Following the outrageous assault on shareholder rights on Friday at the 2025 AGM, the Celtic Trust wrote yesterday to the Company Secretary, Joanne McNairn. We have asked her to clarify why she was not available to provide an answer as to why our Vice Chair was not allowed to move a procedural motion – the intention of that motion being to dispense with the videos to leave more time for questions (Note: the videos are routinely uploaded to the Celtic site and people are able to watch them at their leisure). We further asked to to clarify the status of the 2025 AGM. Amidst the chaos created by the shambolic chairing of the meeting, many shareholders/proxies were unaware that the Chair had barked out ‘call for a poll’ as he was rising from his seat. Poll cards were collected by Computershare staff and the poll has been left open to 5pm on Tuesday 25/11/25 (ie tonight).
The poll had to be completed by scanning and uploading either your poll card or, if you had disposed of it, downloading one and adding your details. It is unlikely that many people will do so and we anticipate very low voting figures.
You can find the text of the speeches that were intended to be used, had the Chairman not closed the meeting before any debate could take place, at these links.
Resolution 16 speech PLC AGM 2025
Resolution 17 Speech 2025 PLC AGM
We do not think that an AGM, at which no resolutions were proposed, debated and voted on is an adequate way to meet the rights shareholders hold to participate. We will share any reply we receive from the Company Secretary.
By now most people will be aware of what happened at the AGM and the disgraceful post-AGM statements from the club. We have also written to the CEO, Michael Nicholson and asked him to retract the allegation that ‘disruption’ was ‘organised by the GB and the Trust’.
We intend to follow up with some further queries as to the basis on which the son of one of the NEDS was allowed to take the platform to launch a vitriolic attack on supporters and shareholders, who, on a weekly basis, make financial and other sacrifices for the football club that we love. To hear him call us bullies, the day after the club colluded with the police to abuse, intimidate and arrest a young man was simply too much for many of us to take in silence. This arrest, which involved removing his door and leaving his medically vulnerable father in a house with no door having removed his only means of communication, was not for assault – it was a Breach of the Peace charge and he was released one hour later.
We know who ensured the disruption of the AGM and it was not anyone in the body of the hall.