Japan state fund offers Sharp a $1.7B bailout: Nikkei report
Japanese government-backed fund has offered to invest 200 billion yen ($1.71 billion) to help bail out electronics maker Sharp, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.
The Nikkei report said Sharp would also seek 150 billion yen in existing loans from lenders to be converted to preferred shares in a debt-for-equity swap.
The news follows a Reuters report that said the fund, the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), planned to invest in Sharp with the intention of splitting off its display division and merging it with rival Japan Display, a company in which the fund is the biggest shareholder. more here