3rd Mar 2006 11:47
BRIT Insurance Holdings PLC03 March 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 March 2006 Brit Insurance Holdings PLC Result of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Brit Insurance Holdings PLC ("the Company"), the UK-based international generalinsurer and reinsurer, is pleased to announce that at the Extraordinary GeneralMeeting held earlier today shareholders approved the proposed reduction of theCompany's share premium account by £180 million. The Company will make an application to obtain the Court's confirmation of theproposed reduction, which is required before it can become effective. It isexpected to be obtained by the end of March 2006. -Ends- Enquiries Dane Douetil/Matthew Scales, Brit Insurance Holdings PLC 020 7984 8500 David Haggie/Peter Rigby, Haggie Financial 020 7417 8989 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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