KKR & Co., Olympus Capital and Advantage Partners are some of the firms planning to bid for Yayoi, Reuters reports. The seller, MBK Partners, is seeking to raise about $977 million through the sale. Morgan Stanley has been appointed to manage the sale of the software maker. The transaction may be the largest private equity deal in Japan this year. MBK Partners is one of the biggest independent private equity firms in the Asia-Pacific region.
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