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Beazley PLC
24 March 2017
Beazley plc
London, 24 March 2017
Beazley plc - 2017 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 at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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 22 March 2017 was 523,353,340.
Resolution Description Votes Votes Votes
No. in Favour Against Withheld
and discretionary
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To receive
the accounts
for the
financial
year ended
31 December
2016, together
with the
Directors'
report and
Auditor's
1 report thereon 401,755,926 2,386,693 125,513
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To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
Report for
the financial
year ended
31 December
2 2016 382,347,355 8,172,340 13,748,437
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To approve
the Remuneration
3 Policy 382,443,087 21,721,581 103,464
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To approve
the payment
of a second
interim
dividend
of 7.0 pence
per Ordinary
4 Share 404,185,056 52,734 30,342
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To approve
the payment
of a special
dividend
of 10.0
pence per
Ordinary
5 Share 404,185,056 52,734 30,342
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To re-elect
George Blunden
as a Director
6 of the Company 402,417,799 1,446,641 403,692
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To re-elect
Martin Bride
as a Director
7 of the Company 401,542,585 2,312,855 412,692
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To re-elect
Adrian Cox
as a Director
8 of the Company 401,573,133 2,312,999 382,000
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To re-elect
Angela Crawford-Ingle
as a Director
9 of the Company 401,537,973 2,317,467 412,692
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To re-elect
Dennis Holt
as a Director
10 of the Company 402,490,422 1,053,961 723,749
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To re-elect
Andrew Horton
as a Director
11 of the Company 401,213,604 2,672,528 382,000
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To re-elect
Sir Andrew
Likierman
as a Director
12 of the Company 394,665,808 9,189,982 412,342
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To re-elect
Neil Maidment
as a Director
13 of the Company 401,099,056 2,754,734 414,342
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To re-elect
Clive Washbourn
as a Director
14 of the Company 401,511,330 2,344,460 412,342
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To re-elect
Catherine
Woods as
a Director
15 of the Company 402,648,676 1,204,764 414,692
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To elect
Christine
LaSala as
a Director
16 of the Company 402,649,026 1,206,764 412,342
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To elect
John Sauerland
as a Director
17 of the Company 403,390,167 465,073 412,892
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To elect
Robert Stuchbery
as a Director
18 of the Company 402,591,690 1,263,550 412,892
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To reappoint
KPMG as
Auditors
19 of the Company 393,042,812 11,194,081 31,239
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To authorise
the Directors
to determine
the Auditors'
20 remuneration 400,130,139 4,107,651 30,342
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To authorise
the Directors
to allot
21 shares 396,270,689 7,593,801 403,642
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To disapply
pre-emption
22* rights 403,682,768 554,722 30,642
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To authorise
the Company
to make
market purchases
of Ordinary
23* Shares 394,442,919 7,953,691 1,871,522
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To allow
the Company
to hold
general
meetings
(other than
annual general
meetings)
on not less
than 14
clear days'
24* notice 392,751,527 11,486,063 30,542
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* Special resolution
For further information, please contact:
Beazley plc
Christine Oldridge
+44 (0)20 7674 7758
Note to editors:
Beazley plc (BEZ), is the parent company of specialist insurance
businesses with operations in Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia,
Middle East and Australia. Beazley manages six Lloyd's syndicates
and, in 2016, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $2,195.6
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 is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which
include professional indemnity, 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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