Exhibit 99.1

News Release		TRW Automotive 12001 Tech Center Drive Livonia, MI 48150
		Investor Relations Contact:
		Mark Oswald
		(734) 855-3140
		Media Contact:
		John Wilkerson
		(734) 855-3864

TRW Completes $259 Million 3.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes Offering Including Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option

LIVONIA, MICHIGAN, November 20, 2009 — TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW) (the “Company”) today announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, TRW Automotive Inc. (“TAI”), has completed its previously announced private offering of 3.50% exchangeable senior notes due 2015 (the “Notes”). The Company also announced that the underwriters fully exercised their option to purchase additional notes to cover over-allotments, resulting in a total sale of $259 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes.

The Company estimates that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $251 million after deducting initial purchasers’ discounts and estimated offering expenses. TAI intends to use approximately $112 million of the net proceeds from the offering to repay borrowings under its existing term loan facilities and to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include additional repayment of debt.

The Notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes, the Company’s guarantee and the shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon exchange of the Notes have not been, and will not be offered or sold in the United States or to any U.S. person absent registration

under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About TRW

With 2008 sales of $15.0 billion, TRW Automotive ranks among the world’s leading automotive suppliers. Headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, USA, the Company, through its subsidiaries, operates in 26 countries and employs approximately 64,000 people worldwide. TRW Automotive products include integrated vehicle control and driver assist systems, braking systems, steering systems, suspension systems, occupant safety systems (seat belts and airbags), electronics, engine components, fastening systems and aftermarket replacement parts and services.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains statements that are not statements of historical fact, but instead are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties which can cause our actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements, including those set forth in our Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (our “Form 10-K”), and in our Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended April 3, July 3 and October 2, 2009, such as: any prolonged contraction in automotive sales and production adversely affecting our results, liquidity or the viability of our supply base; the financial condition of OEMs, particularly the Detroit Three, adversely affecting us or the viability of our supply base; disruptions in the financial markets

adversely impacting the availability and cost of credit negatively affecting our business; our substantial debt and resulting vulnerability to economic or industry downturns and to rising interest rates; escalating pricing pressures from our customers; commodity inflationary pressures adversely affecting our profitability and supply base; our dependence on our largest customers; any impairment of a significant amount of our goodwill or other intangible assets; costs of product liability, warranty and recall claims and efforts by customers to adversely alter contract terms and conditions concerning warranty and recall participation; strengthening of the U.S. dollar and other foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacting our results; any increase in the expense and funding requirements of our pension and other postretirement benefits; risks associated with non-U.S. operations, including foreign exchange risks and economic uncertainty in some regions; work stoppages or other labor issues at our facilities or at the facilities of our customers or suppliers; volatility in our annual effective tax rate resulting from a change in earnings mix or other factors; costs or liabilities relating to environmental, health and safety regulations; assertions by or against us relating to intellectual property rights; the possibility that our largest stockholder’s interests will conflict with our or our other stockholders’ interests; and other risks and uncertainties set forth in our Form 10-K and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any update or revision to any of the forward-looking statements.

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