KKR has secured enough shares to take Fuji Soft private, days after rival Bain Capital dropped out from a bidding war for the Japanese software company valued at more than $4 billion.

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm KKR has secured a 57.92% stake in Fuji Soft after the second stage of its tender offer bid, ending a fierce battle with rival Bain Capital to take the Japanese software developer private.

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The unusually contentious bidding war between US private equity firms Bain Capital and KKR for Tokyo-listed Fuji Soft looks as though it might have been resolved at the time of writing, with a statement from Bain on February 10 saying it was "carefully considering its future policy, including the option of withdrawing".

KKR has secured enough shares to take Fuji Soft private, days after rival Bain Capital dropped out from a bidding war for the Japanese software company valued at more than $4 billion.