UNITED
STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K



CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  

 
July
11, 2005 

(Date of earliest event reported)  

 
BORGWARNER
INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 




 
  
  
  
  
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction

  of incorporation) 
  
  
  
001-12162 

  (Commission File Number)
  
  
  
13-3404508

  (IRS Employer 

  Identification No.)
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
 
  
  
  3850 Hamlin Road,  Auburn Hills,  Michigan  

  (Address of principal executive offices)
  
  
  
48326

  (Zip Code)
  
 




(248)
754-9200 

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)  
    
[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) 

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


 
Not
Applicable 

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)  

 
 

 Item
8.01 Other Events. 

 
On July 8, 2005, BorgWarner Inc. (the
"Company") announced that it and other defendants, including the Company's
subsidiary Kuhlman Corporation ("Kuhlman"), entered into a settlement
regarding approximately 90% of claims related to previously disclosed alleged environmental
contamination from a Kuhlman Electric Corporation ("KEC") plant site
in Crystal Springs, Mississippi.  The alleged contamination
related to activities that predate the Company's purchase of Kuhlman, the
former parent of KEC.  In exchange for,
among other things, the dismissal with prejudice of these lawsuits, the
defendants agreed to pay a total sum of up to $39 million in settlement
funds.   The actual amount paid in the
settlement funds will depend upon the number of plaintiffs who opt-out of the settlement.
The settlement will be paid in three approximately
equal installments in the third and fourth quarters of 2005 and the first
quarter of 2006. 

 
The press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.  

 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. 

 
 
  
  
 (c) 
  
  
  
The following exhibit is included with this
  report:
  
 




 Exhibit
99.1 Press release dated July 8, 2005.  

 






 

 

 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 thereunto duly authorized. 


 
  
  
   
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
      BORGWARNER INC.

  

  

         By: /s/ Vincent M. Lichtenberger

                Vincent
  M. Lichtenberger 
  
              Assistant Secretary
  
 
 
  
  
   
  
  
  

  
  
  
   
  
 




 

  

 Date:
July 11, 2005