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Ford Motor Q3 Earnings Call Transcript
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Last Update: 11:03 PM ET December 02 2008


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Hey good morning gentlemen, questions on the VEBA, are you pursuing and have you got an SEC agreement around the question settlement accounting FAS 106 paragraph 90, or negative plan amendment accounting 106, paragraph 55?

Lewis Booth

We got an agreement from the SEC to do settlement accounting.

Brian Johnson - Barclays Capital

Okay so, why wasn’t the one-time gain larger then, reflecting the full mark down of the OPEB?

Lewis Booth

There are several elements to it. The first one is a curtailment gain. Then you have an actuarial gain which goes through (inaudible) and that gets offset by any accumulated losses you might have. So it’s quite complicated accounting. There are various elements to it. The one-time you see now is essentially the curtailment gain.

Brian Johnson - Barclays Capital

Okay I’ll follow up off line and so we do speed it up. The second question I have, on the cash saves, is that cumulative, that is this cash will be saved by the end of 2009, or is this a run rate that you should be in by 4Q ‘09?

Lewis Booth

This is a non-VEBA question, right?

Brian Johnson - Barclays Capital

Yes. It is a non VEBA question on the cash flow. I wanted to follow up off line on that.

Lewis Booth

I think that’s the best way to handle it, it is complex. The cash saves we’re showing as cumulative through 2009 and through 2010.

Brian Johnson - Barclays Capital

Okay and any sense around the cadence by quarter or half?

Lewis Booth

Yes, but we’re not going to share it.

Brian Johnson - Barclays Capital


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