secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PHINIA INC. (PHIN)
CIK:        0001968915
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001968915-25-000059
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 1.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

PHINIA settles tax dispute with BorgWarner, records $39M loss in Q3 2025
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- PHINIA to pay BorgWarner $78M total: $31M in Q4 2025, $21M in Q1 2026, $26M as refunds received.
- BorgWarner to pay PHINIA ~$7M in Q4 2025 for pre-spin corporate income tax reimbursement.
- PHINIA expects up to ~$29M cash from R&D credits by end of 2026 under amended Tax Matters Agreement.
- PHINIA records ~$39M Q3 2025 loss for settlement; plans to exclude as a separation-related charge.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1968915/000196891525000059/0001968915-25-000059-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1968915/000196891525000059/phin-20251015.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001968915-25-000059

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