FORM 8-K
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
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) September 23, 2008
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
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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5725 Delphi Drive, Troy, MI
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48098 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(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 satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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ITEM 1.01 |
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ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT |
A. Global Settlement Agreement and Master Restructuring Agreement
Court Approval
On September 26, 2008, the United States (U.S.) Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
York (the Bankruptcy Court) entered an order approving Delphi Corporations (Delphi or the
Company) motion seeking authority to enter into an Amended and Restated Global Settlement
Agreement with General Motors Corporation (GM) dated September 12, 2008 (as amended, the Amended
GSA) and an Amended and Restated Master Restructuring Agreement with GM dated September 12, 2008
(the Amended MRA). The Company had previously announced it entered into a Global Settlement
Agreement (as amended prior to September 12, 2008, the GSA) and a Master Restructuring Agreement
(as amended prior to September 12, 2008, the MRA) with GM in connection with the Companys first
amended joint Plan of Reorganization (the Amended Plan). The Amended GSA and the Amended MRA
amend and restate the GSA and the MRA.
Intent of GSA and MRA
The Amended GSA is intended to resolve outstanding issues between Delphi and GM and is to be
implemented by Delphi and GM in the short term. By contrast, resolution of most of the matters
addressed in the Amended MRA will require a significantly longer period which is expected to extend
for a number of years. Together, the Amended GSA and the Amended MRA provide for a comprehensive
settlement of all outstanding issues between Delphi and GM (other than ordinary course commercial
matters), including: litigation commenced in March 2006 by Delphi to terminate certain supply
agreements with GM; all potential claims and disputes with GM arising out of the separation of
Delphi from GM in 1999, including certain post-separation claims and disputes; the proofs of claim
filed by GM against Delphi in Delphis chapter 11 cases; GMs treatment under a Delphi plan of
reorganization; and various other legacy issues. Except as specifically noted below, the
obligations under the Amended GSA and the Amended MRA are not conditioned on the effectiveness of
the Amended Plan.
Terms of GSA
In addition to establishing claims treatment, including specifying which claims survive and the
consideration to be paid by Delphi to GM in satisfaction of certain claims, the Amended GSA
addresses, among other things, commitments by Delphi and GM regarding post-retirement health care
benefits and employer-paid post-retirement basic life insurance benefits (OPEB), pension
obligations, and other GM contributions with respect to labor matters and releases.
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Subject to obtaining necessary union consents, Delphi is to cease providing hourly OPEB;
in addition, GM has agreed to assume financial responsibility for all Delphi traditional
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Subject to obtaining necessary union consents, Delphi is to freeze its Delphi
Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan (HRP), as provided in certain union settlement
agreements, and GMs Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan is to become responsible for the
benefits of certain participants in the HRP; |
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Subject to obtaining necessary union consents, Delphi is to transfer certain assets and
liabilities of the HRP to the GM Hourly-Rate Employee Pension Plan pursuant to section
414(l) of the Internal Revenue Code (the 414(l) Transfer). The 414(l) Transfer is to
occur in two separate steps. The Amended GSA provides that the first step of the 414(l)
transfer is to occur no later than September 29, 2008 and is to transfer liabilities
sufficient to avoid an accumulated funding deficiency for HRP plan year ending September
30, 2008 (which the Company estimates would be approximately $2.1 to $2.4 billion as of
September 30, 2008). The first step of the 414(l) Transfer is effective as of September
29, 2008. The second step of the 414(l) transfer which will occur upon the effectiveness
of a plan of reorganization (i) provides for the treatment of GMs claims and releases as
set forth in the Amended GSA and (ii) contains interpretive provisions required by the
Amended GSA regarding conflicts between such a plan and the Amended GSA and the Amended
MRA. The Company estimates that the second step of the 414(l) Transfer will transfer
approximately $1 billion in net HRP unfunded liabilities (but may increase or decrease
depending on, among other things, the performance of HRP assets); |
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With respect to GMs claims in the Companys chapter 11 proceedings, GM has agreed to
fix its general unsecured claim amount at $2.5 billion and to subordinate its recovery on
such claim until other general unsecured creditors have achieved a recovery of 20% of the
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Delphis trust preferred securities). Once Delphis other general unsecured creditors have
received a distribution of 20% of the allowed amount of their claims, if there is any
remaining value to be distributed, GM would receive a distribution on its general unsecured
claim until it has received a 20% distribution on such claim amount. Once GM has received a
20% distribution on its general unsecured claim, and if there is any remaining value to be
distributed, any additional distributions would be shared ratably between GM and Delphis
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GM is to receive an allowed administrative expense claim in the amount of $2.055
billion. As a basis for calculating the amount of GMs administrative claim, GM and Delphi
and certain of Delphis U.S. subsidiaries, which together with Delphi filed voluntary
petitions for reorganization relief under chapter 11 (the Debtors), agreed to fix the
administrative claim to the liabilities transferred to GM through the 414(l) Transfer. The
administrative claim would be allowed in two steps. Upon completion of the first step of
the 414(l) Transfer, GM is to receive a claim equivalent to 77.5% of the net unfunded
liabilities then transferred. Upon completion the second step of the 414(l) Transfer, GM
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In a chapter 11 reorganization in which Delphi emerges with its principal core
businesses, the plan of reorganization may, subject to certain conditions, satisfy GMs
administrative claim through the issuance of non-voting convertible preferred stock
(provided that (i) Delphis exit financing does not exceed
$3.0 billion (plus a revolving credit facility), (ii) no equity
securities are issued that are senior to or pari passu with GMs preferred stock, (iii) the
chapter 11 plan provides for the GM releases as described in the Amended GSA, and (iv) the
chapter 11 plan contains interpretive provisions required by the Amended GSA regarding
conflicts between such a plan and the Amended GSA and the Amended MRA). |
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If all conditions for the receipt by GM of the preferred stock described above are
satisfied, holders of general unsubordinated unsecured claims (other than holders of claims
arising from Delphis trust preferred securities) will receive pro rata distributions of
common stock in reorganized Delphi to the extent necessary to permit such holders to
receive 20% of their allowed general unsubordinated unsecured claims (which distributions
are dependent upon an agreed valuation formulation set forth in Section 4.04(c) of the
Amended GSA), and the distribution of non-voting convertible preferred stock to GM will be
reduced by a corresponding amount. In the event that total enterprise value set forth in
the plan of reorganization or disclosure statement (as subsequently modified hereafter)
exceeds $7.13 billion, Delphi and GM agree to work in good faith with the official
committee of unsecured creditors to establish a reasonable allocation of the value in
excess of $7.13 billion in light of the actual economic value of reorganized Delphi. |
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If any of the conditions to GMs acceptance of preferred stock in satisfaction of its
administrative claim are not satisfied or waived by GM, holders of general unsubordinated
unsecured claims (other than holders of claims arising from Delphis trust preferred
securities) will receive 50% of all distributions that would otherwise be made to GM on
account of its $2.055 billion administrative claim up to the amount necessary for such
holders to receive an aggregate distribution of up to $300 million (exclusive of any value
received as a result of such holders participation in any rights offering); |
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With respect to Delphis labor-related obligations, GM is to make significant
contributions to Delphi to fund various special attrition programs, consistent with the
provisions of the U.S. labor agreements; and |
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GM and certain related parties and Delphi and certain related parties have exchanged
broad, global releases, effective as of the effective date of the Amended GSA (which
releases do not apply to certain surviving claims as set forth in the Amended GSA). In
addition to providing a release to GM, the Company agreed to withdraw with prejudice the
sealed complaint (the GM Complaint) filed against GM in the Bankruptcy Court on October
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On September 26, 2008, Delphi received the consent of its labor unions to (i) cease providing
hourly OPEB and to have GM assume financial responsibility for all traditional Delphi hourly OPEB
liability from and after January 1, 2007; (ii) freeze the HRP, as provided in certain union
settlement agreements, and have GMs Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan become responsible for
certain costs related to the HRP; and (iii) complete the 414(l) Transfer (the Union Consents).
Upon receipt of the Union Consents the Amended GSA became effective and the first step of the
414(l) Transfer on September 29, 2008.
Terms of MRA
The Amended MRA is intended to govern certain aspects of Delphi and GMs commercial relationship
following Delphis emergence from chapter 11. The Amended MRA addresses, among other things, the
scope of GMs existing and future business awards to Delphi and related pricing agreements and
sourcing arrangements, GM commitments with respect to reimbursement of specified ongoing labor
costs, the disposition of certain Delphi facilities, and the treatment of existing agreements
between Delphi and GM. The Amended MRA became effective concurrent with the effectiveness of the
Amended GSA. GMs obligations under the Amended MRA will not be subject to termination until
December 31, 2015 (provided that certain obligations of GM with respect to legacy International
Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (the UAW)
employees would survive any such termination). Through the Amended MRA, Delphi and GM have agreed
to certain terms and conditions governing, among other things:
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The scope of existing business awards, related pricing agreements, and extensions of
certain existing supply agreements, including GMs ability to move production to
alternative suppliers, and reorganized Delphis rights to bid and qualify for new business
awards; |
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The Amended MRA eliminates GMs ability to receive price-downs and restricts GMs
ability to re-source products manufactured at core U.S. operations through at least
December 31, 2011 and Mexican operations through December 31, 2010; |
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GM has agreed to provide Delphi with Keep Site Facilitation Fee payments of $110
million annually in 2009 and 2010 which payments are not contingent on Delphis emergence
from chapter 11 and which are payable in quarterly installments; |
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GM and Delphi agreed to terms and conditions concerning the sale of certain of Delphis
non-core businesses and to additional terms and conditions if certain of Delphis
businesses and facilities are not sold or wound down by specified future dates (as set
forth in the Amended MRA); |
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GM and Delphi agreed to the treatment of certain contracts between Delphi and GM arising
from Delphis separation from GM and other contracts between Delphi and GM; |
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The Amended MRA accelerates GMs payment terms through 2011 upon (a) the effectiveness
of an agreement giving GM certain access rights to four of the Companys U.S plants in the
event that the reorganized Company experiences extreme financial
distress that would prevent Delphi from delivering parts at some point in the future and (b) the consummation of a
revised chapter 11 plan that (i) provides GM the consideration and releases under the
Amended GSA, (ii) contains interpretive provisions required by the Amended GSA regarding
conflicts between such a plan and the Amended GSA and the Amended MRA, and (iii) pursuant
to which Delphi emerges with substantially all of its core businesses; |
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GM has agreed to make significant, ongoing contributions to Delphi and reorganized
Delphi to reimburse the Company for labor costs in excess of $26 per hour, excluding
certain costs, including hourly pension and other postretirement benefit contributions
provided under the Supplemental Wage Agreement, at specified UAW manufacturing facilities
retained by Delphi; and |
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GM will assume financial responsibility to Delphi for all current and future workers
compensation, disability, supplemental unemployment benefits, and severance obligations
incurred by Delphi after January 1, 2009 in relation to all current and former
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B. Amendment to Advance Agreement with General Motors Corporation
As previously reported, on May 9, 2008, Delphi entered into an agreement (the Advance Agreement)
with GM whereby GM agreed to advance Delphi amounts anticipated to be paid following the
effectiveness of the GSA and the MRA. The original Advance Agreement had a maturity date of the
earlier of December 31, 2008, when $650 million has been paid under the GSA and MRA and the date on
which a plan of reorganization becomes effective. The original Advance Agreement provided for
availability of up to $650 million, as necessary for Delphi to maintain $500 million of liquidity,
as determined in accordance with the Advance Agreement. The amounts advanced accrue interest at
the same rate as the second priority term loan of the amended and restated DIP credit facility
entered into on May 9, 2008 (the Amended and Restated DIP Credit Facility) on a paid-in-kind
basis. The interest on the advances made through the effectiveness of the Amended GSA and Amended
MRA will be cancelled due to the effectiveness of the Amended GSA and Amended MRA, as more fully
described above. GM has received an administrative claim for its advances but those advances will
be set off against the Amended GSA and Amended MRA upon effectiveness of those agreements or any
remaining administrative claims in Delphis chapter 11 cases.
On September 26, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court granted Delphis motion to amend the Advance Agreement
to provide for an additional $300 million availability above the existing $650 million, as
necessary for Delphi to maintain $300 million of liquidity, as determined in accordance with the
amendment to the Advance Agreement signed on August 7, 2008. The amendment provides that the
outside maturity date with respect to the original $650 million may be extended in connection
with an extension of Delphis existing Amended and Restated DIP Credit Facility, if GM and Delphi
agree, to the earlier of June 30, 2009, and the termination of Delphis Amended and Restated DIP
Credit Facility, and that the maturity date with respect to the additional $300 million is the
earlier of December 31, 2008 (subject to potential extension through June 30, 2009, on the same
terms as apply to the original $650 million), such date as Delphi files any motion seeking to amend
its confirmed plan of reorganization in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to GM, the
termination of Delphis Amended and Restated DIP Credit Facility and such date as a plan of
reorganization becomes effective. The additional $300 million of advances is also conditioned upon
Delphi filing a plan of reorganization and related disclosure statement in form and substance
materially consistent Section 5 of the Amended GSA and Section 7.01 of the Amended MRA, and certain
other conditions. Any modifications to Delphi's confirmed plan of
reorganization that are materially consistent with the Amended GSA
and Amended MRA shall be deemed to be reasonably satisfactory to GM. Interest on advances above the original facility amount of $650 million will be
cancelled if certain conditions are met. The advances will remain administrative claims in
Delphis chapter 11 cases.
The foregoing description is qualified by the actual terms of the amended Advance Agreement, which
is attached to this document as Exhibit 99(a).
ITEM 2.03 CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET
ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT
As described more fully in Item 1.01 above, Delphi has obtained Bankruptcy Court approval to
increase the availability under the Advance Agreement with GM, dated as of May 9, 2008. On August
7, 2008, GM agreed to amend the Advance Agreement to provide for an additional $300 million
availability above the existing $650 million, as necessary for Delphi to maintain $300 million of
liquidity, as determined in accordance with the amendment to the Advance Agreement. For more
information on the terms of the amended Advance Agreement, see Item 1.01 above and Exhibit 99(a).
ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN
OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
A. Departure of Directors
Effective September 30, 2008, John D. Opie will retire from the Board of Directors (the Board) of
Delphi. Mr. Opie has served as a director of Delphi since its separation from GM in 1999 and as
Lead Independent Director since 2002. Craig G. Naylor, currently the Chairman of the Compensation
and Executive Development Committee and member of the Executive Committee of the Board, will
continue serving in such capacities and will assume the role of Lead Independent Director,
effective October 1, 2008. Mr. Opies decision to retire is not a result of a disagreement with
Delphi or with any of its operations, policies or practices.
B. Compensatory Arrangements
Retirement Programs
On September 23, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the Pension Order) authorizing the
modification of benefits under certain of Delphis hourly and salaried retirement programs, which
among other things, provides for the freeze of the current supplemental executive retirement
program and the adoption of the amended Delphi Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement
Program (the DB SERP) and the amended Delphi Corporation Salaried Retirement Equalization Savings
Program (the SRESP). Currently, it is expected that eligible participants will include the
Companys approximately 420 U.S. executives, including its principal executive officer, principal
financial officer, other executive officers and chief accounting officer/controller.
The DB SERP is an unfunded, nonqualified defined benefit plan that provides a benefit coordinated
with the Delphi Retirement Program for Salaried Employees (the SRP), a tax-qualified defined
benefit pension plan. The purpose of the DB SERP is to assure that eligible retiring salaried
executive employees of the Company are eligible to receive an overall level of retirement benefits
that are competitive with the outside market. The DB SERP will be effective on October 1, 2008, but
benefits under the DB SERP will not become vested or first payable until the consummation of the
Companys plan of reorganization (the Emergence Date). The Company administers the DB SERP
separately and distinctly from the SRP.
The DB SERP is closed to new participants as of October 1, 2008. Benefits under the DB SERP will be
frozen based solely on service accrued before such time and no new benefits will accrue under the
DB SERP. Participants will continue to be credited service following October 1, 2008 solely for
eligibility purposes (i.e., permitting participants to grow in to retirement eligibility). To be
eligible to receive a benefit under the DB SERP, an executive employee must (1) be a regular
executive employee at retirement, death or onset of disability, (2) have at least ten years of
service, (3) have attained 55 years of age and (4) be an employee as of the Emergence Date. Delphi,
in its sole discretion, may waive the fourth condition for an
employee who voluntarily separates on or after October 1, 2008 and before the Emergence Date.
However, in no event will any participant receive a DB SERP distribution prior to the Emergence
Date. For a period of two years following separation from employment, any retired executive
employee entitled to receive a benefit under the DB SERP may not compete with the Company, without
the Companys consent.
An executive employee will be entitled to a DB SERP benefit if he or she is involuntarily separated
from service without cause (or if he or she has entered into an employment agreement with the
Company, leaves for good reason (as defined in an applicable employment agreement)) on or after
the Emergence Date and has at least five years of service with the Company. In such cases, payment
of the benefit will then be deferred until the first day of the first month following the executive
employees 55th birthday.
Benefits under the DB SERP are paid under either the Regular Formula or the Alternative Formula.
The Regular Formula provides a benefit equal to 2% of the executive employees average monthly base
salary multiplied by the executive employees total years of SRP Part B and Part C service less the
sum of (i) the unreduced monthly SRP pension benefits to which the executive employee is entitled,
(ii) 2% multiplied by the maximum allowable social security benefit multiplied by the total of the
executives SRP Part A and Part C service as of October 1, 2008 and (iii) the value of any benefits
received under the prior supplemental executive retirement plan which will be frozen as of
September 30, 2008. The Alternative Formula provides a benefit equal to 1.5% of the executive
employees average monthly base salary plus average monthly annual incentive compensation
multiplied by the executive employees total years of SRP Part B and Part C service as of October
1, 2008 (capped at 35 years) less the sum of (i) the unreduced monthly SRP benefits to which the
executive employee is entitled, (ii) the maximum allowable social security benefit and (iii) the
value of any benefits received under the prior supplemental executive retirement plan which will be
frozen as of September 30, 2008. However calculated, benefit amounts will be reduced for early
retirement before age 62. As of October 1, 2008, no additional years of credited service or base
salary increases will be used in the calculation of the benefit under the DB SERP.
Benefits under the DB SERP are paid as a five-year monthly annuity beginning on the latest of (A)
the first day of the month at least 15 days after the employees separation from service, except
that distributions to specified employees (as defined under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the Code)) will not be made before a date that is six (6) months after
the specified employees separation from service (B) the first day of the first month following the
employees 55th birthday, or (C) the first day of the month following the Emergence Date. Death
benefits are paid in a lump sum to the spouse and/or beneficiary of an executive employee who was
eligible for benefits under the plan at the time of his or her death. The benefit will be paid to
the surviving spouse and/or beneficiary on the later of the first day of the month following the
date the deceased executive employee would have attained age 55 or the first day of the month
following the Emergence Date. If following the Emergence Date, an executive employee receiving his
or her monthly benefit subsequently dies before receiving all 60 monthly payments, then the
remaining benefits will be paid in a lump sum to the spouse and/or beneficiary. Benefits under the
DB SERP may be reduced by any amounts owed by the employee to the Company.
The Company may amend, modify, suspend, or terminate the DB SERP at any time, except that no
amendment, modification, suspension or termination may be made without the written consent of the
executive employee if such action would adversely affect any accrued DB SERP benefit.
A copy of the DB SERP is attached as Exhibit 99(b) to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is
incorporated herein by this reference.
The SRESP is a funded, non-qualified defined contribution plan that will replace the Companys
pre-existing supplemental retirement programs and will be maintained primarily for the purpose of
providing deferred compensation to certain executives, managers and other highly-compensated
employees of the Company. The purpose of this program is to supplement the Companys tax-qualified
defined contribution savings plan (the Delphi Savings-Stock Purchase Program which has been renamed
to the Delphi Salaried Retirement Savings Program) and allow participant contributions, Company
non-elective contributions and matching contributions to be made into a nonqualified defined
contribution savings plan in situations where legal limitations under the tax-qualified defined
contribution savings plan have been reached. The SRESP will be effective on the Emergence Date.
A participant is always 100% vested in the amounts credited to his or her account that are
attributable to his or her deferrals. Matching contributions will equal 50% of a participants
deferrals, not to exceed 7% of his or her compensation. Participants who have at least 25 years of
continuous length of service as of September 30, 2008 will receive matching contributions, for a
five-year period (from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2013), equal to 50% of his or her
deferrals not to exceed 9% of compensation. In addition, for eligible participants, Delphi will
calculate and contribute on a one-time basis a Company non-elective contribution and a matching
contribution for the period between October 1, 2008 and the Emergence Date, as
long as the participant is employed by Delphi as of the Emergence Date, and with respect to the
matching contribution, as long as the participant contributes his or her deferral on an after-tax
basis for such interim period.
Distributions from a participants account will be made according to elections, made or deemed made
by, the participant, except that distributions to specified employees (as defined under Section
409A of the Code) will not be made before a date that is six months after the specified employees
separation from service. A participant may elect to receive his or her vested account upon a
separation from service or on a specified date, which amount will be distributed, in either case,
in a single lump sum. Upon death, the vested account will be distributed in a single lump sum.
The Company reserves the right to amend the plan, except that no amendment can directly or
indirectly deprive any current or former participant or beneficiary of all or any portion of his
account which had accrued prior to the amendment. In addition, the Company may terminate the plan
if all substantially similar arrangements are terminated, no payments (except required payments)
are made within 12 months after termination, all payments are made within 24 months after
termination, and the employer does not adopt a new substantially similar arrangement within five
years following termination.
A copy of the SRESP and its adoption agreement are attached as Exhibit 99(c) to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference.
Short-Term At Risk Performance Payment Program
On September 26, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court entered a final order (the Supplemental Order)
granting the motion of the Debtors, to continue the Short-Term At Risk Performance Payment Program
(the Program) for the six-month period running from July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 (the
Performance Period) under substantially the same terms and conditions outlined in the order
authorizing the Debtors to implement an annual incentive plan for the first half of 2008, as
disclosed in Form 8-K filed on March 25, 2008, with new corporate and divisional targets for the
Performance Period. The performance targets are subject to certain adjustments on a
dollar-for-dollar basis to reflect any positive or negative variance between the assumptions
underlying the Debtors forecasted financial results for the Performance Period and the terms of
the agreements reached with Delphis labor unions and GM. In addition, adjustments can be made for
the divestitures of the assets of the steering and halfshaft businesses (the Steering Business).
However, should Delphi emerge from chapter 11 proceedings during the Performance Period, the
post-emergence Compensation Committee would have the authority to make adjustments to the targets
in order to preserve the incentive features of the plan. In the event Delphi does not emerge from
chapter 11 on or before February 13, 2009, the Compensation Committee may make adjustments to the
plan that it believes are in the best interests of Delphi so as to preserve the incentive features
of the plan and/or preserve human capital in light of then extant circumstances and events. In
addition, the unsecured creditors may review and reasonably object to certain adjustments made
during the Performance Period in the event Delphi does not emerge from chapter 11 on or before
February 13, 2009. The Program applies to approximately 420 individuals holding executive
positions with Delphi or one of its affiliated Debtors in the U.S. during the Performance Period,
including Delphis President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and each other
named executive officer. The Program authorized by the Supplemental Order would pay approximately
$19.5 million for the achievement of target levels of performance and has a maximum payout of $36.1
million. An annual incentive plan mirroring the Program continues to apply to approximately 110
individuals holding executive positions at non-Debtor subsidiaries of Delphi. The foregoing
description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Supplemental Order, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99(d).
ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
In accordance with the Pension Order, Delphi will freeze the accrual of benefits as of September
30, 2008 under the following defined benefit plans: the Delphi Retirement Program for Salaried
Employees, the Delphi Mechatronic Systems Retirement Program, the ASEC Manufacturing Retirement
Program, the Packard-Hughes Interconnect Non-Bargaining Retirement Plan and the current
supplemental executive retirement plan. Participants under these plans will continue to be
credited service for each month worked following September 30, 2008 solely for retirement
eligibility purposes (i.e., permitting employees to grow in to retirement eligibility). In
addition, Delphi will implement under their tax-qualified defined contribution plan, the Delphi
Salaried Retirement Savings Program for salaried employees, the following: (i) a non-elective
direct contribution by Delphi to each eligible employees account equal to 4% of the employees
eligible compensation and (ii) a matching contribution equal to $.50 for every dollar the employee
contributes up to 7% of eligible compensation (for employees with continuous length of service of
25 years or more, up to 9% of eligible compensation for the period starting October 1, 2008 through
September 30, 2013).
With respect to the union employees, the Pension Order authorizes the freeze, in whole or in part,
of the HRP following union consent at a date mutually agreed upon between Delphi and the unions and
in accordance with applicable laws. Upon
the HRP freeze, certain participants in the HRP would be eligible for enhanced contributions to the
existing defined contribution pension plan and the individual retirement plan provisions (i.e., the
cash balance benefits) of the HRP.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed as part of this report.
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99(a)
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Agreement between Delphi Corporation and General Motors
Corporation dated as of August 7, 2008 |
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99(b)
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Delphi Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Program |
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99(c)
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Delphi Corporation Salaried Retirement Equalization Savings Program |
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99(d)
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Supplemental Order |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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DELPHI CORPORATION
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(Registrant) |
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Date: September 29, 2008
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By:
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/s/ JOHN D. SHEEHAN |
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John D. Sheehan,
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Vice President and Chief Restructuring Officer |
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