CORPORATE NEWS | LIBERO football finance AG

Frankfurt am Main, August 15, 2025 / 7:00 a.m. CET/CEST
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Publication of the 2024 annual financial statements

LIBERO football finance AG announces the publication of its 2024 annual financial statements:

1. LIBERO football finance AG closed the 2024 financial year with a net loss of EUR 783 thousand.
2. LIBERO football finance AG announces that the auditor has refused to issue an audit opinion on the annual financial statements and management report for the 2024 financial year, as was already the case for the 2023 annual financial statements (see announcement dated January 30, 2025). The annual financial statements were approved by the Supervisory Board on August 14, 2025, and are therefore adopted.
3. As with the refusal to issue an audit opinion for the 2023 annual financial statements, the refusal to issue an audit opinion for the 2024 annual financial statements is due to the ongoing legal proceedings in Spain in connection with the strategic partnership with FC Barcelona planned for 2023. The Company reported on the legal proceedings and related developments most recently in a press release dated July 1, 2025. As previously reported by the Company, a positive agreement and partial settlement for a partial amount of approximately EUR 25 million has already been reached in the legal proceedings. With regard to the outstanding portion of the transaction amounting to approximately EUR 15 million, the company was and remains in discussions with FC Barcelona with the aim of settling this outstanding portion of the legal proceedings. The Management Board currently expects that a final agreement will be reached in 2025.
4. For the current 2025 financial year, the company will continue to pursue its realigned corporate strategy as an international specialist and innovator in the development of a marketplace for football financing and other services for football clubs, as well as an investor in football companies, with the aim of achieving a sustainable increase in the value of the company and thus economic success. The Management Board believes that the company is well positioned to achieve this and is confident about the future development of the company.
5. The 2024 annual financial statements will be available for download on the company's website at approximately 9:00 a.m.

Contact

Dr. Dirk Rogowski, Management Board, dr@lff.ag

About LIBERO football finance AG

LIBERO football finance AG (ISIN: DE000A161N22), listed on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN: DE000A161N22), which is listed on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, specializes in providing comprehensive financial management services for soccer clubs in all matters relating to financing and profitability, and offers comprehensive consulting services covering all economic aspects of professional football clubs.

Disclaimer
This release contains forward-looking statements. These are statements that do not describe past events. Such statements in this release relate, among other things, to the expected future business development of LIBERO, expected efficiency gains and synergies, expected growth prospects and other opportunities for increasing the value of LIBERO, as well as the expected future financial results, restructuring costs and other financial developments and disclosures. These forward-looking statements are based on the current plans, expectations, estimates, and forecasts of the Management Board. They are subject to a number of assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the state of the financial markets in Germany, Europe, the US and other regions in which LIBERO generates a significant portion of its income and holds a significant portion of its assets, the development of asset prices and market volatility, the implementation of its strategic initiatives to improve its business model, the reliability of its principles, procedures and methods for risk management, risks arising from regulatory changes and other risks. Forward-looking statements are therefore only valid on the date they are made. LIBERO is not obligated to update or revise the forward-looking statements contained in this release to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release.