East Imperial PLC Requisition of Extraordinary General Meeting (6554S)
November 17 2021 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6554S
East Imperial PLC
17 November 2021
17 November 2021
East Imperial plc
("East Imperial" or the "Company")
Requisition of Extraordinary General Meeting
East Imperial, the global purveyor of ultra-premium beverages,
announces that it has received a letter from Taylor Partners
Limited requisitioning an extraordinary general meeting of the
Company's shareholders (the "Requisition"), requiring the Company
to convene an extraordinary general meeting within 21 days from the
date of receipt by the Company of the Requisition. This was
accompanied by a letter from Dr Andrew Regan, Chief Executive of
Corvus Capital Limited, as an adviser to Taylor Partners Limited.
The meeting must be held within 28 days from the date the meeting
is convened.
The Requisition proposes resolutions that the Chairman of the
Company, Rob Soni, and Dr Olufunke Abimbola be removed from office
as directors of the Company and that Alistair McGeorge be appointed
as a non-executive director of the Company and the non-executive
chairman of the Company and Colin Henry be appointed as a
non-executive director of the Company, all with immediate
effect.
The Board is disappointed that Dr Regan thought it necessary to
seek a Requisition, with the Board having already noted in its
announcement of 29 September 2021 that it may be beneficial to add
additional Boardroom experience. Since then, the Board has
commenced a formal process to appoint additional non-executives
with an emphasis on increasing the level of UK PLC boardroom
experience and premium beverage expertise.
As part of this process, the Board reviewed the CVs of the
proposed new directors and has interviewed one of them. Following
that exercise, the Board reiterates its view that both Dr Regan's
chosen candidates appear to have little or no recent PLC experience
or expertise in the premium beverage sector.
Dr Regan's Requisition is a further step in his continuing
attempts to undermine the Board and the significant operational
progress that has been achieved by the Company since its listing in
July. The Board is firmly of the view that Dr Regan's proposals and
his actions to date are a blatant attempt to insert his own
representatives on to the Board in order to gain control of the
Company without paying a premium to all shareholders.
The Board of Directors' detailed response to the Requisition
will be announced in due course in accordance with the requirements
of the Companies Act 2006. In the meantime, shareholders are
advised to take no action at this time.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by
the Company to constitute inside information for the purposes of
the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of
UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act
2018. Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory
Information Service, this inside information is now considered to
be in the public domain.
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Enquiries:
MHP Communications
Peter Hewer +44 (0) 770 9326 261
Rachel Mann +44 (0) 758 5301 464
eastimperial@mhpc.com
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