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Lear Corporation Awarded Major PSA Seat Contract

17 September 1999

Lear Corporation Awarded Major PSA Seat Contract, Appoints Jean Lorotte President -- Lear France JEAN LOROTTE PRESIDENT - LEAR FRANCE Jean Lorotte President - Lear France. (PRNewsFoto)[DM] FRANKFURT DEU 09/14/1999     
    FRANKFURT, Germany, and SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 15 -- Lear
Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a major seat
contract from PSA and that the company has appointed Jean Lorotte to President
of Lear -- France.
    (Photo:  NewsCom:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990915/DEW012 )
    Lear will be providing seat systems for a new platform on a just-in-time
basis.  The contract is Lear's first seating business with a French automotive
company.  Lear is the largest supplier of automotive seats in Europe, in
addition to being the global market leader in seats.
    "We are pleased to expand our business in France and bring our seating
technology and production expertise to the important French automotive market,
and we are proud of the confidence PSA has extended to Lear," said Kenneth L.
Way, Lear Chairman and CEO.  "Jean Lorotte and his team are making significant
progress in expanding our business in France and will help Lear Corporation as
we continue our efforts to achieve greater market success in Europe."
    In his new position as President of Lear -- France, Lorotte will be
responsible for consolidating and expanding the new Lear Electronics and
Electrical Division (LEED) business as well as the expansions of full
interiors business with French automakers on a worldwide basis.
    Lorotte joined Lear in May 1999 from United Technologies Automotive (UTA)
where he served as Vice President Europe -- Marketing Sales and Business
Development since 1992.  He has more than 25 years of experience in the
automotive industry with such companies as Robert Bosch France, Bendix Europe
(Allied Signal), and Studebaker Worthington.
    Lorotte earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the National
Institute for Applied Sciences in Paris, France and a Masters degree in
Industrial Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
Boston, Massachusetts (USA).
    Lorotte and his wife, Rosine, reside in Nanterre, France, and have three
children.
    Lear Corporation , a Fortune 200 company headquartered in
Southfield, Michigan (USA), is one of the world's largest automotive
suppliers, with 1998 proforma sales of more than $12 billion.  The company's
world-class products are designed, engineered and manufactured by more than
100,000 employees in over 300 facilities located in 33 countries.  Information
about Lear and its products is available on the Internet at
http://www.lear.com.