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Nov 10, 2025 8:00 AM

KKR Moves To Take Japan's Forum Engineering Private

On Monday, KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) disclosed the plan to launch a tender offer for Japan-based company, Forum Engineering Inc., through its subsidiary KJ003 Co., Ltd., owned by KKR-managed funds.

Forum Engineering is an engineering staffing firm in Japan that connects manufacturing companies with skilled electromechanical engineers.

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The tender offer will be 1,710 Japanese Yen per share (~$11.09 per share), which represents a 40.74% premium to the six-month average price.

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The offer price per share option will be 1 Japanese Yen, and the offer will run from November 11 to December 23, 2025.

Notably, Forum Engineering’s board has approved and recommended that shareholders tender their shares.

Apart from this, KKR has also reached an agreement with Forum ...