Annual General Meeting Results

RNS Number : 2042A

Beazley PLC

27 March 2012

 



Beazley plc

AGM Results

Dublin, 27 March 2012

Beazley Plc - Annual General Meeting Results

Beazley plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 12pm 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/nsm.do.

The total number of votes received by the Chairman for use in a poll for each resolution is set out below.

The number of 5p ordinary shares in issue with voting rights attaching on 27 March 2012 was 518,417,992.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the Financial Statements	410,422,069	2,673	0
2	To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report	405,435,219	3,454,578	1,534,945
3	To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 5.4 pence per Ordinary Share	410,424,742	0	0
4	To re-elect George Blunden as a Director of the Company	409,475,686	948,556	500
5	To re-elect Martin Bride as a Director of the Company	408,574,414	1,829,641	20,687
6	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	408,126,907	2,277,148	20,687
7	To re-elect Jonathan Gray as a Director of the Company	408,127,407	2,277,148	20,187
8	To re-elect Gordon Hamilton as a Director of the Company	409,433,089	970,966	20,687
9	To re-elect Dennis Holt as a Director of the Company	408,268,929	2,155,313	500
10	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	408,566,731	1,837,324	20,687
11	To re-elect Neil Maidment as a Director of the Company	408,139,411	2,284,831	500
12	To re-elect Padraic O'Connor as a Director of the Company	409,612,417	791,638	20,687
13	To re-elect Vincent Sheridan as a Director of the Company	409,628,499	776,056	20,187
14	To re-elect Ken Stoka as a Director of the Company	408,205,901	2,198,154	20,687
15	To re-elect Rolf Tolle as a Director of the Company	409,648,609	775,633	500
16	To re-elect Clive Washbourn as a Director of the Company	408,126,984	2,277,071	20,687
17	To reappoint KPMG as Auditors of the Company	410,406,941	14,101	3,700
18	To authorise the Directors to agree the Auditors' remuneration	410,414,543	7,499	2,700
19	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	390,399,883	10,827,736	9,197,123
20	To approve the Beazley plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2012	405,310,962	3,728,395	1,385,385
21	To approve the Beazley plc Save As You Earn Share Option Plan 2012	408,406,461	1,995,509	22,772
22*	To disapply pre-emption rights	407,083,579	3,273,982	67,181
23*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	410,408,042	15,700	1,000
24*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on 14 clear days' notice	389,449,546	20,972,968	2,228

 * Special resolution

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

David Turner

[phone]

Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia.  Beazley manages five Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2011, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $1,712.5 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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