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    Minority owner selling stake in Red Sox

    Ad man bought share with two others for $25m

    Boston Globe
    May 27, 2009

    By Beth Healy, Globe Staff

    Advertising mogul Ed Eskandarian is selling his minority stake in the
    Boston Red Sox to Seth Klarman, a well known Boston hedge fund manager,
    according to two people briefed on the transaction.

    Eskandarian is one of a group of three Boston businessmen who together
    invested $25 million in the 2002 purchase of the Red Sox, led by John
    Henry and Tom Werner. Their stake at the time represented about 3.6
    percent of the $700 million deal. Eskandarian, chairman of Arnold
    Worldwide, a Boston advertising agency, invested about $6 million.

    Klarman and Eskandarian both declined to comment. The Red Sox also
    declined to comment.

    However, by yesterday Eskandarian's name had been removed from the list
    of owners posted on the team website. Klarman, who runs Baupost Group in
    Boston, is not listed as an owner. Major League Baseball must approve
    any change in team ownership.

    The New York Times Co., which owns The Boston Globe, is trying to sell
    its 17.5 percent stake in the Red Sox. According to published reports,
    the Times Co. believes its stake is worth $200 million, which would
    value the team at $1.1 billion.

    One of Eskandarian's co-investors, TJX Cos. chairman Ben Cammarata, sold
    his stake in the team in 2007. The third investor, former textile
    executive Martin Trust, remains an owner.

    It could not be learned yesterday what price Eskandarian is getting for
    his share. Cammarata, reached by telephone yesterday, said he did not
    know what a Red Sox stake would fetch today. He would not say how much
    he sold his $12.5 million stake for: "It was a wonderful time and a very
    good investment."

    The Red Sox franchise has risen in value, to $833 million, according to
    rankings created by Forbes magazine each year. The Red Sox are the third
    most valuable team in baseball, behind the New York Yankees and the New
    York Mets.

    When David D'Alessandro, the former chief executive of John Hancock
    Financial Services Inc., sold his $5 million stake in the team in 2007,
    he reaped just over double his original investment, $10.3 million, the
    Globe reported.


    http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/ redsox/articles/2009/05/27/minority_owner_selling_ stake_in_red_sox/

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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