Bernhard Burgener requests the sale of David Degen’s shares.

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The owner dispute over FC Basel between Bernhard Burgener and David Degen is one more move. Bernhard Burgener Burgener’s plans are backed by the Board of Directors. However, there isn’t an agreement.

Bernhard Burgener The meeting held on Monday of the Board of Directors at FC Basel Holding AG was successful. Burgener and Degen were joined by Karl Odermatt (and Peter von Buren) on the four-member committee that approved the plan of the former owner. According to a statement issued by the holding company Degen asked Degen to sell his stake to Basel Dream & Vision AG.

To do this it is the Board of Directors relies on the terms of a contract that allows Burgener to transfer its shares to the shareholders of the minority shareholders in the same terms. The Board of Directors says that the right to presale of Degen is overridden by this so-called dragalong right.

http://www.lasamarmo.it/de/tradition/zeitreise/georg-lechner-trifft-den-medienunternehmer-bernhard-burgener.html Burgener has joined his team in the fight over the owners. Bernhard Burgener Degen insists on his first refusal. He is seeking to exercise this right for 16.4 Million Francs. Burgener has been barred from selling his 80 percent stake by the ex-player through a super-provisional order. Centricus the British asset manager, would also be a shareholder in the company. Burgener still would be the largest shareholder.

In the FC Basel Holding AG announcement, Burgener is quickly seeking an out-of-court settlement „in the interest of FCB“. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm10370045/