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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly and agencies

End of era as Toshiba delists from Tokyo stock exchange after 74 years

The Toshiba logo on the company's building in Tokyo, Japan
Toshiba has already taken steps to try to revive itself under the new ownership. Photograph: Androniki Christodoulou/Reuters

Toshiba, the Japanese company synonymous with the country’s 20th-century dominance of electronics, has delisted from the Tokyo stock exchange after 74 years.

The manufacturer, associated in the UK with its 1980s “Ello Tosh, gotta Toshiba” advertising campaign, was taken private on Wednesday in an £11bn deal by a consortium of investors led by the private equity investor Japan Industrial Partners (JIP).

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