bae systems plc - ba. agm statement（bae系统公司- ba。）.pdf

BAE SYSTEMS PLC - BA. AGM Statement Released 07:00 07-May-2015 RNS Number : 4190M BAE SYSTEMS PLC 07 May 2015 BAE Systems plc - 2015 Annual General Meeting 7 May 2015 BAE Systems plc will hold its Annual General Meeting today at 11 a.m. in Farnborough, Hampshire, UK. At the meeting, Chairman, Sir Roger Carr and Chief Executive, Ian King, will comment on the performance of the Group in 2014, as detailed in the results announcement published on 19 February 2015, and outline the continued progress in the Group in the year to date. Ian King, Chief Executive, will say: Our business is making good progress in 2015. We continue to win new business, meet key milestones on our major programmes and develop technologies and skills that underpin our future success. Other than for exchange translation, trading for the period has been consistent with management expectations at the time of the 2014 results announcement and the Groups outlook remains unchanged. The Groups underlying earnings per share are expected to be marginally higher than in 2014, including some reliance on anticipated naval and aircraft orders. Following the strong performance in the first half of 2014 that resulted from good programme execution on the Typhoon programme, trading performance in 2015 is expected to have greater second half bias. The results of voting at the AGM will be announced later today. Key points in 2015 to date: • £112m extension to Typhoon Availability Service contract until early 2016; • £165m contract to deliver capability enhancements for the Eurofighter Typhoon, with an order value of £72m for BAE Systems; • £859m demonstration phase for the Royal Navys Type 26 global combat ship programme; • Selected by Boeing to provide the Remote Electronic Units for the 777X aircraft, resulting in the Group developing the complete suite of flight control electronics for the