Sharp lost $ 1.5 billion in fiscal year: Fuji Yasunari Kawabata′s "fill"-sharp, Hon Hai, Foxconn-IT information
Operation of troubled, debt-ridden Japan sharp, about China and Taiwan′s Hon Hai Group (city, said Foxconn) signed a merger agreement. The end date of the fiscal year on March 31, 2015 is the sharp, sharp was officially announced, expected 2015 fiscal year loss of $ 1.5 billion, instead of the originally forecast earnings. Apparently, the new owner, Hon Hai will face challenges to fill the loss of hole.
According to a Nikkei report, March 31, sharp officially announced that in fiscal year 2015 forecast operating losses amount to 170 billion yen, the equivalent of $ 1.5 billion.
In contrast, sharp initially projected fiscal 2015 to achieve 80 billion yen (equivalent to US $ 700 million) in operating profit, it would be good to 2014 fiscal year of 48 billion yen loss. Then last October, sharp changes performance expectations, operating profit down to 10 billion yen.
It was reported that sharp in the first quarter and the entire fiscal year operating performance is not up to expectations, which affected the company and Sharpe′s takeover negotiations. Other than poor performance, sharp also cropped up more than 3 billion dollars in potential liabilities. Affected by this, presumably for final cost of US $ 3.5 billion to buy sharp, was nearly $ 900 million less than previously. Hon Hai gained sharp two-thirds stake and holding one position.
In the past few years, Sharpe has been in trouble. In areas such as home appliances, LCD Panel, sharp face competition from many companies, while Sharpe had been with large debts. In 2012, Sharpe stands on the brink of bankruptcy, Hon Hai and Sharpe talks, hoping to inject a stake, but due to the sharp plunge, when both sides failed to achieve cooperation.
Although Mr Gou himself very coveted sharp′s LCD Panel technology, planned technology transfers to mainland China and Taiwan area in Hon Hai′s LCD Panel factory, but analysts widely believe that Hon Hai will bear a huge financial burden.
Hon Hai is the world′s largest consumer electronics factories, but its business has also suffered a series of problems, such as competitive Foundry market, and labor costs are rising in China.
According to data released on Wednesday, in 2015, Hon Hai′s operating profit increased 15%, equivalent to us $ 5.1 billion, sales revenues increased by only 6%. Fourth-quarter profits plunged 14% per cent, sales revenue fell 5%.
It is learnt that, due to the slowdown in global Smartphone, since last December, Apple mobile phone OEM orders for the Hon Hai has fallen.
Apple also planned a new phone with OLED screen, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Samsung contact, plans to be the suppliers of screen, sharp has also begun to develop OLED screen, Hon Hai after the deal is completed, Hon Hai, and sharp, and Korea enterprises iPhone OLED screen orders.
Hon Hai will face sharp OLED research and development in the future, to inject more resources.
Earlier, sharp management said, the company has a OLED technology, but due to the sharp performance worse the past few years, which led to sharp without funding research, accumulate the mass production of OLED screen technology.
On Wednesday, sharp head Qiao XING San sent a message to employees, he said Hon Hai to buy after sharp, which will have two international alliance between the consumer electronics giants, have important consequences for the industry.
Media pointed out that the sharp′s future prospects, is whether its use of Hon Hai′s financial transfusion, an effective restructuring of show business, to enhance their competitiveness.
Hon Hai to buy sharp, is Japan′s first large electronics companies overseas merger and acquisition events. It also shows that, in the electronics industry′s troubled background, Japan Government and the electronics industry have been abandoned for a long time, "closed" business strategy.
夏普财年亏损15亿美元：富士康成“填坑侠” - 夏普,鸿海,富士康 - IT资讯
经营陷入困境、债台高筑的日本夏普，即将和中国台湾鸿海集团（大陆所称富士康）签署并购协议。3月31日是夏普2015财年的结束日，夏普官方宣布，预期2015财年亏损15亿美元，而不是最初预测的盈利。显然，新东家鸿海将面临填补亏损大坑的挑战。
据日经新闻报道，3月31日，夏普官方宣布，2015财年初步预测的运营亏损额度为1700亿日元，相当于15亿美元。
作为对比，夏普最初预测2015财年能够实现800亿日元（相当于7亿美元）的运营利润，这将好于2014财年480亿日元的亏损。随后在去年十月份，夏普修改业绩预期，运营利润降低到了100亿日元。
据报道，夏普今年第一季度乃至整个财年经营业绩未达预期，这影响到了鸿海和夏普的收购谈判。除了业绩糟糕之外，夏普还冒出了30多亿美元的潜在债务。受此影响，鸿海最终收购夏普的成本为35亿美元，比原先减少了将近9亿美元。鸿海仍然如愿获得了夏普三分之二的股权以及控股人地位。
在过去几年中，夏普的经营一直陷入困境。在家电、液晶面板等领域，夏普面临许多企业的竞争，与此同时夏普一直背负巨额债务。2012年，夏普已经站在了破产的悬崖边，鸿海和夏普展开谈判，希望能够注资入股，不过由于夏普股价大跌，双方当年未能够达成合作。
虽然郭台铭本人十分垂涎夏普的液晶面板技术，计划将技术转移到中国大陆和台湾地区的鸿海液晶面板工厂中，不过分析师普遍认为，鸿海将背负起一个巨大的财务包袱。
鸿海虽然是全世界最大的消费电子代工厂，但是其自身经营也遭遇了一系列问题，比如代工市场竞争激烈，以及中国的劳动力成本正在攀升。
根据本周三发布的数据，2015年，鸿海的运营利润增长了15%，相当于51亿美元，销售收入只增长了6%。另外去年第四季度的利润，同比大跌了14%，销售收入也下跌了5%。
据悉，由于全球智能手机增速放缓，从去年12月以来，鸿海获得的苹果手机代工订单也在下滑。
苹果公司计划在未来的新手机中使用OLED屏幕，目前三星电子、LG电子已经和三星接洽，计划成为屏幕供应商，夏普内部也已经开始研发OLED屏幕，在鸿海收购交易完成之后，鸿海和夏普在内，将能够和韩国企业争夺苹果手机OLED屏幕订单。
未来鸿海也会面向夏普的OLED研发，注入更多资源。
此前，夏普管理层表示，公司拥有OLED相关的技术，但是由于过去几年夏普经营业绩糟糕，这导致夏普没有资金研发、积累有关OLED屏幕大规模量产的成熟技术。
本周三，夏普掌门人高桥兴三给员工发出了邮件，他表示鸿海收购夏普之后，这将会产生两家国际性消费电子巨头之间的联盟，给整个行业带来重要影响。
媒体指出，夏普未来的前途，在于其是否能够利用鸿海的资金输血，对显示业务进行有效的重组，提升其竞争力。
鸿海收购夏普，也是日本历史上第一次发生大型电子公司被海外并购事件。这也表明，在电子行业陷入困境的大背景下，日本政府和电子行业已经放弃了长期以来“闭关锁国”的经营策略。