<P> The ownership of Arsenal Football Club is considerably different from that of other clubs in English football . It is owned by a parent company, Arsenal Holdings plc, which has relatively few shares which are infrequently traded . Historically, the club has been owned by descendants of the Bracewell - Smith and Hill - Wood families, but since 2007 the club has attracted outside interest and two rival tycoons have acquired significant share holdings . As of 1 July 2011, the majority shareholder in the club is the American Stan Kroenke, who holds 67.05% of the parent company . His rival, the Russian - Uzbek Alisher Usmanov, owns 30.04% . Under Takeover Panel rules, Kroenke must in due course make an offer for every available share in the club . </P> <P> Arsenal's parent company, Arsenal Holdings plc, operates as a non-quoted public limited company, whose ownership is considerably different from that of other football clubs . Only 62,217 shares in Arsenal have been issued, and they are not traded on a public exchange such as the FTSE or AIM; instead, they are traded relatively infrequently on NEX Exchange (AFC), a specialist market . The 2011 takeover bid by Stan Kroenke puts the club's market capitalisation value at £ 731m . As at 5th March 2018, a single share in Arsenal had a mid price of £ 30,000, which set the club's market capitalisation value at approximately £ 1.9 Billion </P>

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