Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3025M
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
07 May 2020
 

BAE SYSTEMS plc

 

POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2020

 

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 7 May 2020.

 

 

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

2,480,978,537

99.98

450,844

2,481,429,381

77.18%

22,156,180

Resolution 2:

Directors' Remuneration Policy

2,423,919,276

97.55

60,821,405

2,484,740,681

77.29%

18,848,820

Resolution 3:

Directors' Remuneration Report

2,228,101,351

92.50

180,570,698

2,408,672,049

74.92%

94,920,178

Resolution 4:

Re-election of Revathi Advaithi

2,495,598,310

99.72

6,989,797

2,502,588,107

77.84%

993,116

Resolution 5:

Re-election of Sir Roger Carr

2,490,717,222

99.52

11,905,454

2,502,622,676

77.84%

965,747

Resolution 6:

Re-election of Elizabeth Corley

2,497,906,090

99.81

4,702,955

2,502,609,045

77.84%

970,998

Resolution 7:

Re-election of Christopher Grigg

 

2,494,718,862

99.69

7,855,926

2,502,574,788

77.84%

1,002,753

Resolution 8:

Re-election of Paula Rosput Reynolds

2,476,036,450

99.04

23,952,782

2,499,989,232

77.76%

3,589,991

Resolution 9:

Re-election of Nicholas Rose

2,495,138,726

99.70

7,452,979

2,502,591,705

77.84%

985,003

Resolution 10:

Re-election of Ian Tyler

2,117,734,472

85.29

365,364,682

2,483,099,154

77.24%

20,476,833

Resolution 11:

Re-election of Charles Woodburn

2,499,286,104

99.87

3,324,172

2,502,610,276

77.84%

969,630

Resolution 12:

Election of Thomas Arseneault

2,498,968,786

99.86

3,581,861

2,502,550,647

77.84%

1,020,232

Resolution 13:

Election of Bradley Greve

2,490,700,198

99.53

11,846,200

2,502,546,398

77.84%

1,027,530

Resolution 14:

Election of Jane Griffiths

2,498,200,940

99.83

4,314,024

2,502,514,964

77.84%

1,053,700

Resolution 15:

Election of Stephen Pearce

2,479,585,029

99.08

22,944,175

2,502,529,204

77.84%

1,039,310

Resolution 16:

Election of Nicole Piasecki

2,498,162,088

99.83

4,370,578

2,502,532,666

77.84%

1,035,998

Resolution 17:

Re-appointment of Auditors

2,502,293,620

99.98

388,861

2,502,682,481

77.84%

908,945

Resolution 18:

Auditors' remuneration

2,502,276,011

99.98

409,497

2,502,685,508

77.84%

893,971

Resolution 19:

Political donations

2,429,933,168

97.09

72,806,329

2,502,739,497

77.85%

846,858

Resolution 20:

Authority to allot new shares

2,356,207,281

94.15

146,465,834

2,502,673,115

77.84%

901,696

 

 

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

VOTES FOR

% VOTES FOR1

VOTES AGAINST

TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST

% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED1,2,3

VOTES WITHHELD2

Resolution 21:

Disapplication of

pre-emption rights

2,405,783,978

96.13

96,868,026

2,502,652,004

77.84%

912,157

Resolution 22:

Authority to purchase own shares

2,463,909,108

98.53

36,801,891

2,500,710,999

77.78%

2,887,260

Resolution 23:

Notice of general meetings

 

2,409,853,386

96.29

92,970,125

2,502,823,511

77.85%

739,211

 

 

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 5 May 2020 was 3,467,440,044, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 3,214,971,343.

 

Copies of resolutions 19 - 23, being resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business passed by the Company at the above AGM, are being submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .  Copies of these resolutions can be obtained from the Company Secretary, BAE Systems plc, 6 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AD.

 

7 May 2020

 

 

 


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