сегодня пришло письмо всем членам Shareholders United. считаю важным его опубликовать и прокомментировать (Ж) наиболее важные его фрагменты:
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ AND ACT NOW
PHOENIX FUND - PROGRESS UPDATE
FC UNITED - MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ AND ACT NOW
Your SUSS shareholding is now: * Please use this number as your total SUSS shareholding when completing the form at (
http://www.shareholdersunited.org/shares ) AND the postal form (which you can print out at the end of the online process) to tell us what decision you have made regarding your shares.
We are writing to all of our 32,000 members informing them of their options in respect of their shares held in the SU share scheme (SUSS). Many of you will have already received the letter. Those who have not can complete the online form and print and return the response page at the end of the online process. The letter has to be compliant with regulatory requirements, so it is a long and wordy document, but we have to act in our members' best interests and in accordance with the law at all times. The letter requires an instant response (please do this via the website now
http://www.shareholdersunited.org/shares if you have not yet received your letter or in case your postal response does not get to us in time), given the very tight deadlines imposed on us by Glazer and our brokers. We must have your reply by Wednesday 8 June, otherwise we will be selling your shares on your behalf in accordance with our SUSS rules. If you wish your shares to be convereted to cash in your Phoenix Fund account you do not need to do anything.
SU is not allowed to give any financial advice, but we can give guidance as to what your directors and committee members are doing. We intend to keep a number of shares as our emotional investment and to ensure that as minority shareholders, we can make our voices heard as loudly as possible. But we will be accepting the offer for most of our shares, so that we can put Glazer's money to work for us, to create a 'Phoenix Fund' that we hope will one day be used to buy our club back.
итак. если вы член SU, то вам надо СРОЧНО заполнить анкету на сайте и в любом случае потом отправить ее по почте. анкета про то, что вы собираетесь делать с принадлежащими вам акциями МЮ. ВАЖНО: если вы, как и MR, направляете деньги в Фонд Феникс, то делать НИЧЕГО НЕ НАДО ВООБЩЕ. ваши акции будут проданы, а деньги от продажи акций автоматически перейдут в Фонд Феникс. определенная, небольшая часть акций не будет продана, чтобы сохранить виртуальное место в правлении Клуба. благодаря же Фонду Феникс планируется в будущем выкупить Клуб у глейзера
This is the option which we think will best further our continuing independence campaign and we urge all of our members to give this option serious consideration ("transfer part back to me and sell the rest" - option 4 or if you want all shares to be transferred into the Phoenix Fund it is option 1).
Please note that you must complete the online form before Wednesday June 8th, 3pm AND ALSO send us the postal version immediately.
If you wish your shares to be converted to cash held in your 'Phoenix Fund'
account* you need do nothing and this will happen automatically. You do not need to send your form by post if you are selecting this option.
*The structure and terms and condition relating to the Phoenix Fund are currently being drawn up so monies will be held in your name within the SUSS bank account until the PF is formally established or you choose to withdraw the funds at a later date.
We still need signed letters and payment where applicable though, whether you complete the online Form or not, as transfers of shares back to members incurs stamp duty and other costs.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE STILL NEED A SIGNED LETTERS TOO EVEN IF THE LETTER ARRIVES AFTER THE WEDNESDAY DEADLINE AS WE WILL ACT UPON YOUR ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTION IF NO PAPER INSTRUCTION IS RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE
IF RECEIVED BEFORE THE DEADLINE, PAPER INSTRUCTIONS WILL OVERRIDE ANY OTHER INSTRUCTION
PHOENIX FUND - PROGRESS UPDATE
Projections suggest that more than 98% of members will opt for conversion
of all or most of their shares into cash in their Phoenix Fund account. We
will be making further announcements with regard to the precise structure
of the fund shortly but we have to prioritise processing of members
responses to our letter (and online) due to the extremely short timescales
that have been imposed on us by Glazer's actions.
SU предполагает, что около 98% его членов передадут деньги от продажи акций в Фонд Феникс
We are also writing to the 41,700 Manchester United shareholders who hold
shares outside our share scheme (private shareholders accounted for 140
million pounds worth of shares at the last count) so we hope to get a good
response from them too. This will give us a great launchpad for the new
fund.
также, SU будет писать остальным держателям акций, которые приобретали их не через SU и ожидается, что % болельщиков, которые поступят также будет достаточно высоким
FC UNITED - MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
Many members will have seen the press release issued yesterday by the
Steering Committee for FC United. The Steering Committee has asked us to
bring this to the attention of our members as soon as possible as there is
a tight deadline for registration of the new club for next season.
Those of you who were at the Apollo rally will know that the NFS coalition
is still very much in place. FC United is just as much a part of the anti-
Glazer movement as is the fans▓ boycott campaign or our own Phoenix Fund.
We have to support each other, in or out of Old Trafford, with FCU or not -
unity is everything.
But each individual fan, whether a member of SU or not, has to make his or
her decision about these things - like whether or not to go to matches
under Glazer. Some are renewing some are not. No-one can make that decision
for you. The same goes for FC United - some of you are very much against
the idea of a breakaway, some are passionately in favour. It is an
individual choice but it is vital that, whatever our choice, we all stay in
the fight together.
все люди разные. кто-то будет болеть за FC United, кто-то не приемлет сам факт существования этой команды. важно помнить, что этот проект - часть антиглейзеровской кампании и в любом случае мы должны быть объеденены именно этой целью, независимо от того, кто и что будет делать.
If you want to find out more about FC United, please go to their website
www.fc-utd.co.uk for more information and on how to register as a founder
member. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING MAKING A PLEDGE TO FC UNITED THAT IS FINE,
BUT WE WOULD ASK YOU TO PUT THE PHOENIX FUND AT THE TOP OF YOUR PRIORITIES.
SU was asked to put forward a representative on the FCU Steering Committee
(your Chair in fact), but we turned it down because our focus for the next
few weeks has to be on the SU share scheme and getting the boycott campaign
and the Phoenix Fund up and running successfully. It is vital that we make
the process as smooth as possible for our members and that the Phoenix Fund
is launched with maximum funding.
For the avoidance of doubt (some members have queried this) it should be
made clear that FC Untied is a completely independent project from
Shareholders United and the Phoenix Fund and any money put into the Phoenix
Fund will remain in your own account for the purpose of building a 'war
chest' to buy back Manchester United when Glazer pulls out or is forced to
sell.
важно помнить, что ФК Юнайтед никак не связан с SU и Фондом Феникс. это делается на другие деньги и другими людьми. деньги, которые вы переводите в Фонд Феникс пойдут на выкуп Клуба в будущем.
As stated in our release yesterday, we will be announcing various positive
steps on these projects in the coming weeks. We have only just begun this
fight and we intend to win it.