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MotorUp Corporation Announces Agreement with Federal Trade Commission

30 March 2000

MotorUp Corporation Announces Agreement with Federal Trade Commission

    PHILADELPHIA, March 29 MotorUp Corporation announced today
that it has reached agreement with the Federal Trade Commission concerning
future substantiation for product claims for engine additives and related
products.  In the Consent Order announced today by the Commission, there were
no findings regarding whether past claims for MotorUp products were
unsubstantiated, and MotorUp continues to believe that all of its claims were,
in fact, fully substantiated.  However, Allen Uhler, a director of MotorUp,
observed that, "MotorUp has agreed with the FTC that it will continue to
adhere to the highest standards in the motor oil additive industry.  We are
pleased that, unlike other FTC settlements in the engine additive field, there
were no findings that required the payment of consumer redress."  According to
Edward F. Glynn, Jr. of Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, Washington, DC,
counsel for MotorUp, such redress is generally required only where the
Commission believes that the conduct was "dishonest or fraudulent."  The
infomercial, which was the subject of the FTC complaint, was removed from the
air in February 1998 and has not been run since.
    Mr. Uhler stated: "Putting this behind us allows us to continue our work
on exciting new automobile-related products for the American consumer.  We are
confident that our current advertising meets or exceeds any standards to which
we may be held."