TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares of Toshiba Corp jumped 4% in early Tokyo trade on Friday on speculation that private equity firms could be lining up to take the embattled conglomerate private.
Singapore-based Effissimo Capital Management said in a filing on Thursday that it had agreed to sell its entire stake to Bain Capital if the U.S. private equity firm launched a tender offer.
(Reporting by Makiko Yamazaki; Editing by David Dolan)
