Fujifilm and Taisho complete Toyama acquisition
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Fujifilm Holdings and Taisho have taken the final step in a series of transactions which have given Fujifilm a two-thirds holding in the mid-sized firm Toyama Chemical. Fujifilm acquired the antibiotics specialist earlier this year via a tender offer and share purchase agreement announced in February (Scrip Online, February 15th, 2008). Toyama was delisted in August. Fujifilm has now transferred 34% of Toyama to Taisho, raising its previous 22% stake in the company. Taisho will book a one-off gain of around ¥1.8 billion ($18.4 million) in relation to the transaction.