

    DEARBORN, Mich., April 9 -- The Board of Directors of Ford
Motor Company has declared a second-quarter dividend of 46 cents a
share on the company's Class B and common stock.  The dividend is the same as
paid in the first quarter of 1999.
    The board also declared a dividend of 51.5625 cents a share on the
depositary shares representing the company's Series B Cumulative Preferred
Stock.
    The dividend on the Series B Preferred Stock equals the quarterly amount
of the annual cumulative dividend of $2.0625 per depositary share.
    The second-quarter dividends are payable on June 1, 1999 to shareholders
of record on May 3.