Ondrej Holzman NgoLwesine, icala lokuqala lenzeka ngemva kwe-GT Advanced Technologies kumenyezelwe ukuqothuka futhi yafaka isicelo sokuvikelwa kweSahluko 11 kubabolekisi. Ngaphambi kwenkantolo, umkhiqizi wesafire bekufanele aveze ukuthi kungani ethathe lesi sinyathelo, kodwa ekugcineni abatshalizimali abazange bafunde lutho. Konke bekusingathwa kuvaliwe, njengoba i-GT Advanced icele inkantolo ukuthi ingawavezi amaphepha amqoka, njengoba isisayine izivumelwano zokungawadaluli futhi ayifuni ukuzephula. Ngokusobala, nokho, uhlose ukuvala imboni yesafire.
Ukudalulwa kwale mibhalo kuzosiza ekuqondeni sonke isimo esenze ukuthi i-GT Advanced imemezele ukuthi isiqomile. Kodwa-ke, abameli benkampani ye-sapphire bathi kuzofanele bakhokhe ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-50 ngokwephula isivumelwano sokungadaluli ne-Apple, okushiya abatshalizimali ebumnyameni ngokwenzeka ngempela.
I-GT Advanced ithe enkantolo ngeke ikwazi ukudalula ukuthi kungani ifake isicelo sokuqolwa kukaChapter 11 ngoba kuthiwa “iboshiwe” yisivumelwano sokungadalulwa esiphinde siyivimbe ukuthi idalule uhlelo lwayo ngesikhathi ivikelekile kubakweletwayo. IJaji Elingenamali u-Henry Boroff wabe esevuma ukugcina imininingwane yezinkinga zokubambisana kwe-GT ne-Apple iyimfihlo.
Abamele i-GT Advanced kanye ne-Apple babe sebebamba izingxoxo ezivaliwe neJaji kanye Nomphathi Omkhulu Wokuqothuka uWilliam Harrington woMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US. Kodwa-ke, i-GT Advanced icele imvume enkantolo yokuvala imboni yayo yesafire, ngemva nje konyaka i-GT ne-Apple bangene enkampanini enkulu. isivumelwano sokubambisana. Ijaji lizokhipha isinqumo mayelana nesicelo sokuvala ifemu ngo-Okthoba 15.
Inkontileka esayinwe ngonyaka odlule phakathi kwe-Apple ne-GT Advanced, njengoba ibonakala manje, ivune kakhulu eyokuqala, eyathembisa i-GT 578 million dollars, ukuthi ikhokhwe ngezitolimende ezine sezizonke, ukuze isetshenziselwe ukuthuthukisa imboni yesafire e-Arizona, kodwa ngenxa yalokho i-GT kwadingeka inikeze i-Apple ngokukhethekileyo ekuhlinzekweni kwesafire, kuyilapho umenzi we-iPhone wayengenaso isibopho sokuthatha impahla.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Apple yayinelungelo lokubuyisela imali ebolekiwe esimweni lapho i-GT ihluleka ukuhlangabezana nemibandela yokubambisana okwakuvunyelwene ngayo (ngokuphathelene nekhwalithi yesafire ekhiqizwayo noma umthamo wokukhiqiza). I-$ 578 million eshiwo ngenhla bekufanele iqale ukubuyisela i-Apple eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo kusukela ngo-2015. Kodwa nakuba izitolimende ezintathu ezibiza u-$ 225 million, $ 111 million, kanye nezigidi ezingu-103 zamaRandi zifikile kuma-akhawunti e-GT, eyokugcina yayisivele ikhokhwe yi-Apple. wama.
Isizathu salesi sinyathelo besingakadalulwa yinoma yiliphi iqembu, nokho, umkhulumeli we-Apple uthe ngaphambi kokulalelwa ukuthi ukuqothuka kwe-GT kwenkampani. emangele, kanye nayo yonke iWall Street. I-WSJ ibika ukuthi lokhu kungenzeka kungenxa yokuthi isafire ekhiqizwe ibingaqinile ngokwanele, noma i-GT ayikwazanga ukuhlangabezana nezidingo ze-Apple. Kuthiwa uzamile ukusiza ezinkingeni esezivele kodwa kwangalunga. Akwaziwa futhi ukuthi inani elikhulu lengilazi yesafire lalihloselwe ukusebenzisa i-iPhone 6 entsha, lapho i-Apple yagcina ithumele imbangi kaCorning iGorilla Glass.
U-Apple, ngomlomo womkhulumeli, ubhekisele esitatimendeni sakhe sangaphambilini ngemuva kokulalelwa kwangoLwesine ukuthi uhlose ukugcina imisebenzi ekhona e-Arizona. I-GT Advanced ayikaphawuli ngalesi simo.
