A majority of shareholders in
The extraordinary shareholders' meeting was convened at the request of
Effissimo, which owns a 9.9 percent stake in Toshiba, wants the new investigation to be conducted by lawyers it nominated.
At the general shareholders' meeting last year, a small portion of voting forms, equivalent to 1.3 percent of the total ballot, were deemed invalid due to failures of
Toshiba opposed the proposal from Effissimo, saying the voting results were not affected by the error.
However, Thursday's decision means three lawyers designated by the
It is very rare that a shareholder's proposal is approved at a stockholders' meeting for a listed Japanese company.
Meanwhile, Chinook's proposal that all operating cash flow through
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