Xerox shareholders stay silent, dashing Fujifilm's hopes of deal

Japanese company had banked on support at general meeting

20180801N Fuji Xerox (Reuters)

A Fuji Xerox photocopier. Japan's Fujifilm had hoped some stakeholders in joint venture partner Xerox would push to reinstate their deal for a takeover.

KOSUKE SHIMIZU, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Xerox stakeholders failed to speak up in favor of an acquisition by longtime partner Fujifilm Holdings at a general meeting Tuesday, dimming the Japanese company's prospects of fighting the activist investors opposing the deal.

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