マイクロソフトがスマートフォン・ハードウエア部門の縮小計画を発表

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【レドモンド（米ワシントン州）2016年5月25日PR Newswire＝共同通信JBN】マイクロソフト（Microsoft Corp.）は25日、最大1850人に影響がでる同社のスマートフォン・ハードウエア部門の縮小計画を発表した。同社は約9億5000万ドルの減損・リストラ費用を計上するが、そのうちの約2億ドルは退職金関連となる。

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マイクロソフトのサティア・ナデラ最高経営責任者（CEO）は「われわれはセキュリティー、当社の管理容易性・継続性能力、さらに同じ価値観を有する顧客を尊重する事業によって、当社の電話事業を差別化できる分野に専念している。われわれは今後も、デバイスおよびモバイルプラットフォームにおけるクラウドサービスの革新を継続していく」と語った。

マイクロソフトは、今回の縮小計画によってフィンランドのMicrosoft Mobile Oyで最大1350人のほかに、世界で最大500人の人員を削減すると予測している。エスポーにあるマイクロソフトの販売子会社Microsoft Oyで働く雇員は削減計画には含まれていない。

この結果、マイクロソフトはこれら電話関係の決定に関連したMore Parsonal Computing部門の資産減損処理の費用を2016会計年度第4四半期に計上する。

この日の発表に伴う措置は実質的には年内に終了し、同社の次期会計年度が終了する2017年7月までにはすべて完了する。

今回の費用に関する情報は、2016年7月19日発表予定のマイクロソフトの第4四半期売上高発表、およびForm 10-Kにのっとった同社の2016年年次報告を参照。

マイクロソフト（Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft）はモバイルファースト、クラウドファーストの世界向けプラットフォームおよびプロダクティビティーをリードする企業で、そのミッションは世界のすべての人、すべての組織がより多くを達成できるように支援することである。

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Microsoft announces streamlining of smartphone hardware business

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REDMOND, Washington, May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced plans to streamline the company's

smartphone hardware business, which will impact up to 1,850 jobs. As a result,

the company will record an impairment and restructuring charge of approximately

$950 million, of which approximately $200 million will relate to severance

payments.

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"We are focusing our phone efforts where we have differentiation - with

enterprises that value security, manageability and our Continuum capability,

and consumers who value the same," said Satya Nadella, chief executive officer

of Microsoft. "We will continue to innovate across devices and on our cloud

services across all mobile platforms."

Microsoft anticipates this will result in the reduction of up to 1,350 jobs at

Microsoft Mobile Oy in Finland, as well as up to 500 additional jobs globally.

Employees working for Microsoft Oy, a separate Microsoft sales subsidiary based

in Espoo, are not in scope for the planned reductions.

As a result of the action, Microsoft will record a charge in the fourth quarter

of fiscal 2016 for the impairment of assets in its More Personal Computing

segment, related to these phone decisions.

The actions associated with today's announcement are expected to be

substantially complete by the end of the calendar year and fully completed by

July 2017, the end of the company's next fiscal year.

More information about these charges will be provided in Microsoft's

fourth-quarter earnings announcement on July 19, 2016, and in the company's

2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower

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