Hayes Lemmerz Announces Pricing of Primary Offering of Approximately 6.45 Million Shares and Secondary Offering of 2.0 Million S

Hayes Lemmerz Announces Pricing of Primary Offering of Approximately 6.45
Million Shares and Secondary Offering of 2.0 Million Shares 


NORTHVILLE, Mich., Feb. 6  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hayes Lemmerz
International, Inc.  announced today that its primary offering of approximately
6.45 million shares (plus approximately 1.27 million additional shares to cover
underwriters' over-allotments, if any) of its common stock and a secondary
offering of 2.0 million shares of its common stock has been priced at $16.25 per
share.  The Company will use the net proceeds that it will receive in the
offering to redeem approximately $85 million aggregate principal amount of its
outstanding 10-1/2% Senior Notes due 2010.

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The secondary offering is for shares owned by AP Wheels, LLC, an affiliate of
Apollo Management V, L.P.

Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch & Co. are the managing underwriters and joint
bookrunners for the offering and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Lazard Freres &
Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC will serve as co-managers.  The offering is being
made by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from Lehman
Brothers Inc. c/o ADP Financial Services, Integrated Distribution Services, 1155
Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York, 11717 or by calling [phone] or at
the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov/ .

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. is a leading global supplier of automotive and
commercial highway wheels, brakes, powertrain, suspension, structural and other
lightweight components.  The Company has 44 plants and approximately 11,000
employees worldwide. 

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DATASOURCE: Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.



CONTACT:  Marika Diamond of Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.,

[phone]



Web site:  http://www.hayes-lemmerz.com/ 

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