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, together with the Directors'
report and Auditor's report thereon
|
497,523,015
|
3,422
|
3,456,755
|
2
|
To approve
the Directors' Remuneration report for the
financial year ended 31 December
2023
|
491,842,606
|
9,093,854
|
46,732
|
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 meetings) on not less than 14
clear days' notice
|
483,930,441
|
17,004,779
|
47,972
|
* 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