After $4-bn write-down, Jaguar-Land Rover considering financing options

Britain's biggest carmaker is slashing 4,500 jobs, or about 10% of the workforce, as it responds to slowing sales

Jaguar Land Rover, reeling from a $4 billion writedown, a slump in China sales and uncertainty around Brexit, said conditions aren’t right for it to borrow from the bond market and that it’s seeking alternative funding.

The luxury automaker needs to raise $1 billion within 14 months to replace maturing bonds, while feeding an investment program for electric cars that’s burning through cash. To support its needs, JLR could increase a receivables facility or turn to other bank financing, with further options including leasing assets and tapping export credit, Treasurer Ben Birgbauer said in an interview.

JLR’s owner Tata Motors Ltd. shocked