HISTORIC DAY FOR LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB

Paul Rogers 10 March 2007 Rick Parry has hailed the news that shareholders have accepted the takeover of the club by George Gillett and Tom Hicks as a 'historic day' for Liverpool Football Club.

A statement released to the Stock Exchange on Friday morning confirmed the American pair had received "valid acceptances in respect of 28,089 Liverpool shares, representing approximately 80.7% of Liverpool's issued share capital to which the offer relates" Kop Football Ltd are also extending their offer to remaining shareholders until 3pm on March 26. "It is an historic day for the club," said Parry. "It's obviously very pleasing to hear that George and Tom have reached the threshold they required and I'm sure they’re equally delighted with the news. "It's not come as a great surprise to us because from the moment we accepted the bid the response has been positive. We'd heard earlier in the week a positive announcement was imminent. "George and Tom were genuinely overwhelmed by their experience on Tuesday. They said they'd never felt anything like it, and the emphasis was very much on what they felt, not just what they'd seen. "They'd heard all about the Anfield atmosphere on a European night, and we'd told them what it would be like, but only by experiencing it for themselves could they recognise what they'd only seen on video or DVD prior to Tuesday."