Comments on: Fat-cat Hello Kitty to save Universal Studios Japan http://news.3yen.com/2009-03-19/fat-cat-hello-kitty-to-save-universal-studios-japan/ News.3Yen.com - Japanese News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:32:12 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Taro http://news.3yen.com/2009-03-19/fat-cat-hello-kitty-to-save-universal-studios-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-426478 Taro Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:07:29 +0000 http://news.3yen.com/?p=6710#comment-426478 Well it appears that the US government bailout of Goldmanwon't be paying Hello Kitty's bonus. It seems that some (most?) of the money to takeover USJ is coming from the private equity firm MBK Partners and Owl Creek Asset Management.<blockquote><strong>USJ theme park to go private in Goldman-led $1.2 bln buyout</strong> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8411268" rel="nofollow">TOKYO, March 19 (Reuters) -</a> USJ Co Ltd, the operator of a struggling Universal Studios theme park in Japan, said on Thursday it was being sold for $1.2 billion to a consortium led by Goldman Sachs. The deal, the biggest such buyout in Japan in a year, was at a 28.5 percent premium to USJ's share price before the offer became public....Goldman, which holds about 40 percent of USJ through its fund, said private equity firm MBK Partners and Owl Creek Asset Management would take stakes in the privatised company. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8411268" rel="nofollow">..<em>.more..</em>.</a></blockquote> Well it appears that the US government bailout of Goldmanwon’t be paying Hello Kitty’s bonus. It seems that some (most?) of the money to takeover USJ is coming from the private equity firm MBK Partners and Owl Creek Asset Management.
USJ theme park to go private in Goldman-led $1.2 bln buyout
TOKYO, March 19 (Reuters) - USJ Co Ltd, the operator of a struggling Universal Studios theme park in Japan, said on Thursday it was being sold for $1.2 billion to a consortium led by Goldman Sachs. The deal, the biggest such buyout in Japan in a year, was at a 28.5 percent premium to USJ’s share price before the offer became public….Goldman, which holds about 40 percent of USJ through its fund, said private equity firm MBK Partners and Owl Creek Asset Management would take stakes in the privatised company.
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