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9 March 2009
RESULTS OF CATLIN GROUP LIMITED SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
HAMILTON, Bermuda - All of the resolutions proposed at Catlin Group Limited's Special General Meeting, held today in Bermuda, were duly passed by shareholders. Proxies were received in respect of 139,245,112 common shares, representing 54.57 per cent of the shares in issue.
The result of the proxy voting on each resolution was as follows:
| Resolution | Votes For | Proxy Holder's Discretion | Votes Against | Votes Withheld | |
| 1. | To approve the increase in authorised share capital from US$4,000,000 to US$5,000,000 by the creation of 100,000,000 new common shares of US$0.01 each | 127,156,348 | 5,077 | 798 | 12,082,889 |
| 2. | To authorise the Board to allot common shares up to an aggregate nominal value of US$1,190,777 | 126,326,281 | 5,077 | 776,115 | 12,137,639 |
| 3. | To disapply pre-emption rights in limited circumstances (including in connection with a rights issue) | 127,035,809 | 11,147 | 20,439 | 12,177,717 |
A 'Vote Withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
Resolutions 1 and 2 were ordinary resolutions and Resolution 3 was a special resolution. A copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
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For more information contact:
| Media Relations: | |||||
| James Burcke, Head of Communications, London | Tel: Mobile: E-mail: | +44 (0)20 7458 5710 +44 (0)7958 767 738 james.burcke@catlin.com | |||
| Liz Morley, Maitland | Tel: E-mail: | +44 (0)20 7379 5151 emorley@maitland.co.uk | |||
| Investor Relations: | |||||
| William Spurgin, Head of Investor Relations, London | Tel:Mobile: E-mail: | +44 (0)20 7458 5726 +44 (0)7710 314 365 william.spurgin@catlin.com |
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Notes to editors:
1. Catlin Group Limited, headquartered in Bermuda, is an international specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer writing more than 30 classes of business through four underwriting platforms and an international network of offices. Gross premiums written in 2008 exceeded US$3.4 billion. Catlin shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: CGL). More information about Catlin can be found at www.catlin.com.
2. Catlin's four underwriting platforms are:
| The Catlin Syndicate at Lloyd's of London (Syndicate 2003), which is a recognised leader of numerous classes of specialty insurance and reinsurance. The Catlin Syndicate is the largest at Lloyd's in 2008 based on premium capacity of £1.25 billion. | |
| | Catlin Bermuda (Catlin Insurance Company Ltd.), which is a leading participant in the Bermuda market, underwriting a diversified portfolio of property treaty, casualty treaty, political risk and terrorism, and structured risk coverages. |
| | Catlin UK (Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd.), which specialises in underwriting commercial non-life insurance for UK clients through a network of regional offices. Catlin UK also underwrites many other classes of commercial insurance. |
| | Catlin US, which encompasses Catlin's operations based in the United States. Catlin US underwrites a wide variety of specialty property/casualty insurance and reinsurance products from a network of offices throughout the U.S.. |
3. Catlin's international network of offices allows the Group to diversify further its risk portfolio and to work more closely with local policyholders and brokers. Catlin operates offices in Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Guernsey, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Brazil.
4. Catlin Group Limited is the title sponsor of the Catlin Arctic Survey, a major scientific expedition to measure the thickness and density of the permanent ice surrounding the North Pole. The project's aim is to determine, with a much greater degree of accuracy, when this ice could disappear as a result of global warming. The Survey, during which three Arctic explorers will trek on foot 1,300 kilometres to the North Pole, began in February 2009. More information is available at www.catlinarcticsurvey.com.