FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Jan 11 (Reuters) - German regional utility EWE LANDWE.UL is expected to kick off a sales process for a minority stake in itself next month, three people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that could value the whole group at up to 6.2 billion euros ($7.2 billion).
After the publication of a sales advertisement likely in late February, prospective buyers will have four weeks to indicate their interest for the 26 percent stake, one of the people said.
Potential buyers include a consortium of infrastructure investor Macquarie MQG.AX and German insurer Allianz ALVG.DE , the people said, as well as Canadian pension fund OMERS, Australian infrastructure fund IFM and Dutch pension fund PGGM. ($1 = 0.8676 euros)