KKR launches tender offer to privatize Taiyo Holdings at JPY 4,750 per share

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KKR and Taiyo Holdings Agree to Privatization to Accelerate Long-Term Growth

March 31, 2026 11:00 AM EDT

KKR Tender Offer Receives Support from Taiyo Holdings Board, Largest Shareholders and Founding Family

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Taiyo Holdings Co., Ltd. (Taiyo Holdings or the Company; TSE stock code 4626), announced today that KJ005 Co., Ltd. (the Offeror), an entity owned by investment funds managed by KKR, intends to make a tender offer to acquire all the common shares of Taiyo Holdings (the Tender Offer). Taiyo Holdings Board of Directors has resolved to support the Tender Offer. In addition, DIC Corporation (DIC), Taiyo Holdings largest shareholder, Kowa Co., Ltd. (Kowa), an asset management company... More