Bain makes $4.1b offer to counter KKR's Fuji Soft takeover bid: Nikkei

Bain makes $4.1b offer to counter KKR's Fuji Soft takeover bid: Nikkei

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

US buyout fund Bain Capital has made a counter-offer to buy Japanese software developer Fuji Soft for about 600 billion yen ($4.1 billion), or around 5% higher than private equity firm KKR’s bid, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday.