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Ford Motor Company has spun-off to Common and Class B shareholders its holdings in two former subsidiaries:

The Associates First Capital Corporation [NYSE: AFS]

• Spun-off on April 7, 1998 to holders of record on March 12, 1998.
• Shareholders received .262085 shares of The Associates stock for each share of Ford Motor Company Common or Class B stock.
• Ford shareholders were instructed to allocate 33.59% of their basis in Ford Common and Class B stock to The Associates stock they received.
• The remaining 66.41% of their basis remained with their Ford Common or Class B stock.

Visteon Corporation [NYSE: VC]

• Spun-off on June 28, 2000 to holders of record on June 12, 2000.
• Shareholders received .130933 shares of Visteon stock for each share of Ford Motor Company Common or Class B stock.
• Ford shareholders were instructed to allocate 3.93% of their adjusted basis in Ford Common and Class B stock to the Visteon stock they received.
• The remaining 96.07% of their adjusted basis remained with their Ford Common or Class B stock.