Carlos Gonzalez de Castroadvisor and secretary Board of Directors of Betisintervened on the club’s official television last night to clarify some of the most pressing points Ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the club, which will be held this afternoon. In particular, regarding the statutory amendments to be put to the vote among the shareholders.
Shareholders meeting this Tuesday“Most likely it will be on the first call tomorrow. They have already accredited, I believe, the extraordinary quorum that we need, because they are statutory changes and, in fact, as you point out very well, the General.” assembly It is the sovereign body, the highest body of the company, above any commercial company in Spain, its board of directors and even the president, it is the sovereign body of the organization and not only they can express their opinion. , but they take Consensus on each item presented by vote, in other words, it is not only a forum for debate, but also a decision-making body of the club.
A multi-point assembly“Well, I expect, perhaps, a very legal meeting, because it is true that we have a lot of statutory amendments, which I know is a bit tedious. I have apologized to everyone, because I insisted that must be done, and I realize that it is a tedious and perhaps repetitive topic, we have tried to group the items on the agenda so that it does not drag on, of course, always respecting the information, voice and the right to vote. shareholders who attend, but try to make the meeting more formal than in other years, so that it is as bearable as possible, and we don’t stay there long anyway, we tried to do it this way, and then it will be what the shareholders want , of course.”
The budget is 183 million“Yes, it is submitted for approval, we hope that the budget of almost 183 million is approved, which, as we commented on one occasion, and there I justify the need to eliminate the need to bring the budget to the approval of the Council, because it It’s a budget that we started working on about six months ago, and so a significant portion of the budget was already spent at the time of approval, which is a strange circumstance to say the least.
Statutory changes“This means that the charter of Betis has not been amended for about 32 years, there have been some changes, mainly due to capital increases and reductions, that have taken place over the years, but the charter was drawn up under legislation that largely no longer exists today doesn’t have, for the most part no longer exists, so we have to adapt them to fit the current regulatory framework, even simple grammatical errors that have caused some problems, but in other cases it’s is that contrary to the existing regulatory framework, the statute cannot be directly applied as it is, on the other hand, yes, being and being. In the club, because they will mean to analyze case by case, to deny what does not fit the charter, but is protected by law, the Betis board, that we needed a change, we needed a change.
Procrastination of statutory amendments“The problem is that we have not had a meeting, let’s say, to allow us, because of a number of issues that are always more urgent, I always say that urgency does not allow us to do what is important; and because of a number of matters which have been more urgent, because I have not dared to add six points to amend twenty-odd articles, because of course they must be discussed, because of course the colleagues must analyze them and agree or disagree. with those who offer them. They came loaded, and this was the first time that we didn’t have anything more than usual, so I say, I take advantage and we do what we need, it’s not a whim.”
Access to foreign capital“Let’s see, in terms of foreign capital, it’s a simple adjustment to the regulations, that is, all the regulations of the European Union directly prevent us from not allowing, not allowing a French gentleman to come and buy the shares of Real Betis. Balompié or an Italian company to come and buy the shares of Real Betis Balompié, because in the European Union there is free movement of capital, people and markets, and the statutory door cannot be put on the European standard by directly transposing many norms. the regulations governing the limitations of exceptional cases of general interest outside the EU completely change the regulations because they refer to specific moments where, of course, one or the other Because it is appropriate to open or close what we have to do here and what we are going to offer to the partners, look, we are not going to do anything more or less than the Spanish law. If we, the Spanish law says to enter them are the rules, then those are the rules that we will have. What we are doing is simply removing that issue from the charter, and it governs us subsidiarily, as it governs all of us, not subsidiarily, directly, we are governed by national and European legislation and that’s it. It is nothing more than that, it is not, as it was said here, a desire to sell to foreign funds. I assure you that it is not even remotely like that. This is simply the categorical imperative of the European and Spanish legal system. Nothing more than that.”
the obligation to approve the budget“The issue of the budget commitment is the issue that we have been doing badly so far, I have already said it, I understand that it can be misinterpreted. In other words, the norm that forces us to approve the budget is the norm that we follow. At times Betis was a combination of people rather than a capital company, which then made sense as the next year’s budget was set, because the year we La Liga force us to send them a budget in April or May and force us to fix it in September so we have to send a budget that binds the club even if it’s fixed in september but it’s not held until december. Because the commercial regulations do not provide or make sense to approve in the middle of the year, because when December 17 or December 21 comes, the day we celebrate the end of the year, we have already eaten the budget; More than half, as a significant part is spent at the summer market. So not only do we do, as I say, this is not a budget, it’s a hindsight, because we send a retrospective photo that’s not a budget, but also when we have to send, we send; No. We have confirmed it, which is a legal obligation. There is no way to confirm, because, of course, we cannot confirm the previous financial year for the next year. So that is the only solution. Now, having said that, it is the responsibility of the Board of Directors and the club that the budget information, the same or more, is presented at every meeting with total and absolute transparency, but not only at the meeting, but at any time of the year, the information will be available to the members. which is posted on the site or who is interested comes to the budget information But the accounting of the associations is the accounting of the trade, with it it doesn’t matter. And that’s why I say that at the end of the day it’s about doing things well, that it’s not about stealing power from the Board, it’s about adapting what we do to the regulatory reality that governs us.”