Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5450G

Catlin Group Limited

13 May 2011

 



RESULTS OF CATLIN GROUP LIMITED
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING VOTING

HAMILTON, Bermuda - All of the resolutions proposed at Catlin Group Limited's Annual General Meeting, held on Thursday 12 May 2011 in Bermuda, were duly passed by shareholders. Proxies were received in respect of 208,431,485 common shares, representing 57.83 per cent of the shares in issue.

The results of the proxy voting on each resolution were as follows:

Resolution		Votes For	Proxy Holder's Discretion	Votes Against	Votes Withheld
1.	To receive the Annual Report & Accounts	190,114,651	27,754	3,077,181	15,211,899
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	167,460,450	16,073	36,868,167	4,086,792
3.	To re-appoint  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as  Auditors	205,566,156	95,904	2,251,395	518,030
4.	To authorise the Board to establish auditors' remuneration	205,684,224	95,904	2,140,425	510,932
5.	To appoint Sir Graham Hearne	207,304,944	93,654	520,835	512,052
6.	To appoint Mr Stephen Catlin	207,313,211	93,654	512,568	512,052
7.	To appoint Mr Benjamin Meuli	207,313,211	92,816	513,406	512,052
8.	To appoint Mr Guy Beringer	199,648,169	92,816	935,843	7,754,657
9.	To appoint Mr Jean Claude Damerval	199,285,514	93,654	1,297,660	7,754,657

Resolution			Votes For		Proxy Holder's Discretion		Votes Against	Votes Withheld
10.	To appoint Mr Kenneth Goldstein		207,208,266		93,654		617,513	512,052
11.	To appoint Mr Robert Gowdy		207,214,072		93,654		611,707	512,052
12.	To appoint Mr Nicholas Lyons		206,512,880		92,816		1,313,737	512,052
13.	To appoint Mr Bruce Carnegie-Brown		199,649,461		95,904		931,463	7,754,657
14.	To authorise the Board to allot shares		203,430,263		95,904		3,941,682	963,636
15.		To disapply pre-emption rights in limited circumstances	207,786,410	94,154		31,941		518,980
16.		To authorise market  purchases of shares in limited circumstances	206,772,584	96,404		14,460		512,052

A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

Resolutions 1-14 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 15 and 16 were special resolutions.

A copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority National Storage Mechanism and is now available at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

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For more information contact:

Media Relations:
James Burcke, Head of Communications, London	Tel: Mobile: E-mail:	[phone] [phone] [e-mail]
Liz Morley, Maitland	Tel: E-mail:	[phone] [e-mail]
Investor Relations:
William Spurgin, Head of Investor Relations, London	Tel: Mobile: E-mail:	[phone] [phone] [e-mail]

Notes to editors:

1.   Catlin Group Limited, headquartered in Bermuda, is an international specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer writing more than 30 classes of business worldwide through six underwriting hubs. Gross premiums written in 2010 amounted to US$4.1 billion.

2.   Catlin has established operating hubs in London, Bermuda, the United States, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Canada. Through these hubs, Catlin works closely with policyholders and their brokers. The hubs also provide Catlin with product and geographic diversity. Altogether, Catlin operates more than 50 offices in 20 countries.

3.   Catlin's underwriting units are rated 'A' by A.M. Best and Standard & Poor's.

4.   Catlin shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: CGL). More information about Catlin can be found at www.catlin.com.

5.   Catlin is the title sponsor of the Catlin Arctic Survey, an ongoing scientific project in the Arctic whose aim is to produce scientific data that scientists can use to predict the effects of climate change and other environmental changes. More information regarding the 2011 Catlin Arctic Survey, which concluded earlier this month, is available at www.catlinarcticsurvey.com.

 

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