Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3096T

Hiscox Ltd

03 June 2009

 



HAMILTON, Bermuda: The Board of Hiscox Ltd (the 'Company' and 'Hiscox') confirms that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today, 3 June 2009, were duly passed by shareholders, each on a show of hands. Proxies were received in respect of 273,417,830 Hiscox shares representing 73.12% of Hiscox's shares in issue. 

373,923,705 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) were in issue as at 3 June 2009, 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 2008	260,553,405	5,885,449	6,890,283	88,693
2.	To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2008	253,324,784	5,885,449	14,157,752	49,845
3.	To appoint E R Jansen as a director	265,618,171	5,885,449	190,125	1,724,085
4.	To appoint G Stokholm as a director	265,823,556	5,885,449	189,394	1,518,931
5.	To re-appoint B EM Masojada as a director	265,702,525	5,885,449	310,925	1,518,931
6.	To re-appoint D M Healy as a director	265,823,825	5,885,449	189,625	1,518,931
7.	To re-appoint D A Stuurop as a director	265,823,825	5,885,449	189,625	1,518,931
8.	To appoint KPMG as auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration	265,643,787	5,885,449	368,963	1,519,631
9.	To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2008	265,785,650	5,885,449	0	1,746,731
10.	To authorise the directors to allot shares	247,399,406	5,885,449	11,860,449	8,272,526
11.	To disapply pre-emption rights	264,695,607	5,885,449	11,924	2,824,850
12.	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	262,493,608	5,885,449	3,474,642	1,564,131

Resolutions 1-10 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 11 and12 were proposed as special resolutions. Two copies of the special business resolutions (Resolutions 11 and 12) 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]

3 June 2009

Enquiries:

Charles Dupplin

Company Secretary, Hiscox Ltd

Telephone: [phone]

 

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