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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share Based Compensation Restricted Stock Units Performance Awards Weighting | Each executive will receive between 0% and 200% of his or her target performance-based award based on the Company’s performance against established company-wide performance metrics, which are:
Metric | 2014 Grant |  |  | 2013 Grant |  |  | 2012 Grant
Average return on net assets (1) | 50 | % |  |  | 50 | % |  |  | 50 | %
Cumulative net income | N/A |  |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | 30 | %
Cumulative earnings per share (2) | 30 | % |  |  | 30 | % |  |  | N/A |
Relative total shareholder return (3) | 20 | % |  |  | 20 | % |  |  | 20 | %
(1) | Average return on net assets is measured by tax-affected operating income divided by average net working capital plus average net property, plant and equipment for each calendar year during the respective performance period.
(2) | Cumulative earnings per share is measured by net income attributable to Delphi divided by the weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding for the respective three-year performance period.
(3) | Relative total shareholder return is measured by comparing the average closing price per share of the Company’s ordinary shares for all available trading days in the fourth quarter of the end of the performance period to the average closing price per share of the Company’s ordinary shares for all available trading days in the fourth quarter of the year preceding the grant, including dividends, and assessed against a comparable measure of competitor and peer group companies.
Schedule of Share-based Compensation Restricted Stock Units Award Activity | A summary of activity, including award grants, vesting and forfeitures is provided below:
| RSUs |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
| (in thousands) |  |
Outstanding, January 1, 2014 | 2,918 |  |  | $ | 36.55 |
Granted | 823 |  |  | 67.92 |
Vested | (405 | ) |  | 35.52 |
Forfeited | (166 | ) |  | 40.88 |
Outstanding, September 30, 2014 | 3,170 |  |  | 44.59 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average grant date fair value for restricted stock units that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, and the number of restricted stock units that were granted, vested, or forfeited during the year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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