Results of AGM

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Beazley PLC

26 March 2021

 

Beazley plc

London, 26 March 2021

Beazley plc - 2021 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 24 March 2021 was 609,230,206.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2020, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	486,713,968	3,377	819,130
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2020	485,504,081	1,984,177	48,217
3	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	487,493,070	3,677	39,728
4	To re-elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company	486,691,896	775,165	69,414
5	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	487,273,926	137,989	124,560
6	To re-elect Sally Lake as a Director of the Company	486,658,211	808,194	70,070
7	To re-elect Christine LaSala as a Director of the Company	484,446,855	3,019,550	70,070
8	To re-elect John Reizenstein as a Director of the Company	484,446,244	3,020,161	70,070
9	To re-elect David Roberts as a Director of the Company	484,452,741	3,013,664	70,070
10	To re-elect Robert Stuchbery as a Director of the Company	487,462,228	3,877	70,370
11	To re-elect Catherine Woods as a Director of the Company	484,453,457	3,012,948	70,070
12	To elect Pierre-Olivier Desaulle as a Director of the Company	487,449,713	14,048	72,714
13	To re-appoint EY as Auditors of the Company	486,026,590	150,498	1,359,387
14	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration	487,156,677	337,586	42,212
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	452,999,365	34,494,015	43,094
16*	To disapply pre-emption rights	480,545,941	6,945,546	44,987
17*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	485,782,957	1,518,433	235,084
18*	To adopt new Articles of Association	487,433,136	16,888	86,451
19*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	429,260,160	58,266,663	9,652

 * 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 2020, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $3,563.8 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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