Toyota Industries Mulls $42B Takeover Offer from Toyota Motor Group

Toyota Industries is set to decide Tuesday whether to accept a potential $42 billion buyout offer from Toyota Motor and other group affiliates, following reports suggesting the industrial firm may go private. Toyota Motor, which confirmed it's reviewing the plan, warned some media coverage included misleading figures, particularly those citing a total acquisition cost of over 6 trillion yen ($42 billion).

Shares of Toyota Industries (OTC: TYIDF) remained steady, rising 0.4%, while Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) dipped 1.0%. The possible buyout aligns with a broader trend in Japan, where regulators and investors have been pushing companies to reduce cross-shareholdings and improve corporate governance. These pressures have fueled a wave of management-led buyouts and strategic acquisitions aimed at enhancing shareholder value.

Toyota Motor currently owns around 24% of Toyota Industries. In turn, Toyota Industries holds approximately 9% of Toyota Motor and more than 5% of Denso, a key Toyota supplier and group company. The potential buyout is seen as a step toward simplifying this complex ownership web and strengthening governance across the Toyota Group.

Founded in 1926 as Toyoda Automatic Loom Works by Sakichi Toyoda, Toyota Industries played a foundational role in the creation of Toyota Motor. Today, the company manufactures a wide range of products, including forklifts, automotive components such as engines and air-conditioning systems, and even assembles vehicles like the RAV4 SUV for Toyota.

The decision on the tender offer could significantly reshape Toyota’s group structure and may mark one of the largest corporate moves in Japan’s recent governance reform era. Industry watchers are closely monitoring the outcome for its implications on the broader Japanese corporate landscape.