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Article: Hearts' GBP 5m loss takes debt to GBP 28m
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- February 6, 2007
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HEARTS lost more than GBP 5million in the last financial year,
taking the club's overall debt to GBP 28.4m, figures released today
reveal. The results for the period to 31 July 2006 - Vladimir
Romanov's first full year in control at Tynecastle - would have been
still worse but for the writing off of GBP 2m of debt by Ukio Banko
Investicine Grupe (UBIG), the company controlled by the Lithuanian
businessman.
The results, which were posted to shareholders last night, will be
discussed at the club's annual general meeting on Tuesday, 27
February. They highlight the increased dependence of Hearts on the
continued goodwill of Romanov and UBIG, and show the scale of the
task faced by the current ...