Editing AFC Ajax (section)

===AFC Ajax N.V.===
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AFC Ajax is the only Dutch club with an [[initial public offering]] (IPO). The club is registered as a [[Naamloze vennootschap]] (N.V.) listed on the stock exchange [[Euronext Amsterdam]], since 17 May 1998. With a launch price of ƒ25,- (Guilders) the club managed to a bring its total revenue up to €54&nbsp;million (converted) in its first year on the market.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vorige.nrc.nl/sport/ajax/article1882997.ece |title=God van de handel liet Ajax in de steek |publisher=NRC.nl |access-date=18 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202125824/http://vorige.nrc.nl/sport/ajax/article1882997.ece |archive-date=2 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> After short-lived success, however, the rate dropped, at one point as low as €3.50. Criticism was brought forth that the legal grid for a naamloze vennootschap would not be suitable for a Football club, and that the sports related ambitions would suffer from the new commercial interests of the now listed Ajax. Shares of the company in the year 2008 were valued at approximately €5.90 per share.<ref>[https://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=AJAX.AS#chart2:symbol=ajax.as;range=my;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined AFC Ajax chart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305204434/http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=AJAX.AS#chart2:symbol=ajax.as;range=my;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined |date=5 March 2016 }}, Yahoo.com</ref>

In 2008, a Commission under guidance of honorary member Uri Coronel concluded that the [[Initial public offering|IPO]] was of no value to the club, and that measures should be taken to exit the stock exchange by purchasing back all public shares.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823131227/http://www.depers.nl/sport/218320/Ajax-beslist-snel-over-beursnotering.html Ajax beslist nog dit jaar over beursnotering], De Pers, 1 juli 2008</ref> Ajax remain on the stock exchange.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.AFC_Ajax_NV.46101384cd08980e.html |title=AFC Ajax NV Company Information |publisher=Hoovers |date=19 October 2012 |access-date=3 September 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714113519/http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.AFC_Ajax_NV.46101384cd08980e.html |url-status=live }}</ref>