Wingtech Technology, the Chinese parent of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, reported a net loss of 8.7 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) for 2025 and now faces a delisting risk warning on the Shanghai Stock Exchange after its auditor said it couldn’t verify the company's financial statements, SCMP reports.
The auditor, RSM, issued a disclaimer of opinion on the annual accounts because Nexperia represents roughly 57% of Wingtech's total assets, and RSM has been unable to access its financial data. Wingtech’s loss tripled from 2.8 billion yuan in 2024, with nearly all of the damage coming from Wingtech writing Nexperia's value down to 24.38 billion yuan ($3.43 billion) after reclassifying the subsidiary as no longer under its control.
According to a filing to the Shanghai bourse on Wednesday, Wingtech's stock will carry a delisting risk warning starting May 6th. Trading will halt if the share price fluctuates more than 5%, and the company could be forced off the exchange entirely if the audit issues are not resolved by the end of 2026, the Post reported.
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Nexperia also told Reuterson Thursday that it had provided support to Wingtech's auditors over recent months. "It is not our intention to harm the interests of Wingtech's shareholders," the company said in a statement. Nexperia also said Wingtech has not agreed to talks on a resolution.
The audit failure is the latest in a series of fractures between the two companies. The Dutch government first intervened in September under the Goods Availability Act, citing national security concerns over potential technology transfers to China. A Dutch court then suspended Wingtech founder Zhang Xuezheng as Nexperia's CEO in October and placed Wingtech's voting rights under an independent administrator. Nexperia has operated independently of its Chinese parent since. Zhang stepped down as Wingtech's chairman in January 2025, before the dispute began, but it has been reported that he continues to control the company.
In March, Nexperia's Dutch headquarters disabled IT accounts for all employees at its Chinese operations, cutting off access to internal systems, including Office 365 and SAP, thereby severing the data pipeline needed for Wingtech's annual audit. Wingtech told the Shanghai exchange that it’s still working to restore its internal management system and regain access to Nexperia China's data.
All this has erased what had been a strong year for Wingtech before the dispute began. Through the first three quarters of 2025, Wingtech posted a cumulative net profit of 1.5 billion yuan, and the company said in the filing that it’s pursuing legal remedies and accelerating development of a domestic supply chain to maintain deliveries to customers.
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Luke James is a freelance writer and journalist. Although his background is in legal, he has a personal interest in all things tech, especially hardware and microelectronics, and anything regulatory.
Bad for Wingtech surely. Looks like the Dutch government has intervened in their ownership after they bought the company. Their audit failed because they no longer have access to the Dutch side of the business.
Someone needs to be compensated. If they allowed the takeover in the first place, kind of on them.
