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Lear

21557 Telegraph Road, P.O. Box 5008 Southfield, MI USA
48086
(248) 447-1500
http://www.lear.com/

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Public NYSE: LEA

"Lear Corporation, headquartered in Southfield, MI, is the world's leading manufacturer of automotive interiors, including seat systems, interior trim and electrical systems.

"Lear serves the global automotive industry and supplies product for all five major interior systems: seat, instrument panel/cockpit, door and trim, overhead and flooring and acoustics. Lear is also one of the leading global automotive suppliers in electronic and electrical products. There is a Lear product in more than 300 nameplates around the world.

"The company has 104,000 employees at 275 facilities in 33 countries.

Lear announced that it would be acquired by American Real Estate Partners, LP, a holding company controlled by investor Carl Icahn for $5.3 billion." [1]

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