Toshiba considers IPO for memory unit

Stefan Mileschin · 24th January 2018, 18:55

Plan B if Bain sale falls through

Toshiba is considering an IPO of its prized memory chip business if an agreed $18 billion sale of the unit to Bain Capital fails to gain antitrust approval by the end of March

The IPO is one of the various contingency plans being looked at by Toshiba's top executives, and some analysts and Toshiba shareholders favour it over the existing deal.

Toshiba agreed on last September to sell Toshiba Memory, the world's second-biggest producer of NAND chips, to a consortium led by Bain Capital to cover billions of dollars in liabilities arising from now-bankrupt U.S. nuclear power unit Westinghouse.

But the Japanese conglomerate no longer faces the pressure it once did to complete a sale, after raising $5.4 billion with a new share issue to overseas funds late last year, which with tax write-offs gives it sufficient funds to cover its liabilities.

http://fudzilla.com/news/memory/4543...or-memory-unit

24th January 2018, 18:55	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,541	Toshiba considers IPO for memory unit Plan B if Bain sale falls through Toshiba is considering an IPO of its prized memory chip business if an agreed $18 billion sale of the unit to Bain Capital fails to gain antitrust approval by the end of March The IPO is one of the various contingency plans being looked at by Toshiba's top executives, and some analysts and Toshiba shareholders favour it over the existing deal. Toshiba agreed on last September to sell Toshiba Memory, the world's second-biggest producer of NAND chips, to a consortium led by Bain Capital to cover billions of dollars in liabilities arising from now-bankrupt U.S. nuclear power unit Westinghouse. But the Japanese conglomerate no longer faces the pressure it once did to complete a sale, after raising $5.4 billion with a new share issue to overseas funds late last year, which with tax write-offs gives it sufficient funds to cover its liabilities. http://fudzilla.com/news/memory/4543...or-memory-unit

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