TOKYO (Standard&Poor's) May 14, 2015--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today said that its ratings on Japan-based diversified electronics company Toshiba Corp. (BBB/Stable/A-2) are likely to be unaffected if the impact of accounting irregularities on its reported profits is in line with the company's current estimates of about ¥50.0 billion. However, we may need to examine any impact on the ratings after the company releases its revised results. Toshiba released its current estimates Wednesday after finding accounting irregularities had led it to underestimate costs for some infrastructure-related projects and said it will conduct a further probe. We estimate that a ¥50.0 billion downward revision in Toshiba's reported operating balance for the three fiscal years through fiscal 2013 (ended March
