Toshiba CEO faced board ouster before $20-billion buyout offer, sources say Makiko Yamazaki, Noriyuki Hirata and Takashi Umekawa TOKYO Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Toshiba board members planned to oust CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani before CVC Capital Partners launched a $20-billion buyout bid last week, telling him the day before the offer was announced they would replace him, people familiar with the matter said.
Two members of Toshiba Corp’s nomination committee, including board chairman Osamu Nagayama, met Kurumatani, himself a former CVC executive, and told him they intended to look for a new chief executive, three of the people said.
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