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Borg-Warner Automotive Files Registration Statement For Dividend Reinvestment Plan

14 July 1997

Borg-Warner Automotive Files Registration Statement For Dividend Reinvestment Plan

    CHICAGO, July 14 -- Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.
announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission covering a dividend reinvestment and stock purchase
plan.
    Common stock needed to meet the requirements of the plan will either be
purchased in the open market or issued directly by the company and in each
case will be priced in accordance with the formula set forth in the prospectus
included in the registration statement.
    Initially, common stock will be purchased in the open market.  Five
hundred thousand shares of common stock are being registered.
    Chicago-based Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. is a leading supplier of highly
engineered components and systems, primarily for automotive drivetrain
applications.  The company operates manufacturing facilities in 12 countries
serving the North American, European and Asian automotive markets.

SOURCE  Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.