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 |
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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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