---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000908255-23-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWA"
cik: "0000908255"
company_name: "BORGWARNER INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T15:07:27.563957+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BorgWarner names Ericson CEO, Gropp CFO of spin-off PHINIA; completion expected late 2023

## Summary
- Brady Ericson to serve as PHINIA President and CEO; Chris Gropp as EVP and CFO after spin-off completion.
- Spin-off of Fuel Systems and Aftermarket segments to be named 'PHINIA Inc.'; target completion late 2023.
- Ericson has been BorgWarner VP and President/GM of Fuel Systems and Aftermarket since March 2022.
- Gropp has been VP of Finance for Fuel Systems and Aftermarket since Oct 2020; 22 years at BorgWarner.
- PHINIA expected to be a product leader in fuel systems, starters, alternators, and aftermarket distribution.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000908255-23-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWA
- cik: 0000908255
- company_name: BORGWARNER INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908255/000090825523000015/0000908255-23-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908255/000090825523000015/bwa-20230208.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908255-23-000015
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908255-23-000015.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908255-23-000015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brady D. Ericson was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of PHINIA at BORGWARNER INC.
  - Action: will serve as
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer of PHINIA
  source text: Brady D. Ericson, Vice President of the Company and President and General Manager of the Company’s Fuel Systems and Aftermarket segments, will serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of PHINIA upon the completion of the Spin-Off.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908255/000090825523000015/0000908255-23-000015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brady D. Ericson departed as Vice President and President and General Manager of Fuel Systems and Aftermarket segments at BORGWARNER INC.
  - Action: will no longer hold his positions
  - Role: Vice President and President and General Manager of Fuel Systems and Aftermarket segments
  source text: he will no longer hold his positions with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908255/000090825523000015/0000908255-23-000015-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.