2017 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders - Results of Meeting
I refer to our letters earlier today .
We announce that each of the ordinary resolutions in QBE's 2017 Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed by the requisite majority at today's Annual General Meeting.
Each resolution was determined by way of a poll at the meeting.
Summaries of the poll voting results and proxy votes for each resolution are attached. Yours faithfully
Carolyn Scobie
Company Secretary
Attachment
QBE Insurance Group Limited Annual General Meeting Wednesday, 03 May 2017 Voting Results
The following information is provided in accordance with section 251AA(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Resolution details
Instructions given to validly appointed proxies
(as at proxy close)
Number of votes cast on the poll
(where applicable)
Resolution Result
Resolution
Resolution Type
For
Against
Proxy's Discretion
Abstain
For
Against
Abstain*
Carried / Not Carried
2 To adopt the remuneration report
Ordinary
770,021,715
88,826,202
2,526,240
3,809,626
772,189,712
90,229,954
3,818,644
Carried
89.39%
10.31%
0.30%
89.54%
10.46%
3 To increase the maximum aggregate fees payable to non-executive directors
Ordinary
854,247,892
5,037,771
2,521,237
3,376,883
857,771,105
5,097,322
3,417,079
Carried
99.11%
0.59%
0.30%
99.41%
0.59%
4A To re-elect Mr M Becker as a Director
Ordinary
854,007,727
7,666,920
2,645,892
907,794
858,117,210
7,677,478
917,416
Carried
98.81%
0.88%
0.31%
99.11%
0.89%
4B To elect Ms K Lisson as a Director
Ordinary
854,497,423
7,536,380
2,662,432
533,181
858,572,610
7,552,842
570,631
Carried
98.82%
0.87%
0.31%
99.13%
0.87%
4C To elect Mr M Wilkins as a Director
Ordinary
854,728,269
7,270,045
2,650,237
580,865
858,790,463
7,293,255
581,490
Carried
98.85%
0.84%
0.31%
99.16%
0.84%
* Votes cast by a person who abstains on an item are not counted in calculating the required majority on a poll.
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QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australia-based insurance and reinsurance company. The principal activities of the Company include underwriting general insurance and reinsurance risks, management of Lloyd's syndicates and investment management. The Company's segments include North America, International and Australia Pacific. The North America segment writes general insurance, reinsurance, and crop business in the United States. The International segment writes general insurance business in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Canada. This segment also writes general insurance and reinsurance business through Lloyd's; worldwide reinsurance business through offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Ireland, Bermuda, Dubai, and mainland Europe; and provides personal and commercial insurance covers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The Companyâs Australia Pacific segment primarily underwrites general insurance risks throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region.