AIB shares will probably be offered to retail investors, CFO says

Mark Bourke says the bank has done the required balance sheet restructuring

The government is preparing to sell a 25 per cent stake in AIB

The government will probably sell some AIB shares to individuals next year as part of a plan to dispose of its stake in the bailed-out lender, chief financial officer Mark Bourke said.

“It is really important that afterward, if it does well, that people can say 'I did have access'" to buy shares, Bourke said in an interview with Bloomberg News in his office on Monday. The shares to retail investors would probably ...