11th August 2009 - Dana Holding Corporation Reports Second-Quarter 2009 Results

-- Achieved break-even net income in the second quarter of 2009

-- Reported quarterly EBITDA of $94 million despite a 49-percent decrease in sales from the same period last year

-- Achieved second-quarter financial covenants

-- Generated positive free cash flow of $73 million

-- Reduced debt by 10 percent, primarily through market purchases at attractive prices

Dana Holding Corporation has announced that it achieved break-even net income in the second quarter of 2009, compared to a loss of $122 million during the same period last year.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and restructuring (EBITDA) was $94 million, compared with $164 million in 2008. Second-quarter sales were $1,190 million, a 49-percent decrease compared with sales of $2,333 million during the same period last year. The decrease was driven by lower vehicle production across all market segments, most notably within the off-highway sector.

At June 30, 2009, cash balances remained solid at $553 million, with total available liquidity of $664 million. Net debt was $546 million.

Cost Savings, Operational Improvements Continue Amid Difficult Markets

"Our second-quarter revenues reflected the continued weak demand in all three of our market segments," said Dana Executive Chairman John Devine. "Despite this difficult environment, our aggressive efforts to resize our organization, implement permanent structural improvements, and address pricing continued to take hold. These actions resulted in substantial profit and cash flow improvements compared to the prior quarter, despite slightly lower sales."

During the quarter, Dana reduced its global workforce by approximately 1,400 employees, bringing its total year-to-date reduction to approximately 6,200. The workforce reductions include both actions to align the organization to reduced volume levels, as well as permanent, structural reductions to improve productivity and profitability.

The company achieved a first-half pricing improvement of $131 million, which includes the recovery of material cost increases. Other actions - primarily cost reductions - improved first-half EBITDA by $113 million.

Cash Generation Enables Debt Reduction

Dana generated positive free cash flow of $73 million for the second quarter, which was impacted considerably by improvements in working capital totaling $91 million. The majority of the cash generated was utilized to reduce debt levels. During the quarter, the company reduced debt by $129 million, or 10 percent. The debt reduction was achieved primarily through market purchases made at a discount to par.

"The positive cash flow generated in the second quarter enabled us to reduce debt levels and interest expense at an attractive price, and strengthened our debt position moving forward," said Chief Financial Officer Jim Yost. "Even without the benefit of the debt repurchase, we would have achieved our debt covenants."

Six-Month Results

Sales for the six months ended June 30, 2009, were $2,406 million, which compares with $4,645 million for the same period in 2008. For the first half of 2009, the company reported a net loss of $157 million compared with income of $537 million for the same period in 2008. The six-month 2008 results include a net gain of $754 million recognized in connection with the company's emergence from bankruptcy and application of fresh start accounting. EBITDA for the first six months of 2009 was $110 million, compared with EBITDA of $298 million during the same period in 2008.

James E. Sweetnam Named President & CEO

On May 27, Dana announced the appointment of James E. Sweetnam, former president of Eaton Corporation's global Truck Group, as President and Chief Executive Officer. Sweetnam was appointed to Dana's Board of Directors on July 1.

"We've been delighted to welcome Jim to the Dana team," Devine said. "Adding a leader of Jim's caliber bolsters an already solid team of managers and employees across our global organization who are making meaningful strides, even in the face of today's industry headwinds," he added. "Collectively, we're reshaping Dana into a company that will be well-positioned to succeed as our markets recover."