Fujifilm and Xerox both claim win in face-saving compromise

$2.3bn Fuji Xerox deal leaves uncertainty in future partnership

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Fujifilm Chairman and CEO Shigetaka Komori was not all smiles at his news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

KOSUKE SHIMIZU, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The deal announced Tuesday between Fujifilm Holdings and Xerox Holdings ends a nearly two-year dispute, giving both the Japanese company and the leadership at its U.S. partner, installed by activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, a needed face-saving end to their unproductive battle.

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