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Dura Announces Dividend on Trust Preferred Securities

1 September 2000

Dura Automotive Announces Dividend on Trust Preferred Securities

    ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Sept. 1 Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. , announced today that a
quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share will be paid on the 71/2% convertible
trust preferred securities issued by the Dura Automotive Capital Trust.  The
dividend will be payable on September 30, 2000, to stockholders of record on
September 15, 2000.  The dividend will be paid on 2,210,000 shares
outstanding.  The convertible trust preferred securities are traded on the
Nasdaq National Market under the symbol DRRAP.