EQS-News: LIBERO football finance AG announces the publication of its 2025 annual financial statements

CORPORATE NEWS | LIBERO football finance AGFrankfurt am Main, 24 April 2026 / 07:00 CET/CESTThe issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. Publication of the 2025Annual Financial StatementsLIBERO football finance AG announces the publication of its 2025 annual financialstatements:1. LIBERO football finance AG closed the 2025 financial year with a netloss of EUR 886,000.2. LIBERO football finance AG announces that the auditor has refused to issue anaudit opinion on the annual financial statements and the management report for the2025 financial year, as was also the case for the 2023 and 2024 annual financialstatements (see announcements dated 30 January 2025 and 15 August 2025). Theannual financial statements were approved by the Supervisory Board on 16 April2026 and are therefore adopted.3. The refusal to issue an audit opinion on the 2025 financial statements, like the refusalto issue an audit opinion on the 2023 and 2024 financial statements, is attributable tothe legal proceedings still pending in Spain in connection with the strategicpartnership with FC Barcelona planned for 2023. The Company had reported on thelegal proceedings and related developments on several occasions. As previouslyreported by the Company, a positive settlement and partial resolution had already beenreached in the legal proceedings regarding a partial amount of approximately EUR 25million. With regard to the outstanding portion of the transaction amounting toapproximately EUR 15 million, the Company has been and continues to be indiscussions with FC Barcelona with the aim of settling this remaining part of the legalproceedings as well. Based on the ongoing discussions, the Management Boardexpects a final settlement to be reached in 2026.4. For the current financial year 2026, the company will continue to implement itsnewly aligned corporate strategy as an international specialist and innovator in theoperation of a marketplace for football financing and other services for football clubs,as well as an investor in the football sector, with the aim of achieving a sustainableincrease in the company’s value and thus securing economic success. The Board ofDirectors believes the company is well-equipped for this and looks forward withconfidence to the company’s future development. A press release regarding thecommencement of business operations and first revenues was published on 17 March2026.5. The 2025 annual financial statements will be available for download on thecompany’s website from approximately 09:00.Contact:Dr Dirk Rogowski, Member of theExecutive Boarddr@lff.agAbout LIBERO football finance AGListed on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock ExchangeLIBERO football finance AG (ISIN: DE000A161N22) specialises in providingcomprehensive support to football clubs on all financing and profitability matters and offers afull range of advisory services covering all economic aspects of professional football clubs.DisclaimerThis press release contains forward-looking statements. These are statements that do notdescribe past events. Such statements in this announcement relate, amongst other things, toLIBERO’s expected future business performance, anticipated efficiency gains and synergies,expected growth prospects and other opportunities for value creation at LIBERO, as well asexpected future financial results, restructuring costs and other financial developments anddisclosures. These forward-looking statements are based on the Management Board’s currentplans, expectations, estimates and forecasts. They are dependent on a number of assumptionsand are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may causeactual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by theseforward-looking statements. Such factors include, amongst others, the state of the financialmarkets in Germany, Europe, the USA and other regions in which LIBERO generates asignificant portion of its revenue and holds a significant portion of its assets, the pricedevelopment of assets and the development of market volatility, the implementation of itsstrategic initiatives to improve the business model, the reliability of its risk managementpolicies, procedures and methods, risks arising from regulatory changes, and other risks.Forward-looking statements are therefore valid only on the date on which they are made.LIBERO is under no obligation to update or amend the forward-looking statements containedin this announcement to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of thisannouncement.Contact:Dr. Dirk Rogowskidr@Libero-football-finance.com