Trading information for KKR & Co is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File PhotoBERLIN, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Germany's OHB (OHBG.DE) on Monday said U.S. financial investor KKR was buying a minority stake in the space company and it planned to delist from the stock market. KKR is planning a voluntary public tender offer for all outstanding shares at a price of 44 euros ($48.34), according to OHB. In total, KKR is putting up to 338 million euros into OHB with the takeover bid, a capital increase of 10% and a capital injection for the OHB space subsidiary Rocket Factory. OHB posted a first half pre-tax profit of 19.6 million euros and said its order backlog remained at a high level of 1.8 billion euros.

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Persons: Brendan McDermid, Fuchs, Marco Fuchs, OHB, Christian Ollig, Alexander Huebner, Rachel More, Miranda Murray, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: KKR, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Monday, Factory, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Bremen, Europe