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Siemens and Mitsubishi finalise Alstom offer

REUTERS, Munich/Paris
GERMANY'S Siemens and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are putting the finishing touches on a joint offer for Alstom's turbine businesses that includes a cash element of roughly 9 billion euros ($12.25 billion), sources close to the bidders said.
Under the complex offer, which would counter an existing $17 billion offer from US conglomerate General Electric for Alstom's power arm, Siemens would acquire Alstom's gas turbines business while Mitsubishi would inject cash and industrial assets into a joint venture in steam turbines, the sources said.
As part of the deal, Mitsubishi and the French government would take equal stakes in Alstom, acquiring a portion of the 29 percent holding of French group Bouygues, union representatives said after meeting with Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg.
"The minister described Mitsubishi's offer... Clearly, this is an alliance scheme that counters GE's proposal," said Gabriel Artero, CFE-CGC union representative of France's steelworkers federation.
"The state and Mitsubishi would take joint and equal stakes in Alstom," he said, adding that these holdings could reach 5 to 10 percent each. "Having the government take a majority stake is not something being considered."
Alstom would keep control of its energy transmission and renewables activities, which would not be part of the Siemens-Mitsubishi bid.
In a second step that one source described as "completely independent" of the turbines deal, Siemens and Alstom would combine their rail activities.
It is still unclear what stakes the two firms would have in this business. If the French government took a stake, one senior source said Berlin would also consider buying shares in order to stay at "eye level" with Paris in a group combining the high-speed ICE and TGV train activities of Siemens and Alstom.
"What is being discussed is an industrial and commercial partnership in turbines," one source familiar with the matter told Reuters. "But it's not enough for a deal to make sense on paper. You need to see the stars align."
Two separate sources said Siemens and Mitsubishi would be offering about 9 billion euros in cash under the turbines offer. That compares to the 12.35 billion euros ($16.9 billion) offered by LIS conglomerate General Electric for all of Alstom's energy assets, including turbines, renewables and grid operations.
"The offer can't be compared with that of GE as they're so different in nature," another source close to Mitsubishi said.
Siemens, Alstom, Mitsubishi and Bouygues all declined comment. A GE spokeswoman said: "We are very confident in our proposal."