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RNS Number : 4358D  BAE SYSTEMS PLC  07 May 2026

BAE Systems plc

 

7 May 2026

 

2026 Annual General Meeting Poll Results

 

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 AGAINST  TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST  % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED  VOTES WITHHELD
 Resolution 1:                                2,081,993,249  99.99            122,141        0.01             2,082,115,390             69.17%                           5,906,209

 Report and Accounts
 Resolution 2:                                2,021,805,267  96.93            64,057,113     3.07             2,085,862,380             69.30%                           2,157,156

 Directors' Remuneration Report
 Resolution 3:                                2,085,917,711  100.00           92,089         0.00             2,086,009,800             69.30%                           2,021,808

 Final Dividend
 Resolution 4:                                2,066,154,985  99.06            19,590,303     0.94             2,085,745,288             69.29%                           2,259,552

 Election of John Pettigrew
 Resolution 5:                                2,065,817,109  99.04            19,954,830     0.96             2,085,771,939             69.29%                           2,234,887

 Re-election of Nicholas Anderson
 Resolution 6:                                2,073,366,848  99.40            12,427,892     0.60             2,085,794,740             69.29%                           2,215,850

 Re-election of Thomas Arseneault
 Resolution 7:                                2,065,016,360  99.01            20,743,081     0.99             2,085,759,441             69.29%                           2,248,550

 Re-election of Crystal E Ashby
 Resolution 8:                                2,038,518,571  97.79            46,061,589     2.21             2,084,580,160             69.25%                           3,425,261

 Re-election of Angus Cockburn
 Resolution 9:                                2,070,717,694  99.28            15,069,577     0.72             2,085,787,271             69.29%                           2,226,759

 Re-election of Bradley Greve
 Resolution 10:                               2,022,649,980  97.68            47,958,430     2.32             2,070,608,410             68.79%                           17,390,857

 Re-election of Jane Griffiths
 Resolution 11:                               1,981,899,262  95.07            102,713,571    4.93             2,084,612,833             69.25%                           3,406,165

 Re-election of Cressida Hogg
 Resolution 12:                               2,047,298,120  98.16            38,471,426     1.84             2,085,769,546             69.29%                           2,232,522

 Re-election of Ewan Kirk
 Resolution 13:                               2,043,946,425  97.99            41,825,616     2.01             2,085,772,041             69.29%                           2,231,745

 Re-election of Stephen Pearce
 Resolution 14:                               2,057,123,625  98.68            27,456,884     1.32             2,084,580,509             69.25%                           3,419,297

 Re-election of Nicole Piasecki
 Resolution 15:                               2,074,915,634  99.48            10,942,808     0.52             2,085,858,442             69.30%                           2,170,031

 Re-election of Charles Woodburn
 Resolution 16:                               2,084,064,374  99.97            547,033        0.03             2,084,611,407             69.25%                           3,399,813

 Re-appointment of Auditors
 Resolution 17:                               2,085,461,682  99.98            345,865        0.02             2,085,807,547             69.29%                           2,194,412

 Auditors' remuneration
 Resolution 18:                               2,070,887,873  99.78            4,640,993      0.22             2,075,528,866             68.95%                           12,495,047

 Political donations up to specified limits
 Resolution 19:                               2,046,739,304  98.12            39,211,295     1.88             2,085,950,599             69.30%                           2,069,742

 Authority to allot new shares
 Resolution 20:                               2,074,134,667  99.44            11,665,564     0.56             2,085,800,231             69.29%                           2,198,837

 Disapplication of

 pre-emption rights*
 Resolution 21:                               2,083,556,927  99.93            1,469,627      0.07             2,085,026,554             69.27%                           3,001,469

 Authority to purchase own shares*
 Resolution 22:                               2,007,887,339           96.26   78,067,911     3.74             2,085,955,250             69.30%                           2,069,905

 Notice of general meetings*

 

 

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 5 May 2026, 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 3,010,058,000 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 2026 Notice of Annual General Meeting on the Company's website at
 https://www.baesystems.com/investors/agm
(https://www.baesystems.com/investors/agm) .

 

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) .

 

 

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For further information, please contact:

 Investor Relations                Director, Media Relations
 Telephone: +44 (0) 3300 46 6802   Telephone: +44 (0) 7540 628673
 Email: investors@baesystems.com   Email: kristina.anderson@baesystems.com

 

 

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