Ford 2014 Annual Report Download - page 7

PART I.
ITEM 1. Business.
Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1919. We acquired the business of a Michigan company, also
known as Ford Motor Company, which had been incorporated in 1903 to produce and sell automobiles designed and
engineered by Henry Ford. We are a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Michigan. We manufacture or
distribute automobiles across six continents. With about 187,000 employees and 62 plants worldwide, our automotive
brands include Ford and Lincoln. We provide financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company.
In addition to the information about Ford and our subsidiaries contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2014 (“2014 Form 10-K Report” or “Report”), extensive information about our Company can be
found at http://corporate.ford.com, including information about our management team, our brands and products, and our
corporate governance principles.
The corporate governance information on our website includes our Corporate Governance Principles, Code of Ethics
for Senior Financial Personnel, Code of Ethics for the Board of Directors, Code of Corporate Conduct for all employees,
and the Charters for each of the Committees of our Board of Directors. In addition, any amendments to our Code of
Ethics or waivers granted to our directors and executive officers will be posted on our corporate website. All of these
documents may be accessed by going to our corporate website, or may be obtained free of charge by writing to our
Shareholder Relations Department, Ford Motor Company, One American Road, P.O. Box 1899, Dearborn, Michigan
48126-1899.
Our recent periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available free of charge at http://shareholder.ford.com.
This includes recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K,
as well as any amendments to those Reports. Recent Section 16 filings made with the SEC by the Company or any of
our executive officers or directors with respect to our Common Stock also are made available free of charge through our
website. We post each of these documents on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after it is electronically filed
with the SEC. Our reports filed with the SEC also may be found on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The foregoing information regarding our website and its content is for convenience only and not deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Report nor filed with the SEC.
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