億萬富翁德國實業家Adolf Merckle 已經提供他的一些私人財產給銀行，以確保緩解流動資金緊縮。
Adolf Merckle 的兒子在近日的一份聲明中說：“Merckle家族已經拿出最重要的私人財產部分來做抵押擔保。在現在這個困難時期，我們正與銀行一起著手對現在的金融形勢尋找一個解決辦法。”
一份由30家銀行達成的推遲償還貸款的協議將在近日完成。
Merckle的VEM投資公司擁有非專利藥品生產商Ratiopharm和水泥制造商海德堡水泥的股權。對于他試圖確保銀行貸款的行動，銀行給他兩個星期的延緩償付期來徹底改善其財政狀況。
兩位知情人士近日告訴記者，Merckle在2007年被福布斯評為世界上最富有的50個人之一。作為獲得延緩償付期的前提條件，Merckle已承諾出售至少一部分Ratiopharm作為抵押。
銀行業人士說，在購買大眾汽車公司股票及其他交易上Merckle損失了4億歐元，這迫使他急于籌集流動資金。
附英文：
Adolf Merckle 的兒子在近日的一份聲明中說：“Merckle家族已經拿出最重要的私人財產部分來做抵押擔保。在現在這個困難時期，我們正與銀行一起著手對現在的金融形勢尋找一個解決辦法。”
一份由30家銀行達成的推遲償還貸款的協議將在近日完成。
Merckle的VEM投資公司擁有非專利藥品生產商Ratiopharm和水泥制造商海德堡水泥的股權。對于他試圖確保銀行貸款的行動，銀行給他兩個星期的延緩償付期來徹底改善其財政狀況。
兩位知情人士近日告訴記者，Merckle在2007年被福布斯評為世界上最富有的50個人之一。作為獲得延緩償付期的前提條件，Merckle已承諾出售至少一部分Ratiopharm作為抵押。
銀行業人士說，在購買大眾汽車公司股票及其他交易上Merckle損失了4億歐元，這迫使他急于籌集流動資金。
附英文：
HeidelbergCement's shareholder, Merckle, offers private wealth to secure bank loans
(FRANKFURT, Germany) -- Billionaire German industrialist Adolf Merckle has offered to put up some of his private wealth as collateral for bank loans he needs to nail down by Tuesday night to escape a liquidity squeeze.
'The Merckle family has offered significant assets from its private wealth as security,' his son Ludwig said in a statement late on Monday. 'We are still prepared to work out a solution for this financial situation together with banks in these difficult times.'
The agreement by about 30 banks to postpone loan payments ends at midnight (2300 GMT) on Tuesday.
Merckle's VEM investment vehicle, which owns generic drug maker Ratiopharm and a stake in cement maker HeidelbergCement , said on Nov. 21 its moratorium gave it two weeks to overhaul its finances as it tries to secure bridge loans.
Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Nov. 24 that Merckle, who in 2007 was ranked by Forbes as one of the world's 50 richest people, had pledged to sell at least part of Ratiopharm as a precondition for the moratorium.
Banking sources say Merckle lost 400 million euros ($504.3 million) with dud bets on carmaker Volkswagen shares and other trades, forcing him to seek to raise liquidity.
'The Merckle family has offered significant assets from its private wealth as security,' his son Ludwig said in a statement late on Monday. 'We are still prepared to work out a solution for this financial situation together with banks in these difficult times.'
The agreement by about 30 banks to postpone loan payments ends at midnight (2300 GMT) on Tuesday.
Merckle's VEM investment vehicle, which owns generic drug maker Ratiopharm and a stake in cement maker HeidelbergCement , said on Nov. 21 its moratorium gave it two weeks to overhaul its finances as it tries to secure bridge loans.
Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Nov. 24 that Merckle, who in 2007 was ranked by Forbes as one of the world's 50 richest people, had pledged to sell at least part of Ratiopharm as a precondition for the moratorium.
Banking sources say Merckle lost 400 million euros ($504.3 million) with dud bets on carmaker Volkswagen shares and other trades, forcing him to seek to raise liquidity.
