• EQT AB raised its takeover bid for Kakaku.com to ¥3,450 per share from ¥3,000, outbidding LY Corp and Bain Capital amid an active private-equity contest in Japan.
  • EQT AB shares jumped 11.0% after EQT raised its takeover offer for Perpetual to A$22.07 per share (≈A$2.5bn). Perpetual’s board rejected the new bid, marking a second refusal.