Appointment type
Deed of Company Arrangement – 3 August 2020
Voluntary Administration – 8 January 2020
Appointment date
See above.
Appointees
Gayle Dickerson, Ryan Eagle, Tim Mableson
Companies subject to Administration
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd ACN 000 024 108
Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd ACN 000 024 813
Office
Sydney
Background information
Gayle Dickerson, Ryan Eagle and Tim Mableson were appointed Administrators of McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd on 8 January 2020.
At the second meeting of creditors of the Group on 24 July 2020, creditors voted in favour of the following:
- A Deed of Company Arrangement be executed for the Group.
- A Committee of Inspection be appointed for the Deed Administration of McWilliam’s Wines Group.
The Deed of Company Arrangement was executed on 3 August 2020 and Gayle Dickerson, Tim Mableson and Ryan Eagle were appointed Deed Administrators.
Further information for all stakeholders will be uploaded to this page as it becomes available.
Meetings
As detailed in the Deed Administrators’ circular to creditors dated 22 February 2021, we lodged an urgent application to the Federal Court of Australia on 19 February 2021 to seek Orders to allow us to further adjourn the Resumed Meetings on 23 February 2021 to 30 April 2021 (with the option to resume the meetings earlier as needed to align with the settlement of a sale transaction).
At the Resumed Meetings held 29 April 2021, creditors for both entities resolved to terminate the Deed of Company Arrangement and the Creditors Trust dated 3 August 2020 between the Group, the Trustees (being the Deed Administrators) and MCW BidCo Pty pursuant to Section 445C(b) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The creditors also passed a resolution for each entity of the Group to each enter into the First Alternative DOCA (Calabria/Medich DOCA) pursuant to Part 5.3A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the Court Orders dated 16 April 2021 and 20 April 2021.
We are pleased to confirm that McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd, Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd and Gayle Dickerson, Tim Mableson and Ryan Eagle executed the Calabria/Medich DOCA on 29 April 2021.
Communications
Information and circulars for creditors and shareholders.
Circular to Creditors – 1 May 2023
Ex MWG Ltd (Formerly McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd) and Ex MTP Pty Ltd (Formerly Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd)
Letter to Creditors – 6 September 2021
Notification to creditors who failed to lodge Proof of Debt
Letter to Creditors: First Dividend – 2 August 2021
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Circular to Creditors – 26 May 2021
Intention to Declare Final Dividend for Mount Pleasant creditors – 25 May 2021
Mount Pleasant Wines
Circular to Creditors – 13 May 2021
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Report to Creditors – 22 April 2021
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Circular to Creditors – 14 April 2021
Circular to Creditors – 13 April 2021
Circular to Creditors – Notice of Adjournment of Resumed Meeting – 24 February 2021
McWilliam's Circular to creditors – Further adjournment of meeting of creditors – 22 February 2021
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Circular to Creditors – Outcome of Meeting and Notice of Adjournment – 3 February 2021
Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd – Lodged Minutes of Meeting – 2 February 2021
Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Deed Administrators’ Report to Creditors – 14 January 2021
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Circular to Shareholders – Update on DOCA – 10 December 2020
Letter to creditors and shareholders – S444GA Orders obtained – 22 October 2020
McWilliam's Wines Group
Section 444GA: Letter to Shareholders and Creditors – 30 September 2020
McWilliam's Wines Group Ltd
Section 444GA: Explanatory Statement and IER – 30 September 2020
McWilliam's Wine Group Ltd
Circular regarding third party offers to purchase unsecured claims – 12 August 2020
Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd – Lodged Minutes of Meeting – 24 July 2020
Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Circular to Creditors – Outcome of second meeting, amendments to DOCA and Creditors’ Trust Deed – 27 July 2020
McWilliams Wines
Circular to Creditors – Notice of Second Creditors Meeting – 15 July 2020
McWilliams Wine Group
Circular to Creditors – 2 April 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Circular to Creditors regarding Orders obtain to seek relief – 11 March 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Circular to Ceditors re intention to seek relief – 28 February 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Circular to Creditors – Extension of the convening period – 5 February 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
ASIC: Lodged Minutes of Meeting – 20 January 2020 – McWilliam's Wines Group Ltd (Administrators Appointed)
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd
ASIC: Lodged Minutes of Meeting – 20 January 2020 – Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed)
Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Notice of intention to make an application for the extension of the convening period – 23 January 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Declaration of Independence, Relevant Relationships and Indemnities (DIRRI) – 17 January 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd ACN 000 024 108 and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd ACN 000 024 813
Circular to Creditors – 9 January 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Ex MWG Ltd (Subject to DOCA) – Annual Report – 30 June 2021
Ex MWG Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) ABN 36 000 024 108
Notice of Annual General Meeting – 30 June 2021
Ex MWG Ltd (Formerly McWilliam's Wines Group Ltd)
Circular to Shareholders – Update on DOCA – 10 December 2020
Letter to creditors and shareholders – S444GA Orders obtained – 22 October 2020
McWilliam's Wines Group
Section 444GA: Letter to Shareholders and Creditors – 30 September 2020
McWilliam's Wines Group Ltd
Section 444GA: Explanatory Statement and IER – 30 September 2020
McWilliam's Wine Group Ltd
Circular to Shareholders – Execution of DOCA – 4 August 2020
McWilliam's Wine Group Pty Ltd
Circular to Shareholders – Voluntary Administrators’ Report – 16 July 2020
McWilliams Wines Group
Ex MWG Ltd (Subject to DOCA) – Annual Report – 30 June 2020
Ex MWG Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) (Formerly known as McWilliam's Wines Group Ltd) ABN 36 000 024 108
Notice of Annual General Meeting – 30 June 2020
Ex MWG Ltd (Formerly McWilliam's Wines Group Ltd)
Circular to Shareholders – 2 April 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Circular to Shareholders – 13 February 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Notice of Annual General Meeting – 30 June 2019
Ext MWG Ltd (formerly McWilliam's Wines Group Ltd)
We provide answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) for employees of McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd.
For information on the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) for claimants, visit: Fair Entitlements Guarantee website.
Circular to Employees – Update on DOCA – 10 December 2020
McWilliam's Wines Group Employee FAQs – 15 July 2020
Employee FAQs – Update No 3 – 10 March 2020.pdf
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
McWilliams Wines Group Employee FAQs – 16 January 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
McWilliams Wines Group Employee FAQs – 8 January 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Court documents
Letter to creditors and shareholders – S444GA Orders obtained – 22 October 2020
McWilliam's Wines Group
Section 444GA: Federal Court Orders made by Farrell J – 29 September 2020
McWilliam's Wines Group Ltd
Federal Court Orders granting relief pursuant to sections 447A and 588FM – 9 March 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Federal Court Orders granting extension of convening period – 4 February 2020
McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd and Mount Pleasant Wines Pty Ltd
Section 444GA: Sealed Affidavit of G Dickerson – 29 September 2020
McWilliam's Wines Group Ltd
Section 444GA: Federal Court Sealed Interlocutory Process – 29 September 2020
McWilliam's Wine Group Ltd
Support
ASIC Insolvency material
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) provides resources on insolvency for directors, practitioners, employees, creditors and investors.
Visit the ASIC website to find out more.
Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG)
You may be eligible for FEG assistance. General information for claimants can be found here:
https://www.dewr.gov.au/fair-entitlements-guarantee.
Beyond Blue
beyondblue offers some useful resources for people struggling with the emotional impact of financial distress. The beyondblue Support Service provides confidential, one-on-one counselling with a trained mental health professional.
Phone: 1300 22 4636
Lifeline
Lifeline offers phone crisis counselling for people who are experiencing financial and emotional hardship.
Phone: 13 11 14 Australia-wide
Online crisis support chat (7:00pm to 4:00am daily)
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