Annual General Meeting Results

RNS Number : 2783D

Beazley PLC

26 March 2014

 



Beazley plc

AGM Results

Dublin, 26 March 2014

Beazley plc - 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/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 26 March 2014 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 2013, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon	407,506,776	3,561,229	291,290
2	To approve the Letter from the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2013	277,446,531	55,492,832	78,419,932
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy of the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2013	404,036,876	7,297,769	24,650
4	To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 5.9 pence per Ordinary Share	411,347,415	0	11,880
5	To approve the payment of a special dividend of 16.1 pence per Ordinary Share	411,340,813	6,602	11,880
6	To re-elect George Blunden as a Director of the Company	408,218,088	3,127,657	13,550
7	To re-elect Martin Bride as a Director of the Company	404,431,276	6,915,591	12,428
8	To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company	404,431,276	6,915,591	12,428
9	To re-elect Angela Crawford-Ingle as a Director of the Company	408,984,904	2,371,839	2,552
10	To re-elect Dennis Holt as a Director of the Company	406,045,734	3,646,190	1,667,371
11	To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company	382,257,668	29,099,075	2,552
12	To re-elect Neil Maidment as a Director of the Company	404,431,776	6,915,091	12,428
13	To re-elect Padraic O'Connor as a Director of the Company	408,984,247	2,372,496	2,552
14	To re-elect Vincent Sheridan as a Director of the Company	408,991,006	2,365,737	2,552
15	To re-elect Ken Sroka as a Director of the Company	408,220,804	3,134,339	4,152
16	To re-elect Rolf Tolle as a Director of the Company	283,868,267	116,730,479	10,760,549
17	To re-elect Clive Washbourn as a Director of the Company	404,431,276	6,915,591	12,428
18	To reappoint KPMG as Auditors of the Company	406,869,431	1,600,184	2,889,680
19	To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditors' remuneration	408,258,270	3,084,199	16,826
20	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	402,508,507	8,835,757	15,031
21*	To disapply pre-emption rights	411,196,164	152,903	10,228
22*	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares	409,560,296	36,857	1,762,142
23*	To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice	387,589,955	23,753,033	16,307

 * Special resolution

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, Asia and Australia.  Beazley manages five Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2013, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $1,970.2 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

 

END

 

 

RAGUNSVRSSAOUAR