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PRESS RELEASE

MFTBC Supports Reconstruction After Natural Disaster
in South and Southeast Asia

January 17 , 2005

  • Corporate Donation to Japan Red Cross Society
  • Additional employee donations
  • Provision of 25 vehicles

Tokyo – Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) will support the reconstruction after the natural disaster in South and Southeast Asia.

MFTBC will provide an immediate donation of 10 million yen to the Japan Red Cross Society (JRC) that has been active in the recent Niigata prefecture earthquake and that is currently active in Southeast Asia. Also, the management and the trade unions at MFTBC readily have agreed to support individual employees desire to help. Hence, MFTBC is additionally organizing the collection of donations for the JRC to reduce the suffering of victims. MFTBC employees thereby join similar initiatives among MFTBC’s parent company DaimlerChrysler employees in Germany and in North America.

As a market leader in Asia with deep roots in the economies and societies of affected countries, MFTBC seeks to contribute to the reconstruction efforts. It therefore will make available 25 vehicles to relief organizations, local initiatives, communities and governmental organizations through business partners in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Servicing of the vehicles will be accomplished through MFTBC’s extensive service network in the region.

This initiative complements concrete help extended in the first days after the disaster by DaimlerChrysler and local business partners.

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