2021-05-27

JVCKENWOOD Records 1,504 Mio Yen on Zetron Deal

Source: The Critical Communications Review | Gert Jan Wolf editor

While maintaining transactions with Zetron as a partner for communication command & control systems/equipment, the Company will continue to expand the system solution business in the Communications Systems Business as a growth strategy.

This week JVCKENWOOD officially recorded Gain on Sale of Subsidiary. JVCKENWOOD Corporation entered into an agreement to transfer all shares of Zetron, Inc. (“Zetron”), a U.S. company engaged in the development, production and sales of communication command & control systems/equipment, to Codan Limited in Australia, as announced on April 1, 2021 in the "Transfer of Shares of Subsidiary." The transaction was completed on May 7, 2021.

As a result, the Company will record a gain on the sale of the subsidiary of 1,504 million yen (estimated) on a consolidated basis. The gain on the sale of the subsidiary has been incorporated into the consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March, 2022, which was announced on April 27, 2021.

While maintaining transactions with Zetron as a partner for communication command & control systems/equipment, the Company will continue to expand the system solution business in the Communications Systems Business as a growth strategy.