Official Business
Represented at the annual meeting of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. on May 15, 2008, were 451,669,621 shares, or approximately 88 percent, of MMC's 511,059,490 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting.
Stockholders took the following actions:
1. Election of Directors
Class I Directors
The following nominees were elected to serve as Class I directors, each for a three-year term ending in 2011:
Stephen R. Hardis
Non-Executive Chairman, MMC
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eaton Corporation
The Rt. Hon. Lord Lang of Monkton, DL
Former Member of British Parliament
Former British Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Morton O. Schapiro
President, Williams College
Adele Simmons
Vice Chair, Chicago Metropolis 2020
President, Global Philanthropy Partnership
Class III Directors
The following nominees were elected to serve as Class III directors, each for the remaining two-year term of that class, expiring in 2010:
Brian Duperreault
President and Chief Executive Officer, MMC
Bruce P. Nolop
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Pitney Bowes
2. Appointment of Independent Public Accountants
Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as MMC's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2008.
3. Amendment to MMC's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Eliminate Classified Board Structure
The proposal to amend MMC's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board structure and provide for the annual election of all directors received a majority of the votes outstanding and entitled to vote and therefore was approved.
4. Stockholder Proposal: Political Contributions
The proposal requesting MMC to provide reports about political contributions made with corporate funds did not receive a majority of the votes present or represented and therefore was not approved.
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