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, together with the Directors' report and Auditor's report thereon | 483,023,251 | 808 | 3,451,244 |
| 2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration report for the financial year ended 31 December 2024 | 475,121,408 | 9,550,779 | 1,803,116 |
| 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 meetings) on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 468,494,643 | 17,973,655 | 7,005 |
* 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
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