BP BUMN Speaks Up About Indofarma Mass Layoffs 431 Employees

JAKARTA - The State-Owned Enterprises Regulation Agency (BP BUMN) has spoken about the termination of mass employment (PHK) by PT Indofarma Tbk (INAF) against 431 employees, effective as of September 15.

Deputy Head of BP BUMN Aminuddin Ma'ruf revealed that the efficiency of Indofarma employees had gone through the assessment of PT Danantara Asset Management (DAM) as the Danantara Operational Holding.

"This has been assessed by Danantara, with DAM," said Aminuddin at the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) office, Jakarta, Friday, November 7.

Based on the financial statements in the third quarter of 2025, Indofarma management said the step was taken in order to carry out operational cost efficiency.

The efficiency is an obligation because INAF is bound by Homologation Decision Number 1267 K/Pdt.Sus-Pailit/2024 jo. Number 74/PDT.SUSPKPU/2024/PN.NIAGA.JKT/PST which is effective from March 25, 2025.

"On September 15, 2025, the company has carried out a rightsizing of 413 employees, so practically as of September 15, 2025, the number of employees is 3 people," Indofarma management wrote in the information disclosure of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), quoted Friday, November 7.

However, at the end of September 2025, the company re-recruited 18 employees. That way, the number of employees as of September 30 became 21 people.

"Additional employees will be adjusted to the need for Human Resources to run a limited business model according to Homologation Decision," the management wrote.

Management said the efficiency of operating costs covers all components of inefficient and productive operating costs to reduce costs and increase profitability.

Management also said that the adjustment of the number of workers was carried out with a limited business model. So that operational activities can take place more efficiently.

For your information, until the third quarter of 2025, Indofarma recorded a loss of IDR 127.09 billion. This figure decreased by IDR 39.4 billion or 23.7 percent compared to losses in the third quarter of 2024 which reached IDR 166.5 billion.

The company recorded a 2.9 percent decrease in net sales to IDR 133 billion in the third quarter of 2025, from IDR 137.9 billion in the third quarter of 2024.

Indofarma juga mencatatkan liabilitas sebesar Rp1,47 miliar, di mana utang terbesar berasal dari pinjaman kepada pemegang saham senilai Rp535 miliar, utang usaha kepada pihak ketiga sebesar Rp282 miliar, dan utang pajak Rp264 miliar.

Sementara ekuitas anak usaha PT Bio Farma (Persero) tercatat masih negatif sebesar Rp890,94 miliar hingga kuartal III-2025.

Indofarma also recorded liabilities of Rp1.47 billion, where the largest debt came from loans to shareholders worth Rp535 billion, business debt to third parties amounting to Rp282 billion, and tax debt of Rp264 billion.

Meanwhile, the equity of a subsidiary of PT Bio Farma (Persero) was recorded to be still negative at Rp. 890.94 billion until the third quarter of 2025.