FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) raised their offer for Alstom's energy businesses to compete with a revised bid presented by U.S. rival General Electric.
SIEMENS (SIE.XE)and MHI said in a joint statement on Friday their amended offer raised the valuation of the businesses by 400 million euros ($545 million) to 14.6 billion and increased the cash element of the bid to 8.2 billion euros from 7 billion.
In addition, Siemens is offering to immediately enter into a joint venture for mobility management, including signaling, with ALSTOM (ALO.PA)
The move comes after GE on Thursday revised its bid, offering alliances in energy and rail and sell its rail signaling unit to appease the French government and beat the Siemens-MHI proposal.
Alstom said in a statement on Friday its board of directors would convene no later than Monday, June 23, to review the reshaped offers.
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(Reporting by Maria Sheahan; Editing by Ludwig Burger)
