TOKYO (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it would sell its claims in bankrupt nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Co to a group led by the Baupost Group – a move that would contribute to an improvement of about 410 billion yen ($3.68 billion) in its balance sheet.
Confirming an earlier Reuters report, the Japanese conglomerate also said it had agreed a deal to transfer its stake in the unit to Brookfield WEC Holdings.
The 410 billion yen figure includes an after-tax profit of about 170 billion yen from the sale of its claims, and tax benefits of about 240 billion yen, Toshiba said in a statement.
Combined with the 600 billion yen in new shares it issued last month, Toshiba would be able to avoid falling into negative net worth for the business year to end-March, it said.
The transfer of Westinghouse shares to Brookfield, for $1, is expected to be completed by March 31, Toshiba said.
($1 = 111.3300 yen)
(Corrects figures in third paragraph)
(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; editing by Richard Pullin)
