Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to accept a buyout offer from a consortium led by Tokyo-based fund Japan Industrial Partners Inc., in a deal expected to be worth about 2 trillion yen ($15 billion).The JIP-led group plans to launch a tender offer in late July to buy Toshiba shares for 4,620 yen each from existing shareholders and delist the company, the conglomerate said. The group also plans to relist Toshiba after raising the company's corporate value, sources familiar with the matter said.The offer price compares to Toshiba's closing price Thursday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange of…READ FULL ARTICLE
