Although WestLB's shareholders mandated a divestiture trustee as well as an investment bank with the sales process and publically launched a tender for WestLB on 30 September 2010, the tender procedure did not result in offers that WestLB's shareholders considered acceptable from an economic point of view.
Kuigi WestLB aktsionärid andsid loovutamise korraldamise ülesande nii loovutamise eest vastutavale usaldusisikule kui ka investeerimispangale ja algatasid 30. septembril 2010 WestLB pakkumismenetluse, ei esitatud pakkumismenetluse käigus ühtegi pakkumust, mis oleks olnud WestLB aktsionäride hinnangul vastuvõetav.