Following the release of Polestar's preliminary unaudited financial and operational results for 2023 today
The announcement from Polestar today included impairment charges of approximately 450 MUSD in total. Due to the timing of Polestar's FY 2023 Report the impairment charges were not known to Volvo Cars at the time when Volvo Cars 2023 full year result was reported.
Volvo Cars will include an adjustment in its second quarter results 2024 that will be based on Volvo Cars ownership of 48.3 % as of year-end 2023. It will, however, be largely offset by positive effects in the second quarter 2024 from the distribution of Polestar shares and decreased ownership to 18%, which was completed on
The adjustments for Volvo Cars do not include any effects from Polestar's undisclosed first half year operational results.
The total net effect from the Polestar 2023 driven adjustments and the change of ownership, is estimated to be non-material for Volvo Cars. This will be accounted for as part of the result from JVs and associates in the second quarter 2024, which will be released on
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investors@volvocars.com
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Volvo Cars in 2023
For the full year 2023,
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https://mb.cision.com/Main/20685/4008459/2892760.pdf
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