Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7069N

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

10 May 2018

 

BAE SYSTEMS plc

POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2018

BAE Systems plc announces that all resolutions were passed by the requisite majorities on a poll at the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 10 May 2018.

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS	VOTES FOR	% VOTES FOR1	VOTES AGAINST	TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED1,2,3	VOTES WITHHELD2
Resolution 1: Report and Accounts	2,492,624,989	99.99	198,728	2,492,823,717	78.08%	5,525,397
Resolution 2: Directors' Remuneration Report	2,425,636,219	98.40	39,353,964	2,464,990,183	77.20%	33,369,345
Resolution 3: Payment of final dividend	2,493,163,738	99.99	130,120	2,493,293,858	78.09%	5,055,225
Resolution 4: Re-election of Sir Roger Carr	2,481,090,399	99.59	10,123,729	2,491,214,128	78.03%	7,145,373
Resolution 5: Re-election of Elizabeth Corley	2,396,047,744	96.11	97,008,565	2,493,056,309	78.08%	5,292,804
Resolution 6: Re-election of Jerry DeMuro	2,485,493,060	99.70	7,547,437	2,493,040,497	78.08%	5,308,616
Resolution 7: Re-election of Harriet Green	2,458,283,047	98.61	34,751,074	2,493,034,121	78.08%	5,314,991
Resolution 8: Re-election of Christopher Grigg	2,486,190,739	99.73	6,839,578	2,493,030,317	78.08%	5,318,795
Resolution 9: Re-election of Peter Lynas	2,471,617,456	99.14	21,478,297	2,493,095,753	78.09%	5,253,360
Resolution 10: Re-election of Paula Rosput Reynolds	2,381,187,383	95.51	111,823,456	2,493,010,839	78.08%	5,338,244
Resolution 11: Re-election of Nicholas Rose	2,350,225,869	94.27	142,807,510	2,493,033,379	78.08%	5,315,704
Resolution 12: Re-election of Ian Tyler	2,445,754,644	99.16	20,745,759	2,466,500,403	77.25%	31,848,679
Resolution 13: Re-election of Charles Woodburn	2,486,271,655	99.73	6,770,747	2,493,042,402	78.08%	5,316,998
Resolution 14: Election of Revathi Advaithi	2,492,150,299	99.97	755,406	2,492,905,705	78.08%	5,443,250
Resolution 15: Appointment of Auditors	2,487,245,905	99.77	5,842,680	2,493,088,585	78.08%	5,270,785
Resolution 16: Auditors' remuneration	2,491,706,644	99.94	1,388,523	2,493,095,167	78.09%	5,263,956
Resolution 17: Political donations	2,441,858,371	98.36	40,608,133	2,482,466,504	77.75%	15,882,482
Resolution 18: Authority to allot new shares	2,385,248,471	95.67	108,025,502	2,493,273,973	78.09%	5,075,012
Resolution 19: Disapplication of pre-emption rights	2,403,006,401	96.39	89,984,334	2,492,990,735	78.08%	5,357,878

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS	VOTES FOR	% VOTES FOR1	VOTES AGAINST	TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST	% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED1,2,3	VOTES WITHHELD2
Resolution 20: Authority to purchase own shares	2,459,412,078	98.72	31,960,309	2,491,372,387	78.03%	6,976,597
Resolution 21: Notice of general meetings	2,332,651,817	93.96	150,064,908	2,482,716,725	77.76%	15,631,397

Notes: 

1.         The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

2.         A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a resolution. 

3.         The number of ordinary shares in issue on the share register at 6.30pm on 8 May 2018 was 3,467,440,044, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 3,192,789,017.

Copies of resolutions 17 - 21, being resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business passed by the Company at the above AGM, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

10 May 2018

 

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