Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4917K

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

05 May 2022

 

BAE SYSTEMS plc

POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2022

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 5 May 2022.

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	2,389,014,557	99.99	131,733	2,389,146,290	75.70%	9,437,666
Resolution 2: Directors' Remuneration Report	2,288,879,813	96.01	95,175,707	2,384,055,520	75.54%	14,521,219
Resolution 3: Final Dividend	2,398,308,499	100.00	54,608	2,398,363,107	75.99%	266,462
Resolution 4: Re-election of Nicholas Anderson	2,368,949,581	98.79	29,103,946	2,398,053,527	75.98%	532,636
Resolution 5: Re-election of Thomas Arseneault	2,396,659,413	99.95	1,285,246	2,397,944,659	75.98%	629,318
Resolution 6: Re-election of Sir Roger Carr	2,343,086,512	97.71	54,932,032	2,398,018,544	75.98%	579,190
Resolution 7: Re-election of Dame Elizabeth Corley	2,266,011,377	94.50	131,965,558	2,397,976,935	75.98%	611,285
Resolution 8: Re-election of Bradley Greve	2,394,139,732	99.84	3,785,603	2,397,925,335	75.98%	658,858
Resolution 9: Re-election of Jane Griffiths	2,258,490,262	94.48	131,918,502	2,390,408,764	75.74%	8,184,768
Resolution 10: Re-election of Christopher Grigg	2,373,982,675	99.00	23,978,173	2,397,960,848	75.98%	630,218
Resolution 11: Re-election of Stephen Pearce	2,350,652,320	98.03	47,287,585	2,397,939,905	75.98%	649,004
Resolution 12: Re-election of Nicole Piasecki	2,252,301,398	93.93	145,631,566	2,397,932,964	75.98%	654,986
Resolution 13: Re-election of Charles Woodburn	2,396,860,164	99.95	1,160,589	2,398,020,753	75.98%	582,190
Resolution 14: Election of Crystal E Ashby	2,396,617,105	99.95	1,241,623	2,397,858,728	75.98%	725,179
Resolution 15: Election of Ewan Kirk	2,396,726,312	99.95	1,137,854	2,397,864,166	75.98%	713,555
Resolution 16: Re-appointment of Auditors	2,397,592,052	99.98	548,249	2,398,140,301	75.99%	463,232
Resolution 17: Auditors' remuneration	2,397,547,254	99.97	606,096	2,398,153,350	75.99%	435,769
Resolution 18: Political donations up to specified limits	2,366,930,327	99.20	19,099,072	2,386,029,399	75.60%	12,557,056
Resolution 19: BAE Systems Share Incentive Plan	2,390,935,921	99.70	7,307,939	2,398,243,860	75.99%	381,324
Resolution 20: Authority to allot new shares	2,236,461,834	93.25	161,770,763	2,398,232,597	75.99%	365,889

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	2,151,037,852	89.70	246,946,216	2,397,984,068	75.98%	601,207
Resolution 22: Authority to purchase own shares	2,384,586,216	99.52	11,516,409	2,396,102,625	75.92%	2,485,233
Resolution 23: Notice of general meetings	2,247,120,282	93.70	151,121,440	2,398,241,722	75.99%	318,810

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 3 May 2022 was 3,379,914,106, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 3,156,045,043

Copies of resolutions 18 - 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.

5 May 2022

 

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