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Tochigi Ontario Holdings comments on KKR-backed US Foods filing for IPO

On Tuesday, backed by KKR & Co. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, US Foods Holding Corp. has filed for IPO with an offering size of $100 million.    In 2013, Sysco had proposed to merge with this renowned food distributor. However, the merger was disapproved by a federal judge concerned that the amalgamation of the two companies would restrict competition in the industry.    In the United States, only two companies have sold their shares publicly this year. The number was so low due to the rapid changes in share prices disinteresting potential firms and investors in listing their stock on the US stock exchange listings. Beijing based biotech firm BeiGene Limited and a gene-editing firm with GV and Bill Gates as investors called Editas Medicine Inc. were the two ambitious firms to make their public share trading debut in the stock market.   “US Foods Holding Corp. was taken over by KKR and CD&R back in 2007 via a leveraged buyout, for an amount of $7.1 bil...