Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007

Northern Rock’s largest shareholders have been selling shares fast in the past two days. Baillie Gifford, the Scottish fund management partnership, is understood to have sold most, if not all, of its 6 per cent holding in the bank, realising a loss of up

FT.com: Rock’s biggest shareholder heads for exit

Baillie Gifford, formerly Northern Rock’s largest shareholder, made the sale at some time in the past two days, according to people close to the group. The move took place during unusually high daily trading volumes in Northern Rock of more than 242m shares on Friday and 277m on Monday.

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