Bain Capital has sounded out multiple Toshiba Corp (6502.T) shareholders in addition to Effissimo Capital Management, two sources said. Bain said late on Thursday that nothing had been decided about a takeover bid for the Japanese conglomerate. It was not immediately clear how many shareholders Bain had approached in total, the sources declined to be identified because they were not authorised to speak publicly about the matter. The U.S. buyout firm said there were many issues that needed to be resolved to launch a bid to take Toshiba private. The company said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its stake to Bain if it launched a tender offer for the U.N. private firm. The source said it is not clear if Bain would make an offer for Toshiba . . .
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