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Lark Distilling Co. Ltd

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July 2024

Lark Distilling director inches up to 19.5pc in equity raising

It would take Randall from about 3.8 per cent of the register to 19.5 per cent, close to the maximum permissible 19.99 per cent under takeover rules.

Lark Distilling Co’s CEO Satya Sharma.

Lark Distilling readies cash call; Barrenjoey on ticket

Lark shares last traded at 86¢ apiece, after falling 31.4 per cent year-to-date.

August 2023

Lark Distilling Co CEO Satya Sharma

Lark banks on luxury drinkers to get it out of the red

The Tasmanian whisky maker, whose previous CEO departed after an ice-pipe video scandal, tumbled to a loss but has high hopes for Asian sales.

June 2023

Bill Lark and head distiller Chris Thomson.

Why Tasmania might be better suited to whisky than Scotland

Tasmania’s whisky industry is evolving from its craft origins into a globally oriented business – and transforming parts of the state in the process.

Lark Distilling Co’s new chief executive Satya Sharma.

Whisky sales slowdown hits troubled Lark

CEO Satya Sharma says a heavy share price fall reflects low risk appetite from small cap investors.

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May 2023

Lark Distilling Co’s new chief executive Satya Sharma.

New CEO in strategic review of Tassie whisky maker Lark

Lark is moving on from an ice-pipe video scandal which caused the exit of a CEO 15 months ago, successor Satya Sharma says.

November 2022

Lark had 2.1 million litres of whisky maturing in its “whisky bank” at June 30.

Barrenjoey back in at Lark, this time for defence

There’s never a dull moment at Lark Distilling. 

May 2022

Former Lark Distilling chief executive Geoff Bainbridge.

Lark shares rebound after halving following chief executive scandal

The whisky company boosts its sales and targets foreign markets while searching for a replacement chief executive.

February 2022

A photo of publicist Lahra Carey from the Carlton Football Club website.

‘I am not the story’: publicist dodges CEO drug scandal

A publicist who represented former Lark Distilling CEO Geoff Bainbridge refused to explain why he allegedly lied in a media interview about his drug use.

A still image from a video of that businessman Geoff Bainbridge said was used to extort money from him.

Ex-Lark CEO appears to have misled journalists

Geoff Bainbridge said a compromising video used to extort him was shot in Asia. But it looks like it was filmed in his Melbourne home.

Mr Bainbridge said in a statement he was the victim of a “shakedown”.

Lark investor backs company amid ice pipe extortion scandal

Perennial Value Management, one of the Tasmanian whisky maker’s largest investors, said it supported the company and held no concerns about its stability.

Geoff Bainbridge, with his favourite TV show.

For Geoff Bainbridge, life imitates art

“I think we all recognise ...that the construct of truth and reality is blurred, and that agendas are played,” he said in January.

Geoff Bainbridge.

No Lark for investors as CEO quits over extortion plot

Leaving aside the bizarre story of Geoff Bainbridge’s departure from the Lark Distilling Co, investors face a quandary over value and reputational risk. 

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Blackmail threat forces Bainbridge to step down from distiller

Geoff Bainbridge stepped down as CEO of Lark Distilling, reportedly over an extortion threat to expose a video of him smoking an ice pipe.

October 2021

Shene Distillery and the Pontville Estate is a historic property and whisky distillery just north of Hobart. Lark Distillery aims to build a new $13 million distillery on the site as part of a $53 million capital raising.

Lark aims to be the ‘Penfolds’ of Australian whisky

Lark Distilling is eyeing export markets in the US, UK and China with a $53 million capital raise and a buyout of a whisky group near Hobart.

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