-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JYNsH8ta2pGbOEtHpvf0xT2wk/dyxjn3OlALEjiFcKWsUXCs+PnvadcRLrIpSCjD G6P+NqwcLoQQsSWd6z+K+Q== 0000704051-08-000037.txt : 20080221 0000704051-08-000037.hdr.sgml : 20080221 20080221112543 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000704051-08-000037 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080211 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080221 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LEGG MASON INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000704051 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282] IRS NUMBER: 521200960 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 LIGHT ST CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202-1476 BUSINESS PHONE: 4105390000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 LIGHT ST CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202-1476 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Dewhurst Ronald R CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001427749 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08529 FILM NUMBER: 08631922 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 410-539-0000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O LEGG MASON, INC. STREET 2: 100 LIGHT STREET CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 3 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 3 2008-02-11 0 0000704051 LEGG MASON INC LM 0001427749 Dewhurst Ronald R C/O LEGG MASON, INC. 100 LIGHT STREET BALTIMORE MD 21202 0 1 0 0 Senior Managing Director Common Stock 0 D /s/ Erin L. Clark, Attorney-in-fact for Ronald R. Dewhurst 2008-02-21 EX-24 2 dewhurstpowerofattorney.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Thomas P. Lemke, Thomas C. Merchant and Erin L. Clark, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

  1. prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

  2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Legg Mason, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

  3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

  4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

          The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

          This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

   

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 20th day of February 2008.

 

/s/ Ronald R. Dewhurst                   
Ronald R. Dewhurst

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