: Roku to lay off 200 employees, exit some leases to cut costs

Shares of Roku Inc. ROKU rallied 2.7% in premarket trading Thursday, after the streaming-media company disclosed that it would lay off 200 employees, or about 6% of its workforce as part of a cost-cutting plan. The plan will also include the exit and sublease, or cease the use of, certain office facilities. The company expects to record charges of $30 million to $35 million as a result of the plan, which will include severance payments, notice pay and employee benefit contributions. Most of the charges will be recorded in the fiscal first quarter, and the job cuts will be “substantially complete” by the end of the second quarter. The stock has soared 57.0% over the past three months but has tumbled 50.8% over the past 12 months, while the S&P 500 SPX has lost 12.5% over the past year.

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