Toshiba Now 100% Owner of Fujitsu HDD

Fujitsu Limited and Toshiba Corporation announced that Toshiba has acquired Fujitsu’s shareholding in Toshiba Storage Device Corporation (TSDC). With the completion of the transaction, TSDC has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toshiba.

In October 2009, Fujitsu and Toshiba merged their HDD businesses. Toshiba acquired an 80.1 percent stake in TSDC, making it a Toshiba Group subsidiary. Fujitsu took a 19.9 percent stake in TSDC, which it was scheduled to hold until the end of December 2010. Toshiba has now acquired Fujitsu’s stake, making TSDC a wholly owned Toshiba subsidiary.

Overview of Toshiba Storage Device Corporation

• Company name: Toshiba Storage Device Corporation (TSDC)
• Capital: 350 million yen
• Holding ratio: 100% Toshiba Corporation
• Representative: Kazuyoshi Yamamori
• Head office: 1-1, Shibaura 1-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Number of employees: Approximately 1,000
• Business description: HDD design, development, production technology, quality assurance

Neither Fujitsu nor Toshiba will revise its consolidated financial projections for fiscal 2010 as a result of the above transaction.

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