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Wayne and Coleen Rooney will take a stake in protein powder company Applied Nutrition when it goes public in London this month.
The listing, which will value the JD Sports-backed group at up to £400m, will net Liverpool founder Thomas Ryder an immediate windfall of up to £94m while keeping shares worth of up to £120 million.
Ryder, 40, a father-of-four who left school at 16, owns a 53.5 per cent stake, worth up to £214m.
Up for grabs: Former England footballer Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen (pictured) will invest in protein powder company Applied Nutrition when it goes on sale in London this month.
It will reduce its ownership to 30 percent in the so-called initial public offering (IPO).
In addition to former English footballer Rooney, 38, and his wife Coleen, also 38, the firm’s brand ambassador, other big-name sponsors will invest £25 million.
Billionaire Mohsin Issa, who resigned as chief executive of Asda last month, has pledged to buy £10m worth of shares.
Construction businessman William Ainscough, boss of housebuilder Wain Group, is to buy a stake for £4m.
Tom Morris, the retail billionaire who founded Home Bargains, another Liverpool success story, will invest £6 million.
Liverpool property magnate George Downing, who made an unsuccessful bid for Everton Football Club this year, plans to buy £5m worth of shares.
Applied Nutrition said on Wednesday it would offer up to 137,408,477 shares at a price range of 136p to 160p, implying a value of £340m to £400m.
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