PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION G
CLUBS: FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE
SECTION G: DISCLOSURE OF OWNERSHIP
Disclosure of Ownership Old Rule
G.1. A Club shall forthwith give notice in Form 5 to the Secretary if any Person either
directly or indirectly:
G.1.1. holds; or
G.1.2. acquires; or
G.1.3. having held or acquired, ceases to hold any Significant Interest in the Club.
V.11
G.2. A notice given pursuant to the provisions of Rule G.1 shall:
G.2.1. identify the Person holding, acquiring or ceasing to hold the Significant
Interest in question; and
G.2.2. set out all relevant details of the Significant Interest including without limitation
the number of Shares, their description and the nature of the interest; and
G.2.3. set out where appropriate the proportion (expressed in percentage terms)
which the relevant Shares in respect of which the Significant Interest exists
bear to the total number of Shares of that class in issue and of the total
issued Shares of the Club.
G.3. Each Club shall publish the identities of the ultimate owner of each Significant
Interest in the Club.
G.4. The Secretary shall maintain a register which shall include the particulars set out
in Rule G.2 and the said register shall be available for inspection by any Club by
prior appointment.
G.5. Each Club shall forthwith give notice in writing to the Secretary if any Person
identified in a notice given in accordance with Rule G.1.1 or Rule G.1.2 either directly
or indirectly holds acquires or ceases to hold any Holding in the Club.
G.6. The Board shall have power to suspend a Club if either directly or indirectly a
Person acquires a Significant Interest in that Club while such Person either directly
or indirectly holds any Holding in any class of Shares of another Club.
G.7. At the discretion of the Board, a suspension may take effect forthwith or it may
be postponed subject to such conditions as the Board may think fit to impose.
G.8. Unless a suspension is postponed, a suspended Club shall not play in:
G.8.1. any League Match; or
G.8.2. any Premier Reserve League Match or any successor competition thereto; or
G.8.3. any Premier Academy League Match or any successor competition thereto; or
G.8.4. any of the competitions set out in Rules L.10 and L.11; or
G.8.5. any other match.
G.9. For the purposes of the League competition, the Board shall have power to determine
how the cancellation of a League Match caused by the suspension of one of the Clubs
which should have participated in it shall be treated.
G.10. The Board shall have power to remove a Club’s suspension imposed under Rule I.2
upon being satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to it are no longer extant.
116
V.12
V.13
V.14
V.15
V.16
V.17
V.18
V.19
V.19
V.20