Friday, July 6, 2007
Motorola Inc. said it expects to take a $101 million charge in the second quarter for the expenses related to its previously announced job cut.
The company has been cutting jobs in an effort to reduce costs as it lost market share to rivals such as market leader Nokia in recent quarters due to a lack of advanced phones and competitive pricing.
Motorola, which on May 30 revealed plans for additional job cuts of 4,000 on top of 3,500 previously announced cuts, had said it would take restructuring charges of $300 million, or 8 cents per share, for the rest of 2007 due to the cuts.
It said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had taken "specific actions" in the second quarter that would affect 2,100 employees. It did not elaborate on those actions.
Motorola said that $115 million in related charges were slightly offset by $14 million in reversals for accruals from prior periods that were not longer needed, bringing the net amount to $101 million.
The majority of employees affected by the job cuts are in the United States, Germany and Canada and in all three of Motorola's business units.
By: DocMemory
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