Frankie 8,153 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 http://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/dave-king-statement-one-year/ http://rangers.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Financial_Review_070316.pdf 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,153 Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 Looks like positive financials and the statement from DK is a good one. One final opportunity for big Mike to grasp a much needed olive branch? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Ger_1872 2 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Good statement and what looks like great progress on the financials also. Good to note that the period until June 2016 has been covered by investors. I think the sections on the statement regarding the Sports Direct Agreement should be taken as an opportunity from Mike Ashley to try and work with the club. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMazza 0 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 The financials - albeit unaudited - are looking much healthier. This is why I'm glad DK didn't whack in money - we have to fix the root of the problems. We'd be in profit now if we have a decent retail deal. Think about that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 With all the talk of playing in Europe with a SC win, are we actually allowed to play in Europe due to the past financial situation. I thought there was something about having to have 3 positive and controlled financial audits before we are allowed back in. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,153 Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 With all the talk of playing in Europe with a SC win, are we actually allowed to play in Europe due to the past financial situation. I thought there was something about having to have 3 positive and controlled financial audits before we are allowed back in. IIRC, there has to be three sets of audited accounts which should be the case (2013/2014/2015). Especially since we have no external debt and are showing progress in reducing costs and increasing income. Ultimately though UEFA will decide whether or not they'll grant us a licence for their competition. And there's the small matter of two very tough games as well to win us the trophy! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeburner 0 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Good news all round. If Dave King thinks he can still have a working relationship with ashley,then he must have a very forgiving nature,(considering he wanted him jailed not so long ago.) IMO,its not feasible,or desirable. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,153 Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 Good news all round.If Dave King thinks he can still have a working relationship with ashley,then he must have a very forgiving nature,(considering he wanted him jailed not so long ago.) IMO,its not feasible,or desirable. Difficult to tell but the courts will look favourably on us attempting to resolve the issue without litigation. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMazza 0 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Good news all round.If Dave King thinks he can still have a working relationship with ashley,then he must have a very forgiving nature,(considering he wanted him jailed not so long ago.) IMO,its not feasible,or desirable. I think DK feels it's the best option of a lot of shitty options. If we can't mount a legal challenge or Ashley will not negotiate with us, then we are stuck for 7 years with this awful contract. Better to try and negotiate a better deal now and actually earn some money than be saddled with peanuts for revenue. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,419 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Sports Direct deal with Rangers 'signed despite clear conflict of interest' Scottish football club’s chairman, Dave King, claims negotiators in controversial retail deal put personal interests first Sports Direct’s controversial retail deal with Rangers – which has made the Old Firm club only about 4p from every £1 spent in its Ibrox store – was signed by club representatives with a “clear conflict of interest”, according to the chairman of the Scottish football team. In a statement on the one-year anniversary of a boardroom coup that ousted directors connected to the Sports Direct founder and Rangers shareholder, Mike Ashley, the chairman, Dave King, took aim at the club’s joint venture partners and former creditors who attempted to have him jailed before Christmas. King said: “It is unfortunate that it required the repayment of the expensive so-called ‘interest-free’ loan [from Sports Direct] before we were able to give notice on the agreement with Sports Direct or to take legal action to protect the club’s interests and seek restitution. “This bizarre state of affairs was caused by poorly negotiated agreements prior to regime change during which personal interest was put ahead of those of the club. Additionally, some of the individuals negotiating on behalf of Rangers had a clear conflict of interest.” The comments mark the latest exchange between the two warring parties after Sports Direct backed down from its legal battle with the football club and abandoned legal efforts to prevent disclosure of the pair’s joint venture last month. A high court judge, Mr Justice Peter Smith, called Sports Direct’s court case a “ridiculous piece of litigation” – a further blow to the the sportswear retailer that had previously failed to have King found guilty of contempt of court and sent to prison following allegations he had violated a gagging order. That interim order was imposed last summer, blocking Rangers from publicly revealing details of its agreement with the retailer, which contains swingeing clauses and was already subject to commercial confidentiality agreements. A Guardian analysis of the Rangers accounts last month suggested that the joint venture with Sports Direct, Rangers Retail Ltd, had paid the Scottish Championship team dividends of about £559,000 since the deal came into effect about four years ago. During that time, the Rangers store had taken more than £13m through its tills from fans, while a previous retail deal with JJB Sports saw the club receive an initial payment of £18m, with a guaranteed minimum annual royalty of £3m. Over the same four-year period, the accounts also suggest that Sports Direct was paid three times Rangers’ dividends, totalling about £1.8m. On top of those payments, it has also earned hundreds of thousands of pounds from the joint venture for providing retailing services. Despite the difference in the amounts received by each party, Rangers owns 51% of Rangers Retail, while Sports Direct holds the remaining 49%. The agreements between the two also include: A seven-year notice period to break the contract A confidentiality agreement that binds Rangers but not Sports Direct Obligations for Rangers Retail to buy stock at a “higher cost than its retail value” A clause allowing Sports Direct to force Rangers out of its shareholding in Rangers Retail if the relationship between the club and the retailer is “deadlocked” A further clause that forced the football club to pay Sports Direct £620,000 for closing down two former Rangers stores in Glasgow and Belfast Zero upfront payment to Rangers for awarding the retail deal to Sports Direct in 2012 A controlling vote for Sports Direct on “financial matters” concerning Rangers Retail. Sports Direct could not be contacted to provide comment in time for publication. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/07/sports-direct-rangers-football-retail-deal-dave-king-conflict-interest 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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