Filed
Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration
No. 333-151355
NEWS
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Contact:
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Media:
Bill
Collins
1.313.390.4866
wcollin1@ford.com
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Equity Investment
Community:
Larry
Heck
1.313.594.0613
fordir@ford.com
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Fixed
Income
Investment
Community:
Dave
Dickenson
1.313.621.0881
fixedinc@ford.com
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Shareholder
Inquiries:
1.800.555.5259
or
1.313.845.8540
stockinf@ford.com
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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
FORD
MOTOR COMPANY ANNOUNCES PUBLIC OFFERING
OF
300 MILLION SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
DEARBORN,
Mich., May 11, 2009 – Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced today a registered
public offering of 300 million shares of its common stock at a par value of
$0.01 per share. Ford said it also expects to grant to the
underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 45 million shares of common
stock.
Net proceeds to Ford from the offering
are expected to be used for
general corporate purposes, including to fund with cash, instead of
stock, a portion of the
payments the company is required to make to the Voluntary Employee Beneficiary
Association (VEBA) retiree health care trust with the United Auto
Workers.
“We
continue to make strong progress on our transformation plan – gaining retail
market share with great new products, improving quality, reducing costs and
positioning Ford for a return to profitability,” said Ford President and CEO
Alan Mulally. “Today’s equity offering is another example of the
fast, decisive action we are taking as we build momentum on our plan, including
further progress on improving our balance sheet.”
Citi,
Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are acting as joint
book-running managers of the offering.
Ford has filed a registration statement
– including a prospectus – with the SEC for the offering to which
this communication relates. Before investing, investors should read the prospectus in that
registration statement and other documents Ford has filed with the SEC for more
complete information about
Ford and this offering.
Investors may obtain these documents for free by visiting
EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any
dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send
the prospectus and the prospectus supplement upon request by calling Citi at (800) 831-9146; Goldman, Sachs & Co.
at (212) 902-1171 or (866)
471-2526; J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. at (718) 242-8002; or Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated at (866)
718-1649.
About
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich.,
manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With
about 205,000 employees and about 90 plants worldwide, the company’s brands
include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo. The company provides
financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company.
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