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爱立信警告可能被罚款在伊拉克丑闻,报告利润下滑
爱立信公布第一季度调整后的营业利润下降11%至47亿瑞典克朗(合5亿美元)。它伤害了9500万美元提供其在俄罗斯的无限期暂停营业的入侵乌克兰。
STOCKHOLMLP:瑞典电信设备提供者爱立信周四表示,美国监管机构可能会被罚款的处理伊拉克的贿赂调查和报告季度获利下滑由于其在俄罗斯暂停营业。
公司2月份透露,一项内部调查发现它可能使支付伊拉克伊斯兰国家激进组织——不端行为表示“开始至少早在2011年”。
爱立信股价周四早盘重挫7%,将股票的损失因为丑闻爆发的消息到30%左右。乐动扑克
爱立信公布第一季度调整后的营业利润下降11%至47亿瑞典克朗(合5亿美元)。它伤害了9500万美元提供其在俄罗斯的无限期暂停营业的入侵乌克兰。
与苹果(aapl . o:行情)和正在进行的专利诉讼推迟10亿皇冠年度软件合同的更新当前季度也拖累了结果。
但营收增长11%,至551亿克朗对5 g电信设备的需求更高,超过533.6亿克朗的估计。
罚款将在2019年10亿美元的罚款支付给美国司法部在若干国家贿赂案件的解决。当时,爱立信还同意的监督监管机构三年了。
“罚款,在我们看来,最好的爱立信能指望,更糟糕的是场景最近讨论的市场,“马德斯Rosendal说,丹麦银行(Danske Bank)信贷分析师的研究。
爱立信表示,在俄罗斯无限期暂停业务
“在最近的事件和欧盟制裁,现在公司将无限期暂停其在俄罗斯的影响与客户的业务。爱立信是与客户和合作伙伴关于无限期搁置,受影响的业务,”该公司在一份声明中说。
市场猜测可能的处罚范围从对公司的制裁禁止销售在美国对爱立信高管采取法律行动。
爱立信也花大量增加库存的关键部分面对全球芯片短缺。
“我们看到某些重要组件需要额外的注意……我们决定投资于一些至关重要的组件的缓冲库存,”首席财务官卡尔melland说道。
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STOCKHOLMLP: Swedish telecom equipment<\/a> provider Ericsson<\/a> said on Thursday it would likely be fined by U.S. regulators for its handling of a bribery investigation in Iraq and reported a slide in quarterly earnings due to its suspension of business in Russia.
The company disclosed in February that an internal investigation had found it may have made payments to the Islamic State militant group in Iraq - misconduct it said \"started at least back in 2011\".
Shares in Ericsson tumbled 7% in early Thursday trade, bringing the stock's losses since news of the scandal broke to around 30%.
<\/div><\/div>The U.S. Department of Justice could take a range of actions, it said. These \"may likely include additional monetary payments,\" Chief Executive Borje Ekholm<\/a> said in a statement, adding that the company could not reliably estimate the size of the fine.
Ericsson reported an 11% drop in adjusted operating earnings for the first quarter to 4.7 billion Swedish crowns ($500 million). It was hurt by a $95 million provision for its indefinite suspension of business in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.
Ongoing patent litigation with Apple Inc and a delay in the renewal of a 1 billion crown annual software contract to the current quarter also weighed on the results.
But revenue rose 11% to 55.1 billion crowns on higher demand for 5G telecom equipment, beating estimates of 53.36 billion crowns.
A fine would come on top of a $1 billion fine paid to the DOJ in 2019 to settle bribery cases in several countries. At the time, Ericsson also agreed to supervision by the regulators for three years.
\"A fine is, in our view, the best Ericsson can hope for, as much worse scenarios have been discussed in the market recently,\" said Mads Rosendal, analyst at Danske Bank Credit Research.
Ericsson reported an 11% drop in adjusted operating earnings for the first quarter to 4.7 billion Swedish crowns ($500 million). It was hurt by a $95 million provision for its indefinite suspension of business in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.
Ongoing patent litigation with Apple Inc and a delay in the renewal of a 1 billion crown annual software contract to the current quarter also weighed on the results.
But revenue rose 11% to 55.1 billion crowns on higher demand for 5G telecom equipment, beating estimates of 53.36 billion crowns.
A fine would come on top of a $1 billion fine paid to the DOJ in 2019 to settle bribery cases in several countries. At the time, Ericsson also agreed to supervision by the regulators for three years.
\"A fine is, in our view, the best Ericsson can hope for, as much worse scenarios have been discussed in the market recently,\" said Mads Rosendal, analyst at Danske Bank Credit Research.