上述知情人士说，目前的方案中，参股金额约为4万亿日元，其余资金来自银行。According to informed sources, the USA private equity giant Apollo Global Management is considering holding a significant stake in the privatization proposal made by the founding Ito family of the convenience store operator Seven & i.
Sources say that Apollo is discussing a contribution of up to 1.5 trillion yen (approximately 9.5 billion USD) in the plan. Due to the information being undisclosed, these individuals requested anonymity.
According to the current proposal, Apollo will become a major investor alongside the Ito family and the Japan FamilyMart operator Itochu Corporation. The Ito family is considering a contribution of about 500 billion yen, while Itochu Corporation is contributing over 1 trillion yen. Other partners are still negotiating their shares.
The aforementioned informed sources said that in the current plan, the total investment amount is approximately 4 trillion yen, with the remaining funds sourced from Banks.
Informed sources said that the valuation of the acquisition plan was initially set at 9 trillion yen, higher than the 7.5 trillion yen acquisition Quote made by the Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couch-Tard, but it may be lowered as the Market Cap of this Japanese company is still far below the proposal.
Seven & i's Market Cap hovered around 6.3 trillion yen on Friday. Following the news regarding Apollo, the company's stock price briefly rose by 7.4%.
