New Delhi: Nitin Sood, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of PVR has said that owing to the company’s cost control measures, its fixed costs for the future will be lower than it had before. Even after reopening, the company does not expect these to return to their previous levels soon.
His message to the shareholders in PVR’s Annual Report said that the company is already in discussions with its developers for renegotiating the rental arrangements. Sood added that PVR’s other costs too will undergo reductions until some normalcy is restored.
“We have also temporarily deferred a substantial portion of our planned capital expenditures that we were undertaking, prior to the shutdown. All major capital expenditures will now be re-assessed once the shutdown is over,” the CFO said.
Throughout this crisis, according to him, the company has focused on business continuity and has undertaken measures to mitigate the risk.
“Our strategy has been two pronged. First, we have brought down our fixed costs drastically during this period of lockdown, and second, we have raised debt to preserve liquidity on the balance sheet,” he said.
