OREANDA-NEWS. April 22, 2010. A competitive tender to sell state shares in five Belarusian open joint-stock companies will be held in August 2010, the chairman of the State Property Committee, Georgy Kuznetsov, told.

“We will publish terms and conditions in the next few days. It is planned that the tender will be held in August, because the issue of valuation is still pending,” Kuznetsov said.

According to him, Ernst & Young, Investment company Uniter, and KPMG, which previously applied for a status of the investment agent, are interested in three of the five companies put up for sale – OAO Bobruisk Engineering Plant, OAO Barkhim, and OAO Lida casting and mechanical plant.

“They have sent us letters confirming that they are interested in these three companies,” Kuznetsov said.

Agreements on awarding the three applicants the status of investment agents have not been signed yet.

The authorities also plan to sell state shareholdings in OAO VolMET and Rechitsa textile.

Previously, the Committee invited Russian Sberbank, Rothschild, Renaissance Capital, Ernst & Young, KPMG and Uniter to act as privatization consultants or agents.