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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