2008-12-05 : Fri Dec 5, 2008:Kaupthing Luxembourg bid stalled

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A decision on the takeover of the Luxembourg arm of troubled Icelandic bank Kaupthing (KAUP.IC: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), will be postponed for technical reasons, a spokesman for Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said on Friday.
The decision was due today, but the spokesman said the bid process had run into technical and legal complications.
"The interest of the candidate buyer remains intact," he said, adding the the hurdles were not impossible to overcome and that a decision will be made in the course of next week.
Prime Minister Yves Leterme told reporters last Friday that a serious candidate had emerged to buy Kaupthing Luxembourg, and that three or four other parties were also interested in taking over just Kaupthing's Belgian customers.
According to a Belgian business daily, online bank Keytrade Bank, a subsidiary of France's Credit Agricole (CAGR.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), is among the potential suitors for the Belgian customers.
Other rumoured buyers include German bank Landesbank Nord and the Libyan Investment Autority fund, according to Luxembourg daily Tageblatt.
Belgian accounts are held by the Luxembourg arm of Kaupthing and their money was frozen last month by Luxembourg's financial regulator after the Icelandic parent company was taken over by the Icelandic state.
(Reporting by Antonia van de Velde; Editing by Hans Peters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSL530021720081205

"frozen last month", sorry almost 2 monthes ago.
Le groupe communication-presse pourrait-il faire parevenir un rectificatif ad'hoc a Reuters?