AaB A/S

{{Infobox company|

| name = Aalborg Boldspilklub A/S

| logo =

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{OMX|CSE3307|AaB}}
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| foundation = 1 July 1987

| location_city = Aalborg

| location_country = Denmark

| key_people = Lynge Jacobsen
Finn V. Nielsen

| industry =

| products = Sports, conference, education, sportswear

| revenue = 251,853,000 DKK (2008)

| net_income = 31,081,000 DKK (2008)

| num_employees = 129 (2008)

| homepage = http://www.aabsport.dk/

}}

Aalborg Boldspilklub A/S (also AaB A/S) is a Danish sports corporation based in Aalborg Denmark. Founded on 1 July 1987, AaB A/S is most noted for ownership of the professional football (soccer) team AaB Fodbold. Other holdings has until included professional handball and hockey teams, a retail sports chain, a conference and sports center and a sports college but all of these activities has been closed or sold off due to financial problems.*{{cite news|url=http://www.business.dk/sport-underholdning/raedselsregnskab-tvinger-aab-til-nysalg-af-aktier |title=Rædselsregnskab tvinger AaB til nysalg af aktier |trans-title=Horrible Accounting Forces Aab to sell New Shares |first=David |last=Bentow |newspaper=Berlingske Tidende |language=Danish |date=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723000055/http://www.business.dk/sport-underholdning/raedselsregnskab-tvinger-aab-til-nysalg-af-aktier |archivedate=23 July 2011 }} The company's stock is traded on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange as AaB.

Management

AaB A/S is headed by director Lynge Jacobsen and seven board members, with Finn V. Nielsen as chairman of the board.

Each department has its own division director.

Shareholders

At 31 December 2008 Aalborg Boldspilklub A/S had about 9,600 shareholders.

Two companies owned more than 5%. They are Nordjyske Holding A/SWhich is the company behind Nordjyske Medier (a local media group) with 19.8% and Sebc Holding ApS with 5.3%.[http://www.aabsport.dk/BC1A9CED-ACE4-497C-B2DF-BB410C0D3658 Aalborg Boldspilklub A/S, Årsrapport 2008 (Annual report 2008)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917105412/http://www.aabsport.dk/BC1A9CED-ACE4-497C-B2DF-BB410C0D3658 |date=September 17, 2010 }}

References

{{cite news | url=http://www.erhvervsbladet.dk/boersnyt/aab-klarede-sig-fint-oekonomisk-og-sportsligt | title=AaB klarede sig fint økonomisk og sportsligt |trans-title=AaB fared well both in economics and sports | agency=RB-Boersen | newspaper=Erhvervs Bladet | language=Danish | date=14 August 2007}}
{{cite news | url=http://epn.dk/medier/article1422186.ece | title=AaB-aktien flyver højt på CL-succes | trans-title=AaB's shares flying high on the CL success | newspaper=Jyllands-Posten | first=Mattiad | last=Grondal | language=Danish | date=28 July 2008 | access-date=2011-01-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717004752/http://epn.dk/medier/article1422186.ece | archive-date=2011-07-17 | url-status=dead }}
{{cite news|url=http://www.business.dk/boersnyt/aab-formand-ingen-vilde-eventyr-med-cl-millioner |title=AaB-formand: Ingen vilde eventyr med CL-millioner |trans-title=AaB-President: No wild adventures with CL millions |first=Eva |last=Jung |newspaper=Berlingske Tidende |language=Danish |date=28 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723000111/http://www.business.dk/boersnyt/aab-formand-ingen-vilde-eventyr-med-cl-millioner |archivedate=23 July 2011 }}
{{cite news|url=http://www.business.dk/sport-underholdning/aalborg-boldspilklub-falder-markant-paa-raedselsregnskab |title=Aalborg Boldspilklub fall sharply on terror Accounting |trans-title=Aalborg Boldspilklub falls sharply on terrible accounting |first=David |last=Bentow |newspaper=Berlingske Tidende |language=Danish |date=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723000143/http://www.business.dk/sport-underholdning/aalborg-boldspilklub-falder-markant-paa-raedselsregnskab |archivedate=23 July 2011 }}
{{cite news | url=http://nordjyske.dk/erhverv/forside.aspx?ctrl=10&data=4%2c3585300%2c5%2c3 | title=Butikssalg trækker ud | trans-title=Sale of Stores Unfinished | language=Danish | publisher=Nordjyske | date=1 June 2010 | access-date=9 January 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130454/http://nordjyske.dk/erhverv/forside.aspx?ctrl=10&data=4,3585300,5,3 | archive-date=19 July 2011 | url-status=dead }}
{{cite news | url=http://epn.dk/brancher/underholdning/article2260954.ece | title=Aab fortsætter med knaldrøde tal | trans-title=Aab continues with bright red numbers | newspaper=Jyllands-Posten | first=John Kurt | last=Jorgensen | language=Danish | date=29 November 2010 | access-date=2011-01-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201055207/http://epn.dk/brancher/underholdning/article2260954.ece | archive-date=2010-12-01 | url-status=dead }}
{{cite news | url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=da&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fepn.dk%2Fbrancher%2Funderholdning%2Fsport%2Farticle2292281.ece | title=AaB nedjusterer atter en gang |trans-title=AaB downgrades once again | newspaper=Jyllands-Posten | agency=Ritzau | language=Danish | date=31 December 2010}}
{{cite news | url=http://borsen.dk/nyheder/investor/artikel/1/198483/aab_planlaegger_kapitaludvidelse_til_foraaret.html | title=AaB planlægger kapitaludvidelse til foråret |trans-title=AaB Plans Capital Increase for Spring | language=Danish | date=3 January 2011 | publisher=Børsen A/S}}

External links

[http://borsen.dk/vaerktoejer/virksomhedsside/aab.html AaB stock profile] at Børsen A/S

Category:Aalborg Boldspilklub

Category:Companies based in Aalborg

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