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accession: "0000950170-24-081096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001834045"
company_name: "Vintage Wine Estates, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T23:34:33.096490+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vintage Wine Estates appoints Ivona Smith to board; hires GLC and Riveron as advisors

## Summary
- Appointed Ivona Smith as independent director effective June 28, 2024; she receives $25,000 per month plus expense reimbursement.
- Terminated engagement with Oppenheimer & Co.; engaged GLC Advisors & Co. and Riveron RTS, LLC as financial advisors.
- Ms. Smith will serve until next stockholder election and is entitled to indemnification and D&O insurance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-081096
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001834045
- company_name: Vintage Wine Estates, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834045/000095017024081096/0000950170-24-081096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834045/000095017024081096/vwe-20240628.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-081096
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-081096.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-081096.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ivona Smith was appointed as independent director at Vintage Wine Estates, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent director
  source text: Effective June 28, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ivona Smith as an independent director to the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834045/000095017024081096/0000950170-24-081096-index.htm

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