UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 23, 2009
 
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
1-3950
(Commission File Number)
 
38-0549190
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
One American Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(313) 322-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since
Last Report)
 
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Item 8.01.           Other Events.
 
On March 23, 2009, Ford Motor Credit Company announced the results of its previously announced $500 million cash tender offer for our senior secured term loan debt and the early tender results as of March 19, 2009 of its previously announced $1.3 billion cash tender offer for our unsecured, non-convertible debt securities.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 9.01.            Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit 99.1          Press Release dated March 23, 2009 of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC
 

 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
  
(Registrant)
  
   
   
By: 
 /s/ Peter J. Sherry, Jr.  
  Name:
Peter J. Sherry, Jr.
  
  Title: 
Associate General Counsel and Secretary
       
 
Date: March 23, 2009
 
 
 
 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit Number
  
Exhibit
     
Exhibit 99.1
  
Press Release dated March 23, 2009 of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC