Canadians 始める，決める for Canary 企て，努力，提案

By James Rossiter
Updated: 00:00 BST, 20 June 2003

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CANARY Wharf 株主 Brascan, is 均衡を保った to make a 企て，努力，提案 which could value the company at more than £1.7bn, it 現れるd today.

The Toronto-based 力／強力にする and 所有物／資産／財産 複合的な／複合企業体 has 雇うd a pair of big-gun 投資 banks to look at a possible 企て，努力，提案 for the Docklands developer.

Sources clos e to the Canary Wharf auction 確認するd Brascan, which owns 9% of the company, has 雇うd Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch as 共同の 財政上の 助言者s to look at all its 選択s for Canary Wharf 含むing a 引き継ぎ／買収.

The banks are also 用意が出来ている to 行為／法令／行動する as Brascan's co-主要な／長／主犯 貸す人s should it decide to go it alone or team up with another 入札者, a source said.

Canary Wharf 確認するd it had received a number of 予選-approaches two weeks ago. The 株 have since raced up by more than 50% to about 275p, valuing the company at more than £1.6bn.

Earlier this week Brascan raised C$384m (£170m) in a 社債 申し込む／申し出ing.

So far only Morgan Stanley's Real 広い地所 基金, MSREF, has 確認するd it was considering a 企て，努力，提案. 分析家s' 予測s for a fair 企て，努力，提案 value 範囲 from 265p to 295p, pricing Canary Wharf nearer to £1.7bn.

Brascan has already made a paper 利益（をあげる） of about £50m on its Canary Wharf 持つ／拘留するing, which it began 蓄積するing at the end of April with the 株 貿易（する）ing at 163p.