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RNS Number : 6908H  BAE SYSTEMS PLC  07 May 2025

2025 Annual General Meeting Poll Results for BAE Systems plc

 

BAE Systems plc (the "Company") announces that all resolutions proposed to
shareholders at its Annual General Meeting today were carried by the requisite
majority on a poll.

 

The following table shows the votes cast for each resolution:

 

 RESOLUTION                                   VOTES FOR      % VOTES FOR      VOTES AGAINST  % VOTES FOR AGAINST  TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST  % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED  VOTES WITHHELD
 Resolution 1:                                2,091,276,069  99.56            9,261,283      0.44                 2,100,537,352             69.58%                           4,025,251

 Report and Accounts
 Resolution 2:                                2,032,090,304  96.59            71,736,961     3.41                 2,103,827,265             69.69%                           731,774

 Directors' Remuneration Report
 Resolution 3:                                2,061,161,446  97.97            42,639,415     2.03                 2,103,800,861             69.69%                           749,449

 Remuneration Policy
 Resolution 4:                                2,103,913,485  99.99            115,765        0.01                 2,104,029,250             69.70%                           537,374

 Final Dividend
 Resolution 5:                                2,066,792,050  98.24            36,947,286     1.76                 2,103,739,336             69.69%                           814,323

 Re-election of Nicholas Anderson
 Resolution 6:                                2,101,637,251  99.90            2,150,908      0.10                 2,103,788,159             69.69%                           767,452

 Re-election of Thomas Arseneault
 Resolution 7:                                2,065,962,442  98.21            37,757,734     1.79                 2,103,720,176             69.68%                           830,875

 Re-election of Crystal E Ashby
 Resolution 8:                                2,080,496,434  98.90            23,244,335     1.10                 2,103,740,769             69.69%                           812,120

 Re-election of Angus Cockburn
 Resolution 9:                                2,055,677,983  97.72            48,041,660     2.28                 2,103,719,643             69.68%                           828,822

 Re-election of Dame Elizabeth Corley
 Resolution 10:                               2,098,858,684  99.77            4,929,481      0.23                 2,103,788,165             69.69%                           766,871

 Re-election of Bradley Greve
 Resolution 11:                               2,063,903,051  98.14            39,063,116     1.86                 2,102,966,167             69.66%                           1,579,342

 Re-election of Jane Griffiths
 Resolution 12:                               2,061,170,287  97.98            42,566,150     2.02                 2,103,736,437             69.69%                           819,841

 Re-election of Cressida Hogg
 Resolution 13:                               2,080,718,566  98.91            23,010,518     1.09                 2,103,729,084             69.69%                           812,022

 Re-election of Ewan Kirk
 Resolution 14:                               2,057,549,852  97.80            46,190,503     2.20                 2,103,740,355             69.69%                           812,534

 Re-election of Stephen Pearce
 Resolution 15:                               2,068,969,785  98.35            34,762,020     1.65                 2,103,731,805             69.69%                           820,607

 Re-election of Nicole Piasecki
 Resolution 16:                               2,102,502,065  99.94            1,327,319      0.06                 2,103,829,384             69.69%                           735,917

 Re-election of Charles Woodburn
 Resolution 17:                               2,094,329,495  99.97            643,705        0.03                 2,094,973,200             69.40%                           9,583,759

 Re-appointment of Auditors
 Resolution 18:                               2,103,483,656  99.98            353,217        0.02                 2,103,836,873             69.69%                           714,782

 Auditors' remuneration
 Resolution 19:                               2,073,015,458  98.93            22,361,850     1.07                 2,095,377,308             69.41%                           9,165,872

 Political donations up to specified limits
 Resolution 20:                               2,088,767,331  99.28            15,122,540     0.72                 2,103,889,871             69.69%                           690,078

 Long-Term Incentive Plan
 Resolution 21:                               2,075,004,215  98.63            28,912,965     1.37                 2,103,917,180             69.69%                           645,521

 Authority to allot new shares
 Resolution 22:                               2,100,821,561           99.86   2,928,578      0.14                 2,103,750,139             69.69%                           797,797

 Disapplication of

 pre-emption rights*
 Resolution 23:                               2,101,720,064           99.95   1,150,346      0.05                 2,102,870,410             69.66%                           1,694,197

 Authority to purchase own shares*
 Resolution 24:                               2,031,701,092           96.56   72,273,501     3.44                 2,103,974,593             69.69%                           583,464

 Notice of general meetings*
 Resolution 25:                               2,103,568,291           99.99   256,037        0.01                 2,103,824,328             69.69%                           749,212

 Articles of Association*

 

 

Notes:

1.         The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

2.         * indicates a Special Resolution requiring 75% of votes
cast to be carried.

3.         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.

4.         As at 6.30pm (UK time) on 2 May 2025, the time by which
shareholders who wanted to vote at the AGM must have been entered on the
Company's register of members, there were 3,018,901,748 ordinary shares in
issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share on a poll.

5.         To view the full wording of the resolutions, please refer
to the 2025 Notice of Annual General Meeting on the Company's website at
www.baesystems.com/reporting (http://www.baesystems.com/reporting) .

 

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, copies of all the resolutions
passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been
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)

 

 

7 May 2025

 

 

 

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