Approved · Waiver · decided in 29 days, 2 Sept 2026
Global investment firm KKR is acquiring a 51% majority stake in Omni JV LLC, a new entity formed by Thomson Reuters Corporation's transfer of its global print business assets. Thomson Reuters will retain 49%. The transaction involves printing, publishing, fulfilment, and distribution services.
Thomson Reuters Corporation (via its wholly owned subsidiaries, Thomson Reuters Holdco LLC and West Publishing Corporation) will transfer assets comprising its global print business (the Target Business ) to Omni JV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Following this transfer, MCNLST LLC, a special purpose vehicle indirectly majority owned by insurance vehicles and accounts managed by various subsidiaries of KKR & Co. Inc., New York, United States (together with its subsidiaries, KKR ), will purchase all of the Class A Membership Units of Omni JV LLC, which represent 51% of the outstanding Membership Units of Omni JV LLC (the Acquisition ). As a result of the Acquisition, KKR, via MCNLST LLC, will acquire 51% of the capital and voting rights in Omni JV LLC. Entities owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation will hold the remaining 49% of the membership units in Omni JV LLC. KKR is a global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit, and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. Thomson Reuters Corporation is a global content and technology company, which operates across five business areas: Legal Professionals, Corporates, Tax, Audit and Accounting Professionals, Reuters, and Global Print. The Target Business operates a scaled printing, publishing, fulfilment, and distribution business serving legal, tax, accounting, governmental, corporate, and institutional customers in the United States and internationally.