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Result of AGM
Result of AGM.
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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