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Blackstone makes $1.7bn bid for Japan e-comics platform Infocom

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Blackstone launched a $1.74bn bid to take Japanese digital comic distributor Infocom private, including a tender offer for a per-share price of 6,060 yen, Infocom said on Tuesday. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. billion yen, Infocom said.

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Epiris and Newlat Clash in £400m Bidding War for Princes Foods

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Epiris, a British-based buyout firm and Newlat, an Italian food manufacturer are vying for control of Princes Foods, one of Britain’s biggest tinned produce brands. The auction is the latest attempt by Mitsubishi Corporation, the giant Japanese conglomerate which owns Princes, to offload the company.

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Blackstone makes $1.7bn bid for Japan e-comics platform Infocom

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Blackstone launched a $1.74bn bid to take Japanese digital comic distributor Infocom private, including a tender offer for a per-share price of 6,060 yen, Infocom said on Tuesday. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. billion yen, Infocom said.

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JIP to Launch $14bn Tender Offer for Toshiba

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Toshiba said on Monday a group led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) would launch a $14bn tender offer on Aug 8th to take the industrial conglomerate private and put it in domestic hands. The tender offer, which values the electronics-to-power station’s maker at 2 trillion yen ($14 billion), will complete on Sept.

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Partners Group in Talks for $640m Hamilton Island Acquisition

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The buyout firm is studying the resort island for a potential bid, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. an investment firm backed by Malaysian conglomerate Mulpha International Bhd., Mulpha Australia Ltd., has also shown interest, the AFR reported in September.

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Transcript: Steven Klinsky

The Big Picture

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. We had sold the family business, maybe buy another family business one day through a leveraged buyout. So I’m proud of our role in it.

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Seven & i founding family seeks CP Group’s support for record $58bn management buyout

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The founding family of Seven & i is in talks with Thailands Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group to secure funding for a management buyout aimed at blocking a $47bn takeover bid from Alimentation Couche-Tard. If completed, the dealvalued at approximately $58bnwould be Japans largest-ever management buyout. Can’t stop reading?

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