The majority shareholder of Tottenham Hotspur was ENIC International Ltd, an investment company established by the British billionaire Joe Lewis.
Daniel Levy, Lewis's partner at ENIC, is Executive Chairman of the club.
At the 2011 AGM Chairman Levy announced that the board was intending to delist from the AIM exchange as the listing restricted the club's " ability to secure funding " in connection with the redevelopment of the White Hart Lane site known as the Northumberland Development Project.
On the 16th January 2012, the club announced that the club had been transferred into private ownership following the delisting of shares which had been implemented at of the close of dealing on the previous Friday 13th January.
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Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English football club based in Tottenham, London, that plays in the Premier League. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane. Founded in 1882, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, making it the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League.
On Tuesday 5 September 1882, the Hotspur Football Club was formed by grammar-school boys from The Bible class at All Hallows Church. They were also members of Hotspur Cricket Club. It is possible that the name Hotspur was associated with Sir Henry Percy, who was " Harry Hotspur " of Shakespeare's Henry IV, part 1, and who lived locally during the 14th century and whose descendants owned land in the neighbourhood. In 1884 the club was renamed Tottenham Hotspur Football Club to avoid any confusion with an already established team called Hotspur FC.
The first manager of Tottenham Hotspur was Frank Brettell.
He managed the team 1898.
He was replace the following year by Scotsman John Cameron.