BorgWarner Commences Private Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation for Delphi Technologies' Outstanding 5.00% Senior Notes Due 2025

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) ("BorgWarner") announced today, in connection with its previously announced proposed acquisition of Delphi Technologies PLC ("Delphi Technologies") in an all-stock transaction (the "Transaction"), that it is commencing a private exchange offer (the "Exchange Offer") and related consent solicitation (the "Consent Solicitation") with respect to Delphi Technologies' outstanding 5.00% Senior Notes due 2025 listed in the table below (the "DT Notes").

Pursuant to the Exchange Offer, BorgWarner is offering to issue, in a private offering to eligible noteholders, and for the consideration set forth in the table below, new notes (the "BorgWarner Notes") in exchange for any and all (to the extent held by eligible holders) of the approximately $800 million aggregate principal amount of the DT Notes.  In addition, pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, BorgWarner is soliciting consents from the eligible noteholders to amend the DT Notes and the related indenture under which they were issued (as supplemented, the "DT Indenture").

The Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation is being made upon the terms and conditions set forth in an offer to exchange and consent solicitation statement dated September 2, 2020 (the "Offering Memorandum"), copies of which will be made available to holders of the DT Notes eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer.  The Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 1, 2020, unless such date is extended or earlier terminated (such date and time, as they may be extended, the "Expiration Date").  Tendered DT Notes may not be withdrawn and consents may not be revoked after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 16, 2020, except as required by applicable law.  BorgWarner reserves the right to terminate, withdraw, amend or extend the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation in its discretion, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum, each eligible noteholder exchanging DT Notes in the Exchange Offer will be eligible to receive, in exchange for the DT Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, BorgWarner Notes having the same interest payment and maturity dates, interest rate and redemption provisions as the DT Notes.  Eligible holders who validly tender and do not validly withdraw their tendered DT Notes by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 16, 2020 (such date and time, as they may be extended, the "Early Tender Deadline") will be eligible to receive, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum, BorgWarner Notes in the same principal amount as the DT Notes tendered therefor plus cash consideration of $1.00 per $1,000 principal amount of DT Notes tendered (the "Cash Consideration").  Eligible noteholders who validly tender their DT Notes after the Early Tender Deadline but on or prior to the Expiration Date will be eligible to receive $970 principal amount of the BorgWarner Notes per $1,000 principal amount of DT Notes validly tendered, but not the Cash Consideration (the "Exchange Consideration").  Settlement of the Exchange Offer is expected to occur on or about October 5, 2020, unless BorgWarner extends the Expiration Date or terminates the Exchange Offer.  Interest on the BorgWarner Notes will accrue from (and including) the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the DT notes, and, accordingly, no accrued interest will be paid on the settlement date in respect of DT Notes accepted for exchange, except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum with respect to cash paid in lieu of BorgWarner Notes not delivered.

The BorgWarner Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  If the principal amount of BorgWarner Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline that would otherwise be required to be delivered in exchange for a tender of DT Notes would not equal $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, it will be rounded down to $2,000 or the nearest integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, and BorgWarner will pay cash equal to the remaining portion of the Exchange Consideration for such DT Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest with respect to that portion.  No tender of DT Notes will be accepted if it would result in the issuance of less than $2,000 principal amount of BorgWarner Notes. 

BorgWarner's obligation to accept and exchange the DT Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, including the consummation of the Transaction, which is expected to occur in 2020. BorgWarner may generally waive any such condition, in its sole discretion, at any time with respect to the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation but may not waive the condition that the Transaction shall have been consummated.  The Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation are not conditioned upon the tender of any minimum aggregate principal amount of the DT Notes or the receipt of the requisite consents in the Consent Solicitation. The Transaction is not conditioned upon the commencement or completion of the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation.

In the Consent Solicitation, BorgWarner is soliciting the consents of the eligible holders to amend the DT Notes and the DT Indenture to eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and events of default, other than payment-related events of default and an event of default regarding a guarantor's consolidation, merger or transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its assets, and to eliminate the covenant relating to a change of control triggering event in respect of Delphi Technologies. Consents of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the DT Notes, voting as a single class, must be obtained for the amendments to the DT Notes and the DT Indenture to be effective.  Holders validly tendering their DT Notes will be deemed to have delivered consents to the proposed amendments with respect to such tendered DT Notes.  Holders will not be permitted to tender their DT Notes without delivering consents or to deliver consents without tendering their DT Notes.

This press release is issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  This press release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the BorgWarner Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, such an offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.  The Exchange Offer has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction.  The BorgWarner Notes will be issued in reliance upon exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, registration under the Securities Act.  The BorgWarner Notes will be offered for exchange only (i) to qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act in reliance on the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and (ii) outside the United States to persons other than U.S. persons (each as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act) in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act.  The BorgWarner Notes may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.

The Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation are being made only pursuant to the Offering Memorandum.  The Offering Memorandum and other documents relating to the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation will be distributed only to holders who confirm that they are within the categories of eligible participants in the Exchange Offer.  None of BorgWarner, Delphi Technologies, their respective directors or officers, the dealer managers and solicitation agents, the exchange agent, the information agent, the trustee for the BorgWarner Notes or the DT Notes, their respective affiliates, or any other person is making any recommendation as to whether holders should tender their DT Notes in the Exchange Offer.

Holders who desire a copy of the eligibility letter should contact Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the information agent for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, at (866) 470-3800 (U.S. Toll-free).  Banks and brokers should call (212) 430-3774.  The eligibility letter may also be found here: https://gbsc-usa.com/eligibility/bwa.  Global Bondholder Services Corporation will also provide copies of the Offering Memorandum to eligible holders.

This press release, the Offering Memorandum and any other offering material relating to the Exchange Offer are not being made, and have not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, this press release, the Offering Memorandum and any other offering material relating to the Exchange Offer are only being distributed to and are only directed at: (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of investment professionals as defined within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Order") or (iii) high net worth entities and other persons who fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to for purposes of this paragraph as "relevant persons"). The BorgWarner Notes will only be available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the Offering Memorandum or any of its contents and may not participate in the Exchange Offer.

The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation are set forth in the Offering Memorandum.  The Exchange Offer is only being made pursuant to the Offering Memorandum.  The Exchange Offer is not being made to holders of DT Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.  The DT Notes have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offering Memorandum.

BorgWarner is a global product leader in clean and efficient technology solutions for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles. With manufacturing and technical facilities in 67 locations in 19 countries, BorgWarner employs approximately 29,000 worldwide.

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