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: Report and Accounts |
2,091,276,069 |
99.56 |
9,261,283 |
0.44 |
2,100,537,352 |
69.58% |
4,025,251 |
|
|
Resolution 2: Directors' Remuneration Report |
2,032,090,304 |
96.59 |
71,736,961 |
3.41 |
2,103,827,265 |
69.69% |
731,774 |
|
|
Resolution 3: Remuneration Policy |
2,061,161,446 |
97.97 |
42,639,415 |
2.03 |
2,103,800,861 |
69.69% |
749,449 |
|
|
Resolution 4: Final Dividend |
2,103,913,485 |
99.99 |
115,765 |
0.01 |
2,104,029,250 |
69.70% |
537,374 |
|
|
Resolution 5: Re-election of Nicholas Anderson |
2,066,792,050 |
98.24 |
36,947,286 |
1.76 |
2,103,739,336 |
69.69% |
814,323 |
|
|
Resolution 6: Re-election of Thomas Arseneault |
2,101,637,251 |
99.90 |
2,150,908 |
0.10 |
2,103,788,159 |
69.69% |
767,452 |
|
|
Resolution 7: Re-election of Crystal E Ashby |
2,065,962,442 |
98.21 |
37,757,734 |
1.79 |
2,103,720,176 |
69.68% |
830,875 |
|
|
Resolution 8: Re-election of Angus Cockburn |
2,080,496,434 |
98.90 |
23,244,335 |
1.10 |
2,103,740,769 |
69.69% |
812,120 |
|
|
Resolution 9: Re-election of Dame Elizabeth Corley |
2,055,677,983 |
97.72 |
48,041,660 |
2.28 |
2,103,719,643 |
69.68% |
828,822 |
|
|
Resolution 10: Re-election of Bradley Greve |
2,098,858,684 |
99.77 |
4,929,481 |
0.23 |
2,103,788,165 |
69.69% |
766,871 |
|
|
Resolution 11: Re-election of Jane Griffiths |
2,063,903,051 |
98.14 |
39,063,116 |
1.86 |
2,102,966,167 |
69.66% |
1,579,342 |
|
|
Resolution 12: Re-election of Cressida Hogg |
2,061,170,287 |
97.98 |
42,566,150 |
2.02 |
2,103,736,437 |
69.69% |
819,841 |
|
|
Resolution 13: Re-election of Ewan Kirk |
2,080,718,566 |
98.91 |
23,010,518 |
1.09 |
2,103,729,084 |
69.69% |
812,022 |
|
|
Resolution 14: Re-election of Stephen Pearce |
2,057,549,852 |
97.80 |
46,190,503 |
2.20 |
2,103,740,355 |
69.69% |
812,534 |
|
|
Resolution 15: Re-election of Nicole Piasecki |
2,068,969,785 |
98.35 |
34,762,020 |
1.65 |
2,103,731,805 |
69.69% |
820,607 |
|
|
Resolution 16: Re-election of Charles Woodburn |
2,102,502,065 |
99.94 |
1,327,319 |
0.06 |
2,103,829,384 |
69.69% |
735,917 |
|
|
Resolution 17: Re-appointment of Auditors |
2,094,329,495 |
99.97 |
643,705 |
0.03 |
2,094,973,200 |
69.40% |
9,583,759 |
|
|
Resolution 18: Auditors' remuneration |
2,103,483,656 |
99.98 |
353,217 |
0.02 |
2,103,836,873 |
69.69% |
714,782 |
|
|
Resolution 19: Political donations up to specified limits |
2,073,015,458 |
98.93 |
22,361,850 |
1.07 |
2,095,377,308 |
69.41% |
9,165,872 |
|
|
Resolution 20: Long-Term Incentive Plan |
2,088,767,331 |
99.28 |
15,122,540 |
0.72 |
2,103,889,871 |
69.69% |
690,078 |
|
|
Resolution 21: Authority to allot new shares |
2,075,004,215 |
98.63 |
28,912,965 |
1.37 |
2,103,917,180 |
69.69% |
645,521 |
|
|
Resolution 22: Disapplication of pre-emption rights* |
2,100,821,561 |
99.86 |
2,928,578 |
0.14 |
2,103,750,139 |
69.69% |
797,797 |
|
|
Resolution 23: Authority to purchase own shares* |
2,101,720,064 |
99.95 |
1,150,346 |
0.05 |
2,102,870,410 |
69.66% |
1,694,197 |
|
|
Resolution 24: Notice of general meetings* |
2,031,701,092 |
96.56 |
72,273,501 |
3.44 |
2,103,974,593 |
69.69% |
583,464 |
|
|
Resolution 25: Articles of Association* |
2,103,568,291 |
99.99 |
256,037 |
0.01 |
2,103,824,328 |
69.69% |
749,212 |
|
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.
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
7 May 2025
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