A week ago there was information that Toshiba was ready to name the winner of the auction for the assets of the unit that manufactures memory chips, this Thursday. Now Reuters reports that the timing of this decision is shifting to a later period, although the Japanese corporation is still hoping to determine the choice of the buyer before the end of June. But to publish financial statements for the past year, it does not have time until June 30, as reported by Japanese media. Recall that earlier this milestone was established with an eye to further exclusion of securities of Toshiba from the quotation list of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Western Digital Corporation has stepped up to protect its interests in court, as specified by Bloomberg . The US manufacturer of hard drives and solid-state drives has filed a lawsuit in California with a request to impose a ban on the sale of Toshiba Memory assets.
SK Hynix, as it turns out, still claims the right to purchase this Toshiba business, trying to attract borrowed funds for financing the transaction without the right to actually own shares. "Covering" are investment funds and banks represented by INCJ, DBJ, KKR & Co LP and Bain Capital. The consortium is ready to offer about $ 18 billion for Toshiba Memory assets - no less than its main competitors.