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PE Firm MBK Partners Considers Joining JIC’s Toshiba Bid, Sources Say

  • MBK has held early discussions with JIC on joint offer
  • Toshiba targets to collect next-round bids by end of September
Commuters near the Toshiba Corp. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

Commuters near the Toshiba Corp. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

Photographer: Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg
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MBK Partners is considering joining a consortium led by state-backed investment fund Japan Investment Corp. seeking to buy Toshiba Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.

The North Asia-focused private equity firm has held initial discussions to explore backing JIC’s bid, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. JIC is also in talks to team up with Bain Capital, the people said.