Toyota Motor’s biggest subsidiary has received a ¥4.7tn ($33bn) take-private proposal that includes ¥1bn of chair Akio Toyoda’s personal money, in a deal that will reshape Japan’s largest business empire.
Toyota Industries, a key parts manufacturer for the world’s biggest carmaker by sales, said on Tuesday it had received an offer of ¥16,300 a share from a special-purpose company backed by Toyota Motor and another company in the broader Toyota Group.
The offer is 11.4 per cent below Toyota Industries’ closing price of ¥18,400 on Tuesday, but represents a 23 per cent premium to the price before interest in the management buyout became public on April 25.