UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
December 7, 2005
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
Delphi Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware
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1-14787
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38-3430473 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
5725 Delphi Drive,
Troy, MI48098
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(248) 813-2000
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 4.01 CHANGES IN REGISTRANTS CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
On December 7, 2005, after reviewing proposals from four accounting firms, including Deloitte &
Touche LLP (Deloitte & Touche), the Companys current independent public accountants, the Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors of Delphi Corporation (Delphi or the Company) selected
Ernst & Young LLP to serve as independent public accountants, effective January 1, 2006, for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. The Board of Directors concurred with the Audit Committees
selection. Delphis application for an order authorizing the retention of Deloitte & Touche to
serve as Delphis independent public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2005 is pending
before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
The change was not the result of any disagreement between Delphi and Deloitte & Touche on any
matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or
procedure or any decision by Deloitte & Touche to resign or refuse to stand for re-election.
The independent auditors reports of Deloitte & Touche for the years ended December 31, 2004 and
2003 did not contain an adverse or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or
modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles; however, the report of Deloitte
& Touche on the Companys financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, included in
the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, included an emphasis
paragraph concerning the restatement of the Companys financial statements for the years ended
December 31, 2003 and 2002. The report of Deloitte & Touche on the Companys financial statements
for the year ended December 31, 2003, included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2003, included an emphasis paragraph concerning the restatement of the
Companys financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 to reflect an
inventory accounting change required to be applied by retroactive restatement of prior year
financial statements.
In connection with the audits of Delphis financial statements for each of the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and during the current fiscal year through the date of this
Form 8-K, there were no disagreements between Delphi and Deloitte & Touche on any matters of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure,
which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte & Touche, would have caused Deloitte &
Touche to make reference to the matter in their reports. During the two most recent fiscal years
and during the current fiscal year through the date of this Form 8-K, there have been two
reportable events, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, that were discussed with the Companys Audit Committee. In performing the audit of
Delphis financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 Deloitte & Touche advised Delphi
that material weaknesses existed in Delphis internal control over financial reporting. The
material weaknesses identified are discussed in Item 9A of Delphis Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004. Also, in September 2004 Deloitte advised Delphis Audit Committee that in view
of the commencement of an internal investigation into the accounting for a number of prior year
transactions, Deloitte & Touche would be required to extend the scope of its audit and that the
completion of the investigation could materially affect Deloitte & Touches previously issued
independent auditors reports on the Companys financial statements. The results of the
investigation and the restatement of the Companys previously issued financial statements are also
discussed in the Companys Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,2004.
Delphi has requested Deloitte & Touche to furnish Delphi with a letter addressed to the Securities
and Exchange Commission stating whether Deloitte & Touche agrees with the above statements. Once
the Company has received a copy of Deloitte & Touches letter, it will amend this Form 8-K to file
it as an exhibit.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004 and during the current fiscal year through
the date of this Form 8-K, neither Delphi nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted Ernst & Young
LLP regarding (1) either the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction,
either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on Delphis
consolidated financial statements or (2) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement
with Deloitte & Touche on accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or
auditing scope or procedures, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte & Touche,
would have caused Deloitte & Touche to make reference to the matter in their report, or a
reportable event as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Delphi provided Ernst & Young LLP with this Form 8-K prior to filing it with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.