REG - Beazley PLC - Result of AGM

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25/03/2020 16:10

RNS Number : 6095H
  
Beazley PLC
  
25 March 2020
  
 

Beazley plc
London, 25 March 2020
Beazley plc - 2020 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 March 2020 was 529,937,859.
 
 



Resolution No.


Description


Votes in Favour and discretionary


Votes Against


Votes Withheld




1


To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2019, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's
report thereon


412,800,822


57,234


1,855,152




2


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2019


377,362,937


32,518,047


4,832,204




3


To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy


373,357,955


41,349,712


5,521




4


To approve the payment of a second interim dividend of 8.2 pence per Ordinary Share


414,712,327


0


882




5


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


413,825,166


512,131


375,912




6


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


413,825,659


511,188


376,368




7


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


394,437,087


19,900,190


375,912




8


To re-elect Sir Andrew Likierman as a Director of the Company


384,178,291


30,158,986


375,912




9


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


407,345,975


5,845,925


1,521,308




10


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


396,080,666


18,256,611


375,912




11


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


413,824,866


512,131


376,212




12


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


394,244,409


20,092,868


375,912




13


To elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company


412,979,789


1,354,071


379,349




14


To elect Sally Lake as a Director of the Company


412,717,361


1,617,899


377,949




15


To elect John Reizenstein as a Director of the Company


413,822,679


512,581


377,949




16


To re-appoint EY as Auditors of the Company


409,941,954


3,245,449


1,525,805




17


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


411,359,785


3,349,241


4,182




18


To authorise the Directors to allot shares


392,824,538


20,488,400


1,400,271




19*


To disapply pre-emption rights


390,357,604


24,343,693


11,912




20*


To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares


411,320,268


2,914,478


478,462




21*


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


399,752,060


13,562,908


1,398,241



 * 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 2019, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $3,003.9 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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