HAMILTON, Bermuda: The Board of Hiscox Ltd (the 'Company' and 'Hiscox') confirms that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today, 4 June 2008, were duly passed by shareholders, each on a show of hands. Proxies were received in respect of 355,549,920 Hiscox shares representing 91.73% of Hiscox's shares in issue.
387,618,565 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) were in issue as at 4 June 2008, each carrying one vote.
No. |
Resolution |
Votes |
Votes discretionary |
Votes against |
Votes withheld |
1. |
To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2007 |
271,731,816 |
0 |
948,705 |
3,545,375 |
2. |
To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2007 |
258,514,090 |
0 |
15,970,925 |
1,740,881 |
3. |
To re-appoint RRS Hiscox as a director |
272,207,333 |
0 |
450,018 |
3,568,545 |
4. |
To appoint Dr JAC King as a director |
275,543,919 |
0 |
681,977 |
0 |
5. |
To appoint AS Rosen as a director |
275,911,119 |
0 |
314,777 |
0 |
6. |
To appoint KPMG as auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration |
276,074,303 |
0 |
151,593 |
0 |
7. |
To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2007 |
276,225,896 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8. |
To authorise the directors to allot shares |
275,961,896 |
0 |
264,000 |
0 |
9. |
To disapply pre-emption rights |
276,225,896 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10. |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares |
275,407,740 |
0 |
684,508 |
133,648 |
11. |
To approve the amended Bye-Laws of the Company |
276,224,436 |
0 |
1,460 |
0 |
12. |
To approve the amendments to the rules of the Hiscox Performance Share Plan and the Hiscox Ltd Performance Share Plan |
264,007,752 |
0 |
11,558,600 |
659,554 |
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Resolutions 1-8 (inclusive) and 12 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9-11 (inclusive) were proposed as special resolutions. Two copies of the special business resolutions (Resolutions 9-11) have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:
UK Listing Authority
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS
Telephone: 020 7066 1000
4 June 2008
Enquiries:
Robin Mehta
Company Secretary, Hiscox Ltd
Telephone: 001 441 278 8300