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Thursday, March 10, 2011

MUFG, Mizuho, SMFG, Shinsei eye 150 billion yen loan for Skylark deal-sources

Banks including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group , Mizuho Financial Group , Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Shinsei Bank are in talks to provide a total of 150 billion yen ($1.8 bln ) in loans for a buyout of restaurant chain Skylark, sources said on Friday. Nomura Holdings Inc is in talks with U.S. private-equity firm Bain Capital LLC to sell Japanese restaurant chain Skylark Co for 280 billion yen($3.4 billion) including debt, separate sources told Reuters earlier on Friday. ($1 = 82.900 Japanese Yen) (Reporting by Wakako Sato)

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