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Results of Catlin Group Annual General Meeting Voting

8 May 2009

HAMILTON, Bermuda – All of the resolutions proposed at Catlin Group Limited's Annual General Meeting, held on Thursday 7 May 2009 in Bermuda, were duly passed by shareholders. Proxies were received in respect of 230,401,995 common shares, representing 64.35 per cent of the shares in issue.

 

The results of the proxy voting on each resolution were as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes
For

Proxy Holder's Discretion

Votes
Against

Votes
Withheld

1.

To receive the Annual Report & Accounts

230,336,614

64,798

0

583

2.

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

221,339,903

62,715

1,971,628

7,027,749

3.

To re-appoint  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as  Auditors

230,328,826

64,798

993

7,378

4.

To authorise the Board
to establish auditors' remuneration

230,254,864

64,798

81,750

583

5.

To declare a final dividend

229,724,910

64,798

315,744

296,543

6.

To re-elect Sir Graham Hearne

228,666,961

64,798

1,543,317

126,919

7.

To re-elect Mr Michael Crall

230,282,519

63,598

55,878

0

8.

To re-elect Mr Jean Claude Damerval

230,282,519

63,598

55,878

0

9.

To re-elect Mr Michael Harper

230,282,519

63,598

55,878

0

10.

To re-elect Mr Michael Hepher

230,278,319

63,598

55,878

4,200

11.

To elect Mr Nicholas Lyons

230,289,940

63,598

48,457

0

12.

To authorise the Board to allot shares

228,097,094

64,798

227,380

2,012,723

13.

To disapply pre-emption rights in limited circumstances

230,244,042

64,907

91,366

1,680

14.

To authorise market  purchases of shares in
limited circumstances

230,295,390

64,798

41,527

280

15.

To adopt new Catlin
Group Limited Bye-Laws

228,587,481

64,798

1,744,546

5,170


A ‘Vote Withheld’ is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes ‘For’ and ‘Against’ a resolution.

 

Resolutions 1-12 were ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13, 14 and 15 were special resolutions. 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

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 worldwide through four underwriting platforms and an international network of offices. Catlin shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: CGL). Gross premiums written in 2008 exceeded US$3.4 billion. More information can be found at www.catlin.com.
2.  

 Catlin's four underwriting platforms are:

  • The Catlin Syndicate at Lloyd's of London (Syndicate 2003) is a recognised leader of numerous classes of specialty insurance and reinsurance. The Catlin Syndicate was the largest at Lloyd's in 2008 based on fross premiums written of US$2.4 billion. Catlin also operates a life syndicate at Lloyd's (Syndicate 3002).
  • 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. A Guernsey Branch of Catlin Bermuda underwrites life 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. In addition, Catlin UK 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 United States. 

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. Besides its offices in the UK, US and Bermuda, Catlin operates offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Guernsey, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Signapore, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

 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.  More information is available at www.catlinarcticsurvey.com.