EX-99.4 5 ex99-4.txt LETTER AGREEMENT August 3, 2007 Pardus DPH Holding LLC 590 Madison Ave. Suite 25E New York, NY 10022 Delphi Corporation 5725 Delphi Drive Troy, Michigan 48098 Ladies and Gentlemen: Reference is made to that certain Equity Purchase and Commitment Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of the date hereof, by and among A-D Acquisition Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, Harbinger Del-Auto Investment Company, Ltd., an exempted company formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, UBS Securities LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, Goldman Sachs & Co., a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of New York and Pardus DPH Holding LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Investor"), on the one hand, and Delphi Corporation, a Delaware corporation (as a debtor-in-possession and a reorganized debtor, as applicable, the "Company"), on the other hand. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement. This letter will confirm the commitment of Pardus Special Opportunities Master Fund L.P. ("Pardus"), to provide or cause to be provided funds (the "Funds") to the Investor in an amount up to $342,650,000, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Funds to be provided by or on behalf of Pardus to the Investor will be used to provide the financing for the Investor (i) to purchase the Investor Shares pursuant to the Agreement (the "Purchase Obligation") and (ii) to satisfy the Investor's other obligations under the Agreement, if any; provided, however, that the aggregate liability of Pardus under the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) shall under no circumstances exceed the Cap (as defined below). Pardus shall not be liable to fund to the Investor any amounts hereunder (other than to fund the Purchase Obligation), unless and until, any party to the Agreement, other than the Company, commits a willful breach of the Agreement. For purposes of this letter agreement, the "Cap" shall mean $33,593,000. Our commitment to fund the Investor's Purchase Obligation is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in writing by Pardus and the Investor, of all of the conditions, if any, to the Investor's obligations at such time contained in the Agreement. Notwithstanding any other term or condition of this letter agreement, (i) under no circumstances shall the liability of Pardus hereunder or for breach of this letter agreement exceed, in the aggregate, the Cap for any reason, (ii) under no circumstances shall Pardus be Delphi Corporation August 3, 2007 Page 2 liable for punitive damages and (iii) the liability of Pardus shall be limited to monetary damages only. There is no express or implied intention to benefit any person or entity not party hereto and nothing contained in this letter agreement is intended, nor shall anything herein be construed, to confer any rights, legal or equitable, in any person or entity other than the Investor and the Company. Subject to the terms and conditions of this letter agreement, the Company shall have the right to assert its rights hereunder directly against Pardus. The terms and conditions of this letter agreement may be amended, modified or terminated only in a writing signed by all of the parties hereto. The obligations of Pardus hereunder may not be assigned, except its obligations to provide the Funds may be assigned to one or more of its affiliated funds or managed accounts affiliated with Pardus, provided that such assignment will not relieve Pardus of its obligations under this letter agreement. This commitment will be effective upon the Investor's acceptance of the terms and conditions of this letter agreement (by signing below) and the execution of the Agreement by the Company and will expire on the earliest to occur of (i) the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, and (ii) termination of the Agreement in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that in the event that the Agreement is terminated, the obligations of Pardus hereunder to provide funds to the Investor to fund the Investor's obligations under the Agreement on account of any willful breach of the Agreement for which the Investor would be liable shall survive; provided further, that the Company shall provide Pardus with written notice within 90 days after the termination of the Agreement of any claim that a willful breach of the Agreement has occurred for which the Investor would be liable and if the Company fails to timely provide such notice then all of the obligations of Pardus hereunder shall terminate, this letter agreement shall expire and any claims hereunder shall forever be barred. Upon the termination or expiration of this letter agreement, all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate and there shall be no liability on the part of any party hereto. Pardus hereby represents and warrants as follows: (a) Pardus is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. (b) Pardus has the requisite limited partnership power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this letter agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and all necessary action required for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance by it of this letter agreement has been taken. (c) This letter agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Pardus and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. (d) Pardus has, and will have on the Closing Date, available funding necessary to provide the Funds in accordance with this letter agreement. -2- Delphi Corporation August 3, 2007 Page 3 No director, officer, employee, partner, member or direct or indirect holder of any equity interests or securities of Pardus, or any of its affiliated funds or managed accounts, and no director, officer, employee, partner or member of any such persons other than any general partner (collectively, the "Party Affiliates") shall have any liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever in connection with or under this letter or the transactions contemplated hereby, and each party hereto hereby waives and releases all claims against such Party Affiliates related to such liability or obligation. This letter agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof). PARDUS, THE INVESTOR AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND VENUE IN, THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS. This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and same instrument. * * * * Sincerely, PARDUS SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND L.P. By: Pardus Capital Management L.P., its Investment Manager By: Pardus Capital Management LLC, its general partner By: /s/ Joseph Thornton ------------------------------- Name: Joseph Thornton Title: -3- Delphi Corporation August 3, 2007 Page 4 Agreed to and accepted as of the date first above written: PARDUS DPH HOLDING LLC By: /s/ Joseph Thornton --------------------------------------- Name: Joseph Thornton Title: DELPHI CORPORATION By: /s/ David M. Sherbin --------------------------------------- Name: David M. Sherbin Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer -4-