Goldman to buy Universal Japan (Dealscape

USJ Co. Ltd., the operator of Japan's Universal Studios theme park, has agreed to a ¥111.2 billion ($1.1 billion) takeover bid from a consortium led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the U.S. bank said Thursday.

Goldman, which seeks to boost its 41% stake in USJ to 61.2%, is bidding for the Osaka business alongside Seoul buyout shop MBK Partners, New York's Owl Creek Asset Management LP, which would hold 20% and 15% respectively, and USJ president Glenn Gumpel, who will take less than a 1% stake.

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NOT A SUBSCRIBER? Goldman to buy Universal Japan Posted on March 19, 2009 4:14 PM USJ Co. Ltd., the operator of Japan's Universal Studios theme park, has agreed to a ¥111.2 billion ($1.1 billion) takeover bid from a consortium led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the U.S. bank said Thursday. Goldman, which seeks to boost its 41% stake in USJ to 61.2%, is bidding for the Osaka business alongside Seoul buyout shop MBK Partners, New York's Owl Creek Asset Management LP, which would hold 20% and 15% respectively, and USJ president Glenn Gumpel, who will take less than a 1% stake. This is a free preview of the content available in The Deal Pipeline. Subscribers enjoy access to the full story, as well as second-to-none research tools. To request a demo, or, if you are an existing user to The Deal Pipeline, log in to your account, please scroll down and click the button. Dig deeper, with Pipeline. 871 articles related to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 160 articles related to Universal Studios 37 company pages related to Goldman Sachs 30 in-depth reports of PE deals in the Media sector 10 years of news and analysis archives from the voice of The Deal Economy Most searched keywords Deutsche Bank Skadden Arps Pinnacle Foods Concho Resources Agrium Inc. Birds Eye Cantor Fitzgerald Credit Suisse Windstream Corp. Goldman Sachs		EXISTING USERS Username Password Forget your password? Missing a product?

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