Bain to pay $1.3 billion for half of Japan TV shopping channel: source
www.reuters.com | 22.06.2012.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Private equity firm Bain Capital will pay 100 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to buy a 50 percent stake in Jupiter Shop Channel, a television shopping company, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said.
Bain on Friday said it would buy Jupiter Shop Channel from trading firm Sumitomo Corp (8053.T) but did not disclose terms of the deal.
(Reporting by Junko Fujita; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)