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This excerpt taken from the FDML 10-K filed Mar 13, 2008.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

Based on a review of the questionnaires that our directors and employees subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act of 1934 completed and a review of our internal records on any related person that were identified in such questionnaires, we have determined that there are no related party transactions in excess of $120,000, since the beginning of 2007 or currently proposed, involving the Company, other than as follows:

(1) Mr. Vandenberghe is a director and executive officer of Lear, as described above;

(2) Mr. Bond, who was a member of our board of directors from January 23, 2008 through February 25, 2008, is a partner, certified public accountant and financial advisor with Bederson & Company LLP (“Bederson”). In 2007, the Company did not directly engage Bederson for services, but the legal representative for future asbestos claimants in the Chapter 11 proceedings of the predecessor to the Company retained Bederson as a financial advisor. Pursuant to court orders and in accordance with the procedures regarding payment of professionals, the predecessor to the Company was required to pay Bederson’s fees for its services to the legal representative for future asbestos claimants in an amount of approximately $409,000 during 2007; and

(3) Icahn Sourcing LLC (“Icahn Sourcing”) is an entity formed and controlled by Carl C. Icahn, the Chairman of the Company’s Board, in order to leverage the potential buying power of a group of entities with which Mr. Icahn either owns or otherwise has a relationship in negotiating with a wide range of suppliers of goods, services, and tangible and intangible property. The Company is a member of the buying group and, as such, is afforded the opportunity to purchase goods, services and property from vendors with whom Icahn Sourcing has negotiated rates and terms. Icahn Sourcing does not guarantee that the Company will purchase any goods, services or property from any such vendors, and the Company is under no obligation to do so. The Company does not pay Icahn Sourcing any fees or other amounts with respect to the buying group arrangement and Icahn Sourcing neither sells to nor buys from any member of the buying group. The Company has purchased a variety of goods and services as a member of the buying group at prices and on terms that it believes are more favorable than those which would be achieved on a stand-alone basis.

Although the Company does not currently have a formalized policy specifically regarding the review, approval or ratification of transactions with related persons in excess of $120,000 as defined under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, our Integrity Policy prohibits our employees and associates from participating in transactions involving conflicts of interest and requires disclosure of any potential conflicts of interest, as well as approval of the acceptance of any position as an officer or director of outside business concerns. In addition, pursuant to the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, each director is required to disclose to the board of directors any financial interest or personal interest that he or she has in any contract or transaction that is being considered by the board of directors for approval. If a director has a personal interest in a matter before the board of directors, the director must disclose the interest to the board of directors, excuse himself or herself from participation in the discussion and not vote on the matter.

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