KKR acquires 35% stake in Fuji Soft after first stage of tender offer

Private equity firm KKR has acquired a 35 per cent stake in Japanese software developer Fuji Soft after the first part of a two-stage buyout tender, the latter said in a statement on Wednesday. Although rival Bain Capital had proposed a higher offer in October to take the Japanese company private, KKR now owns enough Fuji Soft shares to be able to block Bain’s privatisation bid.

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