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NAME
OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S.
IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (entities only)
Independent
Fiduciary Services, Inc.
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A
MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ¨
(b) ¨
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3.
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SEC
USE ONLY
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4.
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CITIZENSHIP
OR PLACE OF
ORGANIZATION Delaware
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NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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5.
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SOLE
VOTING
POWER
0
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6.
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SHARED
VOTING
POWER
0
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7.
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SOLE
DISPOSITIVE
POWER
0
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8.
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SHARED
DISPOSITIVE
POWER 0
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9.
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AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON 0
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10
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CERTAIN
SHARES
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11.
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PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW
(9) 0%
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12.
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TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON IA
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| CUSIP No. 448579102 |
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Item
1(a)
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Name of
Issuer: Ford Motor Company (the
“Company”).
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1(b)
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Address
of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
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One
American Road, Dearborn, Michigan 48126
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Item
2(a)-(c)
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Name,
Principal Business Address, and Citizenship of Person
Filing:
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Independent
Fiduciary Services, Inc.
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805
15th Street, NW, Suite 1120
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Washington,
D.C. 20005
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which
is a Delaware corporation.
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(d)
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Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common
Stock”)
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(e)
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CUSIP Number:
345370860
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Item
3.
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If
this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c),
check whether the person filing is
a:
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(a)
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Broker
or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C.
78o);
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(b)
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Bank
as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C.
78c);
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(c)
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Insurance
company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C.
78c);
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(d)
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Investment
company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a-8);
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(e)
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x
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An
investment adviser in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
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(f)
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An
employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
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(g)
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A
parent holding company or control person in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
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(h)
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A
savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
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(i)
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A
church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company
under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C.
80a-3);
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(j)
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Group,
in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
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Item
4.
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Ownership.
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Beneficial
ownership as of March 31, 2010 is incorporated herein by reference from
items (5) – (9) and (11) of the cover page of this Schedule 13G. On
March 30, 2010, an auction was held in which the UAW Retiree Medical
Benefits Trust (the “VEBA”) sold all of its warrants to purchase
361,391,305 shares of Ford Common Stock (the “Warrants”). The
Reporting Person is the investment advisor to the VEBA with respect to the
Warrants, and, as such, had voting and dispositive power with respect to
the Warrants, subject to certain limitations on dispositions and voting,
as previously disclosed in the Reporting Person’s Schedule 13G.
The
trade date for the sale of the Warrants will be recorded as March 31, 2010
and the closing is expected to occur on or about April 6, 2010, subject to
customary closing conditions. The Warrants have been listed for
trading on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
“F
WS.”
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Item
5.
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Ownership
of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
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If
this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date
hereof the Reporting Person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more
than five percent of the class of securities check the
following. x
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Item
6.
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Ownership
of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
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Not
applicable.
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Item
7.
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Identification
and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.
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Not
applicable.
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Item
8.
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Identification
and Classification of Members of the Group.
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Not
applicable.
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Item
9.
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Notice
of Dissolution of Group.
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Not
applicable.
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Item
10.
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Certification.
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By
signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the
securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the
purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of
the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in
connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose
or effect.
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S I G N A T U R E
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INDEPENDENT
FIDUCIARY SERVICES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Samuel W. Halpern | |
| Name: Samuel W. Halpern | |||
| Title: President | |||