Apollo World weighs $9.5 bln stake in Seven & i privatization bid- Bloomberg

Investing.com– Apollo World Administration (NYSE:APO) is contemplating taking a serious stake in a bid by Seven & i’s founding Ito household to take the Japanese comfort retailer chain personal, Bloomberg reported on Friday. 

The U.S. personal fairness big is contemplating investing as a lot as 1.5 trillion yen ($9.5 billion) for a stake within the agency after it goes personal, the Bloomberg report mentioned. 

Apollo may be a part of the Ito household and Itochu Corp as key traders in Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382). The Ito household is contemplating a dedication of about 500 billion yen and Itochu of over 1 trillion yen, Bloomberg reported. 

The present privatization proposal sees fairness stakes amounting to as a lot as 4 trillion yen, with the remainder of the financing coming from banks.

Seven & i, which owns the favored 7-Eleven comfort retailer chain, has change into the goal of elevated takeover curiosity in current months, after Canada’s Alimentation Couche Tard Inc (TSX:ATD) bid about 7.5 trillion yen for the agency. Whereas Seven & i rejected the provide, it was adopted by studies that the agency’s founding Ito household was additionally contemplating taking the agency personal in a consortium buyout.

Seven & i’s market capitalization stood at round 6.3 trillion yen on Friday. Its shares jumped over 5% even because it clocked a 24% year-on-year drop in its third-quarter earnings.