Result of AGM
Catlin Group Limited
25 May 2007
RESULTS OF CATLIN GROUP LIMITED AGM VOTING
HAMILTON, Bermuda - All of the resolutions proposed at Catlin Group Limited's
Annual General Meeting, held on Thursday 24 May 2007 in Bermuda, were duly
passed by shareholders. Proxies were received in respect of 134,804,470 common
shares, representing 53 per cent of the shares in issue.
The results of the proxy voting on each resolution were as follows:
Resolution Votes Proxy Holder's Votes Votes
For Discretion Against Withheld
1. To receive the Annual Report and 131,206,876 29,401 67,372 3,500,821
Accounts
2. To approve the Directors' 127,619,527 29,401 6,973,057 182,485
Remuneration Report
3. To re-appoint Pricewaterhouse 131,363,218 29,401 289,396 3,122,455
Coopers LLP as Auditors
4. To authorise the Board to establish 134,755,568 29,401 19,284 217
auditors' remuneration
5. To declare a final dividend 134,630,385 29,401 0 144,684
6. To re-elect Mr Stephen Catlin 134,625,623 29,401 128,300 21,146
7. To re-elect Mr Christopher Stooke 134,625,623 29,401 128,300 21,146
8. To elect Mr Alton Irby 134,769,782 29,401 217 5,070
9. To elect Mr Kenneth Goldstein 134,769,782 29,401 217 5,070
10. To authorise the Board to allot 134,763,602 29,401 11,467 0
shares
11. To disapply pre-emption rights in 134,754,569 29,401 13,648 6,852
limited circumstances
12. To authorise market purchases of 134,561,483 189,943 53,044 0
shares in limited circumstances
A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes 'For' and
'Against' a resolution.
Resolutions 1-10 were ordinary resolutions, and Resolutions 11 and 12 were
special resolutions. 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
Following the approval of Resolutions 8 and 9 Alton Irby and Kenneth Goldstein
have been appointed non-executive directors of Catlin Group Limited.
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For more information contact:
Media Relations:
James Burcke, Tel: +44 (0)20 7458 5710
Head of Communications, London Mobile: +44 (0)7958 767 738
E-mail: james.burcke@catlin.com
Liz Morley, Tel: +44 (0)20 7379 5151
Maitland E-mail: emorley@maitland.co.uk
Investor Relations:
William Spurgin, Tel: +44 (0)20 7458 5726
Head of Investor Mobile: +44 (0)7710 314 365
Relations, London E-mail: william.spurgin@catlin.com
Notes to editors:
1. Catlin Group Limited, headquartered in Bermuda, is an international
specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer writing more than 30 classes
of business worldwide through four underwriting platforms and an international
network of offices. Catlin shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange
(ticker symbol: CGL). More information about Catlin can be found at
www.catlin.com.
2. On 18 December 2006, Catlin's offer to acquire Wellington Underwriting plc
was declared unconditional. Combined, Catlin and Wellington underwrote gross
premiums of US$2.7 billion during 2006 and produced net income of US$428.5
million. At 31 December 2006, Catlin's total assets amounted to US$8.8 billion
and stockholders' equity amounted to US$2.0 billion.
3. Catlin's four underwriting platforms are:
• The Catlin Syndicate at Lloyd's of London (Syndicate 2003) is a recognised
leader of numerous classes of specialty insurance and reinsurance. The Catlin
Syndicate is the largest at Lloyd's in 2007 based on premium capacity of £1.25
billion.
• Catlin Bermuda (Catlin Insurance Company Ltd.), which is a leading participant
in the Bermuda market, underwriting a diversified portfolio of property treaty,
casualty treaty, political risk and terrorism, and structured risk coverages.
• Catlin UK (Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd.), which specialises in
underwriting commercial non-life insurance for UK clients through a network of
regional offices. It also writes other classes of business written by the Catlin
Syndicate.
• Catlin US, which encompasses Catlin's operations based in the United
States. Catlin US underwrites a wide variety of specialty property/casualty
insurance and reinsurance products from more than 15 offices.
4. Catlin's international network of offices allows the Group to diversify
further its risk portfolio and to work more closely with local policyholders and
brokers. Besides its offices in the UK, US and Bermuda, Catlin operates offices
in Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Guernsey, Germany,
Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland and Austria.
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