Bain Capital raises offer for Fuji Soft, outbidding KKR by 1.6 pct


FILE PHOTO: Logo of Bain Capital is screened at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital will raise its offer price for Japan's Fuji Soft by around 1.6%, it said on Wednesday, trumping a recently increased tender offer bid from rival KKR.

Bain's increased offer price, at 9,600 yen ($62.88) a share, marks the latest salvo in the running battle between the two private equity giants over the $4 billion software maker.

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