"This is plan A and there is no plan B, " declared the SPL chairman Ralph Topping.

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Almost half - 49.9% - of votes were against the pay package for chief executive Ralph Topping.

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Ralph Topping has been announced as the new non-executive chairman, replacing Lex Gold, who stepped down on Thursday.

BBC: Topping succeeds Gold at the SPL

"Performance was robust in retail and profits continued to grow strongly in online, with sporting results going in our favour in both channels, " said chief executive Ralph Topping.

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"Ralph Topping and Neil Doncaster will be coming up to see me in Dundee in the next two weeks, but they will not change my mind and they know that, " said Thompson.

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All of the top flight clubs met at Hampden on 4 January to discuss the proposals, with SPL chairman Ralph Topping describing the talks as 'positive' and representatives of Aberdeen and St Johnstone suggesting there was a willingness to embrace the 10-10 set-up.

BBC: SPL scraps plans for January vote on restructure