For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20240425:nRSY0996Ma&default-theme=true
RNS Number : 0996M Beazley PLC 25 April 2024
Beazley plc
London, 25 April 2024
Beazley plc - 2024 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 April 2024 was
667,416,392.
Resolution No. Description Votes in Favour and discretionary Votes Against Votes Withheld
1 To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2023, 497,523,015 3,422 3,456,755
together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon
2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration report for the financial year ended 31 491,842,606 9,093,854 46,732
December 2023
3 To approve the payment of an interim dividend of 14.2 pence per ordinary share 500,971,145 3,422 8,625
4 To re-elect Rajesh Agrawal as a Director of the Company 499,325,332 6,502 1,651,358
5 To re-elect Clive Bannister as a Director of the Company 492,107,308 8,836,589 39,294
6 To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company 500,968,145 6,422 8,625
7 To re-elect Pierre-Olivier Desaulle as a Director of the Company 495,944,618 5,029,621 8,952
8 To re-elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company 494,598,755 6,345,142 39,295
9 To re-elect Sally Lake as a Director of the Company 499,433,942 1,509,958 39,292
10 To re-elect Fiona Muldoon as a Director of the Company 499,886,727 1,057,173 39,292
11 To re-elect John Reizenstein as a Director of the Company 495,914,276 5,029,621 39,294
12 To re-elect Cecilia Reyes Leuzinger as a Director of the Company 495,903,343 5,040,554 39,294
13 To re-elect Robert Stuchbery as a Director of the Company 500,936,942 6,422 39,828
14 To elect Carolyn Johnson as a new Director of the Company 500,937,478 6,422 39,292
15 To re-appoint EY as Auditors of the Company 498,532,147 2,439,420 11,625
16 To authorise the Audit Committee to determine EY's remuneration 500,869,097 76,010 38,085
17 To authorise the Directors to allot shares 479,312,154 21,631,743 39,295
18* To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights 500,808,598 126,302 48,292
19* To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares 499,123,382 1,634,203 225,607
20* To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general 483,930,441 17,004,779 47,972
meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice
* 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 2023, underwrote gross premiums
worldwide of $5,601.4million. 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 and its subsidiary, Beazley America Insurance Company, Inc. In the
surplus lines market, coverage is provided by the Beazley syndicates at
Lloyd's, and from 1 January 2024, also from Beazley Excess and Surplus
Insurance, Inc.
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 (http://www.beazley.com)
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
. END RAGFLFVESAIEFIS