20 June 2008

                      New Star Asset Management Group PLC                      

Results of General Meeting

The Board of New Star Asset Management Group PLC (the "Company"), gives notice
that at the General Meeting of the Company held today, all of the resolutions
proposed in the Notice of Meeting in connection with the approval and
establishment of the New Star Employee Shared Ownership Plan were duly passed
on a show of hands.

For information, the proxy votes received were as follows:

    RESOLUTIONS        VOTES FOR    %      VOTES    % VOTES TOTAL VOTES   VOTES  
                                  VOTES   AGAINST   AGAINST    CAST     WITHHELD 
                                  FOR *                                    **    
                                                                                 
   Ordinary                                                                      
   Resolution                                                                    
                                                                                 
1  To approve and     130,574,466 89.14  15,903,124   10.86 146,477,590 4,445,309
   establish the New                                                             
   Star Employee                                                                 
   Shared Ownership                                                              
   Plan.                                                                         
                                                                                 
   Special                                                                       
   Resolutions                                                                   
                                                                                 
2  To authorise the   139,951,053  95.52  6,560,335    4.48 146,511,388 4,411,511
   Company to enter                                                              
   into a call option                                                            
   agreement enabling                                                            
   it to purchase                                                                
   ordinary shares in                                                            
   the Company from                                                              
   the Trustee of The                                                            
   New Star 2008                                                                 
   Employees' Share                                                              
   Trust (No. 1).                                                                
                                                                                 
3  To authorise the   139,951,053  95.52  6,560,335    4.48 146,511,388 4,411,511
   Company to enter                                                              
   into a call option                                                            
   agreement enabling                                                            
   it to purchase                                                                
   ordinary shares in                                                            
   the Company from                                                              
   the Trustee of The                                                            
   New Star 2008                                                                 
   Employees' Share                                                              
   Trust (No. 2).                                                                

* The votes `For' include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

**The votes `Withheld' are not a vote in law and are not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

A summary of proxy votes received will shortly be available on the Company's
website, www.newstaram.com.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 R, two copies of all special resolutions
passed by shareholders at the General Meeting, will be submitted to the UK
Listing Authority shortly and will be available for inspection at the UK
Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS



END



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