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Result of Annual General Meeting
Result of Annual General Meeting.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n24 May 2023\n \nThe Artisanal Spirits Company plc\n \n(\"The Artisanal Spirits Company\", \"ASC\" or \"the Group\")\n \nResult of Annual General Meeting\n \nThe Artisanal Spirits Company (AIM: ART), the owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (\"SMWS\"), the leading curator and provider of premium, single cask Scotch malt whisky and other spirits for sale primarily online to a discerning global membership, announces that at its Annual General Meeting (\"AGM\") held today, all resolutions were duly passed.\nThe results of the poll for each resolution put to shareholders at the AGM are set out below:\n\n\n\nResolution\n\n\nFor\n\n\n% for\n\n\nAgainst\n\n\n% against\n\n\nVotes withheld\n\n\n\n\n1. To receive and consider the annual report and accounts 2022\n\n\n34,753,314\n\n\n99.99\n\n\n1,080\n\n\n0.003%\n\n\n1,521\n\n\n\n\n2. To approve the Directors' remuneration report\n\n\n34,641,923\n\n\n99.99\n\n\n3,115\n\n\n0.009%\n\n\n110,877\n\n\n\n\n3. To re-elect Paul Skipworth\n\n\n34,514,701\n\n\n99.99\n\n\n3,473\n\n\n0.010%\n\n\n237,741\n\n\n\n\n4. To re-elect Mark Bedingham\n\n\n34,754,314\n\n\n99.99\n\n\n1,080\n\n\n0.003%\n\n\n521\n\n\n\n\n5. To re-elect Gavin Hewitt CMG\n\n\n34,754,314\n\n\n99.99\n\n\n1,080\n\n\n0.003%\n\n\n521\n\n\n\n\n6. To re-appoint Mazars LLP as Auditor\n\n\n34,754,314\n\n\n99.99\n\n\n1,080\n\n\n0.003%\n\n\n521\n\n\n\n\n7. To authorise the Board of Directors to set the Auditors' fees\n\n\n34,753,779\n\n\n99.99\n\n\n1,615\n\n\n0.005%\n\n\n521\n\n\n\n\n8. To authorise the Directors to allot further shares\n\n\n34,748,276\n\n\n99.98\n\n\n7,118\n\n\n0.020%\n\n\n521\n\n\n\n\n9. To disapply pre-emption rights\n\n\n33,075,190\n\n\n95.17\n\n\n1,680,204\n\n\n4.834%\n\n\n521\n\n\n\n \nNotes\nAs at 19 May 2023, being the date which shareholders had to be on the register to be eligible to vote, there were 69,776,774 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.\nA recording of the AGM and a document responding to the questions raised will be available shortly on the Company's website at www.artisanal-spirits.com.\n \nFor further enquiries:\n \n\n\n\nThe Artisanal Spirits Company plc\n \nAndrew D...