Volkswagen, Northvolt's top shareholder, has significantly written down its 21 per cent stake in the Swedish battery cells maker that filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States last week, two people familiar with the matter said.
据路透社报道，两名知情人士表示，Northvolt的最大股东大众汽车(Volkswagen)已大幅减记了其持有的前者21%的股份。上周，Northvolt在美国申请了破产保护。
Several of Northvolt's top shareholders have been cutting or reviewing the value of their holdings in the firm, which has kept missing production targets as an expected boom in electric vehicle demand has failed to materialise in Europe.
Northvolt的几个大股东一直在削减或评估他们在该公司的持股价值。事实上，电动汽车需求的预期的繁荣并未在欧洲实现，Northvolt一直未能实现生产目标。
The writedowns at Volkswagen were done throughout the current financial year, the people said, without giving the stake's current value.
知情人士说，大众汽车的减记是在当前财年完成。不过，知情人士并未给出股份的当前价值。
At the end of 2023, Volkswagen reported the book value of its shareholding in the Swedish firm at 693 million euros ($726 million), down nearly a quarter from a year earlier.
2023年年底，大众报告公布了其在Northvolt的持股的账面价值为6.93亿欧元(折算为7.26亿美元)，比一年前下降了近1/4。
That value dropped dramatically over the course of 2024, the people said. They declined to be identified because the information is confidential.
知情人士称，上述价值在2024年期间急剧下降。由于此消息属于机密，因而知情人士拒绝透露身份。
Volkswagen expects an operating profit margin of 5.6 per cent and net cash flow in the automobile division of 2 billion euros in 2024.
大众预计，2024年汽车部门的营业利润率为5.6%，而净现金流为20亿欧元。
Volkswagen declined to comment on the writedowns, reiterating that it would not make any statements on the impact Northvolt's filing will have on the company.
对于减记，大众拒绝置评，并重申不会就Northvolt的破产申请对大众的影响发表任何声明。
The Financial Times on Saturday reported that funds managed by Goldman Sachs, Northvolt's second-largest shareholder with a 19.2 per cent stake, would write off their $900 million stake in Northvolt to zero by year-end, citing letters to investors.
（上）周六（11月23日），《金融时报》报道称，Northvolt公司第二大股东（持股19.2%）、由高盛管理的基金将在年底前将所持前者的9亿美元股份全部减记，并援引了其致投资者的信函。
Swedish pension fund AMF, also among Northvolt's top 10 shareholders, said it was regularly reviewing and adjusting the values of its unlisted holdings, but offered no details when asked about its Northvolt stake.
同样是Northvolt十大股东之一的瑞典养老基金AMF表示，该基金定期评估和调整其未上市股份的价值，但在被问及所持Northvolt股份时，该基金未提供任何细节。
"As is obvious to everyone, the value of Northvolt is considerably lower than it was compared to a year ago," an AMF spokesman said, adding the pension fund had invested the equivalent of 1.95 billion Swedish crowns ($178 million) through the years.
AMF的一位发言人说，“众所周知，Northvolt的价值比一年前低了很多”，并补充说，该养老基金多年来已投资了相当于19.5亿瑞典克朗(1.78亿美元)的资金。
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