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FirstgroupAnnouncement

19/07/2016 17:05

FirstGroup plc

(the “Company”)

Results of Annual General Meeting on 19 July 2016

The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held
earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 19 were duly passed by the Company’s
shareholders on a poll.  The results of the poll are shown below.

                                            Resolution                                                  FOR                   AGAINST              TOTAL       WITHHELD    
                                           No. of Votes                                                    % of Vote  No. of Votes  % of Vote  No. of Votes  No. of Votes  
  1.  To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2016   909,766,866      99.95       426,644       0.05   910,193,510    36,481,689 
  2.  To approve the Directors’ Annual Report on Remuneration                                  799,235,216      96.53    28,761,378       3.47   827,996,594   118,668,660 
  3.  To elect Matthew Gregory as a Director                                                   944,305,319      99.80     1,935,749       0.20   946,241,068       415,817 
  4.  To re-elect Mick Barker as a Director                                                    944,161,641      99.77     2,166,038       0.23   946,327,679       334,536 
  5.  To re-elect Warwick Brady as a Director                                                  944,514,813      99.81     1,762,401       0.19   946,277,214       382,427 
  6.  To re-elect Drummond Hall as a Director                                                  944,330,405      99.79     1,974,153       0.21   946,304,558       354,515 
  7.  To re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director                                                924,123,475      98.50    14,082,313       1.50   938,205,788     8,456,485 
  8.  To re-elect Tim O’Toole as a Director                                                    943,675,821      99.72     2,693,794       0.28   946,369,615       292,996 
  9.  To re-elect Brian Wallace as a Director                                                  939,847,858      99.32     6,472,307       0.68   946,320,165       342,108 
 10.  To re-elect Imelda Walsh as a Director                                                   943,512,418      99.70     2,844,191       0.30   946,356,609       303,656 
 11.  To re-elect Jim Winestock as a Director                                                  944,422,351      99.80     1,876,758       0.20   946,299,109       343,157 
 12.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors                                                   926,533,449      98.77    11,580,912       1.23   938,114,361     8,539,506 
 13.  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors                 945,636,036      99.91       814,864       0.09   946,450,900       204,666 
 14.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                               934,880,473      98.78    11,570,492       1.22   946,450,965       214,998 
 15.  To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights                               778,124,190      92.73    60,998,207       7.27   839,122,397   107,536,018 
 16.  To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company’s shares              935,086,028      98.80    11,371,239       1.20   946,457,267       209,439 
 17.  To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure     822,888,429      86.95   123,453,455      13.05   946,341,884       326,052 
 18.  To approve the rules of the FirstGroup plc 2016 Sharesave Plan                           943,806,605      99.73     2,595,984       0.27   946,402,589       264,455 
 19.  To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days’ notice                    891,352,135      94.17    55,169,221       5.83   946,521,356       145,349 

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.

The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 1,204,988,509 ordinary
shares of 5 pence per share. 77.32% of voting capital was instructed.

In accordance with the Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions other
than resolutions concerning ordinary business passed at today’s Annual
General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will
shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do



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