Beazley PLC

AGM Information • Apr 25, 2024

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Beazley PLC

25 April 2024

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

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