Court rules in summary proceedings: child may remain shareholder of Hannover 96

The judgment of the Hanover Regional Court brings a stage win for the partner of the second division football club Hanover 96, Martin Kind.

Court rules in summary proceedings: child may remain shareholder of Hannover 96

The judgment of the Hanover Regional Court brings a stage win for the partner of the second division football club Hanover 96, Martin Kind. He may continue in his capacity until dismissed. At the traditional club, a conflict about the argumentative child has been smoldering for years.

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.

"The procedural controller is allowed to continue to exercise his office," said judge Carsten Peter Schulze. In concrete terms, this means that the dismissal is not effective until the main proceedings, as long as, for example, the Supervisory Board of Management GmbH, which is composed of two representatives each from the capital and association side, does not decide on the dismissal. But the conflict is unlikely to be resolved. The parent club is likely to appeal the decision.

The e.V. surprisingly dismissed Kind as managing director of Hannover 96 Management GmbH at the end of July. The parent association thus chose the maximum level of escalation and Kind defended himself legally. Thanks to a decision by the district court, he was allowed to continue working as managing director until the date of the oral hearing.

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.

The whole dispute must always be classified in the context of a complicated association structure: Kind is the majority shareholder of Hannover 96 Sales