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Ford Declares First Quarter Dividends

15 December 2000

Ford Declares First Quarter Dividends

    DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 14 The Board of Directors of Ford
Motor Company today declared a first-quarter dividend of 30 cents a
share on the company's Class B and common stock.  This is the same dividend
paid in the fourth quarter of 2000.
    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 first-quarter dividends are payable on March 1, 2001 to shareholders
of record on January 30, 2001.