ian1964 10,419 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 (edited) Rangers chief executive Charles Green signed off on Craig Whyte's appointment as a director of the company behind his planned buyout, according to documents lodged at Companies House. Documents seen by STV show Mr Green’s signature verifying the appointments of Mr Whyte and his associate Aidan Earley as directors of Sevco 5088 Limited. This appears to contradict a statement made by Mr Green in an interview with STV this week. When asked what part did Mr Whyte and Mr Earley have in Sevco 5088, he said: "Neither of them had a role in Sevco 5088." The revelations are the latest in the dispute between the former Rangers owner and the current chief of the club. Rangers have not yet responded to STV and it is unclear whether they accept the validity of the documents. The directorial appointment forms, which have been filed several months late, show the signatures of the former Sheffield United chief executive, alongside those of Mr Whyte and Mr Earley. It is believed the forms were signed during a meeting in London on May 9, 2012, three days before Duff and Phelps signed an offer letter with Sevco 5088 in a £5.5m deal for the club’s assets. According to records at Companies House, Sevco 5088 was created as an off-the-shelf company by a Cardiff-based secretarial firm on March 29, over a month after Rangers were put into administration on February 14. The appointment forms for the company, which is registered to the address of London legal firm Field Fisher Waterhouse, were lodged with Companies House on Friday. Companies House confirmed the documents had been accepted but had not yet been scanned in to be made available on its website. Legal action The documents are believed to make up part of Mr Whyte’s legal action against Mr Green, his associate Imran Ahmad and Rangers, as the former owner claims they acted as a "front" for him during the buyout of the club’s assets after a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) failed last summer. Mr Green has denied the claims and stated that the club would be handed a file on Mr Whyte and Mr Earley’s conduct to Police Scotland. In an interview with STV this week, Mr Green said, when asked about Mr Whyte and Mr Earley’s involvement in Sevco 5088: "Neither of them had a role in Sevco 5088. That was a company formed by Field Fisher Waterhouse for the purpose of acquiring Rangers. "Of course, what everyone knows, in the ensuing weeks, as the model unfolded, Sevco Scotland acquired Rangers, not Sevco 5088. "The company that was originally formed was not required and was handed back to Craig Whyte." Mr Green also stated that he was the first shareholder and the company was used to "start the process of negotiating with Duff and Phelps". Mr Whyte claims that he and Mr Earley were the men behind Sevco 5088, which Duff and Phelps identified in the CVA proposal on May 29 had been granted "exclusivity to complete a takeover of the company or a purchase of the company‘s business and assets by 30 July 2012. Sevco [5088] made a payment of £200,000 to the company for such exclusivity." Recordings of the meeting between the three men on May 9 last year, obtained and released by STV, showed Mr Green asking Mr Whyte for £25,000 to pay legal fees to Field Fisher Waterhouse in relation to the creation and running of Sevco 5088. Mr Green told STV he had asked for the cash and a £25,000 cheque from a business account associated with Mr Earley was deposited in his account on May 11, but bounced on May 14. However, STV has seen evidence that suggests the money was paid out and cleared from Mr Earley’s account on May 15, 2012. During the meeting when the appointment forms were signed by Mr Green, who was appointed a director of Sevco 5088 four days earlier, the current chief executive is heard in recordings released by The Scottish Sun saying to Mr Whyte: "You are Sevco". Police report The current Ibrox chief executive also signed off a proposal to strike off and dissolve Sevco 5088 on December 27 last year, although it has not been dissolved. Companies House confirmed that as a result of the appointment filings on Friday, the move to dissolve the entity had been put on hold for a period of six to eight weeks. The winding up move for Sevco 5088 by Mr Green came 15 days after Mr Whyte’s legal representatives had sent him and Rangers a letter warning of legal action, accusing the Yorkshireman’s consortium of "deception" and "unjust enrichment" during the buyout of the club’s assets. On Tuesday, Rangers released a statement which said that following a meeting with the club’s lawyers, Biggart Baillie, and its security team, it would be submitting a file to Police Scotland "asking that they investigate claims made by Aidan Earley and Craig Whyte." The club’s English lawyers Allen & Overy have written to Mr Whyte and Mr Earley over the claims. An excerpt from the form appointing Craig Whyte as a director of Sevco 5088 Limited http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/221247-rangers-chief-charles-green-appointed-craig-whyte-to-sevco-5088/ Edited April 12, 2013 by Zappa 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Hmm. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 and as we know sevco 5088 agreed a deal to buy us with d&p. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Hmm. Read the article against and you'll see the screenshot is irrelevant 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 and as we know sevco 5088 agreed a deal to buy us with d&p. Yet they never bought the assets. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 For what's it's worth i'd like a club statement on this. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 For what's it's worth i'd like a club statement on this. Why it would just be more lies from Green and you'll just do what you always do and lap them up. As I've said before Green,Ahmad and Stockbridge are dead men walking. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Why it would just be more lies from Green and you'll just do what you always do and lap them up. As I've said before Green,Ahmad and Stockbridge are dead men walking. Even murderers get to defend themselves. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Even murderers get to defend themselves. Green will get his chance to defend himself from the dock just the same as murderers do. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Green will get his chance to defend himself from the dock just the same as murderers do. At 59 years old has he ever had courtroom interest? Funny time to start. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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