Mark A wrote:
>>Heard a story about them on National Public Radio (U.S.) just the
>>other day. Seems some outside money people (non-Brits) are looking to
>>buy the team and turn it into another "corporate brand". I understand
>>the Packers are actually owned by the city of Green Bay, so they don't
>>have to worry about stuff like that.
>>Thanks.
>>
>>- Ed Stevens
>>
>
> That already happened years ago. ManU is already a publicly traded company
> on the London Stock Exchange and is already a corporate brand. Someone is
> buying shares on the open market, and there is speculation that if they get
> controlling interest, they might take the company private.
>
> The Packers are owned by the shareholders (not the city), just like ManU.
> The last time shares of Green Bay Packer stock was put on sale was in 1997,
> at $200 a share. For people who own shares it is a status symbol, and one of
> their most valued possessions. A total of 4,748,906 shares are owned by
> 110,812 stockholders - none of whom receives any dividend on the initial
> investment.
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Received on Thu Jan 27 2005 - 15:38:53 CST
