Result of AGM

BAE SYSTEMS PLC
09 May 2024
 

BAE SYSTEMS plc

 

POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2024

 

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 9 May 2024.

 

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

2,161,574,461

99.94

1,233,871

2,162,808,332

71.24%

10,365,851

Resolution 2:

Directors' Remuneration Report

2,104,688,229

97.33

57,820,584

2,162,508,813

71.23%

10,670,190

Resolution 3:

Final Dividend

2,172,727,566

100.00

90,662

2,172,818,228

71.57%

338,215

Resolution 4:

Re-election of Nicholas Anderson

2,150,612,438

98.99

21,973,868

2,172,586,306

71.57%

564,292

Resolution 5:

Re-election of Thomas Arseneault

2,169,938,557

99.88

2,712,916

2,172,651,473

71.57%

496,016

Resolution 6:

Re-election of Crystal E Ashby

2,154,395,577

99.16

18,212,481

2,172,608,058

71.57%

545,408

Resolution 7:

Re-election of Dame Elizabeth Corley

2,155,171,983

99.20

17,435,039

2,172,607,022

71.57%

546,124

Resolution 8:

Re-election of Bradley Greve

2,162,162,164

99.52

10,483,120

2,172,645,284

71.57%

512,630

Resolution 9:

Re-election of Jane Griffiths

2,146,563,443

99.18

17,798,275

2,164,361,718

71.30%

8,785,280

Resolution 10:

Re-election of Cressida Hogg

2,108,944,005

97.10

62,984,230

2,171,928,235

71.55%

1,222,771

Resolution 11:

Re-election of Ewan Kirk

2,150,209,095

98.97

22,360,425

2,172,569,520

71.57%

581,268

Resolution 12:

Re-election of Stephen Pearce

2,147,827,183

98.86

24,768,153

2,172,595,336

71.57%

550,072

Resolution 13:

Re-election of Nicole Piasecki

2,131,104,458

98.09

41,481,691

2,172,586,149

71.57%

554,700

Resolution 14:

Re-election of Lord Sedwill

2,150,845,426

99.00

21,711,860

2,172,557,286

71.57%

590,456

Resolution 15:

Re-election of Charles Woodburn

2,170,564,360

99.90

2,124,904

2,172,689,264

71.57%

481,315

Resolution 16:

Election of Angus Cockburn

2,150,572,414

98.99

21,971,269

2,172,543,683

71.57%

603,146

Resolution 17:

Re-appointment of Auditors

2,163,905,836

99.97

597,817

2,164,503,653

71.30%

8,663,160

Resolution 18:

Auditors' remuneration

2,172,206,524

99.98

409,807

2,172,616,331

71.57%

548,865

 

Resolution 19:

Political donations up to specified limits

 

 

 

1,889,705,809

 

 

 

87.33

 

 

 

274,245,678

 

 

 

2,163,951,487

 

 

 

71.28%

 

 

 

9,214,663

Resolution 20:

Authority to allot new shares

2,128,454,840

97.96

44,255,083

2,172,709,923

71.57%

462,901

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resolution 21:

Disapplication of

pre-emption rights

2,141,434,994

98.57

31,123,428

2,172,558,422

71.57%

596,561

Resolution 22:

Authority to purchase own shares

2,161,575,069

99.60

8,616,844

2,170,191,913

71.49%

2,990,718

Resolution 23:

Notice of general meetings

 

2,080,527,481

95.75

92,242,151

2,172,769,632

71.57%

398,952

 

 

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 7 May 2024 was 3,224,506,896 of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 3,035,747,056

 

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.

 

9 May 2024

 

 

 

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