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BAE Systems plc announced that all 22 resolutions proposed to shareholders at its Annual General Meeting on 7 May 2026 were carried by the requisite majority on a poll. The percentage of issued share capital voted across these resolutions ranged from 68.79% to 69.30% of the 3,010,058,000 ordinary shares in issue as of 5 May 2026.
| Date | 7 May 2026 |
| Time | 11:20:00 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 4358D |
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:
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RESOLUTION |
VOTES FOR |
% VOTES FOR |
VOTES AGAINST |
% VOTES AGAINST |
TOTAL VOTES VALIDLY CAST |
% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED |
VOTES WITHHELD |
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Resolution 1: Report and Accounts |
2,081,993,249 |
99.99 |
122,141 |
0.01 |
2,082,115,390 |
69.17% |
5,906,209 |
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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 |
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Resolution 3: Final Dividend |
2,085,917,711 |
100.00 |
92,089 |
0.00 |
2,086,009,800 |
69.30% |
2,021,808 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Resolution 17: Auditors' remuneration |
2,085,461,682 |
99.98 |
345,865 |
0.02 |
2,085,807,547 |
69.29% |
2,194,412 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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