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GCM Resources PLC
24 January 2024
24 January 2024
GCM Resources plc
("GCM" or the "Company")
(AIM:GCM)
Requisition Notice
GCM Resources plc, an AIM quoted mining and energy company, announces that it today received a notice from Polo Investments Limited ("Polo"), pursuant to Section 168 of the Companies Act 2006, requesting that a resolution to remove Christian Taylor-Wilkinson be tabled, as an ordinary resolution, at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company or a general meeting of GCM to be convened as soon as practicable. Polo currently holds 43,328,003 shares representing 20.9% of the Company's total voting rights.
In the event that Christian Taylor-Wilkinson is voted off the board or otherwise leaves the Company, the board would comprise three executive directors, and no non-executive directors, falling short of the minimum guidance set out in the QCA Corporate Governance Code and raising questions about the efficacy of the Board as a whole, and the appropriateness of the Company to be trading on AIM.
WH Ireland, the Company's Nominated Adviser ("Nomad"), has advised that if such a circumstance occurs the Company would therefore have to add a number of independent non-executive directors to the board in the short term. If such additions to the board are not made to WH Ireland's satisfaction , it is highly likely that the WH Ireland would tender its resignation with immediate effect.
Pursuant to Rule 1 of the AIM Rules for Companies, if a company ceases to have a Nomad the Exchange will suspend trading in its AIM securities with immediate effect. If a new Nomad is not appointed within one month of the date of resignation of the original Nomad, this will result in the Company's ordinary shares being delisted from AIM and the Company's admission to AIM being cancelled.