MADRID, 21 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The consortium of investors led by the Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) fund has obtained 78.65% of Toshiba's capital within the framework of its public acquisition offer (OPA) for the company, whose ownership it will assume starting next December 27. September, as reported by the company.

About twenty Japanese companies participate in this consortium, including Orix, Rohm and Chubu Electric Power, as well as financial entities from the country.

The JIP takeover bid, announced last February and underway since August 8, offered the payment of 4,620 yen for each Toshiba title, in total about 2 trillion yen (12,670 million euros at the current exchange rate).

The board of directors of the Japanese industrial conglomerate Toshiba expressed its support for the takeover bid, which has been successfully closed with the consortium led by JIP obtaining 78.65% of the shares.

The company will be delisted after 74 years of trading on the Tokyo stock market.

The multinational came to the brink of collapse after the accounting irregularities detected in 2015, which led Toshiba to consider splitting it into three independent companies, a plan that was later limited to its segregation into two firms and which, in March 2022, was rejected. by shareholders, giving way to a search for investors.

"Toshiba will now take a big step towards a new future with a new shareholder. Even after privatization, we will do our best to enhance the corporate value of the company," said Toshiba President and CEO Taro Shimada in a statement. a letter addressed to shareholders.

Toshiba shares closed this Thursday with an increase of 0.20%, to 4,606 yen per share (29.17 euros), below the price of 4,620 yen (29.26 euros) offered in the takeover bid.