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

 

+44 (0)20 7674 7758

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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