Annual General Meeting (AGM) - Resolutions

Listed below are the Resolutions that the Cheshire’s eligible voting Members will be asked to vote on at or before the Annual General Meeting 2008.

The numbering matches that stated in the AGM Information Pack sent by post to all eligible voting Members.

Ordinary Resolutions

1. To receive the Auditors Report
2. To receive the Directors' Report, Annual Accounts and Annual Business Statement for the year ended 31 Dcember 2007.
3. To re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors.
4. To approve the Report of the Remuneration Committee

Election of Directors

To consider and, if though fit, to elect or re-elect the following Directors:

5(a). To elect Vanda Murray OBE BA, FCIM (Non-executive Director) Age 47

Standing for election for the first time

Appointed as a Director in 2007, Vanda holds a number of Non-executive Directorships in both the public and the private sectors, including Carillion plc, the North West Development Agency along with Eazyfone Group Ltd where she is Executive chair. From 2004 - 2006, she was Managing Director of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd as well as Marketing Director of Ultraframe plc, following four years as Chief Executive Officer of Blick plc, a FTSE quoted company. In 2002, she was appointed OBE for Services to Industry and to Export.

(b). To elect Ian Alexander Ross.BSIC , FCA (Non-executive Director) Age 58

Standing for election for the first time

Appointed as a Director in 2007, Ian recently retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers after 35 years service including 23 years as Partner. He held various responsibilities across several offices including Head of the Liverpool office, Risk Management Partner and Head of Due Diligence Services for the North Region, as well as advising many of the North West’s leading companies. Ian is also a trustee of Age Concern East Cheshire.

(c). To re-elect Richard Charles Bailey.

First appointed a Director in 1997 and Vice-Chairman in 2006. Richard is the Executive Chairman of N M Rothschild and Sons Ltd in the regions and a partner in its worldwide investment banking business.

(d). To re-elect David Carruth Goldie. BSIC Econ (Non-executive Director) Age 44

Standing for re-election

David became a Director in 2005 and is the Chief Operating Officer of  Carphone Warehouse plc. He was previously Managing Director of Martin Dawes Telecommunications Ltd, one of the UK’S largest mobile phone service providers. When Martin Dawes Telecommunications was sold to the then BT Cellnet, a former subsidiary of this group merged with Opal Telecom in 1999, at which point David became Chief Executive Officer of Opal.