Jim Ratcliffe's purchase of a 25% stake in Manchester United has moved a step closer following a key vote on Monday.
The Ineos chairman is acquiring 25% of the Class B shares held by the Glazer family - which carry 10 times the voting rights of Class A shares - as part of his investment.
Existing shareholders voted at an extraordinary general meeting on Monday to approve a special resolution, under which the Class B shares would not convert to Class A shares when they were transferred to Ratcliffe.
Ratcliffe is also purchasing up to 25% of Class A shares and investing $300m [€279.5m] into the club's infrastructure. The deal is also subject to Premier League approval.
Ratcliffe will take control of football operations once the deal is done and has the first option to buy more Class B shares from the Glazers, should they decide to sell more.
The club announced a deal had been agreed with Ratcliffe on Christmas Eve.
Last month, the 1958 fan group endorsed Ratcliffe's investment but pledged to fight "until the Glazers have been removed".
Ratcliffe was among those in attendance at the Munich Air Disaster memorial today.
6 February is a date indelibly marked in club history after the plane carrying Matt Busby's side crashed on its way back from a European Cup tie at Red Star Belgrade in 1958.
Eight players were among the 23 lives claimed in a tragedy that is remembered every year by all connected to United.
The incoming minority owner arrived at the ceremony alongside Alex Ferguson.
United greats Paddy Crerand and Brian Kidd were others in attendance, as were first-team manager Erik ten Hag and women’s team boss Marc Skinner.
The captains of those respective teams, Bruno Fernandes and Katie Zelem, were also among those at the fan-led service in the pouring rain.
Former player and assistant Mike Phelan represented the club at a separate memorial event at Manchesterplatz in Munich.
Outside Old Trafford, former club chaplain Rev John Boyers acted as master of ceremonies.
There were readings, songs from supporters and a minute’s silence at 3.04pm – the moment the plane crashed in 1958.
There was a further pause of remembrance for key figures around United that have died since the last Munich memorial.
Bobby Charlton, a survivor of the crash, was among them following his death in October, as was former boss Alex Ferguson’s wife Lady Cathy Ferguson. The United great looked touched as fans applauded her name.
Towards the end of the ceremony, Rev Boyers said: "Today is about a great sadness. We have remembered together a tragic chapter in the history of Manchester United.
"But the years after that tell of hope, and of glory that replaced despair and mourning.
"And in that next chapter of the United story after Munich, surely we find hope.
"I say to you again, remain hopeful for your club and its future."
