In a letter to Ajax, investors demand clarity about the facts surrounding the departure of board member Marc Overmars. On Sunday it was announced that the listed club had already received signals about Overmars’ cross-border behavior before his reappointment.
According to the interest group European Investors-VEB, this is information that is relevant to shareholders. “This information has not been published by press release,” the investor club said in the letter.
Just before the reappointment of Overmars, the management and supervisory board of Ajax already received signals about cross-border behavior from the director of football affairs. General director Edwin van de Sar told a group of journalists this on Sunday. Overmars was reappointed at a special general meeting of shareholders on January 28 until mid-2026 and received a signing fee of 1.25 million euros.
The VEB wants to know from Ajax, among other things, whether that money will be reclaimed and whether the employment contract with Overmars has been terminated at all. The club also wonders whether there are investigations underway within Ajax into cross-border behavior by others than Overmars.
The VEB believes that Ajax has so far provided ‘insufficient clarity about facts, circumstances and organizational and personnel consequences’ about the events that led to Overmars’ departure.
“We understand that there are strong (partly personal) feelings within the organization, but it is important to take appropriate control,” said the investor association. According to the VEB, ‘it is of great importance that the supervisory board shows the necessary leadership in this very turbulent period for those involved and the company’.
The investors want to meet with Ajax this month.
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