Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8735R

Old Mutual PLC

07 May 2009

 



Ref 36/09 

7 May 2009

Old Mutual plc Annual General Meeting 2009 - Results of shareholder voting 

At the Annual General Meeting of Old Mutual plc held in London earlier today, all of the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in the circular sent to shareholders at the end of March 2009 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 report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008
	In favour	Against					% in favour	Votes withheld
	3,128,665,604	28,164,851					99.11	3,084,015
Resolution 2 (i)	To elect Mr P A J Broadley as a director
	In favour	Against					% in favour	Votes withheld
	3,108,465,623	11,478,939					99.63	39,971,506
Resolution 2 (ii)	To re-elect Mr R Bogni as a director
	In favour	Against					% in favour	Votes withheld
	3,083,478,691	34,856,316					98.88	41,580,611
Resolution 2 (iii)	To re-elect Mr R J Khoza as a director
	In favour	Against					% in favour	Votes withheld
	3,062,434,043	59,304,252					98.10	38,177,322
Resolution 2 (iv)	To re-elect Mr J V F Roberts as a director
	In favour	Against					% in favour	Votes withheld
	3,059,909,656	61,787,248					98.02	38,218,714
Resolution 3	To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors
	In favour	Against					% in favour	Votes withheld
	3,124,024,725	16,650,851					99.47	19,240,041
Resolution 4	To authorise the Group Audit and Risk Committee to settle the auditors' remuneration
	In favour			Against			% in favour	Votes withheld
	3,153,556,118			2,162,010			99.93	4,197,490
Resolution 5	To approve the Remuneration Report
	In favour	Against					% in favour	Votes withheld
	2,684,849,731	173,554,099					93.93	246,365,339
Resolution 6	To grant authority to allot relevant securities
	In favour	Against					% in favour	Votes withheld
	2,247,489,255	850,528,644					72.55	61,894,448
Special Resolutions
Resolution 7	To grant authority to disapply pre-emption rights in allotting certain equity securities
	In favour				Against	% in favour			Votes withheld
	2,872,296,621				243,596,433	92.18			43,820,143
Resolution 8	To grant authority to repurchase shares by market purchase
	In favour		Against			% in favour			Votes withheld
	2,834,360,709		318,134,819			89.91			6,965,502
Resolution 9	To approve contingent purchase contracts relating to purchases of shares on the JSE Limited and on the Malawi, Namibian and Zimbabwe Stock Exchanges
	In favour		Against			% in favour			Votes withheld
	2,827,344,721		317,296,906			89.91			14,853,290
Resolution 10	To authorise General Meetings to be held on 14 days' notice
	In favour		Against			% in favour			Votes withheld
	2,603,878,894		552,982,736			82.48			2,633,516

Each of the resolutions was accordingly duly passed. 

For further information on Old Mutual plc, please visit the corporate website at www.oldmutual.com 

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Notes to Editors

Old Mutual

Old Mutual plc is a leading international long-term savings Group.  Originating in South Africa in 1845, the Group provides life assurance, asset management, banking and general insurance in over 40 countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.  Old Mutual plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the JSE, among others.

In the year ended 31 December 2008, the Group reported adjusted operating profit of £1.0 billion (on an IFRS basis) and had £265 billion of funds under management at the year end. The Group has approximately 57,000 employees.

 

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