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W. P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. Holds Annual General Meeting Of Shareholders

HAMILTON, Bermuda, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. today held its Annual General Meeting of shareholders in Hamilton, Bermuda.

A slate of seven directors composed of William P. Stewart, John C. Russell, Richard C. Breeden, Dr. Edgar H. Brunner, Henry B. Smith, Heinrich Spangler, and Richard D. Spurling was re-elected to the Board of Directors. A proposal that the maximum number of directors be maintained at ten, and that the directors of the Company be authorized to appoint new directors either to fill vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors or to act as additional directors, was also approved.

In other action, the shareholders also re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2003 and until the close of the Annual General Meeting of the Company for 2004.

W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. is an asset management company that has provided research-intensive equity management services to clients throughout the world since 1975. The Company is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda and has additional operations or affiliates in the United States, Europe and Asia.

The Company's shares are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: WPL) and on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (symbol:WPS).