Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Jul 29, 2025
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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This document, which contains the notice of the annual general meeting of Babcock International Group PLC (the "Company"), is important and requires your immediate attention. If you are in any doubt about the action to take, please consult an independent financial adviser, who is authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if you are resident in the United Kingdom, or if not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser. If you have sold or transferred all your shares in the Company, please pass this document to the person through whom you made your sale or transfer for forwarding to your purchaser or transferee.
I am pleased to announce that the Company will hold its Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") at Ashurst LLP, Fruit & Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, London E1 6PW on Thursday, 25 September 2025 at 11.00am. The AGM is an important event in our corporate calendar as it provides the Board of Directors with an opportunity to present a review of the Company's performance, update shareholders on the Group's strategic priorities and listen to and respond to shareholder questions.
We set out the proposed resolutions, together with explanatory notes, on pages 2 to 5. Resolutions 19 to 21 will be proposed as special resolutions. All the rest will be proposed as ordinary resolutions. In line with our customary practice, we will hold the vote by a poll rather than on a show of hands, which ensures that we count the votes of shareholders who are not attending in person. Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors, we encourage shareholders to submit any questions they would like to have answered at the AGM in advance, as this will enable us to respond to as many questions as possible at the AGM. You can do this by email to [email protected]. If you attend the AGM, you may also submit questions during the meeting.
You can vote by proxy by visiting www.babcock-shares.com and following the instructions on that website. You will need to log in to your Babcock share portal or register, if you have not previously done so. To register, you will need your Investor Code, which is on your share certificate or dividend confirmation. Alternatively, to receive a paper form, please contact our Registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets, using the contact details set out in the Important Information for Shareholders on page 7. Our Registrar must receive your vote by 11.00am on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 or, in the event the AGM is adjourned, not less than 48 hours (excluding nonworking days) before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting. Further information on how to appoint a proxy is set out on pages 6 and 7.
Voting by proxy prior to the AGM does not affect your right to attend the AGM and vote in person should you so wish.
Your Directors believe that all of the proposed resolutions are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole and unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of all of them, as your Directors intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings.
Yours sincerely
Chair 16 July 2025
We hereby give notice that Babcock International Group PLC will hold this year's AGM at 11.00am on Thursday, 25 September 2025 at Ashurst LLP, Fruit & Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, London E1 6PW, to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions.
up to an aggregate amount of £100,000, with the amount authorised under each of paragraphs (a) to (c) also being limited to such amount, in each case during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this Resolution 16 and ending on 30 September 2026 or, if sooner, the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company in 2026 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting.
For the purpose of this Resolution 16, 'political donation', 'political party', 'political organisation', 'independent election candidate' and 'political expenditure' are to be construed in accordance with sections 363, 364 and 365 of the 2006 Act.
such authorities to apply (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting) until the end of the Company's next annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 24 December 2026) but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after the authority expires and the Directors of the Company may allot shares or grant such rights under any such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired. References in this Resolution 17 to the nominal amount of rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares (including where such rights are referred to as equity securities as defined in section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) are to the nominal amount of shares that may be allotted pursuant to the rights.
in each case, free of the restriction in section 561 of the 2006 Act, provided that such authority shall be limited to:
but subject to such limits, exclusions, restrictions or other arrangements as the Directors of the Company may consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical difficulties which may arise in, or under the laws or regulatory requirements of, any territory or any other matter whatsoever;
of this notice, such authority to apply (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) until the end of the Company's next annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 24 December 2026) but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Directors of the Company may allot equity securities (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
By order of the Board
Company Secretary 16 July 2025
Babcock International Group PLC Registered Office: 33 Wigmore Street, London W1U 1QX Registered in England and Wales: 02342138
The shareholders will pass Ordinary Resolutions 1 to 18 if the votes cast for these Resolutions are more than those cast against. The shareholders will pass Special Resolutions 19 to 21 if the votes cast for these Resolutions are 75% or more in favour. The Board considers that all the Resolutions in the notice of the AGM are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole. Your Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of them as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings.
The Directors must lay the Annual Report and Financial Statements before the shareholders at each annual general meeting.
Every year the Remuneration Committee reviews the Company's remuneration policy. This year following its review, the Committee decided to make certain changes to the policy, which it has fully described in Directors' Remuneration Policy on pages 156 to 162 of the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements 2025. Before proposing the changes, the Committee engaged with certain of its largest shareholders to canvass their views. The Committee took these views into account before putting the changes to shareholders.
We are asking shareholders to approve the Directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2025, which is set out on pages 163 to 177 of the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements 2025. The vote upon this resolution is advisory. The vote is not specific to individual levels of remuneration and the Directors' entitlement to remuneration is not conditional on it.
Shareholder approval is sought for a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2025 of 4.5p per ordinary share. If approved at the AGM, this would be paid on Tuesday, 30 September 2025 to those shareholders on the Company's register of members at close of business on Friday, 22 August 2025.
In line with article 80 of the Company's articles of association and the provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the "Code"), all Directors will retire at the AGM and stand for re-appointment, as proposed in resolutions 5 to 13. The Directors named in Resolutions 5 to 10 and 12 and 13 were all reappointed at last year's annual general meeting.
Following the annual performance evaluation of all Directors, the Board is satisfied that the individual performance of each Director continues to be effective and demonstrates commitment to his or her role. Their biographical details, which are set out in Appendix 1 to this Notice, demonstrate how the Board has the appropriate balance of skills, experience, independence and knowledge to lead the Company's long-term sustainable success. Accordingly, the Board unanimously recommends their reappointment.
The Board has reviewed the independence of its Non-Executive Directors and has determined that each of them continues to be independent.
On the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board is recommending to shareholders the reappointment of Forvis Mazars LLP as external auditor of the Company. If approved, Forvis Mazars LLP will be our external auditor for the year ending 31 March 2026.
In accordance with standard practice, Resolution 15 authorises the Audit Committee, on behalf of the Board, to determine the remuneration of the Company's auditor.
We do not make political donations or incur political expenditure within the ordinary meaning of those terms. However, certain activities undertaken in the usual course of business may inadvertently fall within the legal definition of political donation or political expenditure. In line with standard practice, on an annual basis, we ask shareholders to approve on a precautionary basis a limited authority to ensure that the Company does not commit any technical breach of the 2006 Act.
Under section 551 of the 2006 Act, the Directors may only allot shares or grant rights over shares if authorised to do so by shareholders. This Resolution seeks authority to allot (a) shares up to an aggregate nominal value of £101,119,319.40 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under paragraph (b) in excess of such amount) and (b) equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £202,238,638.80 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under paragraph (a)) where the allotment is in connection with a fully pre-emptive offer (including a rights issue or open offer). These amounts represent a maximum of 33.3% and 66.6% respectively of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 9 July 2025*.
This resolution is in accordance with the guidance provided by the Investment Association on the Directors' authority to allot. This guidance permits resolutions seeking authority to allot shares representing up to two-thirds of the Company's issued share capital if Directors use such authority (that part provided by paragraph (b) of Resolution 17) to allot shares pursuant to a fully pre-emptive offer, including a rights issue or open offer. If granted, this authority will expire at the end of the Company's annual general meeting in 2026 (or, if earlier, the close of business on 24 December 2026). As at 9 July 2025* the Company held no treasury shares.
The Directors have no present intention of exercising the allotment authority sought under Resolution 17 unless required for the allotment of ordinary shares in respect of options and awards under employee share plans. However, the Directors consider it desirable to have the flexibility to use it should opportunities arise. If the Directors do exercise the authority, the Directors intend to follow market best practice as regards its use.
The resolution seeks Shareholder approval to amend the PSP to implement the changes to the PSP needed to implement amendments to the Company's remuneration policy which the Company is proposing under resolution 2.
The PSP is the Company's long term incentive plan, under which annual performance-based share plan grants are made to the Company's Executive Directors and the broader leadership team. The PSP currently provides that the maximum grant level in respect of any financial year must not exceed 200% of annual base salary or (for executive directors only) any other limit approved by shareholders in the Company's remuneration policy from time to time.
Under resolution 2, the Company is proposing changes to its remuneration policy including the introduction of a "TSR kicker" for the PSP. Under the kicker, the maximum award received by the CEO could be 500% if the TSR performance conditions are met. Therefore, it is proposed that the maximum grant level under the PSP be increased to 500% of annual base salary (or any other limit approved in the future by Shareholders as part of any change to the remuneration policy) to align with the changes to the remuneration policy.
Additionally, to provide greater flexibility, an amendment is proposed to specify that grants may be made under the PSP in the 6 weeks after any amendment to the plan approved by shareholders. No other amendments are proposed to the PSP other than typographical updates. A copy of the rules of the PSP (showing the proposed amendments) is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and at the place of the meeting from at least 15 minutes before the General Meeting until the end of the General Meeting.
Under section 561(1) of the 2006 Act, the Company cannot issue ordinary shares for cash until it has first offered them pro rata to existing shareholders.
We are asking shareholders for authority to allot a limited number of shares or equity securities or sell treasury shares otherwise than to existing shareholders pro rata to their holdings. Apart from offers or invitations in proportion to the respective number of shares held, the authority in Resolution 19 will be limited to:
If granted, this authority will expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2026, (or, if earlier, the close of business on 24 December 2026). The limits in Resolution 19 are in line with those set out in the Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles published in November 2022.
The Directors have no present intention to exercise the powers sought by Resolution 19. If the powers sought by Resolution 19 are used in relation to a non-pre-emptive offer, the Directors confirm their intention to follow the shareholder protections in paragraph 1 of Part 2B of the Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles and, where relevant, follow the expected features of a follow-on offer as set out in paragraph 3 of Part 2B of the Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles.
If passed, Resolution 20 will renew the general authority for the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares as permitted by the 2006 Act. Many other listed companies have this authority. This resolution specifies the maximum number of shares which the Company may acquire (a maximum of 10% of the Company's issued share capital as at 9 July 2025*) as well as minimum and maximum prices. If granted, the authority would expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 (or, if earlier, the close of business on 24 December 2026). The Company would either cancel or hold as treasury shares any shares purchased under this authority. Any shares held in treasury could subsequently be cancelled, sold for cash or transferred under the Company's employee share plans (including under the Company's all-employee share purchase and free share plans).
As at 9 July 2025*, the total number of ordinary shares that may be issued on the exercise or vesting of outstanding options or awards under the Company's executive or employee share schemes represented approximately 2.4% of the Company's issued share capital as at that date. If the authority given by this Resolution 20 was exercised in full and those shares were subsequently cancelled, these options or awards would represent 2.7% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
The Directors have no present intention of using this authority other than in connection with the £200 million share buyback programme that the Company announced on 25 June 2025 it intends to launch over the next 12 months. The Directors would only exercise the authority if it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders generally to do so and (except in the case of a purchase of own shares to fulfil obligations under the Company's executive or employee share schemes) any purchase could reasonably be expected to result in an increase in earnings per share of the Company (taking into account the relevant factors and circumstances at the time).
Authority is sought from shareholders to allow general meetings (other than annual general meetings) to be called on 14 clear days' notice rather than the 21 days otherwise required by section 307A of the 2006 Act. The Company would like to preserve the authority given at last year's annual general meeting. The Company would not use the shorter notice period as a matter of routine for general meetings, but only where the business of the meeting merits the flexibility and is to the advantage of shareholders as a whole.
* 9 July 2025 being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this notice.
MUFG Corporate Markets Central Square 29 Wellington Street Leeds, LS1 4DL
Email: [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0)371 664 0300 www.babcock-shares.com
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The following biographical details support the Board's recommendation to reappoint each of the Directors of the Company named in Resolutions 5 to 13.
Chair
Appointed: April 2019 Nationality: British
Key Contribution: Extensive experience of the engineering sector, strong strategic vision and leadership.
Skills and experience: Ruth brings experience of the engineering sector gained from a 37-year international career spanning senior functional and line roles at Royal Dutch Shell plc. She has also advised government departments on strategic development and capability building. She has been a Non-Executive Director of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, Associated British Foods plc, ContourGlobal plc and Keller Group PLC as well as a member of the finance committee of the University of Cambridge. Ruth is a Master of Advanced Studies in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and holds a BSc Joint Honours in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Bristol.
Current appointments: Non-Executive Director of BT Group plc and Serendipity Capital, a venture capital investor focused on critical technologies. She is a patron of the Women in Defence Charter and a member of the CBI Board.
Committee membership: Nominations Committee Chair
Senior Independent Director
Appointed: June 2020 Nationality: German and British
Key Contribution: Extensive manufacturing and international experience.
Skills and experience: Carl-Peter held senior leadership positions in some of the world's largest automotive manufacturers, including BMW, General Motors and Tata Motors (including Jaguar Land Rover). He was also previously a Non-Executive Director of Rexam PLC and Rolls-Royce plc and Senior Independent Director of IMI plc as well as being Chair of Chemring Group PLC.
Current appointments: Chair of Vesuvius plc and Keller Group Plc.
Committee membership: Remuneration Committee Chair and Nominations Committee
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: November 2020 Nationality: British
Key Contribution: Extensive experience of working at the highest level of public service including a focus on new technology-centred change and championing inclusion.
Skills and experience: Lord Parker has had a long career in a wide range of national security and intelligence roles in the UK, which culminated in him becoming the Director General of MI5, the UK Government's national security agency, in 2013. He retired from this role in 2020, after which he served as the Lord Chamberlain (head of the Royal Household). Lord Parker is a graduate of Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.
Current appointments: Member of the House of Lords, a Non-Executive Director of Vertical Aerospace and Board Adviser to Telicent Ltd. Lord Parker is a distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.
Committee membership: Nominations Committee and Director Designated for Workforce Engagement.
John Ramsay Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: January 2022 Nationality: British
Key Contribution: Extensive financial, international and boardroom experience.
Skills and experience: John, a Chartered Accountant, served as Chief Financial Officer of Syngenta AG from 2007 to 2016, and interim Chief Executive Officer of Syngenta from October 2015 to June 2016. Prior to joining Syngenta, he held senior international finance roles with Zeneca Agrochemicals and ICI. He was also the chair of the Audit Committee for Croda International Plc.
Current appointments: Member of the Supervisory Board at DSM Firmenich AG and Non-Executive Director of RHI Magnesita N.V where he is Audit Committee Chair at each of these companies.
Committee membership: Audit Committee Chair and Remuneration and Nominations Committee
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: December 2022 Nationality: Irish
Key contribution: Extensive international business and finance experience.
Skills and experience: Jane, a Chartered Accountant, brings with her over 30 years of international business and finance experience. After a long executive career with KPMG, where she was a senior advisory partner, Jane has held a number of Non-Executive roles, including Quarto Group Inc where she was Vice-Chair and Chair of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Current appointments: Non-Executive Director, Chair of the audit committee and Senior independent Director of Mitchells & Butlers plc.
Committee membership: Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committee
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: June 2023 Nationality: British
Key contribution: Expertise in aerospace, defence and engineering sectors and board room experience.
Skills and experience: Sir Kevin spent almost 20 years at BAE Systems plc predominantly in its Military Aircraft Division and BAe Defence before becoming Group Managing Director with responsibilities for new business and international strategy. Following this Sir Kevin joined the Board of GKN PLC, the FTSE listed global engineering and manufacturing company, initially leading the Aerospace and Defence businesses, and then serving 9 years as Group Chief Executive. He went on to spend 4 years in Hong Kong as a Partner at Unitas Capital and his non-executive career includes 8 years at Rolls Royce where he served as Senior Independent Director.
Current appointments: Member of L.E.K. Consulting's European Advisory Board.
Committee membership: Audit and Nominations Committee
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: March 2024 Nationality: British and Jamaican
Key Contribution: Extensive information and cyber security expertise.
Skills and experience: Claudia works internationally as an information and cyber security professional and brings over twenty years of experience in this field across globally diverse industries in the public and private sectors. She has previously held senior roles in cyber security, as security strategic advisor and chief security officer with Aramark Corporation in the USA, the Department for Work and Pensions, Smiths Group plc and Diageo Global. Claudia holds a PhD in computing and education from the University of Birmingham. In 2022 she was awarded with an MBE for services to the cyber security profession.
Current Appointments: Chair of the Board of Trustees of the UK Cyber Security Council, Board member of the UK National Cyber Advisory Board and a registered European Commission Security and Cyber expert.
Committee membership: Nominations Committee
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed: September 2020 Nationality: British
Key Contribution: Wide ranging knowledge of defence and aviation markets and a wealth of experience in both technology and innovation.
Skills and experience: David was CEO of Cobham plc (from 2016 to March 2020) and prior to that he was CEO of Laird PLC (from 2012 to September 2016). His career includes senior management roles at BT Global Services, BAE Systems and Thales Corporation. He received an OBE for services to industry in Scotland in 2011. David has a Degree in Mathematics from the University of York and is a Chartered Accountant. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce.
Current external appointments: President of ADS, the UK trade association for the aerospace, defence, security and space industry.
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: November 2020 Nationality: British
Key contribution: Extensive CFO experience in defence, aerospace, and commercial markets.
Skills and experience: David was previously CFO of Cobham plc and prior to that he was CFO of QinetiQ Group plc from 2008 to 2016 where he also served as interim Chief Executive for a period. His career includes several roles at Logica PLC, CMG plc and Rio Tinto PLC. David has a Degree in Physics from Oxford University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Current external appointments: None.

Babcock International Group PLC 33 Wigmore Street London W1U 1QX United Kingdom +44 (0)20 7355 5300
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