there is a very good chance that the new club called The Rangers will also be in the same division as them next year, so getting back to the premiership might not be that easy.
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The MAIN thing apart from picking the monkeys up for peanuts Is,the ground it's self,asbestos crumbling eyesore ,it must be another big drain on finance,how it keeps getting a safety certificate is beyond me,there hospitality is bad to say the least,a total bull dozing and re build on a similar standard to the west stand at ER,not sure how much that would cost but it's got to be at least £15 million,and that is on top of other things like the loss of revenues while it's being rebuilt ,the only person who comes to mind would be J K Rowlings apart from that there is no body out there,Ann Budge has say £40million ,she would be chucking half her fortune at it,
As Frazer would say in dads army "were doomed"
This is my thinking..... Just playing devils advocate but if I was a reasonably well off yam (sadly I'm no wealthy but thankfully I aint no yam) I might just be sitting back right now thinking I'd let all this pan out with BDO/FoH taking all the grief over arranging CVA'S etc then once the dust settles I (or maybe a small consortium) will put a reasonable offer in for the now debt free club.....
I'm not suggesting that some mega wealthy punter is going to do this (if Rangers cant get that then what chance have Hearts) and plough money into them, what I can see is person(s) with a bit of wealth buying the club and getting the stadia up to scratch and investing a bit of cash into the squad to get them back up the top end of the Premiership.
I see a day when they are run like us is about the size of it but what infuriates me is that if this comes to pass their punishment will have been 1 hellish season in the Premiership followed by 1 or 2 seasons in the Championship before they are back to a pretty level playing field with us....
For the last 30 years of cheating and financial doping that seems to me to be getting away with it very lightly.....:furious:
I dont buy that, if it was Ann Budge they would get a mortgage to build a new stand from the bank as she would underwrite the debt much like we have done with STF.....
The person backing them doesnt actually need to pony up that sort of money up front is they can prove to the bank that if the club defaults then they will cover the debt....
They arent going to be paying anyone £10-£15K a week anymore but they would be back in a reasonably competitive state and at least able to challenge for cups/Euro places again.
Nobody in their right mind uses there own money to fund football ventures. Not when you have idiotic fans who'll steal their kids Xmas funds, Charities and small businesses to rip off. The Huns and small Huns are perfect models in how to scam your way through club ownership.
The one flaw in the yams being bought from FOH by a wealthy businessman and reinvigorated is that the reason that the businessman was wealthy in the first place was because they didn't throw too much of their money at basket case projects like hearts.
Additionally whilst their mythical benefactor might not have to pay to build the new wongadome out their own pocket, they would certainly be underwriting the debt should it goes tits up in the future which amounts to pretty much the same thing.
As Scottish football transfer values have collapsed, as its a buyers market given how desperate most of our clubs are, there is no way that any football club, other than Celtc at present, can raise monies like Hibs did with the "golden generation"
The question to ask is why would I underwrite a £10m debt in addition to paying £5m for the club and its assets?
Is that investment likely to increase substantially in value, not a chance .
Is the football club likely to make sufficient profits that I can withdraw as a return on the capital? not a chance
You could probably get a billy big baws seat on the board of a non old firm Scottish Club for a maximum of £1m, probably far less, if that's your vanity project. Why spend £15m minimum
Rest easy it aint going to happen
All is Barry tweeting that BDO have told Gary Locke there's no need to sell players in January. What a relief, was getting worried that they might try to offload Jamie Hamill or Dylan McGowan.
Looks like more delays.... Dont you just love lithuania..
From bloomberg (thanks - to originator spotting this) cant do links so here is cut and paste:-
Information to creditors about the course of BAB Ūkio bankas bankruptcy procedure
2013-12-09
On 17 October 2013 the Kaunas Regional Court confirmed the total amount of financial claims of the creditors of AB Ūkio bankas in bankruptcy totalling LTL 1.439 billion. The major portion of financial claims, over LTL 801 million, comprises liabilities to second-ranking creditor VĮ Indėlių ir investicijų draudimas.
Pursuant to Article 22 of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the Republic of Lithuania, the first meeting of creditors shall be convened not later than within 30 working days from the entry into force of the court ruling to confirm the creditors’ claims.
However, an appeal was lodged against the court ruling concerning confirmation of Ūkio bankas financial claims of 5 November 2013. Since the appeal concerns confirmation of the financial claims of Ūkio bankas major creditor VĮ Indėlių ir investicijų draudimas the amount of whose claims when expressed in value accounts for more than the confirmed amount of the total creditors’ claims, convocation of the creditors meeting is impossible before this separate appeal is resolved.
The separate appeal must be settled at court within 30 days from the date of its acceptance at the court of appeal. After the court analyses the appeal concerning confirmation of VĮ Indėlių ir investicijų draudimas financial claims, the meeting of creditors will be convened by the court or, on its instruction, by the bankruptcy administrator.
It is tentatively planned to convene the first meeting of creditors in the first quarter of 2014.
It has to be noted that sales of the assets owned by Ūkio bankas will not start before the meeting of creditors is convened and the Committee of Creditors is elected.
Locke has been acting as a salesman in every interview this week. Answering questions about player sales that nobody has been asking.
They know they have to sell but there is not much interest so they are trying to drum some up.
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It is tentatively planned to convene the first meeting of creditors in the first quarter of 2014.
It has to be noted that sales of the assets owned by Ūkio bankas will not start before the meeting of creditors is convened and the Committee of Creditors is elected.
So am I right in thinking they covene sometime in the firsts three months and then only after having elected a creditors committee will they then consider the CVA? Sweet :thumbsup:
You are correct in thinking that. (tentatively).
I think the 'tentative' qualification might mean 'subject to the shares being unfrozen which itself is subject to the Lithuanian government's satisfactory conclusion of its current criminal investigations.'
They are going nowhere fast, and down the toilet slowly.
Of course, it all might happen mid-January, and the CVA can be approved with World Cup stars signed by mid-Feb and a plucky wee escape from relegation. :faf:
Oh dear. When did BDO say they would run out of money again?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaunas Regional Court
The 'more delays likely' Bloomberg info hasn't trickled it's way onto Sicksack yet...
Cancel Easter. Pledge, pledge, pledge!
If I understand correctly, this report is referring to Ukio Bankas which owns 29.9% of Hearts. Their shares are unfrozen but can't be sold until the creditors of Ukio Bankas have met and agreed to the sale. The UBIG shares are for 50% of the club and are still frozen. They can't be sold until they are unfrozen and the creditors of UBIG have met and agreed to the sale.
It has now, and some chap has put up his expert opinion, it's just a shame that English isn't his first language. Or second, or third.........
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VĮ Indėlių ir investicijų draudimas is an insurance company that covers deposit insurance and investment insurance,
Investment insurance is, Financial brokerage companies and banks must insure liabilities to investors. This means that each insurer guarantees securities and monetary funds of one person according to the Law on Insurance of Deposits and Liabilities to Investors of the Republic of Lithuania.
Deposit insurance is, Deposits are insured by commercial banks, branches (departments) of foreign banks and credit unions. Foreign banks, having set up departments (branches) in Lithuania, must insure deposits only if they have not insured these deposits in their home country or conditions of deposit insurance of their home country are worse than those set forth by the Lithuanian deposit insurance system. Currently, under the Lithuanian deposit insurance system, deposits are insured by commercial banks and branches (departments) of foreign banks and credit unions.
Commercial PPI maybe how that affects us though I'm not sure.
I'm sure BDO and the Lith Administrator will be aware of this and how it affects the CVA if at all.
Its no fair though , its not these nice innocent supporters faults , they didnt want any of this and told Romanov where to go at the time
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Straight on the blower to my source, naturally. BDO didn't seem to be aware of this news. They definitely are now though.
To quote from todays news
" It is tentatively planned to convene the first meeting of creditors in the first quarter of 2014.
It has to be noted that sales of the assets owned by Ūkio bankas will not start before the meeting of creditors is convened and the Committee of Creditors is elected."
Jeeso , they then have to elect a committee ! this could take until July with a bit of luck, according to a yam bam it could also mean January, eh i think not.
Can't wait for this revisionism!
Event: BDO say it's over. Finished. Broken beyond repair. Kaput. Bust. They've left the building with a suitcase.
AllisBarry: Brave, tearful Hearts fans can't believe they were taken to cleaners by fraudster.
Yam1: "I said at the time, this Vlad character is no good, and only chanted his name / twirled my scarf / raided the kids' piggy bank to buy shares cos I feared his henchmen would come for us in our beds if I did not."
Yam2: "I did a 1-5 at a Hibby and he just laughed at me. This has not been worth it."
It's quite amusing over there. They thought the UKIO side of things was all sorted but guess what............ Kaunas Regional Court thinks otherwise :greengrin
:nanafunk:
I will pledge £20 towards a lovely cashmere Hibs scarf to send to the Administrator of UBIG for Christmas from hibs.net. Would it not be worth a gamble that he might just slip it round his neck when he leaves the creditor meeting to announce to the press outside that they will not be selling UBIG shares to eFf.Off.Hearts ? :greengrin
Talking of scarves, I wonder how the wee lassie that buried her Hertz scarf under the East stand is fairing up. As fir the scarf, it must be turning in its grave.
GGTTH
At last, something resembling sense over there...........
Only has 157 posts so will no doubt be rounded on by the regulars :greengrinQuote:
True, but the end sentence of the statement, which is dated today so would I would assume to be a new development, seems to suggest that UKIO assets cannot be sold until this creditors meeting is held. Surely this mean that their 29.9% holding will be held until then?? This is just as important as the 50% held by UBIG.
There is so much 'white noise' being broadcast over this that we need someone from BDO or even FoH to spell out in small, simple words EXACTLY where everything sits just now.
One of them is claiming they suddenly have enough money to see out the rest of the season and won't need to sell players.
His source? Barry "1 Million Pounds" Anderson!
:faf:
Shame the deluded never really grasped that the yam end of the problem is of little significance to the scale of the crime and investigation they are linked to. They won't be speeding anything up or bending any rules for the yam because of the precedent it may set elsewhere.
Penny is unlikely to drop over the road because of them being a big club, world war winners etc.......best just to watch the show :-)
:agree: Probably the morning after it all goes wrong and they are seeking solace in friends... that would be the best time to do it.
I don't get involved with JKB anymore, but there were times in the past when I assumed almost everyone on there was a Hibby on the wind up, it was the only thing that could explain the outlandish stupidity of the place. Sort of like a Dice Man scenario.
I was told by two parties that Bryan Jackson, the current BDO Administrator at Hearts, , would consider a positon, such as CEO, in the new body at Hearts if and when Administration is completed. I am not sure if this has a bearing on how additional revenue will be raised.
Whether it be, sale of playing staff, pre-sale of season tickets, or going back to the support for further funding to see the club through
From EEN forum , that must tempting :greengrin
If you are a gimp and looking in from behind your sofa, is it beginning to dawn on you that Sergey may have been right all along? :hibees
"It was the Serge wot said it!"
Those muppets troubles haven't even started yet. This whole business is much more complex than FOH/BDO/Banderson/EEN/Pishy drawers have led the deluded to believe. I think it's instructive that seasoned yam players like Steve Cardownie are keeping their distance from this debacle. Jambo he might be, but his politician's nose is attuned to scenting an Edinburgh disaster, and there's a ****storm in the air, bound slowly but surely for Gorgie. At the end of the season the Yams will look back on this winter with rose-tinted nostalgia. This is as good as it's likely to get for them for some time to come.
Aw well,looks like they will be starting season 2014/2015 in a lower division minus 15 pts again,
I f Carlsberg made Christmas ::flag:
The daft fuds will probably still turn up every second Saturday after liquidation cheering on a team that doesn't exist amongst shelves full of cereals and toiletries.
If B+Q build a branch there instead at least they'll have bags of sand to stick their sparry heids in.
Five-wuh-hu-hun...nineteen-oh-tooo-ho-hooo, it sounds like the Christmas haunting call of the ghost of Jambos past...
This is what I don't get. Considering that they've repeatedly put their hands in their pockets for the current and previous regime, you would think that they might start asking a few questions. e.g.
Who is actually putting up the money for the FOH bid?
We're all worried about the frozen shares, if they really are no problem, why have BDO not yet made a statement to that effect?
I would be so proud of the Yams if they make it successfully through the season, albeit relegated, but still in admin.
If they still haven't reached zero point by May, and being in admin means they start on minus one third of the previous season's total, would their current -3 mean they start next season on -1?
If so, that is genius.
Yams win the Rachel Riley Award for creative accountancy even in Administration, though at arguably a wee bit of a price (dignity, respect, relegation, probity, integrity to name but five victims...)
Hilarious of Midlothian. I hope their demise is strung out as long as possible.
I never, ever expected their death to be as hysterical as it's playing out. It really has been a wholly pleasant surprise.
slightly off topic, but i saw this news item and immediately thought of the huge hertz support
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25316449
Television viewers were exposed to nearly 400,000 payday loan adverts last year, according to the regulator, Ofcom.
one loan advert for every yamboid on planet earth :shocked:
just sayin likesy
I take issue with this post. I am not convinced Banderson/EEN/Pishy Breeks know wtf is going on at all.
The haunted expressions of both I am an MP and BJ after the 'successful' CVA meeting suggest that they, at least, have an inkling that the train is approaching fast and they still have a lot of knots to untie before they can get off the tracks.
Five-wu-hu-hun...nineteen-oh-too-hoo-hoo...we killed you the May-hay-hay before lah-hah-hast...ceee-vee-ahhh approooved...be-de-oh....
As ghosts go, they would be easy pickings for Scooby Doo, which is very much appropriate, as they simply don't have one.
It reminds me of that long running tv comedy programme that everyone loved and thought would never end. The one with all those lovable characters. What was it called again ...........
Oh yeh ' Last of the Gorgie Swine'.
Not Hearts fault. Can happen to anybody.
"There but for the (dis)grace of Fraud go I."
:top marks I will give her £10 to stick into her beloved hertz fund if she comes back and digs it out...with a plastic teaspoon! Bet the dozy mare is not laughing too hard right now, albeit like the rest of them she probably feels compelled to by something from the club charity shop every time she visits that dump!
Lock reminds me of captin kirk on the starship enterprise when its heading for a collision, he asks scotty to change course, then murray say's in his best scotty accent, "I canny change the laws of physics"
Sorry boys - just got in as one had to moor ones boat up for winter - friggin' ducks have crapped all over the deck.
Interesting reading the last few pages. Seems like a few were a wee bit hasty to judge poor old moi a few weeks back. Makes you wonder what BDO actually had to do to get to the CVA 'approved' stage, especially when I was categorically told it was going to be a NO vote.
Surely BDO aren't playing games? They've certainly NO influence as to what's happening in Lithuania.
It's good to be in contact with someone who has, though :agree:
GIRFUY ya Kickback strokers.
The Lithuanians can do without the bad PR of pushing a Scottish football club onto the scrapheap and cashing in on their, urrm, scrapheap of a ground. They know their legal process is going to go into an attritional stage so approve the CVA conditionally, then they will cash in down the line.
Bloomberg take their facts and stories from hibs.net. FACT. END OF.
Sorry Mikey
Bit too many Bishops Fingers ales
Clearly not as Bloomberg were miles ahead of the game with the impact of Ukio Bankas troubles and bankruptcy and implications for Romanov and hearts. This was months before this thread even started and shows how little our Supposed insiders with contacts in Lith actually knew. Of course they were posting everything on the private board not!