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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 FOR(1)  VOTES AGAINST  TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST  % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED(1,2,3)  VOTES WITHHELD(2)
 Resolution 1:                                2,389,014,557  99.99           131,733        2,389,146,290             75.70%                                  9,437,666

 Report and Accounts
 Resolution 2:                                2,288,879,813  96.01           95,175,707     2,384,055,520             75.54%                                  14,521,219

 Directors' Remuneration Report
 Resolution 3:                                2,398,308,499  100.00          54,608         2,398,363,107             75.99%                                  266,462

 Final Dividend
 Resolution 4:                                2,368,949,581  98.79           29,103,946     2,398,053,527             75.98%                                  532,636

 Re-election of Nicholas Anderson
 Resolution 5:                                2,396,659,413  99.95           1,285,246      2,397,944,659             75.98%                                  629,318

 Re-election of Thomas Arseneault
 Resolution 6:                                2,343,086,512  97.71           54,932,032     2,398,018,544             75.98%                                  579,190

 Re-election of Sir Roger Carr
 Resolution 7:                                2,266,011,377  94.50           131,965,558    2,397,976,935             75.98%                                  611,285

 Re-election of Dame Elizabeth Corley
 Resolution 8:                                2,394,139,732  99.84           3,785,603      2,397,925,335             75.98%                                  658,858

 Re-election of Bradley Greve
 Resolution 9:                                2,258,490,262  94.48           131,918,502    2,390,408,764             75.74%                                  8,184,768

 Re-election of Jane Griffiths
 Resolution 10:                               2,373,982,675  99.00           23,978,173     2,397,960,848             75.98%                                  630,218

 Re-election of Christopher Grigg
 Resolution 11:                               2,350,652,320  98.03           47,287,585     2,397,939,905             75.98%                                  649,004

 Re-election of Stephen Pearce
 Resolution 12:                               2,252,301,398  93.93           145,631,566    2,397,932,964             75.98%                                  654,986

 Re-election of Nicole Piasecki
 Resolution 13:                               2,396,860,164  99.95           1,160,589      2,398,020,753             75.98%                                  582,190

 Re-election of Charles Woodburn
 Resolution 14:                               2,396,617,105  99.95           1,241,623      2,397,858,728             75.98%                                  725,179

 Election of Crystal E Ashby
 Resolution 15:                               2,396,726,312  99.95           1,137,854      2,397,864,166             75.98%                                  713,555

 Election of Ewan Kirk
 Resolution 16:                               2,397,592,052  99.98           548,249        2,398,140,301             75.99%                                  463,232

 Re-appointment of Auditors
 Resolution 17:                               2,397,547,254  99.97           606,096        2,398,153,350             75.99%                                  435,769

 Auditors' remuneration
 Resolution 18:                               2,366,930,327  99.20           19,099,072     2,386,029,399             75.60%                                  12,557,056

 Political donations up to specified limits
 Resolution 19:                               2,390,935,921  99.70           7,307,939      2,398,243,860             75.99%                                  381,324

 BAE Systems Share Incentive Plan
 Resolution 20:                               2,236,461,834  93.25           161,770,763    2,398,232,597             75.99%                                  365,889

 Authority to allot new shares

 

 

 SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS                VOTES FOR      % VOTES FOR(1)  VOTES AGAINST  TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST  % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED(1,2,3)  VOTES WITHHELD(2)
 Resolution 21:                     2,151,037,852  89.70           246,946,216    2,397,984,068             75.98%                                  601,207

 Disapplication of

 pre-emption rights
 Resolution 22:                     2,384,586,216  99.52           11,516,409     2,396,102,625             75.92%                                  2,485,233

 Authority to purchase own shares
 Resolution 23:                     2,247,120,282  93.70           151,121,440    2,398,241,722             75.99%                                  318,810

 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 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
(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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