Keithley Instruments，Inc。(NYSE:KEI), a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, today announced additional cost reductions designed to improve the Company's financial performance. The Company has reduced its global workforce by approximately ten percent, which includes the impact of a voluntary separation program.
The estimated non-recurring severance, separation and related costs associated with the reductions are expected to approximate $2.3 to $2.6 million on a pre-tax basis. The actual costs will be determined when the actions are completed in September, and it is expected that the majority of the charges will be recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. The Company is currently estimating that the annual costs savings associated with this reduction in force and other expected discretionary cost reductions will approximate ten percent of the Company's estimated fiscal 2009 operating costs.
该公司主席，总裁兼首席执行官约瑟夫·凯斯利（Joseph P. Keithley）表示：“正如我们之前所述，我们计划在2010财年恢复盈利能力，我们相信我们今天采取的行动将帮助我们实现这一目标。”。“我们知道这些行动将对我们的员工产生重大影响；但是，根据客户当前的支出水平，我们已经做出了这些决定来改善我们的财务业绩。”