Beazley plc
Dublin, 12th May 2011
Director/PDMR shareholding
Beazley plc ("the Company") announces that on 11 May 2011, The Nicholas Furlonge Life Interest Trust, a trust owned by Nicholas Furlonge, a director of the Company, sold 232,558 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company at a price of 130p per share and on 12 May 2011, Mrs Mary Furlonge sold 367,442 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company at a price of 130p per share.
Following these transactions, Mr Nicholas Furlonge, and his connected persons, are interested in a total of 1,089,651 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company, representing approximately 0.21% of the issued share capital of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Beazley plc
Sian Coope
+353 (0)1 854 4700
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 2010, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $1,741.6 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