Capital gains Juventus, the note: “Operated in compliance with the law”

Juventus comments on the closure of the preliminary investigations by the Public Prosecutor on the matter of capital gains. The Juventus club has published a note on the official website (“Operated in compliance with laws and regulations”).

The note

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“Juventus Football Club SpA (‘Juventus’ or the’ Company”) announces that yesterday evening, Monday 24 October, the notification of a notice of conclusion of the preliminary investigations and a guarantee information from the Public Prosecutor’s Office has been received at the Court of Turin, with reference to the notification of certain crimes against the Company (…), as well as some of its current and past representatives. (…) Juventus remains convinced, also taking into account the legal and accounting investigations carried out by the Company with the help of its consultants and the legal and technical-accounting opinions acquired by the Company, that it has operated in compliance with the laws and regulations. rules governing the preparation of financial reports, in compliance with applicable accounting principles and related application criteria and in line with international football industry practice. The accusatory hypotheses put forward by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, partly modified with respect to the original prospects, refer to alleged crimes of false corporate communications, false communications addressed to the market, obstacle to the exercise of public surveillance authorities (Consob, in this case ) and fraudulent declaration through the use of invoices for non-existent operations. Based on the summary information available to the state, the facts covered by the provision relate to the financial statements as at 30/6/2019, 30/6/2020 and 30/6/2021 and are related to operations improperly called ‘exchange’ of rights to sports services of players and agreements for the reduction and integration of the remuneration of registered personnel concluded in the financial years 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022. The Company and its representatives who are recipients of the notice will be able, within twenty days, to view and extract a copy of the investigation documents pursuant to art. 415-bis cpp for the purpose of exercising one’s rights of defense “.