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Hedahls Press Release

May 19, 2005

HEDAHLS HAS IT! Hedahls Parts Plus Purchases Six More Stores

Hedahls Parts Plus has an agreement with Mann’s Automotive to purchase their six stores in North Dakota, bringing Hedahls total number of locations in the upper Midwest to 22. Mann’s Automotive stores are located in Minot, Williston, Crosby, Mohall, and Garrison, North Dakota and will now part of the Hedahls network of Parts Plus stores. The existing Hedahls store in Dickinson, ND will be merged with the Mann’s Automotive store in Dickinson under the Hedahls Parts Plus name.

Based in Bismarck, Hedahls Parts Plus is a regional distributor of auto parts, auto body paint and supplies, and automotive service equipment. Hedahls was started almost 90 years ago by Ed Hedahl. Today the company is a third-generation family business headed by President Dick Hedahl, who says the addition of the new stores in North Dakota offers evidence that Hedahls is committed to strong local ownership of important services in the upper Midwest region served by Hedahls.

“We have been working toward this opportunity for a number of years,” said Hedahl, “Mann’s Automotive and Hedahls have been partners in the Uni-Select USA auto parts network that serves this area. This acquisition is a natural progression of that partnership.”

This announcement follows the acquisition last fall of a store in Carrington, ND. Hedahls, Inc. now employs over 180 people, operating auto parts stores in Beulah, Bismarck, Carrington, Crosby, Dickinson, Garrison, Hettinger, Linton, Mandan, Minot, Mohall and Williston, North Dakota; Glendive and Sidney, Montana; Detroit Lakes and Fergus Falls, Minnesota; and Aberdeen, Milbank, Redfield, Sisseton, Watertown, and Webster, South Dakota.

HEDAHLS HAS IT! – now in 22 locations.

Neil Hedahl - L Kenny Mann - R circa 1983 on Bismarck's River Boat.jpg (381250 bytes)

Neil Hedahl ( l ) and Kenny Mann ( r ) - circa 1983 on the Dock at the Missouri River Port of Bismarck for the River Boat, "The Far West". Hedahls Auto Parts and Mann's Automotive Supply were partners in ANWI and good friends in the auto parts industry, as well as competitors in the markets they served.