‘Club Brugge wants to go to the stock exchange’ | Financial

Banks and financial advisers have been instructed by the club, which includes the Dutch Stefano Denswil, Ruud Vormer, Noa Lang and Bas Dost, to prepare that listing, according to sources against De Tijd.

According to the newspaper, it is still unclear whether the IPO will take place through the sale of new or existing shares.

Because more than 85% of all shares are owned by Club Brugge chairman Bart Verhaeghe, director Vincent Mannaert and director Jan Boone.

In addition, entrepreneurs in the region own 15% of all shares. It is unclear what they will do with their shares.

In the Netherlands, the Amsterdam football club Ajax has been listed on the stock exchange since 1998. Other European clubs with a stock exchange listing are the German Borussia Dortmund, Portuguese Benfica and Italian Juventus and AS Roma.

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