The Morrison Family15 Sep 2015 17:46
FEB 2014 - but still relevant. The Morrison family, including Sir Ken, can't be pleased with the value of their shares at the moment or all the negative press his father's grocery store has been receiving. They are probably p***ed in fact.
Struggling Morrisons linked to private equity buyout
Retailer's founding family, who together own about 10% of Morrisons' stock, were reported to be interested in backing a private equity buyout
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/feb/12/morrisons-private-equity-buyout-talk-sir-ken-morrison
***Stores: Activist shareholders want Morrisons to put its property assets - with an estimated value of as much as £10bn** - into a separate entity as the potential valueis not fully recognised in the retailer's current stock market capitalisation. Most industry experts believe such a radical move is unlikely and unwise but selling and leasing back some stores, 90% of which are freeholds, would give Morrisons some cash to invest in its busines