Toshiba’s top shareholder backs call for Toshiba to solicit buyout offers

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FILE PHOTO: Toshiba Corp’s logo is seen at the company’s facility in Kawasaki, Japan June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Effissimo Capital Management said on Tuesday it has decided to vote in favour of a shareholder proposal that Toshiba Corp solicit private equity buyout offers ahead of an extraordinary shareholders meeting on Thursday.

(Reporting by Makiko Yamazaki; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

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