EXHIBIT 99.1
NEWS RELEASE |  |
Visteon withdraws full-year 2008 guidance
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Dec. 19, 2008 — Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC), a global automotive supplier, announced it is withdrawing its full-year 2008 financial guidance in light of the larger than anticipated declines in global vehicle production and overall industry uncertainty.
“Given that ongoing economic pressures have continued to significantly reduce our customers’ production schedules across the globe, Visteon is withdrawing its previously issued 2008 financial guidance,” said Donald J. Stebbins, chairman and chief executive officer. “We have taken aggressive actions over the past three years to restructure and improve our business,” Stebbins said, “and we continue to take the actions necessary to align our manufacturing capacity and cost structure with the rapidly changing economic and market environment.”
Visteon Corporation is a leading global automotive supplier that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative climate, interior, electronic and lighting products for vehicle manufacturers, and also provides a range of products and services to aftermarket customers. With corporate offices in Van Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Kerpen, Germany; the company has facilities in 27 countries and employs approximately 35,500 people.
Forward-looking Information
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, including general economic conditions, changes in interest rates and fuel prices; the automotive vehicle production volumes and schedules of our customers; work stoppages at our customers; our ability to satisfy our future capital and liquidity requirements and comply with the terms of our existing credit agreements and indentures; the financial distress of our suppliers, or other significant suppliers to our customers, and possible disruptions in the supply of commodities to us or our customers due to financial distress or work stoppages; our ability to timely implement, and realize the anticipated benefits of restructuring and other cost-reduction initiatives, including our multi-year improvement plan, and our successful execution of internal performance plans and other productivity efforts; the timing and expenses related to restructurings, employee reductions, acquisitions or dispositions; increases in raw material and energy costs and our ability to offset or recover these costs; the financial condition of our customers and the effects of reorganization, consolidation and/or restructuring plans that may be announced by our customers; the effect of pension and other post-employment benefit obligations; increases in our warranty, product liability and recall costs; the outcome of legal or regulatory proceedings to which we are or may become a party; our ability to meet the continued listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange; as well as those factors identified in our filings with the SEC (including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2007). We assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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