英冠球队Watford FC将通过数字投资平台Republic出售俱乐部股权

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这次合作旨在出售俱乐部10%的股权，向投资者和球迷开放，通过数字股权为投资者提供真正的所有权份额。

2024 年 6 月 4 日，英国职业足球队 Watford Football Club（Watford FC，大黄蜂队）与投资平台 Republic 合作，计划向投资者（包括球迷）出售俱乐部约 10% 的股权。在此次合作中，股票将通过 Republic 的在线平台和其在欧洲的子平台 Seedrs 进行销售。

此次股权出售募集的资金将用于俱乐部各支球队在球员招募、训练和教练等方面支出，提高球队各方面表现，特别是男子一队，并将进一步发展 Watford FC 品牌。

作为一家拥有近 150 年历史的英国足球机构，大黄蜂队在大伦敦区的标志性场地维卡拉格路（the iconic Vicarage Road）球场比赛，在过去十个赛季中，有六个赛季在世界上观众最多、影响力最大的英格兰超级联赛（English Premier League）中比赛。英超在 22/23 赛季收入达到了 61 亿英镑，而十年前仅为 26 亿英镑。

近年来，俱乐部经历了转型，现在拥有行业领先的设施、国际认可的球员招募计划以及与知名品牌的一系列战略合作伙伴关系。这使得俱乐部在场内外都取得了不错的表现，尤其是在 2019 年足总杯决赛中的亮相以及 22/23 赛季 6600 万英镑的收入和 2410 万英镑的税前利润，据报道，这是英超之外的英国足球俱乐部中收入最高的。

Watford 的终身荣誉主席、著名球迷 Elton John，曾在 20 世纪 70 年代和 80 年代大黄蜂队从第四级别升到第一级别时担任主席兼老板。球员更衣室和通道所在的东看台以“火箭人”命名。

通过与 Republic 的合作，Watford FC 希望吸引比传统股权融资更广泛的投资者，特别是使球迷能够拥有俱乐部的历史和未来的一部分。除了数字股权外，投资者还可以选择接收代币并获得独家优惠。Watford FC 还计划在未来促进代币的交易。

“我们一直在寻找帮助 Watford FC 成长并实现我们计划的方法，很自豪能成为首个通过数字股权向包括球迷在内的广泛投资者提供真正所有权份额的英国足球俱乐部，”Watford FC 主席兼 CEO Scott Duxbury 说，“我们决心让俱乐部重返英超联赛，并相信这是帮助实现这一目标的创新和包容性方式。”

Republic 在帮助足球俱乐部所有权民主化方面行业领先，在将俱乐部社区和其他投资者聚集在一起以帮助提高品牌价值、体育成就和商业表现方面有许多经验。从英国的 AFC Wimbledon 到美国的 Orange County SC，该平台已与全球多家俱乐部合作。

“我们很高兴在 Republic 平台上推出这个令人兴奋的体育投资机会，”Republic 总裁 Andrew Durgee 表示。“此次股权出售是迄今为止规模最大的数字股权发行，将开启英国足球俱乐部所有权份额分布的新时代。作为一个平台，我们致力于让球迷和专业投资者更容易获得体育所有权。”

作为股权发售的一部分，该俱乐部估值为 1.75 亿英镑，计划筹集约 1750 万英镑的资金。每股价格定为 12.44 英镑，通过 Seedrs 平台购买股票的投资者最低投资额为四股，共 49.76 英镑；通过 Republic 平台购买的投资者最低投资额为八股，共 99.52 英镑。

Fladgate LLP 担任 Watford FC 的法律顾问，PSG Digital 担任俱乐部的数字财务顾问。

提供的信息仅供参考，此处的任何内容均不构成出售或购买任何证券的要约或邀请。过去的表现并不代表未来的表现。所有投资，包括足球投资，都涉及风险且不保证收益。

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关于 Watford FC

Watford FC 成立于 1881 年，当时名为 Watford Rovers，在此期间创造了许多令人难忘的历史时刻。大黄蜂队（The Hornets）这个昵称源于 1970 年代俱乐部由黄黑相间颜色组合而成的主场球衣。2012 年，俱乐部被波佐家族（Pozzo Family）收购，最近则由吉诺·波佐（Gino Pozzo）个人持有。

目前，男子一线队在英格兰足球的第二级联赛，即英格兰足球冠军联赛（EFL Championship），他们渴望重返世界闻名的英格兰超级联赛（Premier League）。在过去十个赛季中，他们有六个赛季在这项全球收视率最高的顶级赛事中与许多全球足球超级大国竞争。同时，沃特福德女子足球俱乐部（Watford Women FC）最近在英格兰足球协会的超级联赛体系中比赛，参加了英格兰足总女子冠军联赛，并赢得了英格兰足总女子国家联赛附加赛决赛。沃特福德男子队曾在 1984 年和 2019 年的著名足总杯（FA Cup）淘汰赛中进入决赛，在过去 40 年中也曾参加过欧洲联盟杯，几乎一直位居英格兰足球金字塔的前 30 名。

关于 Republic

Republic 总部位于纽约市，是一家全球金融公司，运营着一家以企业为对象的数字商业银行和一个大众投资平台。在摩根士丹利、Valor Equity Partners、Galaxy Interactive、Hashed、AngelList 和其他领先机构的支持下，Republic 拥有由超过 2000 家公司组成的投资组合和来自 150 多个国家的近 300 万会员社区。Republic 旗下的投资平台、基金和公司共管理超过 20 亿美元，Republic 在美国、英国、欧盟、阿联酋、韩国和新加坡都设有业务。

关于 Seedrs（Republic 的子公司）

Seedrs 是欧洲著名的在线私人投资平台，让个人投资者可以投资初创公司、成长型公司，以及（如符合条件）顶级风险投资基金，同时也使各行业的企业家可以从其社区、天使投资人和机构投资者那里筹集资金。自 2012 年推出以来，Seedrs 已资助了 2200 多笔交易，参与的融资总额超过 28 亿英镑。随着 Seedrs 在 2022 年被 Republic 收购，它现在已成为全球最大的私人投资平台的子公司，在全球拥有近 300 万会员。Seedrs 和 Republic 的结合为投资者和企业家提供了更好的全球资本和投资机会。

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