Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6095H

Beazley PLC

25 March 2020

 

Beazley plc

London, 25 March 2020

Beazley plc - 2020 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 23 March 2020 was 529,937,859.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2019, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	412,800,822	57,234	1,855,152
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2019	377,362,937	32,518,047	4,832,204
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	373,357,955	41,349,712	5,521
4	To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 8.2 pence per Ordinary Share	414,712,327	0	882
5	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	413,825,166	512,131	375,912
6	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	413,825,659	511,188	376,368
7	To re-elect Christine LaSala as a Director of the Company	394,437,087	19,900,190	375,912
8	To re-elect Sir Andrew Likierman as a Director of the Company	384,178,291	30,158,986	375,912
9	To re-elect David Roberts as a Director of the Company	407,345,975	5,845,925	1,521,308
10	To re-elect John Sauerland as a Director of the Company	396,080,666	18,256,611	375,912
11	To re-elect Robert Stuchbery as a Director of the Company	413,824,866	512,131	376,212
12	To re-elect Catherine Woods as a Director of the Company	394,244,409	20,092,868	375,912
13	To elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company	412,979,789	1,354,071	379,349
14	To elect Sally Lake as a Director of the Company	412,717,361	1,617,899	377,949
15	To elect John Reizenstein as a Director of the Company	413,822,679	512,581	377,949
16	To re-appoint EY as Auditors of the Company	409,941,954	3,245,449	1,525,805
17	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration	411,359,785	3,349,241	4,182
18	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	392,824,538	20,488,400	1,400,271
19*	To disapply pre-emption rights	390,357,604	24,343,693	11,912
20*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	411,320,268	2,914,478	478,462
21*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	399,752,060	13,562,908	1,398,241

 * 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, North America, Latin America and Asia. Beazley manages six Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2019, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $3,003.9 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's European insurance company, Beazley Insurance dac, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland and is A rated by A.M. Best and A+ by Fitch.

Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include professional indemnity, cyber liability, 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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