Izumi plans ¥230 million debt waiver before merging Bitchu Kaihatsu
Izumi plans to waive an estimated ¥230 million of loans to Bitchu Kaihatsu on Aug. 31 and absorb the wholly owned subsidiary on Sept. 1, saying the unit is in negative net assets. The company said Bitchu Kaihatsu, once the operator of Yume Town Takahashi, is now mainly a real-estate holding and management company after tenant conversion at the site. The waiver should create an extraordinary loss only in Izumi's non-consolidated accounts, while consolidated impact is eliminated. Separate same-day plans to merge three Kyushu supermarket subsidiaries remain only a basic policy for now.