6 August 2009 - BOD approves figures al 30 June 2009
Revenues for the 2008/2009 financial year up to € 240.4 million and net profit of € 6.6 million.
Turin, 6 August 2009 – The Board of Directors of Juventus Football Club S.p.A. today approved the results for the fourth quarter of the 2008/2009 financial year (April-June 2009).
Highlights
• cumulative Revenues at 30 June 2009 amounted to € 240.4 million, an increase of 18% compared to € 203.7 million at 30 June 2008;
• cumulative Operating Costs at 30 June 2009 amounted to € 194.3 million, an increase of 11.4% compared to € 174.5 million in the previous financial year;
• the cumulative Operating Result at 30 June 2009 was positive for € 13.8 million, against a negative balance of € 10.3 million in the previous financial year, due mainly to participation in the UEFA Champions League (€ 25.2 million) and the absence of the write-down regarding the registration rights of the player Andrade (€ 6.8 million in the 2007/2008 financial year);
• as a result of the above, the cumulative Net Result at 30 June 2009 was positive for € 6.6 million, against the negative balance of € 20.8 million in the previous financial year;
• Shareholders’ equity at 30 June 2009 amounted to € 101.8 million, an increase compared to € 95.4 million at 30 June 2008;
• the Net Financial Position at 30 June 2009 was positive for € 25.6 million, an improvement compared to the positive balance of € 11.3 million at 30 June 2008;
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• Revenues for the fourth quarter of the 2008/2009 financial year amounted to € 53.4 million, an increase of 26.1% compared to € 42.5 million in the fourth quarter of the previous financial year, due mainly to the higher revenues from television and radio rights;
• Operating Costs for the fourth quarter came to a total of € 56.2 million, an increase of 28.1% compared to € 43.9 million in the corresponding period of the previous financial year, due mainly to the higher players’ wages and technical staff costs;
• the Operating result for the fourth quarter was negative for € 13 million, against a negative balance of € 18.4 million in the corresponding period of the previous financial year, due mainly to the absence of the write-down regarding the registration rights of the player Andrade (€ 6.8 million in the fourth quarter of the 2007/2008 financial year);
• the fourth quarter of the 2008/2009 financial year closed with a negative Net Result of € 15.1 million, against the negative balance of € 20.3 million in the same period of the previous financial year.