7-Eleven reportedly considering management buyout of up to $58B

Japan’s 7-Eleven reportedly considering management buyout of up to $58B

/ 12:53 PM November 13, 2024

Japan's 7-Eleven reportedly considering management buyout of up to $58B

(FILES) A woman walks out of a 7-Eleven convenience store along a street in central Tokyo on August 22, 2024. – The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven is considering going private by buying back its own shares in a bid to avoid a takeover attempt by Canadian rival Alimentation Couche-Tard, according to a report on November 13. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

TOKYO, Japan — Japan’s Seven & i Holdings 3382.T is considering launching a management buyout that would see the retailer go private in a deal that could be worth up to $58 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

The Nikkei newspaper also reported that the owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain was looking at an MBO but put the value of a potential deal at more than 6 trillion yen ($39 billion).

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A Seven & i spokesperson said the information was not something released by the company.

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Seven & i has come under increased pressure to boost corporate value and deliver more for shareholders after Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard ATD.TO emerged in August with a takeover bid, aiming to create a global convenience-store powerhouse.

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Couche-Tard has sweetened its offer to $47 billion, sources have previously said.

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Going private would allow Seven & i to continue under its current management and remove the pressure from shareholders to sell off more of its assets – as well as eliminate the threat of a takeover by the Canadian owner of Circle K stores.

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Seven & i has already started sounding about banks for funding the buyout, the Nikkei said. Japanese banks Sumitomo Mitsui 8316.T, Mitsubishi UFJ 8306.T and Mizuho were in talks to lend a combined 6 trillion yen for the management buyout, Bloomberg said.

Seven & i’s founding Ito family and trading house Itochu 8001.T could also take part in the acquisition, Bloomberg News said.

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Representatives for Mitsubishi UFJ and SMFG declined to comment.

No one was immediately available for comment at Couche-Tard.

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Trading in shares of Seven & i were suspended in Tokyo following the reports.

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