Dutch court says Nexperia's Chinese CEO was suspended over "reckless leadership"

荷媒：荷兰法院称，Nexperia中国首席执行官因“鲁莽领导”被停职

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A Dutch court has suspended Zhang Xuezheng, CEO of semiconductor company Nexperia, citing reckless leadership and poor preparation for imminent U.S. trade restrictions, according to a ruling published Tuesday by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.

根据阿姆斯特丹上诉法院周二公布的一项裁决，荷兰一家法院暂停了半导体公司安派利亚首席执行官张学政的职务，理由是他的领导鲁莽，对即将到来的美国贸易限制准备不足。

The court found that Zhang failed to act after Nexperia anticipated for months that it would be added to the U.S. Entity List, which would impose severe trade restrictions due to the company’s Chinese ownership. On September 30, it became clear that the restrictions would take effect at the end of November.

法院发现，在安派瑞几个月前就预料到自己将被列入美国实体清单后，张却没有采取行动。由于该公司的中国所有权，美国实体清单将对其实施严格的贸易限制。9月30日，限制措施将于11月底生效的消息变得明朗起来。

Instead of preparing the company, Zhang allegedly acted in the opposite direction. On September 25, three senior financial executives at Nexperia’s Dutch office were removed without explanation. Employees without financial experience were allowed to manage banking operations, a move the court called “reckless.”

张某非但没有为公司做准备，反而反其道而行之。9月25日，Nexperia荷兰办事处的三名高级财务主管在没有任何解释的情况下被免职。没有金融经验的员工被允许管理银行业务，法院称此举“鲁莽”。

The court also raised concerns over Nexperia’s purchase of wafers—thin disks used in electronics—produced by its Chinese sister company. Zhang, also known as Wing, oversaw transactions where the company bought 200 million dollars' worth of wafers, far exceeding the roughly 75 million dollars actually needed, with some of the excess reportedly destroyed. The court cited this as a conflict of interest, noting that the wafer producer, WSS, was financially troubled.

法院还对安派瑞购买中国姐妹公司生产的硅片（用于电子产品的薄磁盘）表示担忧。在张某的监督下，该公司购买了价值2亿美元的晶圆，远远超过了实际需要的约7500万美元，据报道，部分多余的晶圆被销毁了。法院认为这是一种利益冲突，并指出晶圆生产商WSS陷入了财务困境。

Three European Nexperia executives sought help from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs when it became clear the company would face U.S. sanctions. The ministry subsequently imposed restrictions on Nexperia. On October 7, the Enterprise Chamber ruled that Zhang would be temporarily replaced by a non-Chinese executive, and the shares were transferred to an independent party.

安耐佩里亚的三名欧洲高管向荷兰经济部寻求帮助，因为该公司显然将面临美国的制裁。该部门随后对安派利亚实施了限制。10月7日，企业商会裁定，张将暂时由一名非中国籍高管取代，股份转让给独立方。

China responded angrily, imposing an export ban on Nexperia’s Chinese operations, affecting the company’s European customers. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the Dutch government’s intervention as improper, while the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs cited concerns over national economic security.

中国对此做出了愤怒的回应，对安派里亚在中国的业务实施了出口禁令，影响了该公司的欧洲客户。中国外交部批评荷兰政府干预不当，而荷兰经济部则以国家经济安全为理由。

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