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RNS Number : 8070N  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 FOR(1)      VOTES AGAINST  TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST  % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED(1,2,3)  VOTES WITHHELD(2)
 Resolution 1:                                2,161,574,461   99.94               1,233,871      2,162,808,332             71.24%                                  10,365,851

 Report and Accounts
 Resolution 2:                                2,104,688,229   97.33               57,820,584     2,162,508,813             71.23%                                  10,670,190

 Directors' Remuneration Report
 Resolution 3:                                2,172,727,566   100.00              90,662         2,172,818,228             71.57%                                  338,215

 Final Dividend
 Resolution 4:                                2,150,612,438   98.99               21,973,868     2,172,586,306             71.57%                                  564,292

 Re-election of Nicholas Anderson
 Resolution 5:                                2,169,938,557   99.88               2,712,916      2,172,651,473             71.57%                                  496,016

 Re-election of Thomas Arseneault
 Resolution 6:                                2,154,395,577   99.16               18,212,481     2,172,608,058             71.57%                                  545,408

 Re-election of Crystal E Ashby
 Resolution 7:                                2,155,171,983   99.20               17,435,039     2,172,607,022             71.57%                                  546,124

 Re-election of Dame Elizabeth Corley
 Resolution 8:                                2,162,162,164   99.52               10,483,120     2,172,645,284             71.57%                                  512,630

 Re-election of Bradley Greve
 Resolution 9:                                2,146,563,443   99.18               17,798,275     2,164,361,718             71.30%                                  8,785,280

 Re-election of Jane Griffiths
 Resolution 10:                               2,108,944,005   97.10               62,984,230     2,171,928,235             71.55%                                  1,222,771

 Re-election of Cressida Hogg
 Resolution 11:                               2,150,209,095   98.97               22,360,425     2,172,569,520             71.57%                                  581,268

 Re-election of Ewan Kirk
 Resolution 12:                               2,147,827,183   98.86               24,768,153     2,172,595,336             71.57%                                  550,072

 Re-election of Stephen Pearce
 Resolution 13:                               2,131,104,458   98.09               41,481,691     2,172,586,149             71.57%                                  554,700

 Re-election of Nicole Piasecki
 Resolution 14:                               2,150,845,426   99.00               21,711,860     2,172,557,286             71.57%                                  590,456

 Re-election of Lord Sedwill
 Resolution 15:                               2,170,564,360   99.90               2,124,904      2,172,689,264             71.57%                                  481,315

 Re-election of Charles Woodburn
 Resolution 16:                               2,150,572,414   98.99               21,971,269     2,172,543,683             71.57%                                  603,146

 Election of Angus Cockburn
 Resolution 17:                               2,163,905,836   99.97               597,817        2,164,503,653             71.30%                                  8,663,160

 Re-appointment of Auditors
 Resolution 18:                               2,172,206,524   99.98               409,807        2,172,616,331             71.57%                                  548,865

 Auditors' remuneration

 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:                               2,128,454,840   97.96               44,255,083     2,172,709,923             71.57%                                  462,901

 Authority to allot new shares
 SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS                                                    ( )                                                ( )                                     ( )
 Resolution 21:                               2,141,434,994             98.57     31,123,428     2,172,558,422             71.57%                                  596,561

 Disapplication of

 pre-emption rights
 Resolution 22:                               2,161,575,069             99.60     8,616,844      2,170,191,913             71.49%                                  2,990,718

 Authority to purchase own shares
 Resolution 23:                               2,080,527,481             95.75     92,242,151     2,172,769,632             71.57%                                  398,952

 Notice of general meetings

 

 

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
(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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