By SAM Nussey
作者：山姆·努西
Tokyo, July 9 (Reuters) - Private Equity Firm KKR Kkr.n Plans to Cut Its Stake in Kokusai Electric 6525.t, Two People Familiar With the Matter Said, Cashing in After a Blistering Run for Shares in the Japanese Chip Equipment Maker.
東京，7月9日（路透社）— 私募股權投資公司KKR KKR.n 計劃削減其在國際電氣的股份 6525.t兩位知情人士說，他們在這家日本芯片設備製造商的股票大幅上漲後獲利。
KKR, Which Holds Around 43% of Kokusai's Shares, Plans to Sell About Half of Its Stake to Investors, One of the People Said.
其中一位人士說，持有Kokusai約43％股份的KKR計劃將其約一半的股份出售給投資者。
Kokusai Will Buy Back Shares in the Market, the Person Said.
該人士說，Kokusai將在市場上回購股票。
A 20% Stake in Kokusai Is Worth Roughly $1.6 Billion as at Monday's Closing Price.
截至週一的收盤價，Kokusai的20％股份價值約16億美元。
KKR and Kokusai Declined to Comment.
KKR和Kokusai拒絕置評。
Shares in the Manufacturer of Deposition Equipment, Which Was Spun Out of Hitachi Kokusai Electric in 2018, Have Roughly Tripled Since an Initial Public Offering in October.
這家於2018年從日立國際電氣分拆出來的沉積設備製造商的股價自上漲了大約三倍 首次公開募股 在十月。
Kokusai, Which Was Originally Part of Hitachi 6501.t, Has Been a Test Case for Private Equity in Japan as Conglomerates Shed Non-Core Assets and Companies Go Private.
Kokusai，它最初是日立的一部分 6501.t，一直是日本私募股權的測試案例，因爲企業集團削減了非核心資產，公司轉向私有化。
With Chips Seen as Underpinning Technological Innovation Including the Growth of Artificial Intelligence, Kokusai Has Been Buoyed by Demand for Shares of Chip Equipment Makers.
由於芯片被視爲包括人工智能增長在內的技術創新的基礎，芯片設備製造商對股票的需求提振了Kokusai。
Kokusai, Which Reported Sales of 181 Billion Yen ($1.12 Billion) in the Year Ended March, Has Medium-Term Targets of 330 Billion Yen or More in Sales and Adjusted Operating Margin of 30% or More.
國際公佈截至3月的年度銷售額爲1810日元（合11.2億美元），其中期目標銷售額爲3300日元或以上，調整後的營業利潤率爲30％或以上。
KKR Sought to Sell Kokusai to U.S. Chip Competitor Applied Materials Amat.o in 2019. the Deal Was Terminated After Failing to Achieve Regulatory Approval in China.
KKR試圖將Kokusai出售給美國芯片競爭對手應用材料公司 Amat.o 2019年。該交易因未能獲得中國監管部門的批准而終止。
Applied Has a 15% Stake in Kokusai.
應用材料持有國際15％的股份。
Kokusai Also Competes With Tokyo Electron 8035.t, Whose Shares Have Risen by Almost 50% in the Year to Date. It Is Exposed to the Memory Sector and Analysts See Scope for Further Expansion in Logic.
Kokusai 還與東京電子競爭 8035.t，迄今爲止，其股價已上漲近50％。它暴露於存儲器領域，分析師認爲邏輯還有進一步擴張的餘地。
($1 = 160.9400 Yen)
（1 美元 = 160.9400 日元）
(Reporting by SAM Nussey; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
（山姆·努西報道；克里斯托弗·庫欣編輯）
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