BAE SYSTEMS plc
POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2014
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 2014.
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 |
2,314,817,918 |
99.86 |
3,220,564 |
2,318,038,482 |
73.26 |
5,011,009 |
Resolution 2: Remuneration Policy |
2,141,307,622 |
92.95 |
162,437,084 |
2,303,744,706 |
72.81 |
19,304,785 |
Resolution 3: Directors' Remuneration Report |
2,159,108,550 |
93.23 |
156,853,937 |
2,315,962,487 |
73.19 |
7,087,004 |
Resolution 4: Payment of final dividend |
2,312,935,744 |
99.78 |
5,198,193 |
2,318,133,937 |
73.26 |
4,915,554 |
Resolution 5: Re-election of Paul Anderson |
2,312,644,486 |
99.79 |
4,935,998 |
2,317,580,484 |
73.24 |
5,469,007 |
Resolution 6: Re-election of Harriet Green |
2,271,725,406 |
98.65 |
31,143,352 |
2,302,868,758 |
72.78 |
20,180,733 |
Resolution 7: Re-election of Ian King |
2,312,664,308 |
99.77 |
5,254,386 |
2,317,918,694 |
73.25 |
5,130,797 |
Resolution 8: Re-election of Peter Lynas |
2,311,179,998 |
99.71 |
6,675,265 |
2,317,855,263 |
73.25 |
5,194,228 |
Resolution 9: Re-election of Paula Rosput Reynolds |
2,292,329,933 |
99.50 |
11,547,986 |
2,303,877,919 |
72.81 |
19,171,572 |
Resolution 10: Re-election of Nicholas Rose |
2,266,339,771 |
97.78 |
51,498,274 |
2,317,838,045 |
73.25 |
5,211,446 |
Resolution 11: Re-election of Carl Symon |
2,265,999,165 |
97.76 |
51,837,108 |
2,317,836,273 |
73.25 |
5,213,218 |
Resolution 12: Election of Sir Roger Carr |
2,311,431,612 |
99.72 |
6,404,688 |
2,317,836,300 |
73.25 |
5,213,191 |
Resolution 13: Election of Jerry DeMuro |
2,311,248,862 |
99.72 |
6,556,163 |
2,317,805,025 |
73.25 |
5,244,466 |
Resolution 14: Election of Christopher Grigg |
2,312,793,903 |
99.78 |
4,990,318 |
2,317,784,221 |
73.25 |
5,265,270 |
Resolution 15: Election of Ian Tyler |
2,219,761,620 |
96.39 |
83,030,352 |
2,302,791,972 |
72.78 |
20,257,519 |
Resolution 16: Appointment of Auditors |
2,276,396,496 |
98.21 |
41,557,526 |
2,317,954,022 |
73.26 |
5,095,469 |
Resolution 17: Auditors' remuneration |
2,298,263,222 |
99.15 |
19,688,226 |
2,317,951,448 |
73.26 |
5,098,043 |
Resolution 18: Political donations |
2,218,093,018 |
95.71 |
99,305,784 |
2,317,398,802 |
73.24 |
5,650,689 |
Resolution 19: Long-term Incentive Plan 2014 |
2,166,133,007 |
93.52 |
150,120,947 |
2,316,253,954 |
73.20 |
6,795,537 |
Resolution 20: Authority to allot new shares |
1,934,394,209 |
84.26 |
361,382,234 |
2,295,776,443 |
72.55 |
27,273,048 |
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 |
2,165,025,060 |
93.41 |
152,671,287 |
2,317,696,347 |
73.25 |
5,353,144 |
Resolution 22: Authority to purchase own shares |
2,314,883,972 |
99.86 |
3,141,655 |
2,318,025,627 |
73.26 |
5,026,864 |
Resolution 23: Notice of general meetings |
2,153,202,387 |
92.89 |
164,811,914 |
2,318,014,301 |
73.26 |
5,035,189 |
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 6.00pm on 5 May 2014 was 3,485,558,758, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 3,164,204,041.
Copies of resolutions 18 - 23, 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
7 May 2014