REG - BAE SYSTEMS PLC - Result of AGM

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09/05/2019 14:50

RNS Number : 5596Y
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
09 May 2019
 


BAE SYSTEMS plc
 
POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2019
 
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 2019.
 




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


2,415,813,460


99.14


20,996,802


2,436,810,262


76.10%


2,288,633




Resolution 2:
Directors' Remuneration Report


2,346,572,322


98.37


38,914,627


2,385,486,949


74.49%


53,611,945




Resolution 3:
Payment of final dividend


2,438,122,389


99.99


208,035


2,438,330,424


76.14%


768,471




Resolution 4:
Re-election of Revathi Advaithi


2,427,970,589


99.60


9,764,089


2,437,734,678


76.13%


1,364,216




Resolution 5:
Re-election of Sir Roger Carr


2,406,901,465


98.73


31,050,073


2,437,951,538


76.13%


1,147,357




Resolution 6:
Re-election of Elizabeth Corley


2,408,229,844


99.63


8,854,388


2,417,084,232


75.48%


22,014,663




Resolution 7:
Re-election of Jerry DeMuro


2,427,600,778


99.58


10,237,558


2,437,838,336


76.13%


1,260,559




Resolution 8:
Re-election of Harriet Green


2,371,200,305


97.27


66,530,603


2,437,730,908


76.13%


1,367,987




Resolution 9:
Re-election of Christopher Grigg


2,408,064,874


99.63


8,985,499


2,417,050,373


75.48%


22,048,522




Resolution 10:
Re-election of Peter Lynas


2,415,242,114


99.07


22,628,501


2,437,870,615


76.13%


1,228,280




Resolution 11:
Re-election of Paula Rosput Reynolds


2,426,126,583


99.52


11,589,055


2,437,715,638


76.13%


1,383,257




Resolution 12:
Re-election of Nicholas Rose


2,369,183,643


97.22


67,833,471


2,437,017,114


76.10%


2,081,781




Resolution 13:
Re-election of Ian Tyler


2,397,212,538


98.34


40,482,814


2,437,695,352


76.12%


1,403,543




Resolution 14:
Re-election of Charles Woodburn


2,408,036,993


98.77


29,877,566


2,437,914,559


76.13%


1,183,834




Resolution 15:
Re-appointment of Auditors


2,435,654,402


99.91


2,268,266


2,437,922,668


76.13%


1,176,227




Resolution 16:
Auditors' remuneration


2,435,428,749


99.90


2,460,068


2,437,888,817


76.13%


1,210,077




Resolution 17:
Political donations


2,389,796,903


98.45


37,682,339


2,427,479,242


75.81%


11,619,652




Resolution 18:
Authority to allot new shares
 


2,292,895,722


94.04


145,286,390


2,438,182,112


76.14%


910,430




 




SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS


VOTES FOR


% VOTES FOR1


VOTES AGAINST


TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST


% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED1,2,3


VOTES WITHHELD2




Resolution 19:
Disapplication of
pre-emption rights


2,313,052,455


94.89


124,679,989


2,437,732,444


76.13%


1,363,421




Resolution 20:
Authority to purchase own shares


2,402,156,907


98.60


34,181,633


2,436,338,540


76.08%


2,760,353




Resolution 21:
Amendments to Articles of Association


2,426,551,195


99.98


585,868


2,427,137,063


75.80%


11,961,831




Resolution 22:
Notice of general meetings
 


2,244,454,984


92.46


183,007,185


2,427,462,169


75.81%


11,636,725




 
 
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 2019 was 3,467,440,044, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 3,202,230,871.
 
Copies of resolutions 17 - 22, 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
 
9 May 2019
 
 
 




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