EGM Result

RNS Number:2724L
BRIT Insurance Holdings PLC
19 May 2003


                                                                     19 May 2003


This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in or into or
from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.



                          Brit Insurance Holdings PLC

                            Offer for PRI Group plc

                Result of Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM")



Brit Insurance Holdings PLC ("Brit") refers to its announcement made on 9 April
2003 of its Offer for all of the issued and to be issued ordinary share capital
of PRI Group plc not already owned by Brit.  The Listing Particulars in
connection with the Offer (comprising a circular to Brit Shareholders which
included a notice of EGM) were issued on 1 May 2003.

The Company announces that at the EGM of the Company held at 12.00 noon today,
the resolution was duly passed.

Terms defined in the Listing Particulars dated 1 May 2003 have the same
respective meanings in this announcement.


Enquiries:

Peter Goddard, Company Secretary
Brit Insurance Holdings PLC                                        020 7984 8741

Simon Charles/Simon Law
Numis Securities Limited                                           020 7776 1500

Peter Rigby
Haggie Financial                                                   020 7417 8989

Numis Securities Limited has approved the contents of this announcement solely
for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
This announcement does not constitute an offer or an invitation to acquire any
securities.  Any such offer is only being made pursuant to the Offer Document
and Form of Acceptance.

The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into or from the
United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or by use of the mails of, or by means
or instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically or
electronically) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a
national securities exchange of, any of these jurisdictions and the Offer is not
capable of acceptance by any such use, means or instrumentality or facilities or
from or within the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.

The full terms and conditions of the Offer (including details of how the Offer
may be accepted) are set out in the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance
accompanying the Offer Document.  PRI Shareholders who accept the Offer may only
rely on the Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance setting out the full terms
and conditions of the Offer and the related Listing Particulars.  In deciding
whether or not to accept the Offer in respect of their PRI Shares, PRI
Shareholders should rely only on the information contained, and procedures
described, in the Offer Document and Form of Acceptance and the information
contained in the Listing Particulars.

Numis Securities Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Brit and
no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to any
person other than Brit for providing the protections afforded to its customers
or for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any transaction or
arrangement referred to herein.


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