TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Trial Holdings
obtained preferred bidder status from U.S. private
equity fund KKR to acquire supermarket chain Seiyu for
about 400 billion yen ($2.67 billion), the Nikkei business daily
reported on Wednesday.
Trial Holdings plans to purchase all shares of Seiyu, the
report said.
($1 = 149.7800 yen)
(Reporting by Tokyo newsroom; Editing by Muralikumar
Anantharaman)