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ADVFN PLC
29 April 2022
29 April 2022
For immediate release
ADVFN PLC
(" ADVFN " or the "Company")
Notice of General Meeting
The Board of ADVFN announces that at the General Meeting of the
Company held today at 11.30am, all resolutions were passed on a
poll. The total number of votes received on each resolution were as
follows:
Resolution For % of Against % of Votes Withheld
votes votes cast as
cast cast a % of
issued
share
capital
Anthony Wollenberg
is appointed
a director of
1 the Company 15,043,663 71.73% 5,930,118 28.27% 79.70% 329
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Amit Tauman is
appointed a director
2 of the Company 14,540,908 69.32% 6,432,873 30.67% 79.70% 329
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Lord David Gold
is appointed
a director of
3 the Company 14,540,908 69.32% 6,432,873 30.67% 79.70% 329
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Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman
have been included in the "against" total.
2. The Company's issued share capital (excluding treasury
shares) at the date of the meeting was 26,315,319 ordinary shares
of 0.2p each. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote
and, therefore, at the date of the meeting there were 26,315,319
voting rights in the Company.
3. A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against"
a resolution.
4. All percentages are shown to two decimal places.
Anthony Wollenberg, Amit Tauman and Lord David Gold have
therefore been appointed as directors of the Company with immediate
effect and the information required to be published in accordance
with Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies is set out in
the Appendix to this announcement.
Enquiries:
For further information please contact:
ADVFN PLC
Jonathan Mullins +44 (0) 203 8794 460
Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated
Adviser)
www.beaumontcornish.com
Roland Cornish/Michael Cornish +44 (0) 207 628 3396
Beaumont Cornish Limited, which is authorised and regulated in
the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as
nominated adviser to the Company in relation to the matters
referred to in this announcement and its responsibilities as the
Company's nominated adviser under the AIM Rules for Nominated
Advisers are owed solely to London Stock Exchange plc and are not
owed to the Company or to any Director or to any other person.
Furthermore, Beaumont Cornish Limited is acting exclusively for the
Company and for no one else in relation to the matters described in
this announcement and is not advising any other person and
accordingly will not be responsible to anyone other than the
Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of
Beaumont Cornish Limited, or for providing advice in relation to
the contents of this document or any matter referred to in it.
A copy of this announcement will be available on the Group's website:
www.advfnplc.com
APPIX
INFORMATION ON THE NEW DIRECTORS
Mr Anthony Wollenberg
Anthony Wollenberg is an independent freelance solicitor
(regulated by the SRA) specialising in securities, derivatives,
gaming and the prosecution of fraud. During a long and
distinguished legal career of over 45 years, Mr Wollenberg has held
a number of senior roles at firms including Dentons, Salans and
Rakisons (which he founded and which merged with Steptoe &
Johnson). He has also acted as an arbitrator at the London Court of
International Arbitration. In addition to his role as a solicitor,
Mr Wollenberg has a significant corporate profile as a shareholder
and director (and often founder and chairman) of a number of
companies (one fully listed), predominantly within the
betting/gaming industry. Of particular note, he is a founder
shareholder and UK director of eToro, a major investment platform
which is currently the subject of a US$8bn+ Nasdaq listing. eToro
is regulated by the FCA and Mr Wollenberg is also regulated by the
UK Gambling Commission.
Mr Amit Tauman
Amit Tauman (born in 1991) is an expert in artificial
intelligence, reinforcement learning, algorithms and blockchain
technology (applied to non-fungible tokens). He undertook a B.Sc.
degree in mathematics and economics at Tel Aviv University,
graduating in 2018 with distinction, following which he obtained an
M.Sc. degree in mathematics and computer science (also with
distinction) from the Weizmann Institute of Technology in Israel,
with a particular emphasis on artificial intelligence. Mr Tauman
was previously a research analyst focusing on biological
computation and machine learning, and he is currently involved in
building complex trading models using deep reinforcement learning
and cutting-edge algorithms for automated stock trading.
Lord David Gold
Lord Gold is an English solicitor (admitted in 1975); a member
of the House of Lords (since February 2011); Principal of David
Gold & Associates (established in 2010) and Director of Gold
Collins Associates (established in 2018); Chairman of the
investment committee of Balance Legal Capital, a litigation funder
(since its inception in 2015); and Chairman of ESCP Europe Business
School (since 2018). He was also appointed as a corporate monitor
by the US Department of Justice in respect of BAE Systems in
2010-2012, and has been a monitor for the UK Cabinet Office in
respect of the Airbus Group since 2020.
As required under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) (i)-(viii) of the
AIM Rules for Companies, further disclosures on the proposed
directors are as follows.
1. Mr. Wollenberg
1.1 Anthony (Tony) Stephen Wollenberg, aged 72, has held the
following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five
years:
Current directorships and/or Past directorships and/or partnerships
partnerships
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eToro (UK) Limited Century Casino Bath Limited
Global Gaming Ventures (Bath) City & Eastern Limited
Limited
Global Gaming Ventures (Group) DDL167 Limited
Limited
Global Gaming Ventures (Southampton) Global Gaming Ventures Guarantors
Limited Limited
Livia's Health Foods Limited Global Gaming Ventures (RP)
Limited
Wondrous Holdings Limited VGCH Limited
VGC Leeds Limited
VGC Developments Limited
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1.2 Mr. Wollenberg holds no ordinary shares in the Company.
1.3 Mr. Wollenberg was formerly a director of VGCH Limited,
previously known as Global Gaming Ventures (Holdings) Limited,
between November 2015 and May 2019. A receiver to VGCH Limited was
appointed on 17 August 2017 by ABC Funding, LLC. The receiver
ceased to act on 19 August 2019 and VGCH Limited continues in
existence. There was no loss to creditors.
1.4 Mr. Wollenberg was appointed a director of Livia's Health
Foods Limited("LHF") in September 2020. On 17 February 2022 the
directors of LHF appointed administrators. The administrators
completed a pre-pack sale of LHF's business and assets for an
initial consideration of GBP355,000 together with a deferred
consideration based on revenue valued at GBP100,000. It is possible
that all creditors will, in due course, be paid in full. The
administration is ongoing.
1.5 There is no further information on Mr. Wollenberg required
to be disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules
for Companies.
2. Mr. Tauman
2.1 Amit Endi Yosef Tauman, aged 30, has not held any
directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years.
2.2 Mr. Tauman holds 2,045,230 ordinary shares in the Company,
representing 7.83 per cent. of the issued share capital.
2.3 There is no further information on Mr. Tauman required to be
disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies.
3. Lord Gold
3.1 David Laurence Gold (Lord Gold), aged 71, has held the
following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five
years:
Current directorships and/or Past directorships and/or partnerships
partnerships
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BLC1 FP LLP C5 Holdings (UK) Limited
Broadclyst Limited
David Gold & Associates LLP
Derwent Films LLP
ESCP Europe Corporate Services
Limited
ESCP Europe Business School
Gold Collins Associates Limited
Marylebone Capital Investments
Limited
Medway Films LLP
Mole Films LLP
Southend & Westcliff Hebrew Congregation
T0day Group Limited
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3.2 Lord Gold holds no ordinary shares in the Company.
There is no further information on Lord Gold required to be
disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies.
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