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This resulted in the board being in constant flux and people unqualified to run a business to be able to steer the club.<\/p>\r\n<p>At a meeting in early 1910 it was agreed to put the limited company into voluntary liquidation and form a new limited company to take ownership of the club. This is the prospectus for the new limited company. It states that anyone desirous of becoming a director would need to hold at least 25 shares.<\/p>\r\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wppdfemb-frame-container-1\" style=\"-webkit-overflow-scrolling:auto;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"pdfembed-iframe nonfullscreen wppdf-emb-iframe-1\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/thearsenalcollection.org.uk\/?pdfemb-data=eyJ0aXRsZSI6IjE5MTAtMDQtMjYgUHJvc3BlY3R1cyIsImluZGV4IjoxLCJwZGZJRCI6NDc0MTYsInBkZmVtYi1zZXJ2ZXVybCI6Imh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGdGhlYXJzZW5hbGNvbGxlY3Rpb24ub3JnLnVrJTJGd3AtY29udGVudCUyRnVwbG9hZHMlMkZzZWN1cmVwZGZzJTJGMjAyNCUyRjA1JTJGMTkxMC0wNC0yNi1Qcm9zcGVjdHVzLnBkZiIsIndtX3RleHQiOiIifQ\"\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"1910-04-26 Prospectus\"\t\t\t\tdata-pdf-id=\"47416\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-pdf-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"border:none;width:100%;max-width:600px;height:100vh;\"\n\t\t\t\tscrolling=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t<\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woolwich Arsenal was incorporated as a limited company in 1893. 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