02/08/2006 Continental Holds Daily Drawings for Four FIFA World Cup 2006^TM Tickets to the Group Match England – Sweden in Cologne

Geneva/Hanover, March 2006. At the 76th International Geneva Motor Show 2006, which will be held from March 2 to 12, 2006, Continental as Official Partner of the FIFA World Cup 2006^TM will hold daily drawings at booth 1212 in hall 1 for 2 pairs of FIFA World Cup tickets to the group match between England and Sweden in Cologne. All visitors can participate in the drawing, which will be held every day of the show at 4:00 p.m. Winners must be present at the booth at the time of the drawing. Drawings will also be held on the two press days on February 28 and March 1.

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The Geneva Motor Show is Europe's second largest trade fair for all aspects of passenger cars and accessories. More than 700,000 visitors attended last year's show. Crowds of visitors are expected once again this year on the official show days from March 2 to 12. "In addition to cars and accessories, a large share of the trade fair visitors are also interested in the sports event of the year, which will open officially on June 9 – the FIFA World Cup 2006^TM," says press spokesman Alexander Lührs of Continental. "To celebrate the event, each day we will hold a drawing for two pairs of tickets for the very attractive group match in Group B - against ." For months there has been a great deal of interest in 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany^TM tickets, as a large portion of the tickets has already been allocated by the lottery on the official website www.FIFAworldcup.com. Lührs thus assumes that many visitors will participate in the drawing. Drawing winners will receive a coupon for two FIFA World Cup tickets directly at the fair booth. The tickets will then be presented the day before or the day of the match at a specified meeting point in Cologne. The winner must also present the coupon and appropriate ID to claim the tickets.Unter www.ContiSoccerWorld.de informiert Continental umfassend über die eigenen Aktivitäten im Fußball und alle Ticket-Gewinnspiele sowie die FIFA WM 2006™ selbst.

At www.ContiSoccerWorld.de, Continental provides details about its own football activities and all of the ticket competitions as well as the FIFA World Cup 2006^TM itself.

The Passenger and Light Truck Tires division of Continental will be introducing two global innovations in Geneva: the extremely sporty ContiSportContact 3 summer tire for passenger cars and the new 4x4 winter tire ContiCrossContact Winter.

The Continental Corporation is a leading supplier of tyres, brake systems, chassis components, vehicle electronics and technical elastomers. In 2004 the corporation realised sales of EUR12.6 billion. At present it has a worldwide workforce of more than 81,000.

The tyre business unit is an Official Partner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany^TM and an Official Sponsor of UEFA EURO 2008^TM. For further information visit the websites ContiSoccerWorld.com, www.conti-online.com and www.ContiFanWorld.com.