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RNS Number : 7294F  Beazley PLC  22 April 2025

Beazley plc

 

London, 22 April 2025

Beazley plc - 2025 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 UK Listing Rule 6.4.3, 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 16 April 2025 was
631,314,319.

 Resolution No.  Description                                                                    Votes in Favour and discretionary  Votes Against  Votes Withheld
 1               To receive the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2024,         483,023,251                        808            3,451,244
                 together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon
 2               To approve the Directors' Remuneration report for the financial year ended 31  475,121,408                        9,550,779      1,803,116
                 December 2024
 3               To approve the payment of an interim dividend of 25 pence per ordinary share   486,071,938                        396,360        7,005
 4               To re-elect Rajesh Agrawal as a Director of the Company                        483,817,068                        2,650,503      7,732
 5               To re-elect Clive Bannister as a Director of the Company                       479,511,627                        6,955,944      7,732
 6               To re-elect Adrian Cox as a Director of the Company                            486,463,968                        3,934          7,401
 7               To re-elect Pierre-Olivier Desaulle as a Director of the Company               481,851,724                        4,615,847      7,732
 8               To re-elect Nicola Hodson as a Director of the Company                         479,542,516                        6,925,055      7,732
 9               To re-elect Carolyn Johnson as a Director of the Company                       480,971,827                        5,495,744      7,732
 10              To re-elect Fiona Muldoon as a Director of the Company                         486,464,571                        3,000          7,732
 11              To re-elect John Reizenstein as a Director of the Company                      481,846,224                        4,615,847      7,732
 12              To re-elect Cecilia Reyes Leuzinger as a Director of the Company               480,966,194                        5,495,744      7,865
 13              To re-elect Robert Stuchbery as a Director of the Company                      480,971,377                        5,496,194      7,732
 14              To elect Barbara Plucnar Jensen as a Director of the Company                   485,358,900                        1,108,538      7,865
 15              To re-appoint EY as Auditors of the Company                                    484,663,569                        33,273         1,778,461
 16              To authorise the Audit Committee to determine EY's remuneration                486,266,978                        201,806        6,519
 17              To approve the US SAYE Plan                                                    485,582,958                        881,613        10,732
 18              To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                     461,187,627                        25,280,206     7,470
 19*             To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights                          483,269,975                        3,193,005      12,323
 20*             To authorise the Company to make market purchases of Ordinary Shares           486,293,685                        12,871         168,747
 21*             To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general       468,494,643                        17,973,655     7,005
                 meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 * Special resolution

 

For further information please contact:

 

Beazley plc

Ruth Yeoman

 

+44 (0)20 7674 7819

 

 

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 seven Lloyd's syndicates and, in 2024, underwrote gross premiums
worldwide of $6,164.1million. 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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