TOKYO, April 25 — Nissan Motor sees a record net loss of 700 billion yen to 750 billion yen (RM21 billion to RM22 billion) for the financial year that ended in March, it said yesterday, due to impairment charges as the struggling automaker restructures.
That compares with a previous forecast for a loss of 80 billion yen. It would be the company's largest ever loss and comes as new CEO Ivan Espinosa attempts to turn around Japan's third largest automaker, which is cutting jobs, reducing capacity and closing plants.
Nissan booked impairments of more than 500 billion yen in North America, Latin America, Europe and Japan after reviewing production assets with additional restructuring costs to total more than 60 billion yen.
"We are taking the prudent step to revise our full-year outlook, reflecting a thorough review of our performance and the carrying value of production assets," Espinosa, who took the helm this month, said in a statement.
Nissan and Honda ended merger talks to forge a US$60 billion (RM260 billion) car company in February. The deal broke apart due to Honda's proposal to make Nissan a subsidiary, sources have said.
Nissan said it will forego a dividend for the full year, and will report its earnings on May 13.
— Reuters
