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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An initial public offering of shares in state-run carrier Air India could be considered in the near future, India's newly appointed aviation minister said on Monday. Deals"An IPO could be considered in the near future," Praful Patel told reporters, adding it would depend on the state of the equity markets.The Congress party-led government is seen rolling out reforms, including privatization and hiking of foreign investment caps, to lift the economy and attract investment, after it was returned to power with a decisive mandate in last month's federal elections.(Reporting by C.J Kuncheria; Editing by John Mair) Deals. * Aims to sell 14.1 pct stake by June 9 * Lowest acceptable price 140 fils/share(Adds share price, analyst comment, Global comment) By Frederik Richter MANAMA, June 1 (Reuters) - Kuwait's largest investment bankGlobal Investment House (GLOB.KW) plans to sell its stake inBahrain-based Islamic lender Salam Bank SALAM.BH, offloadingassets following a debt default earlier this year.The bank said in regulatory filings on Monday it aimed tosell the 14.1 percent stake in Salam by June 9 and would bookprofits in the second quarter. Global is among the most prominent financial firms in theGulf Arab region to face serious problems as credit conditionstightened during the financial crisis. "They want to improve the balance sheet," said MustaphaBehbehani, a director at Gulf Consulting Co. "Whatever they cansell." He said he expected Global to sell more of its internationalholdings "They've invested in different places That's why theywere so exposed internationally," he said. Global in December closed the sale of a 14.7 percent stakein Bahrain's BBK bank BBKB.BHBBKB.KW for 43.6 milliondinars, making an 18 million dinar loss.

"The sale of Al Salam Bank is part of Global's strategy ofstreamlining its proprietary investments and focusing on itscore activities," Shahid Hameed, the head of GCC assetmanagement at Global told Reuters He declined to say whether more stake sales were planned. Global said the lowest acceptable price it would accept forSalam shares was 140 Bahraini fils per share, which wouldgenerate a profit of 6.4 million Kuwaiti dinars ($22.2 million). The bid comes at a premium of 16 percent to Salam's lastclosing share price of 121 fils on May 31 and values the bank at168 million Bahraini dinars ($445.7 million), according toReuters calculations. Shares in Global rose 1.5 percent but Salam traded flatafter the announcement. Global posted a first-quarter net loss of 69.5 milliondinars, an improvement from a loss of 360.5 million dinars inthe fourth quarter It defaulted on most of its debt earlierthis year. "Global intends to sell the shares in one go to a singleinvestor or to an alliance or temporary consortium ofinvestors," the statement said Salam Bank was not immediately available for comment.