Result of AGM

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Beazley PLC
25 March 2020
 

Beazley plc

London, 25 March 2020

Beazley plc - 2020 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.

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 23 March 2020 was 529,937,859.

 

 

Resolution No.

Description

Votes in Favour and discretionary

Votes Against

Votes Withheld

1

To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2019, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's

report thereon

412,800,822

57,234

1,855,152

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2019

377,362,937

32,518,047

4,832,204

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

373,357,955

41,349,712

5,521

4

To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 8.2 pence per Ordinary Share

414,712,327

0

882

5

To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company

413,825,166

512,131

375,912

6

To re-elect Andrew Horton as a Director of the Company

413,825,659

511,188

376,368

7

To re-elect Christine LaSala as a Director of the Company

394,437,087

19,900,190

375,912

8

To re-elect Sir Andrew Likierman as a Director of the Company

384,178,291

30,158,986

375,912

9

To re-elect David Roberts as a Director of the Company

407,345,975

5,845,925

1,521,308

10

To re-elect John Sauerland as a Director of the Company

396,080,666

18,256,611

375,912

11

To re-elect Robert Stuchbery as a Director of the Company

413,824,866

512,131

376,212

12

To re-elect Catherine Woods as a Director of the Company

394,244,409

20,092,868

375,912

13

To elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company

412,979,789

1,354,071

379,349

14

To elect Sally Lake as a Director of the Company

412,717,361

1,617,899

377,949

15

To elect John Reizenstein as a Director of the Company

413,822,679

512,581

377,949

16

To re-appoint EY as Auditors of the Company

409,941,954

3,245,449

1,525,805

17

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration

411,359,785

3,349,241

4,182

18

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

392,824,538

20,488,400

1,400,271

19*

To disapply pre-emption rights

390,357,604

24,343,693

11,912

20*

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares

411,320,268

2,914,478

478,462

21*

To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

399,752,060

13,562,908

1,398,241

 * Special resolution

 

For further information, please contact:

Beazley plc

Christine Oldridge

 

+44 (0)20 7674 7758

Note to editors:

Beazley plc (BEZ.L), is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses with operations in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. Beazley manages six Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2019, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $3,003.9 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's European insurance company, Beazley Insurance dac, is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland and is A rated by A.M. Best and A+ by Fitch.

 

Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include professional indemnity, cyber liability, 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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