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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)

 

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