Result of AGM
Catlin Group Limited
26 May 2005
RESULTS OF CATLIN GROUP LIMITED AGM VOTING
HAMILTON, Bermuda - All of the resolutions proposed at Catlin Group Limited's
Annual General Meeting, held Wednesday 25 May 2005 in Bermuda, were duly
approved
by shareholders. Proxies were received in respect of 116,884,203 common shares,
representing 76% of the shares in issue.
The results of the proxy voting on each resolution were as follows:
Resolution Votes Proxy Votes Votes
For Holder's Against Withheld
Discretion
1 To receive the Annual 107,050,583 1,703 1,101,808 7,945,335
Report and Accounts
2 To approve the 110,748,917 1,703 1,887,252 3,461,557
Directors' Remuneration
Report
3 To reappoint 115,819,164 1,703 278,562 0
Pricewaterhouse
Coopers LLP as
auditors
4 To authorise the Board 116,004,727 1,703 92,999 0
to establish auditors'
remuneration
5 To declare final 116,097,726 1,703 0 0
dividend
6 To re-elect Mr Alan 99,822,918 1,703 3,237,212 16,101,612
Bossin as a Director
7 To re-elect Mr Michael 102,657,687 1,703 2,160,824 14,343,231
Eisenson as a
Director
8 To authorise the Board 116,097,726 1,703 0 0
to allot shares
9 To dis-apply 105,350,116 1,703 0 10,747,610
pre-emption rights in
limited circumstances
10 To authorise market 116,004,727 1,703 0 92,999
purchases of shares in
limited circumstances
Resolutions 1-8 were ordinary resolution and Resolutions 9 and 10 were special
resolution. A copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the UK Listing
Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
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For more information contact:
Media Relations:
James Burcke,
Head of Communications Tel: +44 (0)20 7458 5710
Mobile: +44 (0)7958 767 738
Email: james.burcke@catlin.com
Liz Morley,
The Maitland Consultancy Tel: +44 (0)20 7379 5151
E-mail: emorley@maitland.co.uk
Investor Relations:
William Spurgin,
Head of Investor Relations Tel: +44 (0)20 7458 5726
Mobile: +44 (0)7710 314 365
Email: william.spurgin@catlin.com
Notes to editors:
1. The Catlin Group, headquartered in Bermuda, is an international
specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer writing more than 30
classes of business worldwide. Catlin wrote gross premiums of US$1.43
billion and reported record net income of US$154.1 million in 2004.
Catlin shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol:'CGL').
2. The Catlin Group operates three underwriting platforms:
• The Catlin Syndicate at Lloyd's (Syndicate 2003). The Catlin Syndicate
is the eighth largest syndicate at Lloyd's based on 2005 premium capacity of
£500 million. It is a recognised leader of numerous classes of specialty
insurance and reinsurance.
• Catlin Bermuda (Catlin Insurance Company Ltd.). Catlin Bermuda began
underwriting in 2002 and writes property treaty and casualty treaty
reinsurance and property and casualty insurance for US risks on a surplus
lines basis.
• Catlin UK (Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd.). Catlin UK specialises in
writing commercial property, general liability, professional indemnity,
directors' and officers' liability and commercial crime insurance for UK
clients. It also writes other classes of business written by the Catlin
Syndicate.
All three Catlin Group underwriting platforms have been assigned 'A'
(Excellent) financial strength ratings by A.M. Best Company.
The Catlin Group also operates subsidiaries located in the Houston and New
Orleans in the US, as well as in the UK, Canada, Germany, Belgium,
Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. These subsidiaries allow Catlin to work
more closely with local clients and their brokers.
3. The Catlin Group's website can be found at www.catlin.com.
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