Result of AGM
Updated : 18:29
Hiscox Ltd
(the 'Company')
Hamilton, Bermuda - Hiscox Ltd announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held on 16 May 2019, were duly passed on a show of hands.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all resolutions passed at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at http://morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Details of the proxy votes lodged at the meeting are set out below:
Resolution Number and description | For | % | Against | % | Withheld |
1. Report and Accounts
| 231,413,669 | 99.99 | 100 | 0.00 | 765,055 |
2. Remuneration Report | 228,264,867 | 98.57 | 3,292,502 | 1.42 | 618,886 |
3. Final Dividend | 231,583,022 | 100 | 0 | 0.00 | 594,233 |
4. To re-appoint Robert Childs
| 225,244,049 | 97.26 | 6,338,972 | 2.74 | 594,233 |
5. To re-appoint Caroline Foulger
| 229,645,357 | 99.16 | 1,937,664 | 0.84 | 594,233 |
6. To re-appoint Michael Goodwin
| 230,804,893 | 99.66 | 778,129 | 0.34 | 594,233 |
7. To re-appoint Thomas Hürlimann
| 230,805,879 | 99.66 | 777,143 | 0.34 | 594,233 |
8. To re-appoint Hamayou Akbar Hussain
| 227,329,571 | 99.46 | 1,221,999 | 0.53 | 3,625,685 |
9. To re-appoint Colin Keogh | 229,553,004 | 99.12 | 2,030,018 | 0.88 | 594,233 |
10. To re-appoint Anne MacDonald
| 231,150,451 | 99.81 | 432,571 | 0.19 | 594,233 |
11. To re-appoint Bronislaw Masojada
| 230,531,788 | 99.54 | 1,051,234 | 0.45 | 594,233 |
12. To re-appoint Constantinos Miranthis
| 230,805,879 | 99.66 | 777,143 | 0.34 | 594,233 |
13. To re-appoint Lynn Pike
| 231,150,471 | 99.81 | 432,551 | 0.19 | 594,233 |
14. To re-appoint Richard Watson
| 230,531,952 | 99.54 | 1,051,070 | 0.45 | 594,233 |
15. To re-appoint PwC as auditors
| 231,557,452 | 99.99 | 1,120 | 0.00 | 618,683 |
16. To appoint the Audit Committee to determine Auditors' remuneration
| 231,558,474 | 99.99 | 1,120 | 0.00 | 617,661 |
17. To authorise the Directors to allot shares
| 209,717,499 | 90.56 | 21,842,095 | 9.43 | 617,661 |
18. To dis-apply pre-emption rights*
| 224,449,264 | 96.93 | 7,110,073 | 3.07 | 617,918 |
19. To dis-apply pre-emption rights on additional 5% of shares*
| 213,060,456 | 92.01 | 18,498,880 | 7.99 | 617,919 |
20. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 230,031,674 | 99.34 | 1,515,596 | 0.65 | 630,063 |
Resolutions 18, 19 and 20 were passed as special resolutions.
A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes against the resolution.
Marc Wetherhill
Company Secretary
Hiscox Ltd
+ 1 441 278 8300
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