Skylark returns to Tokyo Stock Exchange

Skylark returns to Tokyo Stock Exchange

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Tani, chief executive officer of Skylark Co., Japan's largest restaurant chain operator owned by United States private equity firm Bain Capital LLC, rings a bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014, as the company returns to the TSE's First Section, eight years after the company's delisting in 2006.

Skylark relisted on TSE after 8-yr hiatus

Skylark relisted on TSE after 8-yr hiatus

TOKYO, Japan - Skylark Co. President Makoto Tani (L) holds a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 9, 2014. The restaurant chain operator was relisted in the TSE's first section for the first time in eight years after its delisting in 2006.

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)

Skylark (1993)

Skylark (1993)

Film Poster Film: Skylark (1994) Director: Joseph Sargent 07 February 1993 Date: 07 February 1993