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Chapel Down Group plc
("Chapel Down" or the "Company" or the "Group")
EPIC: CDGP
Result of General Meeting
Chapel Down, England's leading and largest winemaker, is pleased to announce that further to the announcement on 9 November 2023, all resolutions put to shareholders at its General Meeting held today were duly passed by way of a show of hands.
Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the Meeting for each resolution are shown in the table below:
|
Ordinary Resolutions |
Votes For1 |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Total Votes |
Votes Withheld2 |
|
1. THAT, subject to and conditional upon the passing of Resolutions 2 and 3 and the subsequent transfer of 158 A1 Shares to a nominee of the Company, 14,322,000 A1 Shares of £0.0001 each in the capital of the Company be and are hereby consolidated and divided into 28,644 A1 Shares of £0.05. |
78,606,876 |
99.95% |
42,350 |
0.05% |
78,649,226 |
66,811 |
|
2. THAT, subject to and conditional upon the passing of Resolutions 1 and 3, 3,800,000 A2 Shares of £0.0001 each in the capital of the Company be and are hereby consolidated and divided into 7,600 A2 Shares of £0.05. |
78,602,279 |
99.95% |
42,350 |
0.05% |
78,644,629 |
71,408 |
|
Special Resolutions |
Votes For |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Total Votes |
Votes Withheld |
|
3. THAT, subject to and conditional upon the passing of Resolutions 1 and 2, the Articles of Association marked "A" produced to the meeting be adopted as the Articles of Association of the Company |
78,628,586 |
99.95% |
42,350 |
0.05% |
78,670,936 |
45,101 |
|
4. THAT, subject to and conditional upon the passing of Resolutions 1, 2 and 3, with effect from and conditional upon Admission becoming effective in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies, the Articles of Association produced to the meeting marked "B" be adopted as the Articles of Association of the Company |
78,634,746 |
99.95% |
38,332 |
0.05% |
78,673,078 |
42,959 |
1Votes giving the Chair discretion are included in 'Votes For'
2 A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and therefore is not included in the calculation of the 'Total Votes'
The Company's proposed admission to AIM is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on 7 December 2023. The Notice containing the full text of all of the resolutions is available on the Company's website at www.chapeldown.com/pages/investors.
Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meaning set out in the announcement dated 9 November 2023.
Contacts
|
Chapel Down Group plc Andrew Carter Rob Smith |
Chief Executive Chief Financial Officer |
01580 763 033 |
|
Singer Capital Markets Shaun Dobson Tom Salvesen Asha Chotai James Fischer |
AQSE Corporate Adviser and Broker |
020 7496 3000 |
|
H/Advisors Maitland Sam Cartwright Jonathan Cook |
020 73795151 |
About Chapel Down
Chapel Down is England's leading wine producer with an award-winning range of sparkling and still wines. Based in Kent, in the heart of the Garden of England, Chapel Down produces wines of the highest quality and which the winemaker believes offer the best expression of England.