Shares in high street lender
It added in a statement there was no certainty an offer would be made and advised its shareholders to take no action.
Even after paring gains in the afternoon, the takeover talk meant
Carlyle now has until the close of business on 2 December to place firm bid for the bank, or walk away from the takeover deal.
Shares in
Any move for the dog-friendly high street bank from US private equity giant Carlyle would be the second major deal involving the challenger banks in recent weeks, with
In its most recent results the seven-day-a-week lender posted recovering revenues and shrinking losses, although it still booked a pre-tax loss of £139m for the six months to 30 June
.In its most-recent trading update last month Metro said lending for the three months to 30 September had held firm at £12.3bn as it welcomed signs of a “gradual return to normality”.
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