Petty’s Free Shares

Monday, 5 November 2001, 0:01
1 min read

Tony Petty has gone public and made the fantastic gesture of 1000 free shares to every Swansea season ticket holder and member of staff at the Vetch. What generosity, there are only 43 million shares in circulation.

The good news is that every season ticket holder will now own 0.002% of the club, based on Neil McClure’s valuation of ร‚ยฃ1.4m for the club, this equates to ร‚ยฃ28 of free shares, or two centre stand tickets. There are around 1500 season ticket holders and I would guess at around 50 staff at the Vetch. This means he is giving away a total of 1.55 million shares in the giveaway or to put it another way 3.6% of Swansea City – a monetary value of ร‚ยฃ43,4000.

That is, of course, assuming the club is really valued at ร‚ยฃ1.4m which I would very much doubt. Petty has stated that the previous owners asked for ร‚ยฃ140,000 for 10% of the club yet he is giving some away for nothing. Whoopee do, Petty owns 99.15% (I believe) of the shares and there are thousands of people who own the other 0.4%. Each season ticket holder will pale into significance against this.

Of course, you could be really cynical and say that the valuation of the club is only ร‚ยฃ1 (what Petty paid) or ร‚ยฃ801k (the debts) in which case these figures will become smaller and smaller. If it was classed as ร‚ยฃ1 for 99.15% of the shares, then 1000 shares would be worth, wait for it 0.002p each. Big deal.

It may look a good publicity stunt but remember what you are getting for the offer and anyone that buys a season ticket (which is what he wants) just to get the shares needs to know what the monetary value and % of share ownership is. One season ticket now, 0.002% of Swansea City tomorrow. Big deal!

Images courtesy of Getty Images, Athena Picture Agency and Swansea City Football Club.

League Table

Next Up

Forum Latest

Threads: 18,336

Messages: 259,854

Members: 4,697

Latest member: Ben-Wilding

Next Up

League Table

Last 6 Results

Latest from Blog

Swans TV: Jamie Sherwood on Cardiff City Women | Reaction

. . . Jamie Sherwood talks to SwansTV following his side's 1-0 win against Cardiff City Women at the Swansea.com Stadium. For more information, as well as all the latest Swansea City AFC news, log onto the club's official website at http://www.swanseacity.com Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SWANSPLAYER Like us on Facebook:…

Swans TV: Stacey John-Davis on Cardiff City Women | Reaction

. . . Stacey John-Davis reflects on her sides 1-0 win over Cardiff City Women at the Swansea.com Stadium. For more information, as well as all the latest Swansea City AFC news, log onto the club's official website at http://www.swanseacity.com Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SWANSPLAYER Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SwanseaCityFC Follow…

Swans TV: Joe Allen ahead of international break | Interview

. . .Joe Allen spoke to SwansTV ahead of the international break as he returns to the Cymru squad since retiring from international football. For more information, as well as all the latest Swansea City AFC news, log onto the club's official website at http://www.swanseacity.com Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SWANSPLAYER Like…

Swans TV: Swansea City v Stoke City | Extended Highlights

. . .watch all of the key moments from the Swans' Championship clash against Stoke at the Swansea.com Stadium. For more information, as well as all the latest Swansea City AFC news, log onto the club's official website at http://www.swanseacity.com Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SWANSPLAYER Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SwanseaCityFC Follow…

Swans TV: Swansea City v Stoke City | Highlights

. . .watch some of the key moments from the Swans' Championship clash against Stoke at the Swansea.com Stadium. For more information, as well as all the latest Swansea City AFC news, log onto the club's official website at http://www.swanseacity.com Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SWANSPLAYER Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SwanseaCityFC Follow…