Annual General Meeting Results

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Beazley PLC

27 March 2013

 



Beazley plc

AGM Results

Dublin, 27 March 2013

Beazley Plc - Annual General Meeting Results

Beazley plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 2pm 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/nsm.do.

For information, the results of the AGM are set out below. The total number of votes received by the Chairman for use in a poll for each resolution is set out below.  The number of 5p ordinary shares in issue and the number of voting rights on 25 March 2013 was 520,981,283.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2012, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	409,041,607	5,173	873,245
2	To approve the Directors' remuneration report for financial year ended 31 December 2012	393,631,843	5,692,470	10,595,712
3	To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 5.6 pence per Ordinary Share	409,919,143	0	882
4	To approve the payment of a special dividend of 8.4 pence per Ordinary Share	409,919,143	0	882
5	To re-elect George Blunden as a Director of the Company	407,726,999	2,141,347	51,679
6	To re-elect Martin Bride as a Director of the Company	407,848,396	2,019,950	51,679
7	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	407,848,473	2,019,873	51,679
8	To re-elect Jonathan Gray as a Director of the Company	379,833,958	30,034,388	51,679
9	To re-elect Dennis Holt as a Director of the Company	406,995,334	2,873,012	51,679
10	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	398,373,818	11,494,528	51,679
11	To re-elect Neil Maidment as a Director of the Company	407,848,396	2,019,950	51,679
12	To re-elect Padraic O'Connor as a Director of the Company	407,646,695	2,221,651	51,679
13	To re-elect Vincent Sheridan as a Director of the Company	407,727,499	2,140,847	51,679
14	To re-elect Ken Sroka as a Director of the Company	409,156,906	702,383	60,736
15	To re-elect Rolf Tolle as a Director of the Company	406,584,956	2,410,526	924,543
16	To re-elect Clive Washbourn as a Director of the Company	407,848,473	2,019,873	51,679
17	To appoint Angela Crawford-Ingle as a Director of the Company	407,712,272	2,147,949	59,804
18	To reappoint KPMG as Auditors of the Company	406,825,935	2,169,963	924,127
19	To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration	406,646,391	3,271,533	2,081
20	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	404,509,826	5,393,260	16,939
21*	To disapply pre-emption rights	409,788,297	37,973	93,755
22*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	409,890,105	12,357	17,563
23*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	387,479,805	22,430,181	10,039
24	To approve the Beazley plc 2013 Marine Share Incentive Plan and authorise the Directors to adopt the Beazley plc 2013 Marine Share Incentive Plan	262,539,544	125,407,636	21,972,845

 * Special resolution

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Sian Coope                

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Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia.  Beazley manages five Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2012, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $1,895.9 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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