Skylark eyes going private via Japan's biggest management buyout

Skylark eyes going private via Japan's biggest management buyout

TOKYO, Japan - Kiwamu Yokokawa (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Skylark Co., speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel June 8 with President Yasutaka Ito listening to him. They said Japan's largest restaurant chain operator plans to become an unlisted company in the nation's largest-ever management buyout bid.

Yokokawa to come back as Skylark's top

Yokokawa to come back as Skylark's top

TOKYO, Japan - Kiwamu Yokokawa (L), supreme adviser of Skylark Co., and Skylark President Yasutaka Ito give a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13. Yokokawa said he will retake the helm of Japan's leading restaurant chain operator in March as part of managerial reform to achieve its goal of raising group sales to 1 trillion yen by 2009.

Yokokawa to come back as Skylark's top

Yokokawa to come back as Skylark's top

TOKYO, Japan - Kiwamu Yokokawa (L), supreme adviser of Skylark Co., and Skylark President Yasutaka Ito give a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13. Yokokawa said he will retake the helm of Japan's leading restaurant chain operator in March as part of managerial reform to achieve its goal of raising group sales to 1 trillion yen by 2009. (Kyodo)

Skylark eyes going private via Japan's biggest management buyout

Skylark eyes going private via Japan's biggest management buyout

TOKYO, Japan - Kiwamu Yokokawa (L), chairman and chief executive officer of Skylark Co., speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel June 8 with President Yasutaka Ito listening to him. They said Japan's largest restaurant chain operator plans to become an unlisted company in the nation's largest-ever management buyout bid. (Kyodo)