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TOYOTA INDUSTRIES

Toyota¡¯s clash with activist investor Elliot Investment Management shows that even Japan¡¯s most powerful conglomerates must respect minority shareholders.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 5, 2026
A win ¡ª and a lesson ¡ª from Toyota¡¯s Elliott deal
On the face of it, the dispute between Toyota and activist investor Elliot Investment Management ended amicably with an agreement that gave each side what it wanted.
The Toyota group has raised its offer price to privatize Toyota Industries.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 3, 2026
Toyota raises buyout bid for unit, ending standoff with Elliott
The carmaker and its affiliates are now willing to pay ?20,600 for each share of Toyota Industries they don¡¯t already own, the group said Monday.
Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda speaks during a news conference in the city of Chiba in January.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2026
Toyota delays deadline for $35 billion deal opposed by Elliott
The extension prolongs Toyota¡¯s high-profile standoff with Elliott, and means the activist fund still has a chance at derailing what it argues is an undervalued offer.
Elliott Investment Management now owns around 7.1% of Toyota Industries, according to a filing on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2026
Elliott raises Toyota Industries stake in push to block buyout
The U.S. fund now owns around 7.1% of Toyota Industries.
Toyota Motor's all-new RAV4 SUVs are displayed during its world premiere event in Tokyo in May 2025
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jan 31, 2026
How activist investors turned a Toyota buyout into a battleground
The transaction has become a test case for dealmaking in Japan, which prizes stakeholder harmony over shareholder returns.
If Elliott Investment Management succeeds in blocking Toyota's take-private deal, it would mark one of the biggest wins for shareholder activism in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2026
Elliott seen having a shot at foiling controversial Toyota deal
Should Elliott prevail, it would go down as one of the biggest victories for shareholder activism in Japan.
The Toyota group plans to take Toyota Industries private, a deal opposed by U.S. activist fund Elliott Investment Management.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2026
Elliott opposes group buyout of Toyota Industries
The U.S. activist fund argues Toyota Industries, which it has a 5% stake in, could achieve greater value on its own.
The Toyota group has raised its buyout offer for Toyota Industries by 15%.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2026
Toyota Industries shares exceed new bid as traders push for more
The sweetened bid is unlikely to placate investors who say the new price still undervalues the company with the shares already outpacing the revised offer.
Toyota Industries, whose shares are worth ?5.6 trillion, was offered a buyout price in June nearly ?1 trillion, or 16%, below the value of its holdings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2025
Toyota Industries buyout bid dips 16% below stock holdings
The gap between the take-private proposal and the value of Toyota Industries¡¯ holdings has become a major sticking point for activist fund Elliott Investment Management.
Akio Toyoda, the chairman of Toyota Motor, leads unlisted real estate company Toyota Fudosan, which is leading the offer to take Toyota Industries private.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2025
Elliott woos other Toyota industries investors in buyout fight
The activist fund wants to push Toyota group to sweeten its ?4.7 trillion bid.
Elliott Investment Management has shared its views with Toyota Industries management that the ?16,300 per share buyout offer is too low and suggested other options for the deal, people familiar with the matter say.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2025
Elliott takes Toyota Industries stake and sees buyout price as too low
Toyota Industries disclosed in a filing that Elliott Investment Management had a 3.26% stake as of Sept. 30, making it one of the manufacturer¡¯s biggest shareholders.
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2025
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan¡¯s reforms
A letter signed by two dozen investors addressed ¡°widespread concern¡± about the plan to buy out Toyota Industries Corp., also known as TICO.
Toyota Motor CEO Koji Sato speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2025
Toyota doesn¡¯t plan better offer in privatization deal, CEO says
CEO Koji Sato said Toyota Motor has no plans to sweeten a deal involving a proposed ?4.7 trillion buyout of Toyota Industries.
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda's ?4.7 trillion buyout plan for Toyota Industries is delayed due to slower-than-expected antitrust reviews overseas.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2025
Toyota Industries $31 billion buyout plan faces antitrust delays
The regulatory hurdle could be the first of many as Toyoda attempts to tighten his family¡¯s grip on Toyota in a deal that would rank among the biggest buyouts on record anywhere.
Shareholders passed a motion to reappoint Chairman Akio Toyoda during Toyota Motor's general shareholders' meeting on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2025
No mention of buyout as Toyota shareholders reappoint Chairman Akio Toyoda
Questions about the privatization of Toyota Industries and Toyoda¡¯s role in it never came up, in stark contrast to earlier this week at Toyota Industries¡¯ annual meeting.
A ?4.7 trillion ($32.4 billion) buyout bid by an entity led by Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda wasn¡¯t formally on the agenda, but it overshadowed Toyota Industries' annual meeting on Tuesday as shareholders aired their grievances and sought clarity about the proposal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 10, 2025
Toyota Industries shareholders question buyout at annual meeting
The Toyota group¡¯s plan to privatize Toyota Industries has drawn sharp criticism from investors and analysts since it was announced a week ago.
Toyota Industries' Nagakusa plant in Obu, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota group's tender offer to privatize Toyota Industries represents an 11.4% discount to its closing price before the plan was announced.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2025
Toyota Industries buyout hinges on squeezing minority investors
In order for the buyout to work, the ?16,300 per share tender offer will need to attract enough minority shareholders to cross a 42% threshold.
Toyota group companies could establish a new holding company to privatize Toyota Industries.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2025
Toyota Industries receives $33 billion buyout offer from group companies
The deal would be in line with government efforts to encourage big companies to unwind cross-held shares with subsidiaries and other businesses.
Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda. Toyota Industries investor Zennor Asset Management said a plan by Toyoda to take over the Japanese auto parts maker raises governance issues and may undermine minority shareholders¡¯ interests.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2025
Toyota Industries investor Zennor says it wants minority safeguards
A founding partner of Zennor said the buyout plan would benefit the founding family and may undervalue the target¡¯s stock and real estate holdings.
Toyota Industries' Nagakusa plant in Obu, Aichi Prefecture
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2025
Toyota Industries to accept tender offer from Toyota Motor group
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