2018 Annual General Meeting Results

RNS Number : 6543I

Beazley PLC

22 March 2018

 

Beazley plc

London, 22 March 2018

Beazley plc - 2018 Annual General Meeting Results

Beazley plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 1.00pm today and announces that all the resolutions were duly passed.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3, full details of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

For information, the results of the AGM are set out below. The total number of votes received for each resolution is set out below. The number of 5p ordinary shares in issue and the number of voting rights on 20 March 2018 was 527,234,276.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2017, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	396,858,250	259,000	812,677
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2017	368,446,491	14,909,623	14,573,813
3	To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 7.4 pence per Ordinary Share	397,168,839	0	761,088
4	To re-elect George Blunden as a Director of the Company	394,959,691	2,178,676	791,560
5	To re-elect Martin Bride as a Director of the Company	394,273,663	2,864,704	791,560
6	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	395,955,203	1,183,164	791,560
7	To re-elect Angela Crawford-Ingle as a Director of the Company	395,298,147	1,840,220	791,560
8	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	396,125,245	1,043,464	761,218
9	To elect Christine LaSala as a Director of the Company	396,094,754	1,043,613	791,560
10	To re-elect Sir Andrew Likierman as a Director of the Company	382,506,694	14,111,638	1,311,595
11	To re-elect Neil Maidment as a Director of the Company	395,955,054	1,183,313	791,560
12	To elect John Sauerland as a Director of the Company	395,926,092	1,212,275	791,560
13	To elect Robert Stuchbery as a Director of the Company	396,083,370	1,054,997	791,560
14	To re-elect Catherine Woods as a Director of the Company	396,089,778	1,048,589	791,560
15	To elect David Roberts as a Director of the Company	396,081,495	1,056,872	791,560
16	To reappoint KPMG as Auditors of the Company	383,734,578	13,373,079	822,270
17	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration	393,130,098	4,008,269	791,560
18	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	386,898,295	10,234,772	796,860
19*	To disapply pre-emption rights	379,484,225	17,654,142	791,560
20*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	391,358,394	5,774,973	791,560
21*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	385,115,688	12,051,816	762,423

 * Special resolution

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Christine Oldridge

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Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ.L) is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, United States, Canada, Latin America and Asia. Beazley manages seven Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2017, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $2,343.8 million. All Lloyd's syndicates are rated A by A.M. Best. 

Beazley's underwriters in the United States focus on writing a range of specialist insurance products. In the admitted market, coverage is provided by Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., an A.M. Best A rated carrier licensed in all 50 states. In the surplus lines market, coverage is provided by the Beazley syndicates at Lloyd's.

Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include professional indemnity, property, marine, reinsurance, accident and life, and political risks and contingency business.

For more information please go to: www.beazley.com

 

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