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Aozora Bank, Ltd.

Latest Tokyo Brief coverage on Aozora Bank, Ltd., tracking filings, financial news, and market signals from Japan.

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  1. Synspective Secures ¥20bn From 13 Banks, With Balance-Sheet Covenants Attached

    Synspective's new syndicated loan, arranged by Mizuho Bank and backed by Japan's three megabanks plus ten other lenders, funds satellite manufacturing and launches, but two financial covenants will test the company's net assets and quarterly liquidity over the loan's five-year, three-month term, and Synspective now expects total borrowing costs, reflecting both the larger facility size and higher interest rates than assumed, to run about ¥187mn above its original internal assumption, a figure only partly built into its published guidance for the year to December 2026.

  2. Kakaku.com Bidder Raises Tender Price to ¥3,680, Pushes Deadline to September 29

    Kamgras 1's fourth price increase for Kakaku.com clears the ¥3,640 floor that holdout investor Oasis said it needed, even as Digital Garage and KDDI's combined 38% stake stays out of the tender itself under separate non-tender and buyback agreements tied to a later squeeze-out.

  3. Ehime Transport Operator IYOTETSU Group Builds Leveraged 11.24% Stake in Shikoku Electric Power

    A quarter of the ¥32.12bn spent buying up Shikoku Electric Power shares was borrowed, and more than 10 million of the acquired shares are already pledged to two banks as collateral.

  4. Lumina Pays ¥165bn Cash for 72% of Nippon Sheet Glass, Squeeze-Out Set for September 30

    Lumina Japan Acquisition paid ¥165bn in cash, no borrowing, for a 72% stake in Nippon Sheet Glass at ¥450 a share, then pledged those same shares to a fourteen-bank lender group tied to refinancing the glassmaker's debt ahead of a September 30 squeeze-out.

  5. SoftBank Group Sells Retail Investors a ¥1tn Bond Paying Up to 4.90%

    SoftBank Group is raising ¥1tn from mostly individual investors through a seven-year unsecured bond, with the coupon to be fixed in a 4.30%-4.90% range on September 4.

  6. Two Asset Managers Cross the 5% Line in Aozora Bank

    Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management and a second Tokyo-registered fund manager now jointly hold 5.01% of Aozora Bank, a stake built through routine portfolio mandates rather than any push for board influence.

  7. Bain Capital's Buyout Cancels Baudroie's Planned Dividend

    Baudroie's board has cancelled its planned ¥10.10 year-end dividend for the year to February 2027, contingent on Bain Capital's ¥2,970-a-share tender offer, which runs through October 5, to take the Tokyo Prime IT firm private, with founder-executives selling their 54.65% stake at a discounted ¥2,350 a share to stay on and roll over into the new owner.

  8. Ursa 4's Stake in J.S.B. Hits 96.4%, Setting Up a September Squeeze-Out

    A ¥63bn bank loan helped Ursa 4 push its stake in J.S.B. to 96.40%, and it has now set September 4 as the date to force out the company's remaining shareholders and warrant holders.

  9. Iyotetsu Group Crosses 10% Stake in Shikoku Electric Power

    Iyotetsu Group, the Ehime transport conglomerate, borrowed ¥8.35bn from Aozora Bank and Nomura Trust and Banking as part of a ¥27.81bn total outlay that lifted its Shikoku Electric Power stake to 10.17%, still filed as pure investment with no stated board or governance ambitions.

  10. Kakaku.com Buyout Price Climbs to ¥3,570 as Bain Capital-Backed Rival Bid Forces Second Increase

    Kamgras 1, the vehicle bidding to take Kakaku.com private, raised its tender offer to ¥3,570 a share on August 13, its second increase since May, after funds advised by Bain Capital and LINE Yahoo offered as much as ¥3,640.

  11. Tera Group Locks In 86% of Satudora Holdings, Sets Up November Squeeze-Out Vote

    Tera and two allied holders now control 86.23% of Satudora Holdings after a ¥9.19bn tender offer, and plan to force out remaining shareholders through a share consolidation vote expected in early November.

  12. Aozora Bank swings back to profit, with net assets at ¥491.6bn

    Aozora Bank's annual report fixes the recovery in audited numbers: parent profit swung to ¥25.7bn from a ¥49.9bn loss, while ordinary income rose to ¥242.3bn from ¥231.5bn. Total assets ended the year at ¥8.60tn and net assets at ¥491.6bn, enough to say the bank finished not just back in the black but on a sturdier balance-sheet footing.