Annual General Meeting Results 2019

RNS Number : 6451T

Beazley PLC

21 March 2019

 

Beazley plc

London, 21 March 2019

Beazley plc - 2019 Annual General Meeting Results

Beazley plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 2.30pm 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.

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 19 March 2019 was 529,111,625.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2018, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	406,382,066	0	691,677
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2018	396,690,818	9,293,687	1,089,238
3	To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 7.8 pence per Ordinary Share	407,034,169	6,602	32,842
4	To re-elect Martin Bride as a Director of the Company	404,713,281	1,984,832	375,500
5	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	405,899,389	798,724	375,500
6	To re-elect Angela Crawford-Ingle as a Director of the Company	405,309,034	1,358,737	405,842
7	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	406,093,418	604,695	375,500
8	To elect Christine LaSala as a Director of the Company	405,272,191	1,395,580	405,842
9	To re-elect Sir Andrew Likierman as a Director of the Company	399,199,158	7,468,613	405,842
10	To elect David Roberts as a Director of the Company	404,935,657	1,732,114	405,842
11	To elect John Sauerland as a Director of the Company	406,063,076	604,695	405,842
12	To elect Robert Stuchbery as a Director of the Company	405,993,574	674,197	405,842
13	To re-elect Catherine Woods as a Director of the Company	405,196,687	1,471,084	405,842
14	To appoint EY as Auditors of the Company	401,959,580	5,076,354	37,809
15	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration	402,762,395	4,274,828	36,520
16	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	398,567,420	8,096,630	409,693
17*	To disapply pre-emption rights	384,118,105	22,922,418	33,220
18*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	404,876,092	1,791,301	406,220
19*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	387,461,073	19,608,844	3,696

 * 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 2018, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $2,615.3 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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