20 May 2015 16:18
Hiscox Ltd
(the 'Company')
Hamilton, Bermuda - Hiscox Ltd announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today were duly passed on a show of hands.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all resolutions passed at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Details of the proxy votes lodged in favour of the Chairman are set out below:
Resolution Number and description | For | % | Against | % | Withheld |
1. Report and Accounts
| 250,257,191 | 99.67 | 716,063 | 0.33 | 230,692 |
2. Remuneration Report
| 145,421,031 | 99.25 | 1,599,015 | 0.75 | 1,620,487 |
3. To appoint Lynn Carter
| 243,722,264 | 99.99 | 1,190 | 0.01 | 219,599 |
4. To appoint Anne MacDonald
| 250,937,653 | 99.99 | 1,190 | 0.01 | 219,599 |
5. To re-appoint Stuart Bridges
| 244,082,157 | 99.99 | 6,645 | 0.01 | 223,787 |
6. To re-appoint Robert Childs
| 250,937,653 | 98.94 | 2,231,544 | 1.06 | 4,661,536 |
7. To re-appoint Caroline Foulger
| 250,512,663 | 99.89 | 245,138 | 0.11 | 219,599 |
8. To re-appoint Daniel Healy
| 250,938,417 | 99.89 | 244,481 | 0.11 | 219,599 |
9. To re-appoint Ernst Jansen
| 250,938,417 | 99.89 | 244,273 | 0.11 | 219,599 |
10. To re-appoint Bronislaw Masojada
| 250,666,289 | 99.99 | 1,190 | 0.01 | 219,599 |
11. To re-appoint Robert McMillan
| 250,937,257 | 99.89 | 245,138 | 0.11 | 219,599 |
12. To re-appoint Andrea Rosen
| 250,665,893 | 99.89 | 244,118 | 0.11 | 219,599 |
13. To re-appoint Gunnar Stokholm
| 250,877,672 | 99.89 | 245,293 | 0.11 | 219,599 |
14. To re-appoint Richard Watson
| 250,665,893 | 99.99 | 1,190 | 0.01 | 219,599 |
15. To re-appoint KPMG as auditors
| 250,937,653 | 99.64 | 761,989 | 0.36 | 1,823,618 |
16. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine Auditors' remuneration
| 247,696,214 | 99.98 | 45,532 | 0.02 | 256,736 |
17. To authorise the Directors to allot shares
| 247,986,009 | 96.8 | 6,869,538 | 3.2 | 219,599 |
18. To dis-apply pre-emption rights
| 242,663,084 | 99.83 | 372,270 | 0.17 | 219,599 |
19. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 250,452,401 | 99.99 | 170 | 0.01 | 219,599 |
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.
Jeremy Pinchin
Company Secretary
Hiscox Ltd
+ 1 441 278 8300
Hiscox (HSX)