AGM Results
Old Mutual PLC
10 May 2006
Old Mutual plc
Annual General Meeting 2006
Director's retirement and Results of shareholder voting
Director's retirement
As planned, Mr Warren Clewlow retired from the Board of Old Mutual plc (the
'Company') at the end of the Company's Annual General Meeting (the 'AGM') held
in London earlier today. He had been a Director of the Company since March 1999.
Commenting at the AGM, Chris Collins, Chairman of the Company said: 'He has been
a stalwart of the Board for many years and we are very grateful to him for his
enormous contribution to the Group.'
Results of shareholder voting
At the AGM, all of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting sent to
shareholders as part of the Report and Accounts and Summary Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2005 were voted on by a poll, and the results of
the votes cast on the polls were as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions
Resolution 1 To receive and adopt the directors' report and accounts
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,958,839,799 19,643,649 99.34% 16,275,255
Resolution 2 To declare a final dividend of 3.65 pence per ordinary share
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,968,201,267 17,827,234 99.40% 8,773,152
Resolution 3 (i) Election of Mr R J Khoza as a director of the Company
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,954,727,774 16,955,929 99.43% 23,113,950
Resolution 3 (ii) Re-election of Mr N D T Andrews as a director of the Company
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,979,144,033 1,363,760 99.95% 14,291,235
Resolution 3 (iii) Re-election of Mr R Bogni as a director of the Company
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,978,257,527 2,857,465 99.90% 13,686,661
Resolution 3 (iv) Re-election of Mr N N Broadhurst as a director of the Company
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,963,322,611 17,983,257 99.40% 13,495,785
Resolution 4 Re-appointment of KPMG Audit Plc as auditors to the Company
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,871,933,601 42,513,963 98.54% 80,317,845
Resolution 5 Authority to the Audit Committee of the Company to settle the
remuneration of the auditors
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,955,519,145 29,614,808 99.01% 9,660,204
Resolution 6 Approval of the Remuneration Report in the Company's report and
accounts
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,922,116,619 28,491,164 99.03% 44,186,373
Resolution 7 Authority to allot relevant securities up to an aggregate nominal
amount of £53,563,000
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,851,279,788 132,889,245 95.55% 10,632,620
Special Resolutions
Resolution 8 Authority to allot equity securities up to a maximum nominal
aggregate amount of £26,781,000
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,817,338,254 53,414,168 98.14% 124,049,231
Resolution 9 Authority in accordance with section 166 of the Companies Act 1985
to purchase up to 535,630,000 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company by way
of market purchase
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,972,092,648 12,618,270 99.58% 10,090,735
Resolution 10 Approval of contingent purchase contracts to enable up to a
maximum of 535,630,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company to be bought back on the
JSE Limited, the Namibian Stock Exchange, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, the
Malawi Stock Exchange and the Stockholm Stock Exchange
In favour Against % in favour Votes withheld
2,974,946,725 2,288,275 99.92% 17,566,653
Each of the resolutions was accordingly duly passed.
10 May 2006
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