7th May 2009 15:30
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:
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Ordinary Resolutions |
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Resolution 1 |
To receive and adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008 |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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3,128,665,604 |
28,164,851 |
99.11 |
3,084,015 |
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Resolution 2 (i) |
To elect Mr P A J Broadley as a director |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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3,108,465,623 |
11,478,939 |
99.63 |
39,971,506 |
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Resolution 2 (ii) |
To re-elect Mr R Bogni as a director |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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3,083,478,691 |
34,856,316 |
98.88 |
41,580,611 |
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Resolution 2 (iii) |
To re-elect Mr R J Khoza as a director |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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3,062,434,043 |
59,304,252 |
98.10 |
38,177,322 |
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Resolution 2 (iv) |
To re-elect Mr J V F Roberts as a director |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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3,059,909,656 |
61,787,248 |
98.02 |
38,218,714 |
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Resolution 3 |
To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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3,124,024,725 |
16,650,851 |
99.47 |
19,240,041 |
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Resolution 4 |
To authorise the Group Audit and Risk Committee to settle the auditors' remuneration |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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3,153,556,118 |
2,162,010 |
99.93 |
4,197,490 |
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Resolution 5 |
To approve the Remuneration Report |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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2,684,849,731 |
173,554,099 |
93.93 |
246,365,339 |
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Resolution 6 |
To grant authority to allot relevant securities |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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2,247,489,255 |
850,528,644 |
72.55 |
61,894,448 |
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Special Resolutions |
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Resolution 7 |
To grant authority to disapply pre-emption rights in allotting certain equity securities |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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2,872,296,621 |
243,596,433 |
92.18 |
43,820,143 |
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Resolution 8 |
To grant authority to repurchase shares by market purchase |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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2,834,360,709 |
318,134,819 |
89.91 |
6,965,502 |
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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 |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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2,827,344,721 |
317,296,906 |
89.91 |
14,853,290 |
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Resolution 10 |
To authorise General Meetings to be held on 14 days' notice |
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In favour |
Against |
% in favour |
Votes withheld |
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2,603,878,894 |
552,982,736 |
82.48 |
2,633,516 |
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Each of the resolutions was accordingly duly passed.
For further information on Old Mutual plc, please visit the corporate website at www.oldmutual.com
Enquiries
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Investor Relations |
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Patrick Bowes |
UK |
+44 (0)20 7002 7440 |
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Aleida White |
UK |
+44 (0)20 7002 7287 |
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Deward Serfontein |
SA |
+27 (0)82 810 5672 |
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Media |
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Matthew Gregorowski |
UK / SA |
+44 (0)20 7002 7133 |
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+44 (0)7748 183 834 |
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Mike Smith (Finsbury) |
UK |
+44 (0)20 7251 3801 |
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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