Beazley plc - 2017 Annual General Meeting Results

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Beazley PLC

24 March 2017

 

Beazley plc

London, 24 March 2017

Beazley plc - 2017 Annual General Meeting Results

Beazley plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 2.30pm 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 votes received for each resolution is set out below. The number of 5p ordinary shares in issue and the number of voting rights on 22 March 2017 was 523,353,340.

Resolution No.	Description	Votes in Favour and discretionary	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2016, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	401,755,926	2,386,693	125,513
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2016	382,347,355	8,172,340	13,748,437
3	To approve the Remuneration Policy	382,443,087	21,721,581	103,464
4	To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 7.0 pence per Ordinary Share	404,185,056	52,734	30,342
5	To approve the payment of a special dividend of 10.0 pence per Ordinary Share	404,185,056	52,734	30,342
6	To re-elect George Blunden as a Director of the Company	402,417,799	1,446,641	403,692
7	To re-elect Martin Bride as a Director of the Company	401,542,585	2,312,855	412,692
8	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	401,573,133	2,312,999	382,000
9	To re-elect Angela Crawford-Ingle as a Director of the Company	401,537,973	2,317,467	412,692
10	To re-elect Dennis Holt as a Director of the Company	402,490,422	1,053,961	723,749
11	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	401,213,604	2,672,528	382,000
12	To re-elect Sir Andrew Likierman as a Director of the Company	394,665,808	9,189,982	412,342
13	To re-elect Neil Maidment as a Director of the Company	401,099,056	2,754,734	414,342
14	To re-elect Clive Washbourn as a Director of the Company	401,511,330	2,344,460	412,342
15	To re-elect Catherine Woods as a Director of the Company	402,648,676	1,204,764	414,692
16	To elect Christine LaSala as a Director of the Company	402,649,026	1,206,764	412,342
17	To elect John Sauerland as a Director of the Company	403,390,167	465,073	412,892
18	To elect Robert Stuchbery as a Director of the Company	402,591,690	1,263,550	412,892
19	To reappoint KPMG as Auditors of the Company	393,042,812	11,194,081	31,239
20	To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration	400,130,139	4,107,651	30,342
21	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	396,270,689	7,593,801	403,642
22*	To disapply pre-emption rights	403,682,768	554,722	30,642
23*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	394,442,919	7,953,691	1,871,522
24*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	392,751,527	11,486,063	30,542

 * Special resolution

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Christine Oldridge

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Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Australia. Beazley manages six Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2016, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $2,195.6 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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