“D. Mioduski has sold 100% of shares in Legia Tenis to his private company for PLN 5,000” – a banner with this content appeared on Żyleta, the stand of the most ardent Legia fans, during the league match with Warta Poznań (0: 1). The president of Legia reacted and made a statement on this matter through the club.
In it, the president of Legia suggested that the supporters’ banner contained false information that had been “deliberately misinterpreted”. “In order to simultaneously implement an ambitious management program of the complex and simultaneously implement multi-million investments, acquiring partners and external financing is required. This was the only reason for the formal transfer of Legia Tenis to another entity, in which, like in Legia Warszawa SA, I own 100 percent. In the public discussion it was deliberately misinterpreted as a sale to an external entity “- informed the president of Legia.
Commission for Sport, Recreation and Tourism of the City Council Warsaw unanimously adopted the position in which it expects the restoration of the ownership status of Legia Tenis and threatened Mioduski with a request to the President of Warsaw to terminate the lease of Legia’s courts. The deadline for the restoration of the ownership status has been set for March 7.
Legia Warszawa publishes a communiqué on Legia Tenis
On Friday, Legia Warszawa issued a message in which it announced that it had restored the previous ownership status in the Legia Tenis section. – On February 25, 2022, Legia Warszawa sent a detailed information to the City, in which it described the factual and legal status of the Legia courts. Despite the full transparency of activities and compliance with the contracts, Legia, in the name of good relations with the city of Warsaw, as well as the continuation of the tennis project development, responded positively to the request of the authorities of the Capital City of Warsaw. Of Warsaw and the Commission for Sport, Recreation and Tourism of the City Council of the Capital City of Warsaw regarding the ownership structure of Legia Tenis – stated in the announcement.
– The decision is the result of dialogue with the city authorities and the will to further close cooperation in the development of the tennis center at ul. Myśliwiecka in Warsaw. We emphasize that the sale of shares in Legia Tenis took place in accordance with generally applicable regulations and the lease agreement, and the price of the shares was determined in accordance with the valuation of a professional and independent entity, ie Grant Thornton. This change was aimed at enabling the football section of Legia Warszawa to focus on its own current activities, and for Legia Tenis on the challenges related to the tennis activity, including the modernization of the Legia Courts – added.
– During over 18-month-long negotiations with the capital city Warsaw, the issue of ownership changes in Legia Tenis has never been the subject of the arrangements. Pursuant to the lease agreement, the ownership change in Legia Tenis did not require the consent of the Capital City of Warsaw and did not affect the conduct of its activities by Legia Tenis, including the implementation of the objectives set out both in the lease agreement and in the justification to the resolution of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw. Of Warsaw
Source: Sport
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