Beazley plc
Director/PDMR shareholding
Dublin, 25 March 2010
Exercise of Share Incentives for Directors
Beazley plc ("the Company") announces that on 24th March 2010 Clive Washbourn exercised 290,691 LTIPs and sold 142,036 ordinary shares at 107.80p. Clive Washbourn also exercised 24,348 ESOS options at a cost of £21,908.33 and sold 22,361 ordinary shares at 107.80p. His total beneficial holding is now 431,840 ordinary shares (0.08% of the issued share capital).
Beazley Plc was informed of these transactions on 24th March 2010.
For further information, please contact:
Beazley plc
Sian Coope
+353 (0)1 854 4700
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 2009, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of £1,115.5 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