Live Webcast Alert: Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars to Host Media Briefing from New York

November 11, 2009 4:24 PM EST

Event Details

Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, will host a special briefing to update the media on Daimler and provide an outlook on the automotive sector worldwide and in North America.

In this briefing, Dr. Zetsche will discuss:

    --  The state of Daimler business
    --  A preview of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in 2010

    --  How Daimler adjusts their business to cope with the global economic
        crisis

Media participating in the webcast will have an opportunity to submit questions during the Q&A session

WHEN: Thursday, November 12th, 2009 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM ET

WHERE: To register and view the live webcast, please visit http://www.webcasts.com/forumediaDZ

Media Contact:

    Han Tjan
    Head of Corporate Communications Daimler North America
    han.tjan@daimler.com
    phone: +1 212 909 9063

A bio of Dieter Zetsche is available at

http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-78470-1-56953-1-0-0-0-0-0-104-7145-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html

About Daimler

Daimler AG, Stuttgart, with its businesses Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Daimler Financial Services, Mercedes-Benz Vans and Daimler Buses, is a globally leading producer of premium passenger cars and the global market leader of heavy- and medium-duty trucks as well as buses. The Daimler Financial Services division has a broad offering of financial services, including vehicle financing, leasing, insurance and fleet management. Daimler sells its products in nearly all the countries of the world and has production facilities on five continents. The company's founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, continued to make automotive history following their invention of the automobile in 1886. As an automotive pioneer, Daimler and its employees willingly accept an obligation to act responsibly towards society and the environment and to shape the future of safe and sustainable mobility with groundbreaking technologies and high-quality products. The current brand portfolio includes the world's most valuable automobile brand, Mercedes-Benz, as well as smart, AMG, Maybach, Freightliner, Western Star, Mitsubishi Fuso, Setra, Orion and Thomas Built Buses. The company is listed on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt, New York and Stuttgart (stock exchange abbreviation DAI). In 2008, the Group sold 2.1 million vehicles and employed a workforce of over 270,000 people; revenue totaled euro 95.9 billion and EBIT amounted to euro 2.7 billion. Daimler is an automotive Group with a commitment to excellence, and aims to achieve sustainable growth and industry-leading profitability.

/PRNewswire -- Nov. 11/

SOURCE Daimler Corporate Communications

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