[Diavolo]

Piazza Affari scommette sulla vendita della Roma:
i titoli balzano del 23%, Rosella Sensi smentisce
Rosella Sensi

ROMA (25 febbraio) - Azioni della Roma in volo oggi a Piazza Affari. I titoli della squadra di Francesco Totti sono balzati di oltre il 22% spinte dalle nuove indiscrezioni su un imminente di proprietà del club. Nonostante le nuove smentite dell'amministratore delegato Rosella Sensi, il titolo della As Roma ha chiuso le contrattazioni a 0,7430 euro, con un rialzo del 22,81% e con volumi di scambi particolarmente sostenuti, pari al 2,11% del capitale, cioè 10 volte la media giornaliera mensile. Il titolo è stato sospeso due volte per eccesso di rialzo ma non ha arrestato la sua corsa iniziata sin dai primi minuti di contrattazioni.

Alla base del rialzo, secondo alcune operatori, ci sono le indiscrezioni di stampa sulla possibilità che la famiglia Sensi, azionista di controllo di Italpetroli, a cui a sua volta fa capo la Roma, possa essere costretta a "sacrificare" la squadra giallorossa per recuperare parte dei debiti verso con Capitalia, ora assorbita da Unicredit. Voci smentite con decisione domenica prima di Roma-Fiorentina da Rosella Sensi, con parole che, evidentemente, non hanno convinto il mercato fino in fondo. «Stiamo lavorando a un piano industriale molto serio - ha detto domenica Rosella Sensi - andiamo avanti ma siamo un po' stanchi di smentire. Quelle voci non sono
fondate né corrette e sono inesatte le informazioni che vengono date».

Non sembrano in ogni caso al momento esserci novità. Le trattative per rinegoziare il debito con Unicredit - che non intende esercitare l'opzione per salire al 51% di Italpetroli e prendere così il controllo della società della famiglia Sensi - proseguono. Dalle sale operative poi si fa notare la particolarità del titolo As Roma, caratterizzato da sempre da un andamento molto volatile: «Al pari delle altre società sportive - commenta un operatore - la Roma non è tenuta in portafoglio dai fondi o da altri investitori istituzionali». Dunque sul titolo «si registrano sempre movimenti importanti dopo un risultato sportivo» e con la vittoria sulla Fiorentina, secondo l'operatore «si è scatenata la corsa all'acquisto da parte degli azionisti-tifosi». D'altronde, spiegano altri osservatori, i titoli delle squadre di calcio sono altamente illiquidi e bastano pochi acquisti per muovere con decisione il titolo.

http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=19521&sez=HOME_SPORT

 

[GamE_Ove12]

This was put today on Goal.com:


Sensi: Roma Will Not Be Sold


The daughter of Roma President Franco Sensi has stated in no uncertain terms that the club will not be sold.

Earlier this month there were strong reports in the Italian media that Roma would have to be sold due to the fact that the club's parent company, Italpetroli, had accumulated debts in the region of €370m.

"We are calm and tranquil,” Rosella Sensi told Mediaset.

“We are going forward in our restructuring plan. We are working constantly and we have overcome a difficult period.

“The players can focus on the next matches, just as they did during the game with Fiorentina, without being distracted.”

A number of businessmen have been linked with a take-over, including Liverpool FC co-owner Tom Hicks, and the American sports marketing veteran Jeff Slack.

"There will be no sale of Roma,” she stated categorically.

“There is no need to sell Roma in order to rehabilitate Italpetroli. I am tired of having to continually answer these questions, and I hope that I don’t have to repeat myself again.”

Sensi has always maintained that the club will forever stay within the family.

“Roma is ours, nobody can touch it,” she said several weeks ago.

“The club will remain with the Sensi family. There will be trouble for anyone who tries to touch it. My father is still alive and continues to play an active role within the club.”

 

[Diavolo]

Nevertheless today Roma shares raised by an incredible 23%, as reported on the Italian report I posted.

We shall see.

 

[G. Facchetti]

AS Roma went up 20% today lol:

Look at the reason they give:

AS Roma Surges After Victory Against Fiorentina (Update1)
2008-02-25 12:07 (New York)


By Armorel Kenna
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- AS Roma SpA, one of Italy's three
publicly traded soccer teams, rose the most in more than three
and a half years after a match win against Fiorentina yesterday.
Rome-based AS Roma rose as much as 14 cents, or 22.8
percent, and closed at 74 cents, up 21.8 percent in Milan,
giving the company a market value of 97.6 million euros ($144.6
million). That was the stock's biggest one-day gain since June
2004. The shares were temporarily suspended for excessive gains.
AS Roma beat Florence-based Fiorentina 1-0 in Rome,
maintaining its second-place position in Italy's Serie A soccer
league.
Separately, Italian news agency Ansa reported that the
Sensi family doesn't want to sell its stake in AS Roma, citing
Chief Executive Officer Rosella Sensi.

--Editors: Jerrold Colten, Dan Liefgreen

To contact the reporter on this story:
Armorel Kenna in Milan at +39-02-8064-4216 or
[email protected]

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Kenneth Wong in Berlin at +49-30-70010-6215 or
[email protected]

Copyright Bloomberg LP www.bloomberg.com

 

[Er Cacini]

I don't believe it. They aren't selling, not now.

 

[Primo]

I don't wanna believe it, but shares don't rise that much on an ordinary 1-0 win. :nervous:

 

[Er Cacini]

I don't wanna believe it, but shares don't rise that much on an ordinary 1-0 win. :nervous:

But you forget the rather substantially more impressive 2-1 against one of the sporting world's most famous brand names.

 

[Deano]

Indeed... Cant believe it can be the biggest one day gain because of a 1-0 win over Fiorentina.

 

[Deano]

But you forget the rather substantially more impressive 2-1 against one of the sporting world's most famous brand names.

Even that doesnt make a rise of 20%. We will see.

 

[Er Cacini]

Coupled with Sensi's reassurance that the club is staying in the family's ownership....maybe. All I know in the past five years there have been a couple of these surges and they've closed the stock for trade for the rest of the day, but it never was because of an impending ownership change, as has been speculated every single time.

 

[Demandred]

The shares price most probably rose because of rumours of a new owner and a possible offer to the Sensis (I think there was a Gazzetta article about this on the same day) . Whether there is any truth in this rumour is anyone's guess, but even if there is, I don't see the Sensis selling right now.

 

[G. Facchetti]

Up another 7 percent today as of 3:30 PM in Milan

 

[Romanista10]

I love Franco Sensi as he is a real Romanista and gave up personal assets to save the club from the financial ruin he put us in to win the title in 2001. I will always be grateful and never forget that. I also think Rosella has grown in her role and has impressed me the past 2 years.

But if selling the club means a boatload of more money and us being more competitive where 2nd place is no longer considered a great season....then I hope we sell. I want to win. Finishing 2nd in 2002, 2004, 2006 (via calciopoli), 2007, and likely 2008 is just killing me. I want another Scudetto...more for Totti and De Rossi than anyone else. I want Totti to be the first Roma player to ever win the Scudetto with the club twice....and I want De Rossi to get a title with Totti.

 

[Osman]

Selling wouldnt be a disaster, aslong as its someone with more financial clout and ambition then the Sensi's (otherwise it might aswell be in the family bussiness), and its not the short term thinking careless owners like Liverpool and the rest have that can ditch you any minute.

Tall order to find a mix like this, and not sure how many insanely rich italians there are (even more Romanisti would prolly want to restrict it to Romans), but it might be a serious consideration to look into if a serious and competent bidder comes along.

 

[AI_Melo]

COMUNICATO CONGIUNTO A.S. ROMA-COMPAGNIA ITALPETROLI S.P.A.



"Con riferimento alle notizie pubblicate negli ultimi giorni dai principali organi di stampa, in merito agli assetti proprietari di A.S. Roma S.p.A. e della propria controllante indiretta, Compagnia Italpetroli S.p.A., anche a seguito di espressa richiesta della Consob, si rende noto quanto segue. Compagnia Italpetroli ribadisce, come già più volte comunicato in precedenza, che né la stessa Compagnia Italpetroli, né Roma 2000 S.r.l. (controllante diretta di A.S. Roma) hanno ricevuto, né direttamente né indirettamente, alcuna manifestazione di interesse, né alcuna offerta da parte di chiunque finalizzata all’acquisizione del pacchetto azionario di controllo di A.S. Roma. Inoltre, risulta priva di ogni fondamento la notizia relativa alla presunta vendita di Compagnia Italpetroli, così come la perdita del controllo della stessa Compagnia Italpetroli da parte della Famiglia Sensi, per effetto del piano di ristrutturazione in atto. Da ultimo, con riferimento alla presunta convocazione del Consiglio di Amministrazione di A.S. Roma e dell’Assemblea degli Azionisti della stessa A.S. Roma per l’approvazione del bilancio di esercizio al 31 dicembre 2007, tale notizia risulta non veritiera e priva di ogni fondamento; si ricorda infatti che l’esercizio sociale di A.S. Roma ha decorrenza dal 1° luglio al 30 giugno successivo, in coincidenza con la durata della stagione sportiva; il Consiglio di Amministrazione di A.S. Roma ha pertanto già provveduto ad approvare il Progetto di bilancio d’esercizio chiuso al 30 giugno 2007, in data 28 settembre 2007, sottoposto poi all’approvazione dell’Assemblea degli azionisti in data 29 novembre 2007, come peraltro reso noto dall’A.S. Roma con appositi comunicati stampa diffusi in pari data, ai quali si fa rinvio. Pertanto, le notizie diffuse dagli organi di stampa sono da ritenersi prive di ogni fondamento; al riguardo, Compagnia Italpetroli ed A.S. Roma si riservano il diritto di intraprendere, nelle sedi competenti, ogni azione legale che riterranno opportuna al fine di tutelare i propri interessi e quelli dei propri azionisti, ed evitare azioni speculative sul corso del titolo, in presenza di siffatte notizie non veritiere"

http://www.asroma.it/UserFiles/786.pdf

 

[G. Facchetti]

Latest news:

A.S. Roma Denies Speculation Italian Soccer Club Is for Sale
2008-02-26 10:13 (New York)

By Flavia Krause-Jackson
Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- A.S. Roma SpA's controlling
shareholder said the soccer team is not for sale, denying
speculation that Rome's Sensi family is considering offers.
Italpetroli SpA and Roma 2000 S.r.l., the companies that
control the team, have not received approaches about a sale, AS
Roma said in a joint statement distributed by the Italian
Exchange. The Sensi family owns Italpetroli and Roma 2000.
A.S. Roma shares rose as much as 15 percent earlier today
and were up 1.5 percent to 74.8 cents at 4:06 p.m. in Milan. The
stock has gained 24 percent in the past six months, giving the
company a market value of 99 million euros ($149 million).

--Editors: Dan Liefgreen, Jerrold Colten

To contact the reporter on this story:
Flavia Krause-Jackson in Rome at +39-06-4520-6322 or
[email protected];

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Eddie Buckle at +4930-70010-6225 or [email protected]

Shares of AS Roma were up by as much as 7 percent before and now are flat

 

[Er Cacini]

But the thing is there are no prospective buyers...the failure of 2005 (was it? or 04?) when no one stepped up to the plate proved this. Not Toti, not anyone.

I don't think it's feasible to see a new owner richer than the Sensis. And even if we do get one, it doesn't mean success (Liverpool-induced cough attack)).

 

[Demandred]

The financial situation in the club is way better now though than it was a few years ago, sportingly we are also doing very well so I think it's possible for a serious investor to be attracted. Though I still think it's just a rumour for now.

 

[Thotobald]

What I find especially hard to believe about these speculations is the exclusive focus on foreign buyers in media. When I tried to buy shares back in 2004/2005, they called me from Trigoria and explained that they would not under any circumstances sell shares to foreigners. The policy they made in the middle of that process and presented to me is so far away from the theories about takeovers now. So far away that it is impossible to believe in.

 

[Capitan Totti]

Alright... when are we buying Ronaldinho... I'm waiting Rosella. :lala: