Proactive Investors - Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) has triumphed in its US$13.5 billion bid to take Toshiba (TYO:6502) private.
The private equity firm secured 78.65% of the conglomerate's shares, clearing the path for the industrial behemoth to exit public trading, potentially as early as December.
This transaction ends Toshiba's protracted tussle with overseas activist investors, a struggle that analyst Travis Lundy described as a "mutual bearhug" now finally broken.
Earlier in the year, Toshiba had approved JIP's buyout offer, which assessed the company's worth at an impressive 2 trillion yen (US$13.5 billion).
Although the valuation sparked some shareholder unrest, Toshiba held firm, contending that no superior or rival offers were forthcoming.