By Kevin McCauley
Sard Verbinnen & Co. and ICR are handling the return of Manchester United to the public markets as the soccer team filed a registration statement July 3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
Man U, considered by Forbes to be world’s most valuable sports franchise, was kicked from the top of England’s Premier League this year by rival Manchester City. More than 4B people watched its games during the `10-`11 season, according to the prospectus.
Man U had traded on the London Exchange, but it was taken private by American Malcolm Glazer in a $1.5B deal in 2005. The Glazer family controls the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Man U was founded in 1878 by railroad workers.
SV & Co.’s Jim Barron, Brooke Gordon and Michael Henson aer working PR (media) for the share debut.
ICR is handling all investor and analyst relations. |