TOKYO -- The founding family of Japan's Seven & i Holdings has approached such major U.S. investors as KKR on the possibility of joining a proposed takeover of the retail group, Nikkei learned on Saturday.
As well as KKR, the founding Ito family has asked Bain Capital, Apollo Global Management and the Blackstone group to consider backing the transaction. Depending on how they estimate their returns, these investors could decide against common equity investments in favor of other forms of financing.
