Virgin buys Northern Rock for £747m
維珍金融7.47億英鎊收購北岩銀行
Virgin Money, has bought Northern Rock for £747m ($1.2bn), marking the first return of a UK government-backed bank to the private sector since the crisis.
維珍金融(Virgin Money)以7.47億英鎊(合12億美元)的價格買下北岩銀行(Northern Rock),這是危機以來,接受英國政府紓困的銀行回歸私人行業的首例。
Virgin, the retail banking arm of Sir Richard Branson, will pay £747m in cash upfront – roughly half of the £1.4bn of government equity that was injected into Northern Rock following its collapse in 2007. The taxpayer could receive up to an additional £250m if the business is sold or floated in future.
維珍金融將以現金形式預先支付7.47億英鎊(大約是2007年北岩銀行破產後政府以股權形式註資的14億英鎊的一半),日後假如這塊業務被出售或者上市,納稅人最多將可再獲得2.5億