UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): AUGUST 9, 2002
LEAR CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1-11311 13-3386776
(State or other (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of Identification
incorporation) Number)
21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48034
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(248) 447-1500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
On August 9, 2002, each of the Chief Executive Officer, Robert E.
Rossiter, and the Chief Financial Officer, David C. Wajsgras, of Lear
Corporation submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission sworn statements
pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.
A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit
(99.1 and 99.2).
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
LEAR CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation
Date: August 9, 2002 By: /s/ Joseph F. McCarthy
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Name: Joseph F. McCarthy
Title: Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
EXHIBIT INDEX
Number Description
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99.1 Statement Under Oath of Chief Executive Officer dated August 9, 2002
99.2 Statement Under Oath of Chief Financial Officer dated August 9, 2002
EXHIBIT 99.1
I, Robert E. Rossiter, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
of Lear Corporation, and except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:
- no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact
as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed); and
- no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
- the 2001 Lear Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
Commission.
- all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
proxy materials of Lear Corporation filed with the Commission
subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
- any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Robert E. Rossiter Subscribed and sworn to
Robert E. Rossiter before me this 9th day of
August 9, 2002 August, 2002.
Carolyn L. Upton
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
August 12, 2004
EXHIBIT 99.2
I, David C. Wajsgras, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
of Lear Corporation, and except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:
- no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact
as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed); and
- no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
- the 2001 Lear Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
Commission.
- all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of Lear Corporation filed with the
Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified
above; and
- any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ David C. Wajsgras Subscribed and sworn to
David C. Wajsgras before me this 9th day of
August 9, 2002 August, 2002.
Carolyn L. Upton
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
August 12, 2004