JLR PERFORMANCE IMPACTED IN CHALLENGING QUARTER
JLR EXECUTIVE BOARD CHANGE COMES INTO EFFECT
P.B. Balaji takes up role as Chief Executive Officer for JLR
Gaydon UK, 20 November 2025: JLR today confirms that the appointment of P.B. Balaji as Chief Executive Officer, which was announced on 04 August 2025, came into effect on Monday 17 November.
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JLR PERFORMANCE IMPACTED IN CHALLENGING QUARTER
• Revenue for Q2 was £4.9bn, down 24% year‑on‑year (YoY), while H1 revenue was £11.5bn, down 16% YoY. Revenue was impacted by the production stoppages JLR initiated in September following the cyber incident and the planned wind down of legacy Jaguar models, ahead of the launch of new Jaguar
• Loss before tax and exceptional items of £(485)m for Q2 and £(134)m for H1, down from a profit of £398m and £1.1bn respectively a year ago, due to the challenges above and the continuing impact of US
• Exceptional items of £238m in the quarter reflect cyber related costs of £196m and voluntary redundancy programme costs of £42m
• EBIT margin was (8.6)% for Q2 and (1.4)% for H1; guidance is revised to 0% to 2% for FY26
• Action taken to support balance sheet following cyber incident with £3.5bn additional liquidity backstop facilities secured
• Operations recovered at pace following cyber incident, with production now returned to normal levels
• Transformation programme launched in June starting to drive planned cost savings
JLR VOLUMES DOWN IN CHALLENGING QUARTER
• Wholesales in Q2 FY26 were 66,165 units, down 24.2% vs. Q2 FY25
• Retail sales in Q2 FY26 were 85,495 units, down 17.1% vs. Q2 FY25
• Volumes have been impacted since the start of September by the recent cyber incident, with production stoppages impacting wholesales
• As expected, the planned wind down of legacy Jaguar models and incremental US tariffs continued to impact volumes throughout the quarter
• Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Defender model mix was 76.7% of total wholesale volumes in Q2 FY26, down from 77.2% in prior quarter and up from 67.0% year‑on‑year
QUARTER TWO RESULTS 2025/26
66,165
WHOLESALES (UNITS)
£4,900m
REVENUE
£(485)M
PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAX & EXC. ITEMS
£(791)M
FREE CASH FLOW
(8.6)%
EBIT %
(1.6)%
EBITDA %
H1 FY26 RESULTS 2025/26
153,451
WHOLESALES (UNITS)
£11,504m
REVENUE
£(134)M
PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAX & EXC. ITEMS
£(1,549)M
FREE CASH FLOW
(1.4)%
EBIT %
4.7%
EBITDA %
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