CONTINGENCIES
In the normal course of business, the Company is party to various commercial and legal claims, actions and complaints, including matters involving warranty claims, intellectual property claims, governmental investigations and related proceedings, including relating to alleged or actual violations of vehicle emissions standards, general liability and various other risks.
It is not possible to predict with certainty whether or not the Company will ultimately be successful in any of these commercial and legal matters or, if not, what the impact might be. The Company records accruals for outstanding legal matters when it believes it is probable that a loss will be incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company evaluates, on a quarterly basis, developments in commercial and legal matters that could affect the amount of any accrual and developments that would make a loss contingency both probable and reasonably estimable. If a loss contingency is not both probable and reasonably estimable, the Company does not establish an accrued liability. The Company’s management does not expect that an adverse outcome in any of these commercial and legal claims, actions and complaints that are currently pending will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows. An adverse outcome could, nonetheless, be material to the results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
BorgWarner Dispute
On October 15, 2025, the Company entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with the Former Parent to resolve previously disclosed claims asserted by the Former Parent against the Company, and counterclaims asserted by the Company against the Former Parent, in Delaware Superior Court related to payments and other obligations under the Tax Matters Agreement. The Settlement Agreement provides for, among other things, the Company to make payments to the Former Parent pursuant to the following schedule: an initial payment of $31 million, which was made in the fourth quarter of 2025, a second payment of $21 million, which was made in the first quarter of 2026, and a third and final payment of $26 million to be made over the course of 2026 as the Company receives refunds related to certain indirect tax payments prior to the Spin-Off from various tax
authorities. The Company expects that a substantial portion of these payments will be funded through the refunds obtained by the Company from tax authorities that relate to the indirect tax payments made prior to the Spin-Off, with the remaining portion of the payments to be funded with available liquidity. The Company recorded a $39 million loss in the year ended December 31, 2025 in connection with the settlement, representing the aggregate amount of the payments to be made to the Former Parent less the amount the Company had previously recorded for the matter.
In addition, the Settlement Agreement required the Former Parent to pay to the Company approximately $7 million, which was received in the fourth quarter of 2025, related to the reimbursement of certain pre-Spin-Off corporate income taxes. The Settlement Agreement also provides for the release of certain other claims asserted by the Former Parent against the Company.
In connection with the Settlement Agreement, the Company and the Former Parent also entered into an amendment to the Tax Matters Agreement to provide for, among other things, clarification of the Former Parent’s responsibility for certain pre-Spin-Off tax liabilities and the Company’s ability to obtain and use the benefit of certain pre-Spin-Off credits and other offsets. Although the credits remain subject to completion of necessary filings and governmental approvals, the Company believes these credits can result in the Company receiving up to approximately $29 million in cash.