Bain Capital preparing buyout offer to take Toshiba private

Bain Capital preparing buyout offer to take Toshiba private

Pedestrians walk past a logo of Toshiba Corp outside an electronics retailer in Tokyo September 14, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/Files

US private equity group Bain Capital is preparing a bid to acquire Toshiba that would take the Japanese industrial group private, Nikkei has learned.