Worries over Aberdeen sell-off

By James Rossiter
Updated: 00:00 BST, 18 July 2003

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CONCERN is growing that cash-strapped Aberdeen 資産 管理／経営, the 会社／堅い at the heart of the 分裂（する）-cap mis-selling スキャンダル, may fail at the last 障害物 in selling its 所有物／資産／財産 arm.

Aberdeen said it was 'in 詳細（に述べる）d discussions with British Land in relation to a number of 代案／選択肢 s tructures for the sale of the whole or part of Aberdeen 所有物／資産／財産 投資家s But there was no binding 取引，協定 yet and 'there is no certainty that such an 協定 will be entered into'.

The sale is 決定的な to Aberdeen's 企て，努力，提案 to halve its £174m 負債.

所有物／資産／財産 巨大（な） British Land, 議長，司会を務めるd by John Ritblat, entered into 排除的 会談 with Aberdeen over API six weeks ago. The 取引，協定 was 推定する／予想するd to の近くに by the end of June.

Sources の近くに to Aberdeen said 上級の 管理／経営 within the 所有物／資産／財産 arm were 関心d Ritblat should play no personal 役割 in the day-to-day running of the 商売／仕事.

'Some of Aberdeen's 年金 基金s and 地元の 当局 （弁護士の）依頼人s, whose 資産s it manages, are not 特に enamoured with Ritblat,' a source said. 'This is a people 商売／仕事 and the last thing API wants is for its （弁護士の）依頼人s to 溝へはまらせる／不時着する the 基金 because of a new 法人組織の／企業の owner.'