BORGWARNER INC
S-8, 2000-04-27
MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2000
                                          Registration No. 333-

                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
                            ---------------------------
                                      Form S-8
                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                       Under
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                                   BORGWARNER INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in the charter)
       Delaware                                        13-3404508
(State of Incorporation)                     (IRS Employer Identification No.)
                             200 South Michigan Avenue
                              Chicago, Illinois 60604
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
                         ----------------------------------
       BORG-WARNER AUTOMOTIVE DIVERSIFIED TRANSMISSION PRODUCTS CORPORATION,
      MUNCIE PLANT LOCAL 287 RETIREMENT INVESTMENT PLAN AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
                              (Full title of the plan)

                             LAURENE H. HORISZNY, ESQ.
                                   BorgWarner Inc.
                             200 South Michigan Avenue
                              Chicago, Illinois 60604
                                   (312) 322-8500
             (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)


                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Titles of        Amount         Proposed maximum Proposed maxi-
securities       to be          offering price   mum aggregate  Amount of
to be registered registered     per share (1)    offering price registration fee
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock      150,000 shares $40.875          $6,131,250     $1,618.65
($.01 par value)(2)
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(1) Computed pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee and not as a representation as to any actual
proposed price. This amount is based on the average of the high and low prices
of such Common Stock on April 25, 2000 on the consolidated reporting system.

(2) Pursuant to Rule 416 (c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

The contents of Registration Statement Nos. 33-92860, 333-67133 and 333-85295 on
Form S-8 are incorporated herein by reference.

                                      PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.   EXHIBITS.

     (5.1) Opinion of Laurene H. Horiszny, Vice President, General Counsel and
           Secretary of the Company.

     (23.1)Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

     (23.2)Consent of Laurene H. Horiszny (included as part of exhibit (5)).

     (24.1)Power of Attorney.


SIGNATURES

     THE REGISTRANT.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Chicago, Illinois on April 26, 2000.

                                   BORGWARNER INC.


                                   By: /s/JOHN F. FIEDLER
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                   JOHN F. FIEDLER
                                   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in their
capacities on April 26, 2000.

SIGNATURE                TITLE

/s/JOHN F. FIEDLER       Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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JOHN F. FIEDLER

/s/ LAWRENCE B. SKATOFF  Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
- ------------------------ (Principal Financial Officer)
LAWRENCE B. SKATOFF

/s/ WILLIAM C. CLINE     Vice President and Controller
- ------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer)
WILLIAM C. CLINE

*                        Director
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JOHN RAU

*                        Director
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ALEXIS P. MICHAS

*                        Director
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PAUL E. GLASKE

*                        Director
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WILLIAM E. BUTLER

*                        Director
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IVAN W. GORR

*                        Director
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ANDREW F. BRIMMER

*                        Director
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JERE A. DRUMMOND

*                        Director
- ------------------------
PHYLLIS O. BONANNO

/s/ JOHN F. FIEDLER  As attorney-in-fact for directors marked by an asterisk.
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JOHN F. FIEDLER

     THE PLAN.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, The
Retirement Savings Plan Committee as Administrator of the Retirement Investment
Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Chicago, Illinois on April 26,
2000.

BORG-WARNER AUTOMOTIVE DIVERSIFIED TRANSMISSION PRODUCTS CORPORATION,
MUNCIE PLANT LOCAL 287 RETIREMENT INVESTMENT PLAN AS AMENDED AND RESTATED


By:

/s/ WILLIAM C. CLINE
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WILLIAM C. CLINE
Member of the Retirement Savings Plan Committee as Administrator

/s/GERALDINE KINSELLA
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GERALDINE KINSELLA
Member of the Retirement Savings Plan Committee as Administrator

/s/REGIS J. TRENDA
- ----------------------
REGIS J. TRENDA
Member of the Retirement Savings Plan Committee as Administrator


<PAGE>
                                   EXHIBIT INDEX

(5.1) Opinion of Laurene H. Horiszny, Vice President, General Counsel and
      Secretary of the Company.

(23.1)Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

(23.2)Consent of Laurene H. Horiszny (included as part of exhibit (5)).

(24.1)Power of Attorney.















April 26, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549

Gentlemen:

I have acted as counsel to BorgWarner Inc. (the "Company") in connection with
its Registration Statements on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating
to 1,525,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share
("Common Stock"), to be issued under the (i) Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.
Retirement Savings Plan as Amended and Restated, (ii) Borg-Warner Automotive
Diversified Transmission Products Corporation, Muncie plant Local 287 Retirement
Investment Plan as Amended and Restated, (iii) Borg-Warner Automotive Air/Fluid
Systems Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, (iv) Ithaca Retirement Savings
plan, (v) Borg-Warner Automotive Turbo Systems Corporation Retirement Savings
Plan and (vi) Borg-Warner Automotive Cooling Systems Corporation Retirement
Savings Plan (the "Plans").  In the course thereof, I or attorneys acting under
my supervision and control have reviewed such documents and have made such
investigation of law as I have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions
expressed below.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, I am
of the opinion that:

1.   All necessary corporate action with respect to the authorization of the
shares of Common Stock under the Plans has been taken by the Company.

2.   Such shares of Common Stock, when issued under the Plan, will be legally
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

3.   Under the laws of the State of Delaware and the laws of the State of
Illinois, the jurisdiction where the Company's principal executive offices are
located, no holder of shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan is or will be
subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.

I express no opinion as to, or the effect of applicability of, any laws other
than the laws of the State of Illinois, the General Corporation Law of Delaware
and the federal laws of the United States.  This opinion is limited to the
specific issues addressed and is limited in all respects to laws and facts
existing on the date hereof.

I hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statements and to the use of my name therein.


Yours sincerely,


/s/ Laurene H. Horiszny
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Laurene H. Horiszny


                           INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT




We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
BorgWarner Inc. on Form S-8 relating to the Borg-Warner Automotive Diversified
Transmission Products Corporation, Muncie Plant Local 287 Retirement Investment
Plan as Amended and Restated of our report dated February 2, 2000, incorporated
by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of BorgWarner Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1999.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
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DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Chicago, Illinois
April 26, 2000














April 26, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549

Gentlemen:

I have acted as counsel to BorgWarner Inc. (the "Company") in connection with
its Registration Statements on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating
to 1,525,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share
("Common Stock"), to be issued under the (i) Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.
Retirement Savings Plan as Amended and Restated, (ii) Borg-Warner Automotive
Diversified Transmission Products Corporation, Muncie plant Local 287 Retirement
Investment Plan as Amended and Restated, (iii) Borg-Warner Automotive Air/Fluid
Systems Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, (iv) Ithaca Retirement Savings
plan, (v) Borg-Warner Automotive Turbo Systems Corporation Retirement Savings
Plan and (vi) Borg-Warner Automotive Cooling Systems Corporation Retirement
Savings Plan (the "Plans").  In the course thereof, I or attorneys acting under
my supervision and control have reviewed such documents and have made such
investigation of law as I have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions
expressed below.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, I am
of the opinion that:

1.   All necessary corporate action with respect to the authorization of the
shares of Common Stock under the Plans has been taken by the Company.

2.   Such shares of Common Stock, when issued under the Plan, will be legally
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

3.   Under the laws of the State of Delaware and the laws of the State of
Illinois, the jurisdiction where the Company's principal executive offices are
located, no holder of shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan is or will be
subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.

I express no opinion as to, or the effect of applicability of, any laws other
than the laws of the State of Illinois, the General Corporation Law of Delaware
and the federal laws of the United States.  This opinion is limited to the
specific issues addressed and is limited in all respects to laws and facts
existing on the date hereof.

I hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statements and to the use of my name therein.


Yours sincerely,


/s/ Laurene H. Horiszny
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Laurene H. Horiszny




                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY




The undersigned directors of BorgWarner Inc. (the "Corporation")hereby appoint
John F. Fiedler as their true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power for
and on their behalf to execute, in their names and capacities as directors of
the Corporation, and to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on behalf of the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, any and all Registration Statements (including any and all amendments
or post-effective amendments thereto) relating to the (i) Borg-Warner
Automotive, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan as Amended and Restated, (ii) Borg-
Warner Automotive Diversified Transmission Products Corporation, Muncie plant
Local 287 Retirement Investment Plan as Amended and Restated, (iii) Borg-Warner
Automotive Air/Fluid Systems Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, (iv) Ithaca
Retirement Savings plan, (v) Borg-Warner Automotive Turbo Systems Corporation
Retirement Savings Plan and (vi) Borg-Warner Automotive Cooling Systems
Corporation Retirement Savings Plan.

This Power of Attorney automatically ends upon the termination of Mr. Fiedler's
service with the Corporation.

In witness whereof, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney on this
26th day of April, 2000.


/s/ Jere A. Drummond                    /s/ Andrew F. Brimmer
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JERE A. DRUMMOND                        ANDREW F. BRIMMER

/s/ Ivan W. Gorr                        /s/ William E. Butler
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IVAN W. GORR                            WILLIAM E. BUTLER

/s/ Paul E. Glaske                      /s/ John Rau
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PAUL E. GLASKE                          JOHN RAU

/s/ Alexis P. Michas                    /s/ Phyllis O. Bonanno
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ALEXIS P. MICHAS                        PHYLLIS O. BONANNO







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