They need to share some of the pain with shareholders, the paper reported an unnamed investor as saying.

Yves Benhamou, the doctor, was charged in November with tipping an unnamed investor who prosecutors now say is Skowron.

The talks could lead to "the purchase of a major shareholding" by the unnamed investor, the firm said.

If he could be encouraged to return for a period, Thiam could go immediately, an unnamed investor told the FT.

The company also said talks had ended with another unnamed investor that might have resulted in the company's equity having little value.

Klenk Holz said that talks with an unnamed investor were being finalized, while Carlyle declined to comment and Orlando was not immediately available.

It said Anbang and the seller, private equity firm Vogo, could announce the agreement as early as today citing an unnamed investor in Vogo.

AN unnamed investor has taken a 12.5 per cent shareholding in Gaelic Resources, the small exploration company restructured last, year.

One, called "Credit Equals Gold", came close to default in January, only to be bailed out by an unnamed investor at the eleventh hour.

Town Bar's owner, Ronan Ryan, said his restaurant would stay open after an unnamed investor agreed to put €500,000 into the business.

Investment fund Startive Capital owns another 42 percent of Freelancer, while unnamed investors hold the rest.

The agency typically sues unnamed investors to freeze assets and prevent money from leaving the United States.

Active Ownership last year reported a stake of 7 percent of shares and options held together with other unnamed investors.

Private equity firm Silver Lake, a Virtu investor, would back the deal, along with other unnamed investors, the source said.

FBI agents recorded many of the conversations between the men arrested on Thursday and unnamed investors, the government's complaint says.

The inclusion of the unnamed investors is mentioned in a legal scheme of arrangement for the takeover which was published yesterday.