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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for Lear Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 8, 2008.
This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.
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Notice and Proxy Statement / Lear Annual Report
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LEAR CORPORATION
ATTN: INVESTOR RELATIONS
21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48033
     
 
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Meeting Location
The annual meeting for stockholders of record of Lear
Corporation as of March 14, 2008 is to be held on
May 8, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. EDT
at:   Lear Corporation’s Corporate Headquarters
21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan 48033
 
 
 
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Voting items
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE NOMINEES IN PROPOSAL NO. 1, “FOR” PROPOSAL NO. 2 AND “AGAINST” PROPOSAL NO. 3.
       
1.    
Election of Directors
     
Nominees:
     
01)   Vincent J. Intrieri
     
02)   Conrad L. Mallett, Jr.
     
03)   Robert E. Rossiter
     
 
2.    
Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Lear Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2008.
     
 
3.    
Stockholder proposal to adopt simple majority vote standards.
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