Announcement of Result of 2017 AGM

RNS Number : 5990F

Hiscox Ltd

18 May 2017

Hiscox Ltd

(the 'Company')

Hamilton, Bermuda - Hiscox Ltd announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today 18 May 2017, were duly passed on a show of hands.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all resolutions passed at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

Details of the proxy votes lodged at the meeting are set out below:

Resolution Number and description	For	%	Against	%	Withheld
1. Report and Accounts	209,212,831	99.59	870,205	0.41	584,692
2. Remuneration Policy	177,072,418	84.46	32,579,285	15.54	1,016.024
3. Remuneration Report	164,615,533	80.74	39,277,567	19.26	6,774,627
4. Final Dividend	210,081,432	99.999	1,604	0.001	584,692
5. To re-appoint Lynn Carter	209,483,590	99.71	599,446	0.29	584,692
6. To re-appoint Robert Childs	199,491,540	98.90	2,222,631	1.10	8,953,557
7. To re-appoint Caroline Foulger	206,322,578	98.21	3,760,458	1.79	584,692
8. To re-appoint Hamayou Akbar Hussain	209,510,964	99.73	572,072	0.27	584,692
9. To re-appoint Ernst Jansen	209,485,325	99.72	597,711	0.28	584,692
10. To re-appoint Colin Keogh	206,575,986	99.57	896,888	0.43	3,194,854
11. To re-appoint Anne MacDonald	209,485,325	99.72	597,711	0.28	584,692
12. To re-appoint Bronislaw Masojada	209,510,964	99.73	572,072	0.27	584,962
13. To re-appoint Robert McMillan	209,483,921	99.71	599,115	0.29	584,692
14. To re-appoint Gunnar Stokholm	209,483,921	99.71	599,115	0.29	584,692
15. To re-appoint Richard Watson	209,508,391	99.73	574,645	0.27	584,692
16. To appoint PwC as auditors	209,941,631	99.93	140,628	0.07	585,469
17. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditors' remuneration	210,040,859	99.98	42,177	0.02	584,692
18. To authorise the Directors to allot shares	204,030,254	97.23	5,816,733	2.77	820,741
19. To dis-apply pre-emption rights*	206,227,258	98.16	3,855,778	1.84	584,692
20. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares*	207,011,639	98.56	3,030,038	1.44	625,649