American Suzuki Motor Corporation's Statement Regarding the Impact of Japan's Earthquake and Tsunamis

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Mar 11, 2011, 03:32 ET

BREA, Calif., March 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Suzuki Motor Corporation today announced there is currently no reported harm to Suzuki's personnel, headquarters or manufacturing plants located in the Shizuoka Prefecture region. The earthquake's epicenter was located 240 miles north of Tokyo while Suzuki's headquarters are in Hamamatsu City, which is 158 miles south of Tokyo. We are currently gathering information about any additional effects to Suzuki's operations, including port distribution, plant and dealership operations, as well as our vendors and suppliers located in the damaged areas. Due to widespread power outages communication is challenging, but we will continue to report information as it is received and communicate via our media website (http://media.suzuki.com/auto) and social media outlets, including Twitter/suzukiauto and Facebook/suzukiauto.

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