Lawson shares surge 18% after Japan’s KDDI launches $3.4 billion privatization offer

KDDI plans to purchase shares at 10,360 yen each from other shareholders, representing a 16% premium to Lawson’s last closing price of 8,913 yen on Tuesday.
Kyodo News reported that KDDI intends to leverage Lawson’s approximately 14,600 stores nationwide to promote its banking and insurance products, while also providing smartphone support services remotely at the stores.

Shares of Japan’s third-largest convenience store chain Lawson surged 18% it received an offer to go private.
The offer would see conglomerate Mitsubishi and mobile carrier KDDI jointly manage the convenience store chain, with each owning a 50% stake.
KDDI plans to purchase shares at 10,360 yen ($70.07) each from other shareholders in April, with the process expected to be completed around September.
This represents a 16% premium to Lawson’s closing share price of 8,913 yen on Tuesday, valuing the offer at about 500 billion yen ($3.4 billion).
KDDI currently owns a 2.11% stake in Lawson, while Mitsubishi owns 50.11%.

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KDDI推出340億美元的私有化提議後，羅森股價飆漲18%。

KDDI計劃以每股10,360日元的價格從其他股東手中購買股份，相當於周二羅森最後收盤價8,913日元的16%溢價。
共同通訊社報導，KDDI打算利用羅森在全國約14,600家店鋪，推廣其銀行和保險產品，同時在這些店鋪提供遠程智能手機支援服務。

作為日本第三大便利店連鎖企業的羅森，在接獲私有化提議後股價飆漲18%。
該提議將由企業集團三菱和移動運營商KDDI共同管理該便利店連鎖，每方持有50%的股權。
KDDI計劃在4月份以每股10,360日元（約70.07美元）的價格從其他股東手中購買股份，預計該過程將在9月左右完成。
這相當於對羅森周二收盤股價8,913日元的16%溢價，使該提議的估值約為5000億日元（34億美元）。
目前，KDDI擁有羅森的2.11%股權，而三菱擁有50.11%。

7-Eleven gets takeover offer from Circle K owner

Shares in Seven & i jumped more than 20% following reports of the buyout bid
The owner of convenience store giant 7-Eleven has received a buyout offer from Canadian rival Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT), which runs the Circle K chain.
Tokyo-based Seven & i Holdings says it has formed a special committee to decide whether or not to accept the offer.
Shares in Seven & i jumped by more than 20% on the news.
That gave the Japanese firm a stock market valuation of around 5.6tn yen ($38.5bn; £29.7bn).

In a statement, Seven & i said it had "received a confidential, non-binding and preliminary proposal by ACT to acquire all [of its] outstanding shares".
"[The] Special Committee intends to conduct a prompt, careful and comprehensive review of the proposal," it added.
Seven & i has 85,000 outlets worldwide in 20 countries and territories and has a large footprint in Asia.
Quebec-based ACT is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and runs around 17,000 shops more than 30 countries across North America Europe and Asia under the brands Circle K and Couche-Tard.

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7-Eleven收到來自Circle K母公司收購提議  

在收購報導出現後，Seven & i的股價上漲了超過20%  
便利店巨頭7-Eleven的母公司收到來自加拿大競爭對手Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT)的收購提議，後者運營著Circle K連鎖店。  
總部位於東京的Seven & i Holdings表示，已成立特別委員會以決定是否接受該提議。  
消息傳出後，Seven & i的股價上漲了超過20%。  
這使得這家日本公司的市值達到約5.6萬億日元（385億美元；297億英鎊）。  

Seven & i在聲明中表示，已「收到ACT提出的機密的、無約束力的初步收購提議，收購[其]所有流通股」。  
「[該]特別委員會打算對該提議進行迅速、仔細且全面的審查」，聲明補充道。  
Seven & i在全球20個國家和地區擁有85,000家門店，並且在亞洲擁有大量的市場份額。  
ACT總部位於魁北克，並在多倫多證券交易所上市，在北美、歐洲和亞洲的30多個國家運營著約17,000家門店，品牌包括Circle K和Couche-Tard。