REG - BAE SYSTEMS PLC - Result of AGM

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07/05/2020 12:45

RNS Number : 3025M
  
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
  
07 May 2020
  
 

BAE SYSTEMS plc
 
POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2020
 
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 2020.
 
 




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


2,480,978,537


99.98


450,844


2,481,429,381


77.18%


22,156,180




Resolution 2:
Directors' Remuneration Policy


2,423,919,276


97.55


60,821,405


2,484,740,681


77.29%


18,848,820




Resolution 3:
Directors' Remuneration Report


2,228,101,351


92.50


180,570,698


2,408,672,049


74.92%


94,920,178




Resolution 4:
Re-election of Revathi Advaithi


2,495,598,310


99.72


6,989,797


2,502,588,107


77.84%


993,116




Resolution 5:
Re-election of Sir Roger Carr


2,490,717,222


99.52


11,905,454


2,502,622,676


77.84%


965,747




Resolution 6:
Re-election of Elizabeth Corley


2,497,906,090


99.81


4,702,955


2,502,609,045


77.84%


970,998




Resolution 7:
Re-election of Christopher Grigg
 


2,494,718,862


99.69


7,855,926


2,502,574,788


77.84%


1,002,753




Resolution 8:
Re-election of Paula Rosput Reynolds


2,476,036,450


99.04


23,952,782


2,499,989,232


77.76%


3,589,991




Resolution 9:
Re-election of Nicholas Rose


2,495,138,726


99.70


7,452,979


2,502,591,705


77.84%


985,003




Resolution 10:
Re-election of Ian Tyler


2,117,734,472


85.29


365,364,682


2,483,099,154


77.24%


20,476,833




Resolution 11:
Re-election of Charles Woodburn


2,499,286,104


99.87


3,324,172


2,502,610,276


77.84%


969,630




Resolution 12:
Election of Thomas Arseneault


2,498,968,786


99.86


3,581,861


2,502,550,647


77.84%


1,020,232




Resolution 13:
Election of Bradley Greve


2,490,700,198


99.53


11,846,200


2,502,546,398


77.84%


1,027,530




Resolution 14:
Election of Jane Griffiths


2,498,200,940


99.83


4,314,024


2,502,514,964


77.84%


1,053,700




Resolution 15:
Election of Stephen Pearce


2,479,585,029


99.08


22,944,175


2,502,529,204


77.84%


1,039,310




Resolution 16:
Election of Nicole Piasecki


2,498,162,088


99.83


4,370,578


2,502,532,666


77.84%


1,035,998




Resolution 17:
Re-appointment of Auditors


2,502,293,620


99.98


388,861


2,502,682,481


77.84%


908,945




Resolution 18:
Auditors' remuneration


2,502,276,011


99.98


409,497


2,502,685,508


77.84%


893,971




Resolution 19:
Political donations


2,429,933,168


97.09


72,806,329


2,502,739,497


77.85%


846,858




Resolution 20:
Authority to allot new shares


2,356,207,281


94.15


146,465,834


2,502,673,115


77.84%


901,696



 
 



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


2,405,783,978


96.13


96,868,026


2,502,652,004


77.84%


912,157




Resolution 22:
Authority to purchase own shares


2,463,909,108


98.53


36,801,891


2,500,710,999


77.78%


2,887,260




Resolution 23:
Notice of general meetings
 


2,409,853,386


96.29


92,970,125


2,502,823,511


77.85%


739,211



 
 
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 5 May 2020 was 3,467,440,044, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 3,214,971,343.
 
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.
 
7 May 2020
 
 
 


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