Nationalisation of Northern Rock mortgage products, but the other company, "Northern Rock (Asset Management) plc", will not. The subsidiary in Guernsey, Northern Rock (Guernsey) Limited, and all Irish accounts are owned by the new Northern Rock plc. After the split there are two boards of directors; Ron Sandler is the Chairman of the new Northern Rock plc and Richard Pym is Chairman of the Asset Management company. Gary Hoffman is Chief Executive of both companies. On 10 March 2010 Northern Rock (Asset Management) plc announced that for the year 2009 the company made a better than expected loss of £257.4 million; this was a
Nationalisation of Northern Rock was revealed that Lehman Brothers and Bradford & Bingley had tabled bids for Northern Rock in December 2007; both of these bidders later fell victim themselves to the banking crisis. Terra Firma Capital Partners, a private equity company, also wanted to purchase some of Northern Rock's prime assets. Northern Rock announced that all offers had been "materially below" the previous trading value. Alistair Darling said on 19 November that the Government would have to approve or veto any sale, in the interests of taxpayers, depositors and wider financial stability. In December the Government prepared emergency legislation to nationalise the Bank,