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Covisint Elects Board of Directors

DETROIT -- Covisint, L.L.C. announced it has elected twelve members of its inaugural seventeen-member Board of Directors, a clear indication of its move toward independence and full-scale operations serving the global automotive industry.

Elected to Covisint's Board of Directors are:

• J.T. Battenberg III, chairman, chief executive officer and president, Delphi Automotive Systems
• Laurent Bourrelier, vice president of Business-to-Business, Renault
• Brian P. Kelley, vice president, Ford Motor Company and president, Consumer Connect, a Ford enterprise
• James H. Keyes, chairman and chief executive officer, Johnson Controls, Inc.
• Olaf Koch, vice president, Corporate e-Business, DaimlerChrysler AG
• Professor Doctor Edward G. Krubasik, member of the Corporate Executive Committee, Siemens, AG
• Harold R. Kutner, group vice president, Worldwide Purchasing and North American Production Control & Logistics, General Motors Corporation
• Carlos E. Mazzorin, group vice president, Global Purchasing and South America, Ford Motor Company
• Ralph J. Szygenda, group vice president and chief information officer, General Motors Corporation
• Gary C. Valade, executive vice president, Global Procurement and Supply, DaimlerChrysler AG
• James H. Vandenberghe, vice chairman, Lear Corporation
• Don Walker, president and chief executive officer, Magna International

Five more board members are still to be named, including representatives of other, non-automotive industry disciplines.

Covisint is an e-business trading exchange announced by DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors, and joined by Commerce One, Nissan, Oracle and Renault to meet the needs of the automotive industry. Covisint promises to provide original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers the ability to drive costs from their respective supply chains and bring efficiencies to their business operations. Covisint's temporary headquarters are located in Southfield, Michigan. The organization expects to establish offices in Europe and Asia.

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