Delphi Announces Potential Amendments to Plan of Reorganization, Investment Agreement and GM Settlement

Market Wire, November, 2007

Delphi Corp. (PINKSHEETS: DPHIQ) announced that it has reached agreement with General Motors Corp. and its Plan Investors on amendments to its Joint Plan of Reorganization, Global Settlement Agreement and Master Restructuring Agreement between Delphi and GM, and the Investment Agreement with Delphi's Plan Investors led by an affiliate of Appaloosa Management L.P. Delphi expects to file these proposed amendments today in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York as revisions to the appendices to the Company's Disclosure Statement. Conforming potential amendments to Delphi's Disclosure Statement will be filed no later than Nov. 16, 2007.

These filings are being made in accordance with a scheduling order entered by the Bankruptcy Court last week, which provides for the resumption on Nov. 29, 2007 of the Disclosure Statement hearing commenced in Oct. 2007. Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Court's order, the filings may be further amended by the Company on Nov. 28 and remain subject to approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Appaloosa and all of the other Plan Investors have delivered a fully executed bid letter to the Company in connection with the revised Investment Agreement amendment. The effectiveness of the amendment is subject to various conditions including Appaloosa being reasonably satisfied with any changes to the Disclosure Statement when the proposed amendments are filed later this week.

"Today's filings, which have been agreed upon by GM and all of our Plan Investors, are the cornerstones of a plan of reorganization that we believe can be achieved during this challenging capital markets environment," said John Sheehan, Delphi vice president and chief restructuring officer. "We have agreed to very focused potential amendments to our reorganization plan which continues to provide for full recoveries for unsecured creditors at plan value as well as fair consideration for Delphi's equity holders."

As with Delphi's Oct. 29 filing, these potential amendments reflect current market conditions, commensurate changes to the Company's emergence capital structure and form of plan currency contemplated for stakeholder distributions, an effective reduction of less than five percent in plan value to reflect macroeconomic and industry conditions and uncertainties and reductions in stakeholder distributions to some junior creditors and interest holders. Further, the potential amendments reflect changes required by Delphi's Plan Investors to obtain their endorsement of the Plan, the Company's settlements with GM and its U.S. labor unions, the Company's emergence business plan and related agreements.

The potential amendments being filed by the Company today include the following changes to the Plan Investors' direct investment and certain stakeholder recoveries:

 

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