Mergers, tender offers, buyouts and asset sales involving Japanese companies, in English.
BCJ-110 drew 12,759,681 eSOL shares against a 10,535,800-share floor, enough for 64.70% of voting rights once payment settles on October 26; delisting steps and timing are yet to be announced.
Mitsubishi Electric will keep 49% of its distribution and control equipment business after a planned ¥82.4bn sale of 51% to ABB's Japanese unit, with completion targeted for October 2027 pending antitrust and other approvals.
Kinki Sharyo's board has resolved to sell its Piscataway plant in New Jersey for $26mn, with handover set for October 26 and a gain of about ¥2.4bn expected this fiscal year, though forecast revisions remain possible.
Daiwa House REIT expects a ¥4.19bn gain from selling two logistics facilities, one to the parent of its asset manager, and plans to split the larger sale across two periods to smooth distributions.
RenetJapanGroup will take ¥2.15bn from share sales to JX Metals CS, SG Holdings and PCS Wireless, while up to ¥3.34bn more depends on PCS affiliates exercising warrants that would lift dilution to 37.92%.
Dai-ichi Life Group confirmed that its Australian subsidiary, TAL Daiichi Life Australia, submitted a non-binding proposal to Challenger's board, and said it has decided nothing on a legally binding transaction.
Mitsubishi Electric has agreed to sell 50% of its auto-equipment subsidiary to Hon Hai's investment arm for ¥115bn, with closing planned for October 2027 and a ¥100bn impairment expected in the year to March 2027.
Kanematsu Electronics now owns all of IDAJ and its subsidiaries at a final cost of ¥49.8bn including advisory fees, below the ¥50.4bn first estimate, with a minor expected effect on current-period earnings.
Japan Prime Realty has contracted to buy 22.5% of the building portion of two Otemachi towers from its sponsor for ¥32.8bn at a 3.3% NOI yield, betting on rent resets as fixed-term leases are renewed.
CyberBuzz will pay ¥471.3mn and ¥28.7mn in base prices for two Kumamoto companies, plus about ¥80mn in advisory costs and an earnout capped at half of each company's EBITDA; its forecast update is due 12 November.
Saikaya shareholders vote on November 16 on swapping each share for 0.3 AFC-HD share, with delisting planned for December 11 and the exchange effective December 15, subject to change.
SHIFT's subsidiary is to be sole general partner of a planned ¥15bn software-investment fund with Tokyo Gas, holding all execution authority while SHIFT and the subsidiary together plan to supply 33.3% of the capital.
Photosynth plans to buy GOODLIFE and GDS for ¥560mn, all bank-funded, then merge them on 1 December 2026, using their owned stores to test staff-light operation. The hoped-for savings are goals, not results.
Lifenet Insurance has signed a conditional deal to buy Kizuna and enter small-amount short-term insurance, with about ¥390mn of total spending including systems; the purchase price is undisclosed, and closing is planned for April 2027.
Eole will issue 3,436,428 new shares, 7.97% of its existing stock, to take over AI-server seller WOODMAN, with its shareholder vote planned for 27 November and the exchange effective on 30 November.
BCPE Neon Cayman passed 50% of Baudroie's voting rights on October 13 when its tender offer settled and it bought shares from three founders, two of whom no longer count as major shareholders.
Daito, Meiji Seika Pharma and the Development Bank of Japan plan a joint company to take over Kyorin Pharmaceutical's generic business, with the absorption split set for March 31, 2027 and closing on April 1.
Create Restaurants Holdings will transfer all shares of its Hong Kong subsidiary, set up in 2012, to a franchise partner for HK$1 on October 29; the company calls the effect on current-year results minor.
Sugi Holdings raised its voting stake in an affiliated drugstore and pharmacy operator from 49.0% to 51.0% on 1 September, consolidating it as a subsidiary years before the June 2030 purchase it had first planned.
Holders tendered 13.1mn shares, enough to complete Luxshare's ¥795 offer for Seed, but the bidder will hold 43.29% of the votes after October 20 settlement and still plans a squeeze-out and delisting.
Kamgras 1 K.K. raised its Kakaku.com tender offer to ¥3,682 a share, extended it to October 28 and moved settlement to November 5, while saying talks with Oasis have produced no decision.
Each World share would convert into one Infinity United share and each TSI Holdings share into 0.8, a ratio just above the 0.77 to 0.78 market-price range, if both sets of shareholders approve at meetings planned for 24 December.
Katitas's ¥2,000-a-share cash offer for Toubujyuhan has the board's backing and pledges from holders of 45.01%; if it succeeds, the company pays no year-end dividend and ends its shareholder benefit scheme.
Gakken Holdings confirmed it has started a bidding process aimed at selling its shares in a group company under its portfolio restructuring review, but says no decision has been made and discloses no buyer or price.