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Exhibit 99(a)

SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT TO ACCOMMODATION AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of July 21, 2009, and effective as of the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), among DELPHI CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), a debtor and debtor-in-possession in a case pending under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and the subsidiaries of the Borrower signatory hereto (each a “Guarantor” and collectively the “Guarantors”), each of which Guarantors is a debtor and debtor-in-possession in a case pending under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Lenders party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders (or in the case of the Accommodation Agreement, certain Lenders), the Administrative Agent and Citicorp USA, Inc., as Syndication Agent, are parties to (a) that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2008 (as the same has been and may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) and (b) that certain Accommodation Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2008 (as the same has been and may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Accommodation Agreement”); unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein that is defined in the Accommodation Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Accommodation Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Guarantors desire to modify the Accommodation Agreement as provided herein;

WHEREAS, the Required First Priority Participant Lenders, the Required Total Participant Lenders and the Required Lenders have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to modify the Accommodation Agreement in response to the Borrower’s request as set forth below;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Amendments to Accommodation Agreement. The Accommodation Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a) The definition of “Accommodation Period” in Section 1(b) of the Accommodation Agreement is hereby amended by (x) deleting the date “July 21, 2009” in clause (i) thereof and replacing it with “July 24, 2009” and (y) deleting the dates “July 22, 2009” and “July 21, 2009” in clause (iv) thereof and replacing them with “July 25, 2009” and “July 24, 2009” respectively.

(b) Section 3(g) of the Accommodation Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the date “July 21, 2009” and replacing it with “July 24, 2009”.

(c) Section 3(m) of the Accommodation Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the dates “July 21, 2009” and “July 20, 2009” in clause (i) thereof and replacing them with “July 24, 2009” and “July 23, 2009” respectively.

2. Representation and Warranty. The Borrower and the Guarantors hereby represent and warrant that (i) all representations and warranties in the Accommodation Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date and (ii) no Event of Default (other than a Specified Default) has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof.

3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Effective Date”) on which each of the following shall have occurred and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of such occurrence:

(i) this Amendment shall have been executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Required First Priority Participant Lenders, the Required Total Participant Lenders and the Required Lenders;

(ii) immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, no Event of Default (other than a Specified Default) shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(iii) the Borrower shall have paid all invoiced expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment and other matters relating to the Loan Documents in accordance with Section 10.05 of the Credit Agreement, and all invoiced expenses of the Lenders payable pursuant to any expense side letters entered into with the Borrower (as such expense side letters are amended, supplemented or modified), to the extent such side letters have been approved by the Bankruptcy Court.

4. Release. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in consideration of the Agents’ and the execution of this Amendment by the Participant Lenders that executed and delivered this Amendment (together with any such Participant Lender’s successors and assigns, the “Amendment Participant Lenders”), the Borrower and the Guarantors each, on behalf of itself and each of its successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any receiver or trustee, collectively, the “Releasors”), does hereby forever release, discharge and acquit the Agents, each Amendment Participant Lender and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliate corporations or partnerships, and their respective officers, directors, partners, trustees, shareholders, agents, attorneys and employees, and their respective successors, heirs and assigns, in the case of each of the foregoing solely in their capacities as such (collectively, the “Releasees”) of and from any and all claims, demands, liabilities, rights, responsibilities, disputes, causes of action (whether at law or equity), indebtedness and obligations (collectively, “Claims”), of every type, kind, nature, description or character, and irrespective of how, why or by reason of what facts, whether such Claims have heretofore arisen, are now existing or hereafter arise, or which could, might, or may be claimed to exist, of whatever kind or name, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, each as though fully set forth herein at length, which in any way arise out of, are connected with or in

any way relate to actions or omissions which occurred on or prior to the date hereof with respect to the Obligations, this Amendment, the Accommodation Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. This Section 4 shall survive (i) the expiration or termination of the Accommodation Period, of the Accommodation Agreement and of this Amendment and (ii) the termination of the Credit Agreement, the payment in full of all Obligations and the termination of all Commitments.

5. Miscellaneous.

(a) Except to the extent hereby amended, each Loan Party hereby affirms that the terms of the other Loan Documents (i) secure, and shall continue to secure, and (ii) guarantee, and shall continue to guarantee, in each case, the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and acknowledges and agrees that each Loan Document is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and affirmed in all respects.

(b) The Borrower agrees that its obligations set forth in Section 10.05 of the Credit Agreement shall extend to the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of special counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers.

(c) No Person other than the parties hereto and any other Participant Lender, and, in the case of Section 4 hereof, the Releasees, shall have any rights hereunder or be entitled to rely on this Amendment, and all third-party beneficiary rights (other than the rights of the Releasees under Section 4 hereof and any other Participant Lender) are hereby expressly disclaimed.

(d) The parties hereto hereby agree that Section 8 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment and each other Loan Document and all actions taken or not taken by the Administrative Agent or any Participant Lender contemplated hereby.

(e) Nothing in this Amendment shall be deemed, asserted or construed to impair or prejudice the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Participant Lenders to appear and be heard on any issue, or to object to any relief sought, in the Bankruptcy Court, except to the extent that such actions would constitute a breach of the Administrative Agent’s or any Participant Lender’s obligations under the Accommodation Agreement.

(f) Any provision of this Amendment held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(g) Section headings used herein are for convenience only and are not to affect the construction of or be taken into consideration in interpreting this Amendment.

(h) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but

one and the same instrument. A facsimile or .pdf copy of a counterpart signature page shall serve as the functional equivalent of a manually executed copy for all purposes.

(i) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND (TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE) THE BANKRUPTCY CODE.

(j) EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE GUARANTORS, THE AGENTS AND EACH PARTICIPANT LENDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and the year first written.


BORROWER DELPHI CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


GUARANTORS: DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (HOLDING), INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	President

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GLOBAL (HOLDING), INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	President

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RISK MANAGEMENT CORP., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President & Treasurer


DELPHI FOREIGN SALES CORPORATION, a Virgin Islands corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Controller

DELPHI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	President

DELPHI LIQUIDATION HOLDING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	President

DELPHI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	President

DELPHI NY HOLDING CORPORATION, a New York corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	President


ASPIRE, INC., a Michigan corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President

DELPHI CHINA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Tax Officer

DELPHI DIESEL SYSTEMS CORP., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Tax Officer

DELPHI INTEGRATED SERVICE SOLUTIONS, INC., a Michigan corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President

SPECIALTY ELECTRONICS, INC., a South Carolina corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Tax Officer


SPECIALTY ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD., a Virgin Islands corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Tax Officer

PACKARD XXXXXX INTERCONNECT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Tax Officer

ENVIRONMENTAL CATALYSTS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Tax Officer


DREAL, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Tax Officer


ASEC MANUFACTURING, a Delaware general partnership
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer

ASEC SALES, a Delaware general partnership
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer

DELCO ELECTRONICS OVERSEAS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Assistant Treasurer

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS KOREA, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer & President

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS HUMAN RESOURCES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Vice President & Treasurer


DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS OVERSEAS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS TENNESSEE, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer

DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS THAILAND, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer


DELPHI CONNECTION SYSTEMS, a California corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer

DELPHI ELECTRONICS (HOLDING) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Assistant Treasurer

DELPHI INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

DELPHI MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer

DELPHI SERVICES HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Treasurer


EXHAUST SYSTEMS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Assistant Treasurer


DELPHI MEDICAL SYSTEMS COLORADO CORPORATION, a Colorado corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Assistant Treasurer

DELPHI MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Assistant Treasurer

DELPHI MEDICAL SYSTEMS TEXAS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Assistant Treasurer


DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxx
	Title:	Vice President and Treasurer

Signature page for the Seventeenth Amendment to the Accommodation Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2009 among Delphi Corporation and the lenders party thereto


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