Eric at Delphi Automotive

Managing a conflict of interest

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Dennis Bratland (talk) 20:52, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you and question

Dennis...thank you for your note and counsel.

Just so you know, I had no intention of doing any edits beyond factual statements we file with the SEC for financial, employee and location data. I did copy/paste from the SEC document to ensure accuracy, but will key in the data for the future. I did add from the SEC 10-K filing the history on emerging from bankruptcy to provide information only as to the emergence that occurred in 2011, also in the SEC filing. Additionally, our CEO and Chairman of the Board changed on March 1, 2015 and would like to update this information, as well.

I do understand why you reverted the changes, as neutrality is important, but I would like to go back in an add the financial data and update leadership. I feel data filed and accepted by the SEC is factual and does come from a neutral point of view.

Please advise best course to get this information updated.

Additionally, the page on our former CEO, Rodney O'Neal, should be updated to reflect he is no longer CEO.

Wikipedia is a wonderful tool and would like to ensure it has the latest information for your readers and those interested in Delphi.

Thank you.

Eric

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Dennis...Thanks. I will read source information you provided for copying this weekend. I will also search for business press for the bankruptcy and officer changes to cite. Is it preferred for the financial data to also find business press or is the 10-K filing adequate for this?

Proposed Delphi Automotive page changes

Dennis...I read through the Copyright piece this morning. I was thinking 10-k was public domain, but won't treat it as such. I have gone through the areas I would like to see updated and found new sources. Just want to make sure this fine. The changes are:

Side Bar: Change John A. Krol to Rajiv L.Gupta Change Rodney O'Neal to Kevin P. Clark

Operating income: $ 17.02 billion Net income: $ 1.35 billion Total assets: $ 10.75 billion Total equity: 3.01 billion Number of employees: 127,000

Change opening paragraph: Change employee numbers only...

Delphi Automotive PLC is an automotive parts manufacturing company headquartered in Gillingham, Kent, UK. It is one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers and has approximately 127,000 employees, of whom around 5,000 are in the United States.

Change "Senior management" section:

On March 1, 2015, John A. Krol stepped down as Chairman of the Board and was replaced by Rajiv L. Gupta, who has been a director since 2009. Additionally, Rodney O'Neal retired as president and CEO, replaced by Kevin P. Clark. Clark was also added to the Board of Directors on this date.

On November 4, 2009, Delphi named a new board with John A. Krol as the chairman.

Rodney O'Neal was the president and chief executive officer at the time.

Start "Delphi emerges from bankruptcy" section

After being in Bankruptcy for four years, Delphi emerged from Chapter 11 in October 2009 as a privately held company.

In 2011, Delphi Automotive began trading after six years from originally filing for bankruptcy protection, closing at $21.33 a share on its first day of trading.

Is this how it's preferred? Thanks. Eric