BAE SYSTEMS plc
POLL RESULTS FOR AGM 2020
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 7 May 2020.
|
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 |
2,480,978,537 |
99.98 |
450,844 |
2,481,429,381 |
77.18% |
22,156,180 |
|
Resolution 2: Directors' Remuneration Policy |
2,423,919,276 |
97.55 |
60,821,405 |
2,484,740,681 |
77.29% |
18,848,820 |
|
Resolution 3: Directors' Remuneration Report |
2,228,101,351 |
92.50 |
180,570,698 |
2,408,672,049 |
74.92% |
94,920,178 |
|
Resolution 4: Re-election of Revathi Advaithi |
2,495,598,310 |
99.72 |
6,989,797 |
2,502,588,107 |
77.84% |
993,116 |
|
Resolution 5: Re-election of Sir Roger Carr |
2,490,717,222 |
99.52 |
11,905,454 |
2,502,622,676 |
77.84% |
965,747 |
|
Resolution 6: Re-election of Elizabeth Corley |
2,497,906,090 |
99.81 |
4,702,955 |
2,502,609,045 |
77.84% |
970,998 |
|
Resolution 7: Re-election of Christopher Grigg
|
2,494,718,862 |
99.69 |
7,855,926 |
2,502,574,788 |
77.84% |
1,002,753 |
|
Resolution 8: Re-election of Paula Rosput Reynolds |
2,476,036,450 |
99.04 |
23,952,782 |
2,499,989,232 |
77.76% |
3,589,991 |
|
Resolution 9: Re-election of Nicholas Rose |
2,495,138,726 |
99.70 |
7,452,979 |
2,502,591,705 |
77.84% |
985,003 |
|
Resolution 10: Re-election of Ian Tyler |
2,117,734,472 |
85.29 |
365,364,682 |
2,483,099,154 |
77.24% |
20,476,833 |
|
Resolution 11: Re-election of Charles Woodburn |
2,499,286,104 |
99.87 |
3,324,172 |
2,502,610,276 |
77.84% |
969,630 |
|
Resolution 12: Election of Thomas Arseneault |
2,498,968,786 |
99.86 |
3,581,861 |
2,502,550,647 |
77.84% |
1,020,232 |
|
Resolution 13: Election of Bradley Greve |
2,490,700,198 |
99.53 |
11,846,200 |
2,502,546,398 |
77.84% |
1,027,530 |
|
Resolution 14: Election of Jane Griffiths |
2,498,200,940 |
99.83 |
4,314,024 |
2,502,514,964 |
77.84% |
1,053,700 |
|
Resolution 15: Election of Stephen Pearce |
2,479,585,029 |
99.08 |
22,944,175 |
2,502,529,204 |
77.84% |
1,039,310 |
|
Resolution 16: Election of Nicole Piasecki |
2,498,162,088 |
99.83 |
4,370,578 |
2,502,532,666 |
77.84% |
1,035,998 |
|
Resolution 17: Re-appointment of Auditors |
2,502,293,620 |
99.98 |
388,861 |
2,502,682,481 |
77.84% |
908,945 |
|
Resolution 18: Auditors' remuneration |
2,502,276,011 |
99.98 |
409,497 |
2,502,685,508 |
77.84% |
893,971 |
|
Resolution 19: Political donations |
2,429,933,168 |
97.09 |
72,806,329 |
2,502,739,497 |
77.85% |
846,858 |
|
Resolution 20: Authority to allot new shares |
2,356,207,281 |
94.15 |
146,465,834 |
2,502,673,115 |
77.84% |
901,696 |
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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 21: Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
2,405,783,978 |
96.13 |
96,868,026 |
2,502,652,004 |
77.84% |
912,157 |
|
Resolution 22: Authority to purchase own shares |
2,463,909,108 |
98.53 |
36,801,891 |
2,500,710,999 |
77.78% |
2,887,260 |
|
Resolution 23: Notice of general meetings
|
2,409,853,386 |
96.29 |
92,970,125 |
2,502,823,511 |
77.85% |
739,211 |
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 5 May 2020 was 3,467,440,044, of which the Total Voting Rights figure was 3,214,971,343.
Copies of resolutions 19 - 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. Copies of these resolutions can be obtained from the Company Secretary, BAE Systems plc, 6 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AD.
7 May 2020
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