Shareholder seeks to take Sheffield United private
Date: Friday 30 May 2008
LONDON (ShareCast) - AIM-listed football club Sheffield United said it was in discussions with its majority shareholder Kevin McCabe over a possible buy-out which would turn it into a private company.
Scarborough Capital, the investment vehicle of Kevin McCabe, who along with his family owns 75.17% of the company’s shares, plans to underwrite an equity fundraising and make a cash offer for the remainder of the shares in the business, Sheffield United said.
Sheffield United added it has “agreed in principle to undertake an equity fundraising, the terms of which are currently being discussed by the board.”
It continued: “The board further confirms that it is in discussions with Scarborough which may or may not lead to an offer for the company.”