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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 Description Votes in Votes Against Votes Withheld
No. Favour and
discretionary
To receive
the accounts
for the financial
year ended
31 December
2019, together
with the Directors'
report and
Auditor's
1 report thereon 412,800,822 57,234 1,855,152
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To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
Report for
the financial
year ended
31 December
2 2019 377,362,937 32,518,047 4,832,204
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To approve
the Directors'
Remuneration
3 Policy 373,357,955 41,349,712 5,521
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To approve
the payment
of a second
interim dividend
of 8.2 pence
per Ordinary
4 Share 414,712,327 0 882
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To re-elect
Adrian Cox
as a Director
5 of the Company 413,825,166 512,131 375,912
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To re-elect
Andrew Horton
as a Director
6 of the Company 413,825,659 511,188 376,368
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To re-elect
Christine LaSala
as a Director
7 of the Company 394,437,087 19,900,190 375,912
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To re-elect
Sir Andrew
Likierman as
a Director
8 of the Company 384,178,291 30,158,986 375,912
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To re-elect
David Roberts
as a Director
9 of the Company 407,345,975 5,845,925 1,521,308
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To re-elect
John Sauerland
as a Director
10 of the Company 396,080,666 18,256,611 375,912
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To re-elect
Robert Stuchbery
as a Director
11 of the Company 413,824,866 512,131 376,212
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To re-elect
Catherine Woods
as a Director
12 of the Company 394,244,409 20,092,868 375,912
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To elect Nicola
Hodson as a
Director of
13 the Company 412,979,789 1,354,071 379,349
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To elect Sally
Lake as a Director
14 of the Company 412,717,361 1,617,899 377,949
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To elect John
Reizenstein
as a Director
15 of the Company 413,822,679 512,581 377,949
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To re-appoint
EY as Auditors
16 of the Company 409,941,954 3,245,449 1,525,805
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To authorise
the Audit and
Risk Committee
to determine
the Auditors'
17 remuneration 411,359,785 3,349,241 4,182
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To authorise
the Directors
18 to allot shares 392,824,538 20,488,400 1,400,271
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To disapply
pre-emption
19* rights 390,357,604 24,343,693 11,912
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To authorise
the Company
to make market
purchases of
20* Ordinary Shares 411,320,268 2,914,478 478,462
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To allow the
Company to
hold general
meetings (other
than annual
general meetings)
on not less
than 14 clear
21* days' notice 399,752,060 13,562,908 1,398,241
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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.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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