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Liverpool owners lose 42.6 million pounds

Last updated on: June 05, 2009 10:53 IST
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Liverpool's parent company, owned by Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett, made a loss of 42.6 million pounds last year mainly due to interest payments to service the debt taken out to buy the club.

The annual accounts for Kop Football (Holdings) Limited released by Companies House Thursday and reported by British media also included a warning from the Premier League club's auditors KPMG LLP.

The accountants said remaining uncertainty over the refinancing of an existing 350 million pounds loan before the July 24 deadline "may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern."

The accounts for the year ending July 2008 showed Liverpool made a 10.2 million pound profit but Kop Football (Holdings) Limited lost money after paying 36.5 million in interest.

Despite Liverpool posting a record turnover of 159.1 million pounds, the club's net debt -- not including that of the holding company -- jumped from 43.9 million to 86 million.

The accounts also showed the net debt of Kop Football (Holdings) Ltd rose to 299.5 million pounds.

However, KPMG said the club's owners Hicks and Gillett, who took control of Liverpool for 218.9 million pounds in February 2007, were confident of securing a refinancing deal.

In their notes to the accounts KPMG said: "The group has credit facilities amounting to 350 million which expire on 24 July 2009. The directors have initiated negotiations to secure the replacement finance required by the group and these negotiations are ongoing.

"These conditions ... indicate the existence of a material uncertainty, which may cast significant doubt upon the group's ability to continue as a going concern, and it may therefore be unable to realise assets and discharge liabilities in the ordinary course of business.

"Nevertheless, after making full inquiries and considering the uncertainties described above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group will secure adequate resources to enable the group to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future."

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