Lear Corporation Completes Acquisition of 100% of Lear- Donnelly Joint Venture Company

Southfield, Mich. (PROTEXT) - Lear Corporation (NYSE: LEA)today announced it has completed the acquisition of DonnellyCorporation's 50-percent stake in Lear-Donnelly Overhead Systems,L.L.C. (LDOS), the joint venture in which the two automotivesuppliers had been equal partners. Terms of the transaction were not released. Lear Corporationnow owns 100 percent of Lear-Donnelly Overhead Systems. LDOS designs and manufactures overhead systems for theautomotive industry. The 50-50 joint venture was formed in 1997by Donnelly and Lear, with each company contributing certainassets. The LDOS product line includes headliners, sun visors,lighting and overhead consoles. Lear Corporation, a Fortune 200 company headquartered inSouthfield, Michigan, is one of the world's largest automotivesuppliers, with 1998 proforma sales of more than $12 billion. Thecompany's world-class products are designed, engineered andmanufactured by more than 100,000 employees in over 300facilities located in 33 countries. Information about Lear andits products is available on the Internet at http://www.lear.com. ots Original Text Service: Lear Corporation Internet:http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Media, Karen Stewart-Spica,Corporate Communications, 248-447-1651 (in the USA), or Analysts,Jody Glancy, Investor Relations, 248-447-5906 (in the USA), bothof Lear Company News On-Call:http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/518304.html or fax, 800-758-5804,ext. 518304 (in the USA) Web site: http://www.lear.com

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