Two shareholders in FC Copenhagen owner say stakes not for sale (updated)
09/01/2019 08:23
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COPENHAGEN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Denmark's Parken Sport &
Entertainment PARKEN.CO , the owner of soccer club FC
Copenhagen, said on Wednesday that two of its biggest
shareholders have said their stakes are not for sale after it
received interest from a possible bidder.
Parken said it had put a request for a meeting from Arena
Developments APS to Erik Skjaerbaek and Karl Peter Korsgaard
Sorensen, who each own stakes of more than 20 percent, but they
had both declined and said their shares were not for sale.
Shares in Parken rose 21 percent on Tuesday as its main
shareholder, pension fund LD Fonde, confirmed media reports
about investor interest in buying the business. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1Z81NG
LD Fonde said it had been in dialogue with Britain's
Redstone Advisory Partners about selling its 29 percent stake
and this would be up for sale under the right conditions.
Denmark's Inside Business reported on Tuesday that foreign
investors, backed by U.S. fund Fortress Investment Group, could
make a takeover offer this week valuing the group at up to 1.27
billion crowns ($195 million) or 120 crowns per share.
Shares in Parken were down 2.6 percent at 97.40 Danish
crowns at 0820 GMT on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Teis Jensen, additional reporting by Emil
Gjerding Nielson; Editing by Alexander Smith)
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