The sale of the semiconductor business of Toshiba has stalled, so some bankers and potential investors are urging the Japanese corporation to consider alternative options, including the possibility of attracting a new buyer. About this agency "Reuters" told sources who know how the process of selling assets of Toshiba.

The interlocutors of the publication say that Toshiba currently adheres to the original plan - the sale of the Toshiba Memory memory chip consortium, which includes the investment fund Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, private investment company Bain Capital, Development Bank of Japan, South Korean memory maker SK Hynix and the bank From the group Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. These companies offer 2.1 trillion yen (19 billion dollars) for the acquisition of the semiconductor business Toshiba.

"Toshiba hastily chose this consortium before the annual meeting of shareholders, which was held on June 28, but after that, more problems began to arise," said one of the top managers of the lending bank Toshiba.

If the conglomerate does not close the transaction for the sale of Toshiba Memory, then a negative amount of own funds will lead to an automatic withdrawal of shares of the company from the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which will further harm shareholders, said "Reuters".