Result of AGM and Board Changes

Aukett Swanke Group PLC

21 April 2023

 

21 April 2023

Aukett Swanke Group Plc

("Aukett Swanke", the "Company", or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Board Changes

Aukett Swanke (AIM: AUK), a company that principally provides architectural and interior design services, is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed, with voting details set out below.

Ordinary business                                                                            For                         Against

1. To receive and adopt the annual report and accounts	129,422,882	nil
2. To re-elect Robert Fry as a director	129,383,388	39,494
3. To re-elect Clive Carver as a director	129,412,882	10,000
4. To re-elect Antony Barkwith as a director	129,383,388	39,494
5. To elect Nick Clark as a director	129,422,052	nil
6. To re-appoint Moore Kingston Smith LLP as auditors	129,218,339	204,543

Special business

7. To authorise the directors to allot shares	124,450,320	4,956,732
8. To disapply pre-emption rights on allotment	128,612,567	794,485

Following conclusion of the AGM, Nick Clark has become Group Chief Executive, with Robert Fry, previously Interim CEO, becoming a part time Executive Director and Deputy Chairman with principal responsibility for the Group's architecture businesses.

Raul Curiel, Non-Executive Director, did not offer himself for re-election at the AGM and has stepped down from the Board after many years as a Director.

Clive Carver, Chairman of Aukett Swanke Group plc , said:

"Raul joined the Group in 1978 retiring in 2015. He returned as non-executive chairman in early 2019 until 8 December 2022, when he relinquished the chairman role but continued as a non-executive director.

Raul was one of the Group's most prominent and award winning architects and responsible for a string of notable buildings. More recently as non-executive chairman he led the board in helping set and oversee the Group's strategic plans.

On behalf of all ASG shareholders we thank Raul for his inestimable contribution over many decades."

Contacts

Aukett Swanke Group Plc                                                                                            [phone] 

Clive Carver, Chairman                                                                            

Nick Clark, Chief Executive                                                                                          

Strand Hanson Limited, Financial and Nominated Adviser                                 [phone]

Richard Johnson, James Bellman                                                                                              

Zeus Capital Limited, Broker                                                                                      [phone]

Simon Johnson, Louisa Waddell

Investor/Media                                                                                                             + 44 (0) 7979 604 687

Chris Steele

 

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