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    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Lex
      Western Digital: with no merger miracle, Elliott looks to Wall Street Premium content

      With the Kioxia tie-up apparently dead, the question is whether another transaction is in the works

      Western Digitalis to  separate its hard disc drive and flash memory segments into listed companies
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Western Digital to split in two after abandoning merger talks with Kioxia

      Move to spin off flash memory unit from hard drive business represents win for activist investor Elliott

      Western Digital’s logo
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Chipmaker Western Digital walks away from Kioxia merger talks

      Opposition from rival SK Hynix puts brakes on Bain Capital’s ambitions to create US-Japan chip giant

      SK Hynix solid-state drives
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Semiconductors
      Chipmaker SK Hynix says it opposes merger between Kioxia and Western Digital

      South Korean company’s sign-off is needed for Bain Capital’s attempt to create a US-Japan chip champion

      SK Hynix logo
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Semiconductors
      Bain Capital’s ambitions to create US-Japan chip champion in jeopardy

      Kioxia and Western Digital merger opposed by South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix

      A picture of a Western Digital building
    • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
      LexElliott Management Corp
      Elliott/ Western Digital: private equity megafunds leave tech laggards vulnerable Premium content

      The $1bn stake in the digital tech maker comes as specialist firms have raised tens of billions in buyout funds

      A SanDisk memory card is arranged next to a Western Digital hard drive
    • Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
      Western Digital CEO says flash memory market has reached a ‘cyclical trough’
    • Sunday, 3 June, 2018
      US & Canadian companies
      Western Digital seeks Japan’s support for Toshiba chip unit

      American JV partner expresses concern over competition from South Korean rivals

      A Western Digital office building is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RTSX6JA
    • Thursday, 25 January, 2018
      The Big ReadCorporate governance
      Toshiba: the troubles chipping away at its core

      The company has done little to inspire confidence that it can resolve its problems after writedowns, accounting fraud and bankruptcies

    • Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
      LexUS & Canadian companies
      Toshiba/Western Digital: another byte Premium content

      Japanese group now has some options where it previously faced an early demise

      Toshiba Corp. secure digital high capacity (SDHC) memory cards are arranged for a photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Under pressure from its banks, Toshiba is racing to resolve several final disagreements with Western Digital Corp. before it can complete a deal to sell its chips business to the U.S. company and other investors by the end of August, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 12 December, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Toshiba and Western Digital settle legal dispute

      Deal clears way for emergency $18bn sale of Japanese company’s memory chip unit

      Toshiba Corp. memory chips are seen on memory modules in an arranged photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Under pressure from its banks, Toshiba is racing to resolve several final disagreements with Western Digital Corp. before it can complete a deal to sell its chips business to the U.S. company and other investors by the end of August, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 12 December, 2017
      Technology sector
      Toshiba, Western Digital settle legal battle over $18bn chip unit sale
    • Friday, 8 December, 2017
      Japanese business & finance
      Western Digital close to ending Toshiba litigation

      Agreement clears one of last obstacles to $18bn sale of memory chip unit

      The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen at an electronics store in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, June 25, 2013. Toshiba Corp may expand its NAND flash memory chip capacity just one year after oversupply and a slump in prices prompted Japan's leading chipmaker to slash production by 30 percent.   REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTX110M3
    • Friday, 8 December, 2017
      Technology sector
      Western Digital to drop effort to block Toshiba’s $18bn chip unit sale
    • Friday, 10 November, 2017
      Technology sector
      Toshiba falls 8% on reports of pending capital raise
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2017
      Technology sector
      Toshiba to speed-up memory chip investment as earnings beat forecasts
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2017
      Technology sector
      Toshiba seals sale of chip business to Bain-led group

      After long bidding battle, simple exchange of emails secures landmark $17.7bn PE deal

      Toshiba Corp. memory chips are seen on memory modules in an arranged photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Under pressure from its banks, Toshiba is racing to resolve several final disagreements with Western Digital Corp. before it can complete a deal to sell its chips business to the U.S. company and other investors by the end of August, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Toshiba sells chip unit to Bain-led consortium for $18b
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
      Technology sector
      Western Digital subsidiaries initiate new arbitration proceedings against Toshiba
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
      Technology sector
      Western Digital calls Toshiba-Bain deal ‘troubling’
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Toshiba seals $18bn memory chip sale to Bain-led group

      One of biggest private equity-led buyouts since end of financial crisis

      FILE PHOTO: A logo of Toshiba Corp is seen on a printed circuit board in this photo illustration taken in Tokyo July 31, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Photo
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
      Technology sector
      Toshiba to sell memory chip unit to Bain-led consortium in ¥2.1tn deal
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2017
      Technology sector
      Toshiba to speed up talks with Bain-led group on $20bn chip sale

      Non-binding agreement struck with consortium that includes Apple and Korean chipmaker SK Hynix

      FILE PHOTO: Toshiba's logo is seen at an industrial area in Kawasaki, Japan, January 16, 2017. Picture taken on January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2017
      Semiconductors
      Toshiba considers memorandum committing to sell chip unit to Bain-led consortium
    • Friday, 8 September, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Foxconn accuses Toshiba of dragging out sale of memory unit

      Delay is handing advantage to Samsung, says Apple supplier as delisting deadline nears

      epa06191474 People walk past a 'Toshiba' logo and slogan in Taipei, Taiwan, 08 September 2017. According to news reports, the Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has secured broad support from Apple Inc. to bid for the sale of the Japanese company Toshiba Corporation's memory chip assets, quoting Hon Hai spokesman Louis Woo. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO
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