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"...the colours be green and white stripes"
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- QPR Officially join the Premier League Today
Premier League "...Queens Park Rangers join the champions of the
Championship, Leicester City, and Burnley in getting promoted to the
Barclays Premier League. They will formally become members of the
Premier League at the shareholders' meeting on 4 June. "
Premier League[/quote]
Explaining the Process and Meaning of Premier League Membership
Premier League - Thursday 06 June 2013
Premier League AGM marks changing of the seasons
The promotion of Cardiff City, Hull City and Crystal Palace to Premier League is formally confirmed
At
the Premier League's Annual General Meeting in Darlington on Thursday, 6
June, one of the procedures undertaken is the formal end of the 2012/13
season and the start of the 2013/14 campaign, where the relegation and
promotion of clubs are confirmed. This is done through the transfer of
the ownership of shares from the relegated clubs to those promoted.
T
he
Premier League is a private company wholly owned by its 20 member
clubs, who each are a shareholder (the FA holds a "golden share" with
the ability to vote on certain issues). Although the Premier League is a
company incorporated in England under the Companies Acts, it differs
from a normal company in how it manages its affairs.
In
contrast to a normal commercial company, the Board of Directors has less
power to manage the Premier League's affairs, with the shareholders
being more active in the decision-making process, in that they are
consulted on and make all significant commercial and operational
decisions.
Shareholder meetings, where such decisions are
made, are held at regular intervals during the course of the season with
the AGM taking place at the close of each season. During shareholder
meetings decisions have been made on matters such as youth development,
governance, solidarity payments and media facilities.
The 20
clubs who will gather for the AGM this year will include the three
promoted clubs, Cardiff City, Hull City and Crystal Palace. Before then,
the Premier League asks the three clubs who were relegated from the
Barclays Premier League at the end of the season (Wigan Athletic,
Reading and Queens Park Rangers) to transfer back their share
certificates that confirmed their status as a shareholder in the Premier
League, which then cancels them.
Before the AGM, the Premier
League Board of Directors meet and confirmation is made of the
cancellation of the relegated clubs’ shares and the three new share
certificates for the promoted clubs are signed by the Premier League
directors and company secretary. The clubs are entered into the share
register, as required under company law.
At the AGM,
Anthony Fry, the new Premier League Chairman, formally welcomes the new
clubs to the League and the clubs are awarded their framed share
certificates.
Then they will await with anticipation the release
of the fixtures for the 2013/14 season on 19 June to see who their
opponents will be. "
Premier League
