Fleetwood Capital Trust II – ‘425’ on 1/7/02 re: Fleetwood Capital Trust

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Business-Combination Transaction Communication   —   Rule 425
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          Filed by: Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. and Fleetwood Capital Trust II
                         Pursuant to Rule 425 Under the Securities Act of 1933
    Subject Companies: Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. and Fleetwood Capital Trust
                                 Commission File Nos.: 333-62838 and 333-62850

FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION OF EXCHANGE OFFER

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. 
(NYSE: FLE), the nation's largest manufacturer of recreational vehicles and a   
leading producer and retailer of manufactured housing, today announced that     
preliminary results indicated approximately $264,685,550 in aggregate           
liquidation amount of the original $287,500,000 aggregate liquidation amount    
of Fleetwood Capital Trust's 6% convertible trust securities due 2028 was       
tendered in its exchange offer which expired on January 4, 2002.  This          
preliminary amount includes approximately $69,814,500 in aggregate              
liquidation amount that was tendered by notices of guaranteed delivery.         
Pursuant to the terms of the exchange offer, the Company has accepted for       
exchange $86.25 million of the validly tendered 6% convertible trust            
securities on a pro rata basis and will promptly exchange those securities      
for $37.95 million of Fleetwood Capital Trust II's 9.5% convertible trust       
securities due 2013.                                                            

  The complete terms of the exchange offer are contained in the prospectus
and amended exchange offer documents dated December 11, 2001.  Please direct    
any questions to Ed McCarthy of D.F. King & Co. at 1-800-290-6428.              

Fleetwood Enterprises has filed a Registration Statement with the     
Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms S-3 and S-4, and has also filed a   
Schedule TO.  The Registration Statement and the prospectus and exchange        
offer documents contained in the Registration Statement contain important       
information about Fleetwood, the exchange offer, and related matters.           
Security holders and potential investors are urged to read the Registration     
Statement and the prospectus and exchange offer documents, the Schedule TO      
and any other relevant documents filed by Fleetwood Enterprises with the SEC.   
These and any other relevant documents can be accessed for free through the     
Website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.  In addition, these        
documents are available free of charge by contacting the Information Agent      
for the offer, D.F. King & Co., attention Ed McCarthy, at 1-800-290-6428.       

   CONTACT:  Boyd R. Plowman, Exec. Vice President and CFO, +1-909-351-3340,
or Lyle Larkin, Vice President and Treasurer, +1-909-351-3535.                  

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘425’ Filing		Date		Other Filings
Filed on:		1/7/02
		1/4/02
		12/11/01		S-3/A,  S-4/A,  SC TO-I/A
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