FACTBOX-Steel Partners' stakes in Japan companies

Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners said last week it may launch a tender offer to raise its stake in Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings (2501.T) to 66.6 percent from about 18.5 percent at an estimated cost of 150 billion yen ($1.3 billion).

According to filings, Steel Partners has already invested about 299 billion yen to take a stake of more than 5 percent in 28 Japanese companies.

Its biggest holdings are in wig and hairpiece maker Aderans Co. (8170.T) (24.69 percent), stage mechanism and amusement park ride maker Sansei Yusoki Co. (6357.OS) (24.57 percent) and Sapporo (18.64 percent), according to filings as of Jan. 11.

The following is a list of companies in which the fund has a stake, including holdings by a group firm. COMPANY STAKE AMOUNT INVESTED

(%) (BLN YEN) Aderans Co. (8170.T) 24.69 29.17 Sansei Yusoki Co. (6357.OS) 24.57 4.50 Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (2501.T) 18.64 32.35

(As of Jan 22) Takada Kiko Co. (5923.T) 17.90 2.34 Noritz Corp. (5943.T) 14.48 13.14 Ezaki Glico Co. (2206.T) 14.44 20.65 Fukuda Denshi Co. (6960.Q) 14.09 10.05 Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. (5013.T) 13.69 2.05 Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co. (4619.T) 13.38 1.68 Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. (5463.T) 13.23 27.03 Nakakita Seisakusho Co. (6496.OS) 13.05 1.76 Chuo Warehouse Co. (9319.OS) 11.19 2.31 Citizen Watch Co. (7762.T) 10.52 39.26 Bull-Dog Sauce Co. (2804.T) 10.15 1.82 Denki Kogyo Co. (6706.T) 9.84 3.29 Hisaka Works Ltd. (6247.T) 9.73 2.59 Nissin Food Products Co. (2897.T) 9.28 34.18 New Cosmos Electric Co. (6824.Q) 9.25 1.41 Brother Industries Ltd. (6448.T) 9.19 29.73 Shofu Inc. (7979.OS) 8.14 0.84 House Foods Corp. (2810.T) 7.94 12.28 Tenryu Saw Manufacturing Co. (5945.Q) 7.93 0.86 Inaba Denkisangyo Co. (9934.T) 7.09 4.40 Ishihara Chemical Co. (4462.OS) 6.77 0.80 Kaneshita Construction Co. (1897.OS) 6.61 0.99 TTK Co. (1935.T) 5.82 0.53 Kikkoman Corp. (2801.T) 5.65 11.14 Miraca Holdings Inc. (4544.T) 5.33 4.85

((Reporting by Emi Emoto; Reuters Messaging: emi.emoto.reuters.com@reuters.net; +81-3-3432-8587; sachi.izumi@reuters.com))

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