** Shares of shipping firm Navios Maritime Holdings NM.N
up 12.5% at $1.80 in early trade
** Co says it has received an unsolicited non-binding
proposal from N Shipmanagement Acquisition to acquire all of the
outstanding shares not already beneficially owned by NSC and its
affiliates for $1.84 in cash/shr
** NM says there can be no assurances whether any deal would
materialize
** The offer implies a value of $42 mln for the entire
company according to Reuters calculations
** Including the session's gains, stock is up ~29% YTD
(Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru)
((Sourasis.bose@thomsonreuters.com))