Toshiba achieves milestone: completes sale of NAND business to Bain Capital led consortium

The completion of the sale was way ahead of the expected time frame of end-March. Chinese antitrust authorities extensively reviewed the deal before providing its approval. On Friday, Japan’s Toshiba Corp stated, it had completed the $18 billion sale of its NAND memory chip unit to a consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Bain…

Western Digital led consortium wants $464 million from Apple to help finance its bid for Toshiba’s chip business

While Toshiba has narrowed down the pool of suitors, all the bids have Apple, its key customer, as a common denominator. On Friday, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported that a group, which includes Western Digital, has sought $464 million (50 billion yen) from Apple Inc to help finance a bid for Toshiba Corp’s NAND chip…

Western Digital launches arbitration proceedings against Toshiba with the International Chamber of Commerce

The move is essentially a pressure tactics. U.S.-based Western Digital Corp has taken legal action to potentially derail Toshiba’s sale of its chip manufacturing business with its application of international arbitration. Western Digital Corp wants to stop its partner, Toshiba Corp, from selling its chip manufacturing business without its consent. This will impact Toshiba’s attempt…