Result of 2016 AGM

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Beazley PLC

24 March 2016

 

Beazley plc

Dublin, 24 March 2016

Beazley plc - 2016 Annual General Meeting Results

Beazley plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 12.00pm 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 proxy votes received by the Chairman for each resolution is set out below. The number of 5p ordinary shares in issue and the number of voting rights on 24 March 2016 was 523,353,340.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2015, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	399,559,313	5,492,190	356,970
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2015	387,004,660	13,611,016	4,792,797
3	To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 6.6 pence per Ordinary Share	405,408,473	0	0
4	To approve the payment of a special dividend of 18.4 pence per Ordinary Share	405,408,473	0	0
5	To re-elect George Blunden as a Director of the Company	402,027,286	3,376,837	4,350
6	To re-elect Martin Bride as a Director of the Company	400,015,443	5,388,680	4,350
7	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	400,005,567	5,398,556	4,350
8	To re-elect Angela Crawford-Ingle as a Director of the Company	333,523,795	15,179,116	56,705,562
9	To re-elect Dennis Holt as a Director of the Company	398,739,603	6,664,520	4,350
10	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	400,015,443	5,388,680	4,350
11	To re-elect Neil Maidment as a Director of the Company	399,975,338	5,428,785	4,350
12	To re-elect Vincent Sheridan as a Director of the Company	402,213,546	3,190,577	4,350
13	To re-elect Clive Washbourn as a Director of the Company	400,003,338	5,400,785	4,350
14	To elect Sir Andrew Likierman as a Director of the Company	402,208,973	3,195,150	4,350
15	To elect Catherine Woods as a Director of the Company	404,225,535	1,182,938	0
16	To reappoint KPMG as Auditors of the Company	393,212,021	12,195,555	897
17	To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration	398,392,167	5,653,890	1,362,416
18	To approve and authorise the adoption of the Beazley plc Savings-Related Share Option Plan for U.S. employees	401,603,008	3,771,465	34,000
19	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	392,639,358	12,768,615	500
20*	To disapply pre-emption rights	405,354,287	25,186	29,000
21*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	404,033,247	12,102	1,363,124
22*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	373,726,611	31,661,662	20,200

 * Special resolution

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Sian Coope

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Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Australia. Beazley manages six Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2015, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $2,080.9 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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