The Carlyle Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:CG) made an offer to acquire Uzabase, Inc. (TSE:3966) from Ryosuke Niino, Yusuke Umeda and others for ¥61.4 billion on November 9, 2022. As per the terms, the offer price per share is ¥1500. The acquisition is subject to minimum 26,023,700 number of shares to be purchased. Uzabase board has recommended the shareholders to tendered the shares. Uzabase has also establish special committee for this transaction. Tender offer will commence from November 10, 2022, and will close on December 22, 2022. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. acted as a financial advisor to The Carlyle Group Inc.. Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu acted as a legal advisor, and Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) acted as a financial advisor, and provided the fairness opinion to Uzabase.

The Carlyle Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:CG) completed the acquisition of Uzabase, Inc. (TSE:3966) from Ryosuke Niino, Yusuke Umeda and others on December 22, 2022. Uzabase announces that Board of Directors held meeting on January 6, 2023 and resolved to approve the Demand for Share, etc, as a result of the approval of the Demand for Share, etc. Cash-Out, the Shares will meet the delisting criteria of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “Tokyo Stock Exchange”) and will be designated as securities to be delisted from today through February 6, 2023, with delisting to take place on February 7, 2023. The Company hereby announces that after the delisting, the Shares will no longer be traded on the Growth Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.