Who owns arsenal fc?
Ownership and finances Arsenal’s parent company, Arsenal Holdings plc, operates as a non-quoted public limited company. Arsenal’s ownership is considerably different from that of other football clubs. Only 62,219 shares in Arsenal have been issued, and they are not traded on a public exchange such as the FTSE or AIM; instead, they are traded infrequently on PLUS, a specialist market. As of March 27, 2007, Arsenal’s market capitalisation value is £415.3m, and the club made a pre-tax profit of £15.9m in the year ending May 31, 2006. As of March 2007, business magazine Forbes ranks Arsenal as third most valuable team in the world, after Manchester United and Real Madrid, valuing the club at £495m. Accountants Deloitte rate Arsenal as ninth in the 2007 Deloitte Football Money League, a ranking of the world’s football clubs in terms of revenue, with the club earning £133m in the 2005-06 season. Arsenal’s board of directors hold 45% of the club’s shares; the largest shareholders on the board
