FirstGroup PLC Result of AGM

 
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FirstGroup plc 
 
Result of 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) 
 
FirstGroup plc (the 'Company') announces that, at the AGM held earlier today, 
all resolutions were duly passed by the Company's shareholders on a poll. The 
results of the poll are shown in the table below and will also be available on 
the Company's website. 
 
                                         FOR             AGAINST         TOTAL     WITHHELD 
 
                                   Number of  % of   Number of  % of   Number of  Number of 
                                     Votes    Vote     Votes    Vote     Votes      Votes 
 
1  To receive the Annual Report   908,588,828 99.97     239,253  0.03 908,828,081 28,447,184 
   and Financial Statements for 
   the year ended 31 March 2018 
 
2  To approve the Directors'      787,510,512 84.52 144,272,299 15.48 931,782,811  5,492,503 
   Remuneration Policy 
 
3  To approve the Directors'      870,429,586 96.37  32,771,050  3.63 903,200,636 34,074,629 
   Annual Report on Remuneration 
   for the year ended 31 March 
   2018 
 
4  To elect David Robbie as a     851,284,959 91.31  81,031,994  8.69 932,316,953  4,958,313 
   Director 
 
5  To re-elect Warwick Brady as a 928,399,632 99.58   3,920,843  0.42 932,320,475  4,954,791 
   Director 
 
6  To re-elect Matthew Gregory as 928,888,979 99.63   3,449,399  0.37 932,338,378  4,936,888 
   a Director 
 
7  To re-elect Jimmy Groombridge  928,507,173 99.59   3,848,396  0.41 932,355,569  4,919,697 
   as a Director 
 
8  To re-elect Drummond Hall as a 930,248,512 99.78   2,087,000  0.22 932,335,512  4,939,754 
   Director 
 
9  To re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as 791,673,395 84.92 140,633,807 15.08 932,307,202  4,967,347 
   a Director 
 
10 To re-elect Martha Poulter as  930,334,330 99.79   1,973,491  0.21 932,307,821  4,964,945 
   a Director 
 
11 To re-elect Imelda Walsh as a  908,208,634 97.41  24,119,449  2.59 932,328,083  4,947,183 
   Director 
 
12 To re-elect Jim Winestock as a 928,402,322 99.58   3,954,716  0.42 932,357,038  4,917,512 
   Director 
 
13 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as  880,883,586 94.48  51,436,907  5.52 932,320,493  4,954,772 
   auditors 
 
14 To authorise the Directors to  929,767,153 99.73   2,544,236  0.27 932,311,389  4,963,877 
   determine the remuneration of 
   the auditors 
 
15 To authorise the Directors to  916,661,275 98.32  15,698,433  1.68 932,359,708  4,915,558 
   allot shares 
 
16 To authorise the Directors to  931,109,950 99.87   1,195,261  0.13 932,305,211  4,970,055 
   disapply pre?emption rights 
 
17 To disapply pre-emption rights 880,158,589 94.41  52,137,822  5.59 932,296,411  4,978,854 
   for acquisitions or other 
   capital investments 
 
18 To authorise the Directors to  906,933,422 97.41  24,097,551  2.59 931,030,973  6,244,292 
   make market purchases of the 
   Company's shares 
 
19 To authorise the Company to    814,098,150 87.32 118,230,398 12.68 932,328,548  4,946,718 
   make political donations and 
   incur political expenditure 
 
20 To authorise the calling of    897,042,287 96.20  35,434,897  3.80 932,477,184  4,798,082 
   general meetings on 14 clear 
   days' notice 
 
21 To approve the renewal of the  812,273,276 87.17 119,543,995 12.83 931,817,271  5,457,995 
   Long-Term Incentive Plan Rules 
 
Votes 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a percentage of votes received. A 
'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of 
the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution. 
 
Votes were cast for a total of 937,275,265 ordinary shares of 5 pence per 
share, representing 77.36% of the total number of votes capable of being cast 
at the AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at today's date is 
1,211,542,996 ordinary shares and the number of votes per share is one. The 
Company held 157,229 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. 
 
Resolutions 1 to 15, 19 and 21 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and 
resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 as Special Resolutions. Pursuant to Listing Rule 
9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary 
business, passed at the AGM on 17 July 2018, will shortly be available to view 
via the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 
 
Enquiries: 
 
Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Deputy Company Secretary 
 
Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor Relations 
 
Tel: [phone] 
 
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93. Classification as per DTR 
6 Annex 1R: 3.1 
 
 
 
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