2016 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 2016 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
2016 Annual General Meeting Wednesday, 04 May 2016 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
Item 2 To adopt the remuneration report
Ordinary
772,611,710
129,018,377
2,917,532
35,108,191
776,673,491
129,053,044
35,146,845
Carried
85.42%
14.26%
0.32%
85.75%
14.25%
Item 3 To approve the grant of conditional rights under the 2016 QBE Long-term Incentive Plan to the Group Chief Executive Officer
Ordinary
878,376,001
23,515,757
2,903,998
34,936,108
882,504,001
23,576,968
35,000,962
Carried
97.08%
2.60%
0.32%
97.40%
2.60%
Item 4 To approve the grant of conditional rights under the 2016 QBE Long-term Incentive Plan to the Group Chief Financial Officer
Ordinary
878,326,465
23,538,239
2,900,639
34,966,521
882,387,140
23,619,307
35,030,267
Carried
97.07%
2.61%
0.32%
97.39%
2.61%
Item 5a To re-elect Mr J M Green as a director
Ordinary
934,058,693
2,303,097
3,007,669
787,221
938,968,538
2,320,972
823,754
Carried
99.44%
0.24%
0.32%
99.75%
0.25%
Item 5b To elect Mr R A Tolle as a director
Ordinary
934,582,447
1,748,354
2,993,147
832,732
939,517,513
1,749,831
837,757
Carried
99.49%
0.19%
0.32%
99.81%
0.19%
* 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.