AGM

Results from the 2008 AGM

Beazley Group plc held its annual general meeting for shareholders at 4pm on Monday 21st April and announced that all the resolutions were duly passed.

Full details of the resolutions passed as special business will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority for publication through the Listing Authority’s Document and Viewing Facility.

The total number of votes received by the Chairman for use in a poll for each resolution is set out below. The number of 5p ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) and the number of voting rights on 18th April 2008 was 358,867,797.

Resolution Description For and Discretionary Abstain Against
1 Ordinary To receive and adopt the Directors’ Remuneration Report 90,338,243 30,886,880 3,211,214
2 Ordinary To receive the Financial Statements 123,858,336 445,379 132,622
3 Ordinary To declare a final dividend of 4.0p per ordinary share 124,436,337 - -
4 Ordinary To declare a special dividend of 4.0p per ordinary share 124,436,337 - -
5 Ordinary To re-elect Dudley Fishburn as a Director 124,285,930 - 150,407
6 Ordinary To re-elect Andrew Beazley as a Director 123,827,966 - 608,371
7 Ordinary To re-elect Nicholas Furlonge as a Director 123,827,659 - 608,678
8 Ordinary To re-elect Neil Maidment as a Director 121,734,346 - 2,701,991
9 Ordinary To re-appoint the Auditors 122,707,522 - 1,728,815
10 Ordinary To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors remuneration 124,363,513 307 72,517
11 Ordinary To authorise the Directors to allot shares generally 123,737,214 - 699,123
12 Special To approve a limited disapplication of pre-emption rights 124,436,030 - 307
13 Special To authorise the limited purchase by the Company of its own shares 124,436,337 - -
14 Special To approve and adopt the Company’s Articles of Association 124,436,030 - 307

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