Corporate reforms designed to extract shareholder value are at risk of being delayed but not derailed, even as trade tariffs prompt near-term obstacles, market experts told FA.
Nissan is expecting a net loss of ¥80bn for the current fiscal year as the Japanese giant moves ahead with ¥400bn of cost savings, including reducing global capacity by 20%, with progress already made in China.
The all-share privatisation offer will cost the Chinese carmaker $4 billion based on the mid-point of its own valuation, and precedes a planned listing of Guangzhou Auto in Hong Kong.