A clash of contradictions, formed around Toshiba's intentions to sell the solid-state memory division, is becoming increasingly confusing. On one hand, Western Digital Corporation, as successor to SanDisk, does not see this deal without its participation, and backs up its negotiations with Japanese investors with lawsuits . On the other hand, the hastily chosen consortium, in which SK Hynix appears, does not suit either representatives of Toshiba, or government circles in Japan. As Reuters explains, if at first it was a question of granting borrowed funds to finance the deal by the Korean competitor, now SK Hynix has a "broken voice", and the company claims to have a certain shareholding of Toshiba Memory. This is not acceptable to the Japanese authorities and the antimonopoly authorities.
The preparation of an alternative deal in which Western Digital Corporation could take part is complicated by the deep contradictions between this American company and the management of Toshiba. On condition of anonymity, the representatives of the latter note that if SanDisk cooperated for more than ten years, then after the arrival of WDC, it took one year to be disappointed in the partner. Some representatives of Toshiba even say that it is better to die than to cooperate with WDC in the sale of assets.
Which way out of this "investment impasse" will find interested parties, we are unlikely to find out soon. Formally, Toshiba can look for a buyer until next March. For the company, this is the last chance to raise funds to cover billions of debts, since it is prohibited to issue shares to it after the scandal with the forgery of accounting statements of 2015, and it will not have any valuable assets after the sale of Toshiba Memory.
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