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    Carlyle withdraws bid for Japan Asia Group

    February 12, 20212 Mins Read
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    Global private equity firm Carlyle Group on Wednesday withdrew its bid to buy energy and environment firm Japan Asia Group (JAG) in a deal worth 48 billion yen ($459 million), as a Japanese activist fund beat its offer.

    “The bid did not attract minimum shares needed to succeed so we are going to cancel the bid,” Caryle said in a statement.

    Carlyle teamed up with JAG’s chairman and CEO Tetsuo Yamashita in November to launch a management buyout. But the activist fund backed by veteran investor Yoshiaki Murakami made a counterbid.

    Carlyle’s revised offer included 33 billion yen for JAG shares and a 15 billion yen cash payment for JAG businesses that Carlyle had planned to buy. The scheme also allowed the CEO to get control of the rest of JAG businesses for 2.5 billion yen.

    City Index Eleventh, which built up a 20.5% stake in JAG, last week launched its own bid to buy the remainder at 1,210 yen per share, topping Carlyle’s offer of 1,200 yen.

    The investment arm had said Carlyle’s offer was too low and allowed the CEO to gain significant benefit at the expense of minority shareholders.

     

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    Source: Reuters

    By Junko Fujita

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