Result of AGM

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Beazley PLC

25 March 2022

 

Beazley plc

London, 25 March 2022

Beazley plc - 2022 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 2022 was 609,896,418.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2021, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	484,215,490	14,573	808,199
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration report for the financial year ended 31 December 2021	434,012,961	50,960,274	65,027
3	To approve the payment of an interim dividend of 12.9 pence per ordinary share	484,985,841	13,400	39,021
4	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	485,008,137	14,678	15,447
5	To re-elect Pierre-Olivier Desaulle as a Director of the Company	484,977,900	14,573	45,789
6	To re-elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company	459,560,283	25,403,070	74,909
7	To re-elect Sally Lake as a Director of the Company	483,612,806	1,350,547	74,909
8	To re-elect Christine LaSala as a Director of the Company	457,743,533	27,219,820	74,909
9	To re-elect John Reizenstein as a Director of the Company	481,232,710	3,759,763	45,789
10	To re-elect David Roberts as a Director of the Company	481,228,498	3,763,975	45,789
11	To re-elect Robert Stuchbery as a Director of the Company	461,504,744	23,487,729	45,789
12	To elect Rajesh Agrawal as a new Director of the Company	484,977,195	15,078	45,989
13	To re-appoint EY as Auditors of the Company	483,514,755	1,483,945	39,562
14	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration	484,778,927	223,428	35,907
15	To approve the Save As You Earn Share Option plan	484,652,133	349,340	36,789
16	To approve the Long Term Incentive plan	481,826,808	3,174,797	36,657
17	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	460,110,764	11,215,375	13,712,123
18*	To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights	484,306,473	686,000	45,789
19*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	483,528,023	1,280,550	229,689
20*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	428,810,332	54,936,977	1,290,953

 * 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 seven Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2021, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $4,618.9 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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