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BAE SYSTEMS PLC
07 May 2015
BAE SYSTEMS plc
POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2015
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 2015.
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
2,334,015,778
99.79
4,882,938
2,338,898,716
73.93%
7,022,376
Resolution 2:
Directors' Remuneration Report
2,178,267,228
93.16
160,048,861
2,338,316,089
73.91%
7,605,002
Resolution 3:
Payment of final dividend
2,337,947,829
99.96
1,021,046
2,338,968,875
73.93%
6,952,217
Resolution 4:
Re-election of Sir Roger Carr
2,332,375,321
99.73
6,379,781
2,338,755,102
73.92%
7,165,964
Resolution 5:
Re-election of Jerry DeMuro
2,333,612,565
99.78
5,077,336
2,338,689,901
73.92%
7,231,191
Resolution 6:
Re-election of Harriet Green
2,311,664,099
99.65
8,171,201
2,319,835,300
73.32%
26,085,792
Resolution 7:
Re-election of Christopher Grigg
2,269,159,420
97.69
53,764,637
2,322,924,057
73.42%
22,997,034
Resolution 8:
Re-election of Ian King
2,333,565,878
99.78
5,197,281
2,338,763,159
73.92%
7,157,933
Resolution 9:
Re-election of Peter Lynas
2,333,508,843
99.78
5,187,795
2,338,696,638
73.92%
7,224,454
Resolution 10:
Re-election of Paula Rosput Reynolds
2,332,151,425
99.72
6,503,527
2,338,654,952
73.92%
7,266,140
Resolution 11:
Re-election of Nicholas Rose
2,285,557,732
97.73
53,104,966
2,338,662,698
73.92%
7,258,394
Resolution 12:
Re-election of Carl Symon
2,286,783,880
97.78
51,879,331
2,338,663,211
73.92%
7,257,881
Resolution 13:
Re-election of Ian Tyler
2,016,170,333
90.12
221,120,779
2,237,291,112
70.72%
108,629,978
Resolution 14:
Reappointment of Auditors
2,295,349,387
98.14
43,486,901
2,338,836,288
73.93%
7,084,803
Resolution 15:
Auditors' remuneration
2,315,715,626
99.01
23,115,372
2,338,830,998
73.92%
7,090,093
Resolution 16:
Political donations
2,303,855,019
98.51
34,770,033
2,338,625,052
73.92%
7,296,040
Resolution 17:
Authority to allot new shares
1,959,431,258
83.89
376,289,867
2,335,721,125
73.83%
10,199,967
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
VOTES FOR
% VOTES FOR1
VOTES AGAINST
TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST
% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED1,2,3
VOTES WITHHELD2
Resolution 18:
Disapplication of 
pre-emption rights
2,206,190,125
94.34
132,324,898
2,338,515,023
73.91%
7,406,069
Resolution 19:
Authority to purchase own shares
2,336,934,032
99.92
1,862,977
2,338,797,009
73.92%
7,124,083
Resolution 20:
Notice of general meetings
2,177,396,085
93.10
161,391,252
2,338,787,337
73.92%
7,133,755
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 2015 was 3,468,722,178, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 3,163,794,446.
Copies of resolutions 16 - 20, 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 2015

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