in July 2012, an application was made for the club to sell shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), with a target of raising $100 million (￡64 million).[84] More details of the sale were released at the end of July, with the club announcing that they intended to sell 16.7 million shares (approximately 10% of the club) at between $16 and $20 each, raising up to $330 million (￡210 million).[85] Shares in the club would be divided into two groups, with Class A shares sold to the public and Class B shares retained by the Glazer family.[86] Ahead of the opening of the IPO, concerns were raised among both investors and Manchester United supporters regarding the details of the share offering. Although the share prospectus specified that the proceeds from the sale would go towards paying down the club's debts, it was revealed that much of the money would go directly to the Glazers.[87] Furthermore, holders of class A shares would not be entitled to a regular dividend, and the structure of the share issue meant that the Glazers' class B shares had 10 times the voting power of class A shares, essentially denying a controlling interest in the club to anyone but the Glazers.[88] These issues drove down interest and forced a drop in the share price from the planned $16–20 each to $14 each, representing a potential total sale value of $233 million (￡150 million).[89] The shares debuted on the NYSE on 10 August 2012, and initially showed a slight rise to $14.05 per share, but closed the day back at the offer price of $14 each, valuing the club as a whole at $2.3 billion, and making it one of the most valuable sports teams in the world.[90] One of the biggest investors in the IPO was American billionaire George Soros, whose investment company purchased about 3.1 million class A shares (1.9% of the club), valued at $40.7 million (￡25.8 million) at the time.[91] Club records announced in November 2012 revealed that gross debt had fallen to ￡359.7 million after the share sale paid off ￡62.6 million of bonds.[92] The club's debts were further remedied in May 2013, after a new loan deal was agreed that would save the club ￡10 million a year in interest payments on debts now totalling around ￡307 million.[93] In March 2014, American investment group Baron Capital purchased 24% of all of the shares available on the NYSE (equivalent to 5.8% of the entire club, but widely misreported as 2.4% [94]). At the closing price on the day of purchase of $15.84 per share, Baron Capital's total investment was valued at $151 million (￡90 million). [95] In September 2014, Baron Capital raised its stake in the club to 9.2% of the entire club (equivalent to 37.8% of all shares available on the NYSE.) [96]
哎。。就算买完，也是10percent，而且没有话语权，和拿不到股息。 但是貌似就Glazer family和Baron Capital，就占了99.2percent
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发表于 10-10-2019 04:59 PM
然后球队每个Quarter都在创纪录的revenue，木头又整天对外说，我们的财力，只有我们不要买的球员，没有我们买不到的球员
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