Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9916V

Hiscox Ltd

04 June 2008

 



HAMILTON, Bermuda: The Board of Hiscox Ltd (the 'Company' and 'Hiscox') confirms that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today, 4 June 2008, were duly passed by shareholders, each on a show of hands. Proxies were received in respect of 355,549,920 Hiscox shares representing 91.73% of Hiscox's shares in issue. 

387,618,565 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) were in issue as at 4 June 2008, each carrying one vote.

No.	Resolution	Votes for	Votes discretionary	Votes against	Votes withheld
1.	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2007	271,731,816	0	948,705	3,545,375
2.	To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2007	258,514,090	0	15,970,925	1,740,881
3.	To re-appoint RRS Hiscox as a director	272,207,333	0	450,018	3,568,545
4.	To appoint Dr JAC King as a director	275,543,919	0	681,977	0
5.	To appoint AS Rosen as a director	275,911,119	0	314,777	0
6.	To appoint KPMG as auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	276,074,303	0	151,593	0
7.	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2007	276,225,896	0	0	0
8.	To authorise the directors to allot shares	275,961,896	0	264,000	0
9.	To disapply pre-emption rights	276,225,896	0	0	0
10.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	275,407,740	0	684,508	133,648
11.	To approve the amended Bye-Laws of the Company	276,224,436	0	1,460	0
12.	To approve the amendments to the rules of the Hiscox Performance Share Plan and the Hiscox Ltd Performance Share Plan	264,007,752	0	11,558,600	659,554

Resolutions 1-8 (inclusive) and 12 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9-11 (inclusive) were proposed as special resolutions. Two copies of the special business resolutions (Resolutions 9-11) have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

UK Listing Authority

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS

Telephone: [phone]

4 June 2008

Enquiries:

Robin Mehta

Company Secretary, Hiscox Ltd

Telephone: [phone]

 

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