SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore conglomerate Straits Trading Company (>> The Straits Trading Company Limited) said on Monday it has decided to accept an offer for its holdings in WBL Corp (>> WBL Corporation Ltd) from a group led by United Engineers Ltd.

United Engineers (>> United Engineers Limited) had on May 9 raised its offer price for WBL to S$4.50 a share from S$4.15, valuing the firm at around S$1.25 billion (657.2 million pounds).

Straits Trading owns around 40.55 percent of WBL, whose businesses range from autos to electronics, while United Engineers and its allies controlled around 40 percent.

(Reporting by Kevin Lim; editing by Miral Fahmy)