Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity group KKR
has offered nearly 4 billion pounds ($5 billion) to Britain's
Thames Water for a majority stake in the utility, Bloomberg News
reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
($1 = 0.7943 pounds)
(Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka in Bengaluru; Editing by
Shinjini Ganguli)