Toshiba Announces $15 Billion Plan to Be Taken Private

Japanese industrial conglomerate agrees to takeover by Tokyo-based investment fund

Visitors explored the Toshiba booth at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference in Tokyo last month.Photo: richard a. brooks/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

TOKYO—Japanese industrial conglomerate Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to a deal worth ¥2 trillion, equivalent to $15 billion, to take the company private.

Toshiba said the buyout would be led by Japan Industrial Partners Inc., a Tokyo-based investment fund. It said the buyers were offering ¥4,620 a share, about 10% above the closing price of ¥4,213 in Tokyo Stock Exchange trading Thursday. That values the company at about ¥2 trillion.

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