2015 Annual General Meeting Results

RNS Number : 4742I

Beazley PLC

25 March 2015

 

Beazley plc

AGM Results

Dublin, 25 March 2015

Beazley plc - 2015 Annual General Meeting Results

Beazley plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 12.00pm 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 at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

For information, the results of the AGM are set out below. The total number of proxy votes received by the Chairman for each resolution is set out below.  The number of 5p ordinary shares in issue and the number of voting rights on 25 March 2015 was 521,439,431.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2014, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	399,072,832	4,917,185	5,963,861
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2014	390,443,369	13,345,945	6,164,564
3	To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 6.2 pence per Ordinary Share	409,953,469	0	409
4	To approve the payment of a special dividend of 11.8 pence per Ordinary Share	409,953,469	0	409
5	To re-elect George Blunden as a Director of the Company	408,091,575	1,852,894	9,409
6	To re-elect Martin Bride as a Director of the Company	407,084,828	2,859,641	9,409
7	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	407,084,528	2,859,641	9,709
8	To re-elect Angela Crawford-Ingle as a Director of the Company	408,831,377	1,113,092	9,409
9	To re-elect Dennis Holt as a Director of the Company	402,979,894	6,964,275	9,709
10	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	407,084,828	2,859,641	9,409
11	To re-elect Neil Maidment as a Director of the Company	407,084,828	2,859,641	9,409
12	To re-elect Padraic O'Connor as a Director of the Company	408,576,206	1,368,263	9,409
13	To re-elect Vincent Sheridan as a Director of the Company	409,046,779	897,690	9,409
14	To re-elect Ken Sroka as a Director of the Company	408,212,611	1,731,858	9,409
15	To re-elect Rolf Tolle as a Director of the Company	392,821,357	17,041,103	91,418
16	To re-elect Clive Washbourn as a Director of the Company	407,084,828	2,859,641	9,409
17	To reappoint KPMG as Auditors of the Company	397,722,300	5,737,949	6,493,629
18	To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration	407,273,570	2,679,899	409
19	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	396,218,022	13,720,447	15,409
20*	To disapply pre-emption rights	409,904,119	35,674	14,085
21*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	408,355,491	15,500	1,582,887
22*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	378,273,931	31,671,213	8,734

 * Special resolution

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Sian Coope

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For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Sian Coope

[phone]

Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Australia. Beazley manages five Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2014, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $2,021.8 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 is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include professional indemnity, 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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