Date and format
August 31, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.; Extraordinary Session, first call; hybrid format with Zoom and in-person participation.
Sports & investment
Santos FC, its SAF project, and the language of a decisive negotiation
English-to-Portuguese simultaneous interpretation supported the hybrid institutional presentation by SDC Sports to the Santos FC Deliberative Council on August 31, 2026.
Confirmed event facts
Venue
Vidal Behor Sion Hall, first floor, Rua Princesa Isabel, no number, Vila Belmiro.
Participants
SDC Sports: Jesse Fioranelli, Diego Garcia, and Michael Lipman, with advisers David Kirsch and Peter Cohen. Santos FC was represented by president Marcelo Teixeira.
Selection and study
XP Investimentos reviewed 62 investors before selecting SDC Sports. The structure of Santos had been studied for 11 months.
Purpose
The meeting was an institutional presentation. No formal financial proposal was presented.
Required next step
The current bylaws limit a sale to 49%, while SDC seeks 80%. A statutory amendment is required before the proposal can proceed.
Advisers
SDC Sports: Rothschild & Co., Alvarez & Marsal, and BMA. Santos FC: XP Investimentos, EXA Capital, and Bichara e Motta Advogados.
Interpretation setup
Alex Barros confirmed that 150 physical receivers were distributed in the room while remote participants joined through Zoom.
“Nós estamos prontos!”
Jesse Fioranelli · SDC Sports