bandai visual is currently a fully owned subsidiary of bandai namco holdings. bandai namco announced on november 8, 2007 that it would buy the voting shares it did not own between that date and december 10, 2007 and turn the company into a wholly owned subsidiary. on december 18, 2007, bandai namco announced that it owned 93.63% of bandai visual's shares since the end of november. the remaining shares were delisted from the tokyo stock exchange on february 15, 2008 after bandai namco acquired the remaining 10% of the shares.