软银集团旗下LY公司（LY Corp）5月14日宣布，已联手贝恩资本（Bain Capital）提高对日本价格比较及服务平台运营商Kakaku.com的收购报价。此举令该公司估值超过40亿美元，旨在击败瑞典投资机构EQT发起的竞争性收购。
根据最新披露的方案，由LY公司与贝恩资本组成的财团目前开出每股3232日元的全现金报价，较此前每股3000日元的初始报价提高了7.7%。LY公司在声明中强调，随着生成式人工智能的兴起，Kakaku.com所拥有的业务资源具有“极高的战略价值”。作为软银旗下的科技旗舰，LY公司目前经营社交应用Line及雅虎日本（Yahoo Japan）。
此前，瑞典私募股权巨头EQT已于周三正式发起旨在将Kakaku.com私有化的要约收购，报价为每股3000日元。尽管该方案已获得Kakaku.com董事会的一致支持，但LY公司此次大幅提价使竞标态势进一步升级。
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