96 majority shareholder Martin Kind may continue to work as managing director of Hannover 96 Management GmbH after his dismissal by the parent association until the main proceedings. This was decided by the Hanover Regional Court in summary proceedings on Tuesday.
“The procedural controller is allowed to continue to exercise his office,” said judge Carsten Peter Schulze. Specifically, this means that the dismissal is not effective until the main proceedings, as long as, for example, the Supervisory Board of Management GmbH does not decide to dismiss. But the conflict is unlikely to be resolved. The parent club is likely to appeal the decision.
Dismissal for obscure reasons
The eV surprisingly dismissed Kind, who did not appear in court on Tuesday, as managing director of Hannover 96 Management GmbH at the end of July. The parent association thus chose the maximum escalation level, child defends itself against it legally. Thanks to a decision by the regional court, he was allowed to continue working as managing director until the date of the oral hearing.
Accusation of distance and going it alone
While some emphasize the financial merits of the 78-year-old for the club, others accuse him of distance to football and going it alone. The reasons for the dismissal have so far remained rather nebulous. Rather, individual, smaller proxy conflicts seem to have exhausted the already strained relationship from the point of view of the parent club. Among other things, it is about the accusation of having “repeatedly and seriously violated instructions and contractual agreements”, which the child side denied.
No specific date for main proceedings
The judge clarified the complexity of the negotiation: “It is also an exciting question for lawyers how the whole thing ends here and it is by no means clear,” he also said with regard to further follow-up proceedings. The judgment is a provisional regulation before the main proceedings, for which there is no specific date yet. “It is already a question of whether the dismissal decision is effective or void,” Schulze clarified. A statement of claim has already been received for the main hearing.
Complicated structure at 96
At 96 there is a complicated structure of multiple companies. Kind is the majority shareholder of Hannover 96 “Sales&Service GmbH&Co. KG”, which owns 100 percent of the professional football KGaA. However, since the 50+1 rule in Germany stipulates that the parent association must always have the majority of votes in an outsourced corporation, the managing directors of the KGaA are appointed by Hannover 96 Management GmbH. It is 100 percent owned by the parent club.
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Hello Lower Saxony | 08/16/2022 | 19:30 o’clock
