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Beazley PLC
26 March 2021
Beazley plc
London, 26 March 2021
Beazley plc - 2021 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 24 March 2021 was 609,230,206.
Resolution Description Votes in Votes Against Votes Withheld
No. Favour and
discretionary
To receive the
accounts for
the financial
year ended 31
December 2020,
together with
the Directors'
report and Auditor's
1 report thereon 486,713,968 3,377 819,130
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To approve the
Directors' Remuneration
Report for the
financial year
ended 31 December
2 2020 485,504,081 1,984,177 48,217
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To re-elect Adrian
Cox as a Director
3 of the Company 487,493,070 3,677 39,728
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To re-elect Nicola
Hodson as a Director
4 of the Company 486,691,896 775,165 69,414
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To re-elect Andrew
Horton as a Director
5 of the Company 487,273,926 137,989 124,560
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To re-elect Sally
Lake as a Director
6 of the Company 486,658,211 808,194 70,070
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To re-elect Christine
LaSala as a Director
7 of the Company 484,446,855 3,019,550 70,070
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To re-elect John
Reizenstein as
a Director of
8 the Company 484,446,244 3,020,161 70,070
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To re-elect David
Roberts as a
Director of the
9 Company 484,452,741 3,013,664 70,070
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To re-elect Robert
Stuchbery as
a Director of
10 the Company 487,462,228 3,877 70,370
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To re-elect Catherine
Woods as a Director
11 of the Company 484,453,457 3,012,948 70,070
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To elect Pierre-Olivier
Desaulle as a
Director of the
12 Company 487,449,713 14,048 72,714
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To re-appoint
EY as Auditors
13 of the Company 486,026,590 150,498 1,359,387
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To authorise
the Audit and
Risk Committee
to determine
the Auditors'
14 remuneration 487,156,677 337,586 42,212
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To authorise
the Directors
15 to allot shares 452,999,365 34,494,015 43,094
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To disapply pre-emption
16* rights 480,545,941 6,945,546 44,987
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To authorise
the Company to
make market purchases
17* of Ordinary Shares 485,782,957 1,518,433 235,084
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To adopt new
18* Articles of Association 487,433,136 16,888 86,451
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To allow the
Company to hold
general meetings
(other than annual
general meetings)
on not less than
14 clear days'
19* notice 429,260,160 58,266,663 9,652
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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 2020, underwrote gross premiums worldwide of $3,563.8 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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