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RNS Number : 4682Y  BAE SYSTEMS PLC  04 May 2023

BAE SYSTEMS plc

 

POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2023

 

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 4 May
2023.

 

 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:                                2,205,168,280  99.94           1,262,275      2,206,430,555             72.20%                                  2,445,110

 Report and Accounts
 Resolution 2:                                2,150,307,412  97.61           52,732,857     2,203,040,269             72.09%                                  5,851,354

 Directors' Remuneration Policy
 Resolution 3:                                2,159,695,607  97.82           48,155,233     2,207,850,840             72.25%                                  1,023,290

 Directors' Remuneration Report
 Resolution 4:                                2,208,295,753  100.00          75,507         2,208,371,260             72.27%                                  520,054

 Final Dividend
 Resolution 5:                                2,191,134,201  99.23           17,002,863     2,208,137,064             72.26%                                  714,251

 Re-election of Nicholas Anderson
 Resolution 6:                                2,205,337,814  99.87           2,796,816      2,208,134,630             72.26%                                  724,425

 Re-election of Thomas Arseneault
 Resolution 7:                                2,190,765,774  99.21           17,352,237     2,208,118,011             72.26%                                  740,508

 Re-election of Crystal E Ashby
 Resolution 8:                                2,190,805,753  99.22           17,309,776     2,208,115,529             72.26%                                  743,527

 Re-election of Dame Elizabeth Corley
 Resolution 9:                                2,200,577,429  99.66           7,551,436      2,208,128,865             72.26%                                  716,490

 Re-election of Bradley Greve
 Resolution 10:                               2,160,177,413  99.22           16,981,303     2,177,158,716             71.25%                                  31,700,360

 Re-election of Jane Griffiths
 Resolution 11:                               2,151,683,023  97.44           56,451,284     2,208,134,307             72.26%                                  724,690

 Re-election of Christopher Grigg
 Resolution 12:                               2,190,823,038  99.22           17,295,242     2,208,118,280             72.26%                                  731,975

 Re-election of Ewan Kirk
 Resolution 13:                               2,189,928,111  99.18           18,206,354     2,208,134,465             72.26%                                  723,994

 Re-election of Stephen Pearce
 Resolution 14:                               2,177,141,904  98.60           30,984,627     2,208,126,531             72.26%                                  730,117

 Re-election of Nicole Piasecki
 Resolution 15:                               2,205,212,979  99.87           2,971,153      2,208,184,132             72.26%                                  686,448

 Re-election of Charles Woodburn
 Resolution 16:                               2,195,702,638  99.44           12,383,174     2,208,085,812             72.26%                                  767,579

 Election of Cressida Hogg
 Resolution 17:                               2,207,490,087  99.97           593,007        2,208,083,094             72.26%                                  769,766

 Election of Lord Sedwill
 Resolution 18:                               2,207,608,929  99.97           604,891        2,208,213,820             72.26%                                  638,372

 Re-appointment of Auditors
 Resolution 19:                               2,207,710,675  99.98           376,550        2,208,087,225             72.26%                                  780,289

 Auditors' remuneration
 Resolution 20:                               2,169,462,083  99.64           7,729,592      2,177,191,675             71.25%                                  31,693,372

 Political donations up to specified limits
 Resolution 21:                               2,163,831,103  98.21           39,348,157     2,203,179,260             72.10%                                  5,707,810

 BAE Systems Long-term Incentive Plan 2023
 Resolution 22:                               2,131,087,206  96.51           77,133,271     2,208,220,477             72.26%                                  632,122

 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 23:                     2,115,050,763  96.18           84,003,625     2,199,054,388             71.96%                                  9,800,546

 Disapplication of

 pre-emption rights
 Resolution 24:                     2,185,951,011  99.08           20,196,761     2,206,147,772             72.19%                                  2,720,052

 Authority to purchase own shares
 Resolution 25:                     2,117,432,105  95.89           90,862,360     2,208,294,465             72.26%                                  562,586

 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 2 May 2023 was 3,263,096,540 of which the Total Voting
Rights figure was 3,055,843,482.

 

Copies of resolutions 20 - 25, 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.

 

4 May 2023

 

 

 

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