Celtic have issued an official response following the cancellation of this morning's AGM.

Peter Lawwell made the call to abandon the meeting after less than an hour due to protests from shareholders at Celtic Park .

The non-executive chairman was forced to adjourn the AGM after less than five minutes.

The board attempted to restart shortly after 11am, however, when protestors continued their action around 25 minutes later, the decision to call the meeting was made.

Now, the club have released an official statement on the matter.

It reads: "Regrettably, due to the continuing disruptive conduct of a small number of individuals preventing the orderly management of today’s AGM, we were required to conclude the meeting earlier than we had planned.

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