AGM Statement

Berkeley Berry Birch PLC
26 September 2003


                                                               26 September 2003


                            Berkley Berry Birch plc

                                 AGM Statement

Berkeley Berry Birch plc is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at
today's AGM, held at 1.00pm, were passed.  During the AGM the Group Executive
Chairman, Clifford Lockyer made the following statement:

'We said in our trading statement on the 1 May 2003 that we would seek to add
another non-executive director by 26 September.  We are still currently
assessing candidates and will make an announcement in due course.'


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For further information please contact:


Berkeley Berry Birch plc

Stephen Ingledew, Chief Executive Officer                       
07774 185 779


Grandfield

Geoff Callow
07740 168319



Notes to Editors

Berkeley Berry Birch plc


• National Financial Services Distribution Group

• Top Five Independent Financial Advice (IFA) Group.

• Established since 1964

• Listed on the London Stock Exchange

• Eleven major institutional investors

• Financially one of the strongest IFA groups in the UK

• Annual turnover of £55 million and more than 750 financial advisers

• Multi Channel: IFA, employee benefits, insurance broking, trustee
  services

• Quality financial services and products for over 100,000 customers.



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