Results of AGM

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Beazley PLC
26 March 2021
 

 

 

Beazley plc

London, 26 March 2021

Beazley plc - 2021 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 24 March 2021 was 609,230,206.

Resolution No.

Description

Votes in Favour and discretionary

Votes Against

Votes Withheld

1

To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2020, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's

report thereon

486,713,968

3,377

819,130

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2020

485,504,081

1,984,177

48,217

3

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

487,493,070

3,677

39,728

4

To re-elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company

486,691,896

775,165

69,414

5

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

487,273,926

137,989

124,560

6

To re-elect Sally Lake as a Director of the Company

486,658,211

808,194

70,070

7

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

484,446,855

3,019,550

70,070

8

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

484,446,244

3,020,161

70,070

9

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

484,452,741

3,013,664

70,070

10

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

487,462,228

3,877

70,370

11

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

484,453,457

3,012,948

70,070

12

To elect Pierre-Olivier Desaulle as a Director of the Company

487,449,713

14,048

72,714

13

To re-appoint EY as Auditors of the Company

486,026,590

150,498

1,359,387

14

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

487,156,677

337,586

42,212

15

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

452,999,365

34,494,015

43,094

16*

To disapply pre-emption rights

480,545,941

6,945,546

44,987

17*

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares

485,782,957

1,518,433

235,084

18*

To adopt new Articles of Association

 

487,433,136

16,888

86,451

19*

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

429,260,160

58,266,663

9,652

 * 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 2020, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $3,563.8 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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