The case Carlos Ghosn knows from now on an American part. Nissan announced Monday, January 28, cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the US stock policeman who launched an investigation into the compensation of senior executives of the Japanese automaker in the United States after revelations about the salary of the former CEO of the group Renault.
Nissan accuses former president Carlos Ghosn, who has been arrested since 19 November Japan, financial malpractices. Japanese justice on its side accuses Nissan and Carlos Ghosn of income reduction. The former strongman of the automobile alliance between Renault, Nissan and Mistubishi Motor, charged with three counts, rejects the accusations against him. He has since been dismissed from the three manufacturers.
The controls set up by Nissan studied by the SEC
Bloomberg, citing sources, reported that the SEC had launched an investigation to determine whether Nissan had accurately communicated the compensation of its executives in the United States. According to the news agency, the SEC also seeks to determine whether Nissan has put in place sufficient controls to prevent undue payments.
A spokesman for Nissan confirmed that the automaker had received a request from the US regulator without further details. The SEC was not available immediately for a comment.
Nissan action in retreat
The revelation of the opening of this investigation is not without consequences. Nissan shares ended a decline of 0.8% against a decline of 0.6% for the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Last week, Renault appointed Jean-Dominique Senard, current president of Michelin, as new president of the diamond group, and the current operational boss Thierry Bolloré to the post of general manager, thus turning the page of the era Carlos Ghosn.
With Reuters (Ritsuko Ando in Tokyo and Bhanu Pratap in Bangalore, Claude Chendjou for French service, edited by Benoît Van Overstraeten)