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Result of AGM

7th May 2026 11:20

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:

Report and Accounts

2,081,993,249

99.99

122,141

0.01

2,082,115,390

69.17%

5,906,209

Resolution 2:

Directors' Remuneration Report

2,021,805,267

96.93

64,057,113

3.07

2,085,862,380

69.30%

2,157,156

Resolution 3:

Final Dividend

2,085,917,711

100.00

92,089

0.00

2,086,009,800

69.30%

2,021,808

Resolution 4:

Election of John Pettigrew

2,066,154,985

99.06

19,590,303

0.94

2,085,745,288

69.29%

2,259,552

Resolution 5:

Re-election of Nicholas Anderson

2,065,817,109

99.04

19,954,830

0.96

2,085,771,939

69.29%

2,234,887

Resolution 6:

Re-election of Thomas Arseneault

2,073,366,848

99.40

12,427,892

0.60

2,085,794,740

69.29%

2,215,850

Resolution 7:

Re-election of Crystal E Ashby

2,065,016,360

99.01

20,743,081

0.99

2,085,759,441

69.29%

2,248,550

Resolution 8:

Re-election of Angus Cockburn

2,038,518,571

97.79

46,061,589

2.21

2,084,580,160

69.25%

3,425,261

Resolution 9:

Re-election of Bradley Greve

2,070,717,694

99.28

15,069,577

0.72

2,085,787,271

69.29%

2,226,759

Resolution 10:

Re-election of Jane Griffiths

2,022,649,980

97.68

47,958,430

2.32

2,070,608,410

68.79%

17,390,857

Resolution 11:

Re-election of Cressida Hogg

1,981,899,262

95.07

102,713,571

4.93

2,084,612,833

69.25%

3,406,165

Resolution 12:

Re-election of Ewan Kirk

2,047,298,120

98.16

38,471,426

1.84

2,085,769,546

69.29%

2,232,522

Resolution 13:

Re-election of Stephen Pearce

2,043,946,425

97.99

41,825,616

2.01

2,085,772,041

69.29%

2,231,745

Resolution 14:

Re-election of Nicole Piasecki

2,057,123,625

98.68

27,456,884

1.32

2,084,580,509

69.25%

3,419,297

Resolution 15:

Re-election of Charles Woodburn

2,074,915,634

99.48

10,942,808

0.52

2,085,858,442

69.30%

2,170,031

Resolution 16:

Re-appointment of Auditors

2,084,064,374

99.97

547,033

0.03

2,084,611,407

69.25%

3,399,813

Resolution 17:

Auditors' remuneration

2,085,461,682

99.98

345,865

0.02

2,085,807,547

69.29%

2,194,412

Resolution 18:

Political donations up to specified limits

2,070,887,873

99.78

4,640,993

0.22

2,075,528,866

68.95%

12,495,047

Resolution 19:

Authority to allot new shares

2,046,739,304

98.12

39,211,295

1.88

2,085,950,599

69.30%

2,069,742

Resolution 20:

Disapplication of

pre-emption rights*

2,074,134,667

99.44

11,665,564

0.56

2,085,800,231

69.29%

2,198,837

Resolution 21:

Authority to purchase own shares*

2,083,556,927

99.93

1,469,627

0.07

2,085,026,554

69.27%

3,001,469

Resolution 22:

Notice of general meetings*

2,007,887,339

96.26

78,067,911

3.74

2,085,955,250

69.30%

2,069,905

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

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