Solmate Infrastructure PLC
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed May 15, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed May 15, 2025
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
(Mark one)
☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31,2024
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from __________ to _________
OR
☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of event requiring this shell company report __________
Commission file number001-41606
Brera Holdings PLC
(Exact name of the Registrant as specified in its charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
Ireland
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Connaught House, 5th Floor, One Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 C5Y6, Ireland
(Address of principal executive offices)
Pierre Galoppi, Chief Executive Officer
Tel:+353 1 237 3700
Email: info@breraholdings.com
Connaught House, 5th Floor, One Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 C5Y6, Ireland
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
|---|---|---|
| Class B Ordinary Shares, $0.005 nominal value per share | BREA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:6,258,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.005 nominal value per share, and 9,825,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, $0.005 nominal value per share, as of December 31, 2024.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
| ☐ Yes | ☒ No |
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
| ☐ Yes | ☒ No |
Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.
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| ☒ Yes | ☐ No |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
| ☒ Yes | ☐ No |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large Accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☐ | Non-accelerated filer ☒ |
|---|---|---|
| Emerging Growth Company ☒ | ||
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐
| † | The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
| US GAAP ☐ | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued | Other ☐ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| by the International Accounting Standards Board | ☒ |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
| ☐ Item 17 | ☐ Item 18 |
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| ☐ Yes | ☒ No |
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Annual Report on Form 20-F
Year Ended December 31, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | ||
|---|---|---|
| PART I | ||
| Item 1. | Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers | 1 |
| Item 2. | Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable | 1 |
| Item 3. | Key Information | 1 |
| 3.A. | [Reserved] | 1 |
| 3.B. | Capitalization and Indebtedness | 1 |
| 3.C. | Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds | 1 |
| 3.D. | Risk Factors | 1 |
| Item 4. | Information on the Company | 16 |
| 4.A. | History and Development of the Company | 16 |
| 4.B. | Business Overview | 26 |
| 4.C. | Organizational Structure | 36 |
| 4.D. | Property, Plants and Equipment | 36 |
| Item 4A. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 37 |
| Item 5. | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects | 37 |
| 5.A. | Operating Results | 37 |
| 5.B. | Liquidity and Capital Resources | 43 |
| 5.C. | Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc. | 47 |
| 5.D. | Trend Information | 47 |
| 5.E. | Critical Accounting Estimates | 47 |
| Item 6. | Directors, Senior Management and Employees | 48 |
| 6.A. | Directors and Senior Management | 48 |
| 6.B. | Compensation | 50 |
| 6.C. | Board Practices | 53 |
| 6.D. | Employees | 56 |
| 6.E. | Share Ownership | 56 |
| 6.F. | Disclosure of a Registrant’s Action to Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation | 56 |
| Item 7. | Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions | 57 |
| 7.A. | Major Shareholders | 57 |
| 7.B. | Related Party Transactions | 59 |
| 7.C. | Interests of Experts and Counsel | 60 |
| Item 8. | Financial Information | 60 |
| 8.A. | Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information | 60 |
| 8.B. | Significant Changes | 61 |
| Item 9. | The Offer and Listing | 61 |
| 9.A. | Offer and Listing Details | 61 |
| 9.B. | Plan of Distribution | 61 |
| 9.C. | Markets | 61 |
| 9.D. | Selling Shareholders | 61 |
| 9.E. | Dilution | 61 |
| 9.F. | Expenses of the Issue | 61 |
| Item 10. | Additional Information | 61 |
| 10.A. | Share Capital | 61 |
| 10.B. | Memorandum and Articles of Association | 61 |
| 10.C. | Material Contracts | 61 |
| 10.D. | Exchange Controls | 62 |
| 10.E. | Taxation | 62 |
| 10.F. | Dividends and Paying Agents | 68 |
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| 10.G. | Statements by Experts | 68 |
|---|---|---|
| 10.H. | Documents on Display | 68 |
| 10.I. | Subsidiary Information | 68 |
| Item 11. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 69 |
| Item 12. | Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities | 70 |
| 12.A. | Debt Securities | 70 |
| 12.B. | Warrants and Rights | 70 |
| 12.C. | Other Securities | 70 |
| 12.D. | American Depositary Shares | 70 |
| PART II | ||
| Item 13. | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies | 71 |
| Item 14. | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds | 71 |
| Item 15. | Controls and Procedures | 71 |
| Item 16. | [Reserved] | 72 |
| Item 16A. | Audit Committee Financial Expert | 72 |
| Item 16B. | Code of Ethics | 73 |
| Item 16C. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 73 |
| Item 16D. | Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees | 74 |
| Item 16E. | Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers | 74 |
| Item 16F. | Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant | 74 |
| Item 16G. | Corporate Governance | 74 |
| Item 16H. | Mine Safety Disclosure | 75 |
| Item 16I. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 75 |
| Item 16J. | Insider Trading Policies | 75 |
| Item 16K. | Cybersecurity | 75 |
| PART III | ||
| Item 17. | Financial Statements | 76 |
| Item 18. | Financial Statements | 76 |
| Item 19. | Exhibits | 76 |
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CERTAIN INFORMATION
As used in this Annual Report on Form 20-F (the “Annual Report”), unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to:
| ● | “Brera Holdings,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company,” or “our company” are to Brera Holdings PLC, including its subsidiaries. |
| ● | “Brera Ilch FC” and “Bayanzurkh FC” are to Bayanzurkh Sporting Ilch FC, a sports association incorporated under the laws of Mongolia, with whom we have a contract to assume management control of the team and rebrand as Brera Ilch FC. |
| ● | “Brera Milano” and “KAP” are to Brera Milano S.r.l., formerly KAP S.r.l., an Italian limited liability company (società a responsabilità limitata), which is our wholly-owned subsidiary. |
| ● | “Brera Strumica FC,” “Fudbalski Klub Akademija Pandev” and “FKAP” are to Fudbalski Klub Akademija Pandev, a joint stock company organized under the laws of North Macedonia, which is our 90%-owned subsidiary. |
| ● | “Brera Tchumene FC” and “Tchumene FC” are to Tchumene FC Sports Association, a football club organized under the laws of Mozambique, with whom we have a contract to sponsor and rebrand the club as Brera Tchumene FC. |
| ● | “Brera Tiverija FC” are to Joint Stock Company Women’s Football Club Tiverija Brera AD Strumica, a joint stock company organized under the laws of North Macedonian, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brera Strumica FC. |
| ● | “Class A Ordinary Shares” are to our Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.005 nominal value per share. |
| ● | “Class B Ordinary Shares” are to our Class B Ordinary Shares, $0.005 nominal value per share. |
| ● | “Commission” or “SEC” are to the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| ● | “CONIFA” are to the Confederation of Independent Football Associations, the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA. |
| ● | “Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
| ● | “FCD Brera,” “Brera FC,” “Brera Calcio” and “third team of Milan” are to the “Brera Football Club”. |
| ● | “FENIX Trophy” are to the FENIX Trophy, which is a non-professional pan-European football tournament recognized by UEFA, which inaugurally ran from September 2021 to June 2022, now in its third season, and was organized by Brera FC. “FENIX” is intended to be an acronym for “Friendly European Non-professional Innovative Xenial”. |
| ● | “FIFA” are to the Federation Internationale de Football Association, or International Federation of Association Football, the international governing body of association football. |
| ● | “FIGC” are to the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, or Italian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Italy and organizes the Italian football league. |
| ● | “first team” are to the players selected to play for the most senior team in a football club. |
| ● | “football” are to the sport commonly referred to as “soccer” in the United States. |
| ● | “Italian football” are to the Italian football league system, which consists of nine national and regional tournament levels, the first three being professional, while the remaining six are amateur, from highest level to lowest level are: Serie A, Serie B, Serie C, Serie D, Eccellenza, Promozione, Prima Categoria, Seconda Categoria, and Terza Categoria. |
| ● | “Juve Stabia” are to the Italian Serie B football club named Juve Stabia, which is owned and managed by S.S. Juve Stabia S.r.l., an Italian limited liability company (società a responsabilità limitata), of which we own 38.46%, and plan to ultimately acquire 51.73%. |
| ● | “MCO” are to multi-club ownership, which is the practice of acquiring multiple sports clubs, typically football clubs, and building a network of related teams in the process. |
| ● | “Nasdaq” are to the Nasdaq Capital Market tier operated by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. |
| ● | “NOIF” are to the Norme organizzative interne della FIGC, or Internal Organizational Rules of the FIGC, the rules that govern all aspects of Italian football. |
| ● | “Securities Act” are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
| ● | “Series A Preferred Shares” are to our preferred shares, $0.005 nominal value per share, which are designated as Series A Preferred Shares. |
| ● | “UEFA” are to the Union of European Football Associations, the governing body of European football and the umbrella organization for 55 national associations. |
| ● | “UYBA” and “UYBA Volley” are to UYBA Volley S.s.d.a.r.l., an entity organized under the laws of Italy, which is our 51%-owned subsidiary. |
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| ● | “XX Settembre” are to XX Settembre Holding S.r.l., an Italian limited liability company (società a responsabilità limitata), which is the minority shareholder of Juve Stabia and a shareholder of the Company. XX Settembre was the sole shareholder of Juve Stabia prior to our acquisition of Juve Stabia. |
| ● | “2022 Plan” are to the Brera Holdings Limited 2022 Equity Incentive Plan approved by our board of directors on October 26, 2022. |
In this Annual Report, references to“U.S. dollars,” “dollars,” “USD” and “$” are to the legal currency of the United States, all references to “EUR euros”, “euros” and “€” are to the legal currency of the European Union, and all references to “MKD” or “denars” are to the legal currency of North Macedonia. Our reporting currency and our functional currency is EUR euros.
Solely for the convenience of the reader, this Annual Report contains translations of certain EUR euros into U.S. dollars at specified rates. Except as otherwise stated in this Annual Report, all translations from EUR euros into U.S. dollars in this Annual Report were made at a rate of €0.9661 per $1.00, the noon buying rate as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board in effect as of December 31, 2024. On May 9, 2025, the noon buying rate for EUR euros was €0.8873 per $1.00. No representation is made that the EUR euro or U.S. dollar amounts referred to in this Annual Report could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars or EUR euros, as the case may be, at any particular rate or at all. Any discrepancies in any table between totals and sums of the amounts listed are due to rounding.
The audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of and for fiscal years ended 2024, 2023, and 2022 included elsewhere in this Annual Report have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS. Our fiscal year end is December 31.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report contains many statements that are “forward-looking” and uses forward-looking terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,” “may,” “ought to,” “plan,” “possible,” “potentially,” “predicts,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would,” negatives of such terms or other similar statements. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement due to its inherent risk and uncertainties, both general and specific. Although we believe the assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable and within the bounds of our knowledge of our business and operations as of the date of this Annual Report, any or all of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. As a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions could also be incorrect. The forward-looking statements in this Annual Report include, without limitation, statements relating to:
| ● | our goals and strategies; |
| ● | our future business development, financial condition and results of operations; |
| ● | our projected revenues, profits, earnings and other estimated financial information; |
| ● | our ability to secure additional funding necessary for the expansion of our business; |
| ● | the growth of and competition trends in our industry; |
| ● | our expectations regarding the popularity and competitive success of our sports clubs; |
| ● | our ability to maintain strong relationships with our fans, supporters and sponsors; |
| ● | fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in the markets in which we operate; and |
| ● | relevant government policies and regulations relating to our industry. |
The forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about our businesses and business environments. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are not a guarantee of future performance. Actual results of our operations may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of risk factors, some of which are described under the headings “Risk Factors”, “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects,” “Information on our Company” and elsewhere in this Annual Report. Such risks and uncertainties are not exhaustive. Other sections of this Annual Report include additional factors which could adversely impact our business and financial performance. The forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report speak only as of the date of this Annual Report or, if obtained from third-party studies or reports, the date of the corresponding study or report, and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this Annual Report. Since we operate in an emerging and evolving environment and new risk factors and uncertainties emerge from time to time, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Except as otherwise required by the securities laws of the United States, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Annual Report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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