Five private equity firms have been shortlisted by Slovenian fund manager Kapitalska Druzba to make a joint bid for a 10% stake worth an estimated €58m ($83m) in a large Eastern European supermarket chain.

Ljubljana-based Kapitalska Druzba is in talks with buyout firms, including AlpInvest Partners, Bain Capital, CVC Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs and KKR, about a possible bid for up to 10% of Slovenia's Mercator, which has a market capitalisation of €580m, according to a spokeswoman for the fund manager.