Blue Bird Announces That Midwest Transit Equipment Inc. Will No longer Be a Distributor

FORT VALLEY, GA (Nov. 1, 2004) – Blue Bird Corporation announced today that Midwest Transit Equipment Inc, Kankakee, Illinois will not continue as a Blue Bird distributor. Midwest Transit has been a Blue Bird distributor in parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan .

Jeff Bust, Blue Bird Corporation's President and CEO, noted, "Blue Bird is fresh from a successful financial restructuring. We are working to develop a team of loyal distributors who are driven to improve, who are committed to putting customers first, and who will prosper with Blue Bird. We wish former distributors well and we will work productively with Midwest Transit to ensure that Blue Bird customers experience no lapse of service and support during the transition period. Our focus, though, is on the team of distributors who share Blue Bird's vision for the future."

Blue Bird Corporation has a large and well-established distributor network composed of nearly fifty distributors throughout North America . Kim Cassell, Blue Bird Vice President Sales, School and Activity, explained, "Blue Bird completed a major turn-around in 2004. The recently announced financial restructuring, significant improvements in quality and delivery as well as rapid share growth of the Blue Bird Vision conventional Type C school bus are all important accomplishments. I'm excited about the opportunities Blue Bird and our distributors will be offering under our new management."

Blue Bird Corporation is the leading manufacturer of school buses in North America and also produces commercial buses, luxury coaches and luxury motor homes. It has production facilities in Fort Valley GA., Lafayette, GA., and Brantford, Ontario, and employs approximately 2,000 people, principally in North America.

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