Gusbourne, the premium English still and sparkling wine producer, announces that, at the general meeting of the Company held earlier today (the “General Meeting”), all resolutions put to the Company’s shareholders (“Shareholders”) were duly passed.
Details of proxy votes received are summarised below:
Resolution Number |
Resolution Name |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
||
No. of shares |
% of shares voted |
No. of shares |
% of shares voted |
||
1 |
Cancellation Resolution |
44,711,135
|
98.99
|
454,936
|
1.01
|
2 |
Re-registration Resolution |
44,709,776
|
98.99
|
456,295
|
1.01
|
The full text of the Resolutions proposed and passed at the General Meeting can be found in the circular containing, inter alia, the Notice of General Meeting, which was published intraday on 19 February 2025 (the "Circular") and is available on the Company's website http://www.gusbourneplc.com.
AIM Delisting
Following approval by Shareholders at the General Meeting, the admission of the ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to trading on AIM will be cancelled (the "AIM Delisting"). The AIM Delisting is expected to take place at 7:00 a.m. on 19 March 2025 ("Cancellation") and, accordingly, the last day of dealings in Ordinary Shares on AIM is expected to be 18 March 2025.
Re-registration as a private company
In accordance with the passing of Resolution 2, the Company will re-register as a private limited company and adopt new articles of association, which is expected to take place by the 5th April 2025.
Matched Bargain Facility
To facilitate future shareholder transactions in the Company's Ordinary Shares, the Company has appointed JP Jenkins to provide a matched bargain facility, which will be available upon the date of Cancellation. Upon Cancellation, full details of the matched bargain facility will be made available to Shareholders on the Company's website http://www.gusbourneplc.com.
Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement shall have the same meaning given to such terms in the Circular.
For further information contact:
Enquiries:
Gusbourne Plc
Jonathan White, CEO
Katharine Berry, CFO
Phil Clark, Investor Relations
+44 (0)12 3375 8666
Panmure Liberum Limited (Nomad and Sole Broker)
James Sinclair-Ford / Ailsa Macmaster / Tom Scrivens
+44 (0)20 7886 2500
Media:
Houston
Kate Hoare / Ben Robinson / India Spencer
gusbourne@houston.co.uk
+44 (0)20 4529 0549