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FirstgroupAnnouncement

18/07/2017 16:10

FIRSTGROUP PLC

RESULT OF 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.

                                            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 2017  987,154,703    99.98       206,262       0.02     987,360,965     646,371    
  2.  To approve the Directors’ Annual Report on Remuneration                                 902,019,470    91.32     85,771,076      8.68     987,790,546     222,240    
  3.  To elect Richard Adam as a Director                                                     763,414,845    77.28     224,406,688    22.72     987,821,533     191,254    
  4.  To elect Jimmy Groombridge as a Director                                                983,972,556    99.61      3,878,040      0.39     987,850,596     162,191    
  5.  To elect Martha Poulter as a Director                                                   987,121,479    99.93       686,502       0.07     987,807,981     204,806    
  6.  To re-elect Warwick Brady as a Director                                                 984,440,017    99.66      3,385,647      0.34     987,825,664     187,123    
  7.  To re-elect Matthew Gregory as a Director                                               984,957,444    99.71      2,859,650      0.29     987,817,094     195,693    
  8.  To re-elect Drummond Hall as a Director                                                 984,426,862    99.66      3,398,321      0.34     987,825,183     187,604    
  9.  To re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director                                               976,972,453    98.90     10,853,079      1.10     987,825,532     187,254    
 10.  To re-elect Tim O’Toole as a Director                                                   985,235,158    99.74      2,597,084      0.26     987,832,242     179,270    
 11.  To re-elect Imelda Walsh as a Director                                                  986,095,046    99.82      1,743,804      0.18     987,838,850     173,937    
 12.  To re-elect Jim Winestock as a Director                                                 985,997,275    99.81      1,867,997      0.19     987,865,272     147,515    
 13.  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors                                                  961,540,271    97.34     26,270,887      2.66     987,811,158     201,628    
 14.  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors                985,600,099    99.77      2,265,936      0.23     987,866,035     146,751    
 15.  To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                              977,057,480    98.99      9,952,889      1.01     987,010,369    1,002,418   
 16.  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                               968,183,319    99.74      2,528,026      0.26     970,711,345   17,301,442   
 17.  To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments            942,316,762    97.08     28,357,073      2.92     970,673,835   17,338,951   
 18.  To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company’s shares             976,708,197    99.04      9,440,472      0.96     986,148,669    1,864,117   
 19.  To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure    872,334,956    88.31     115,458,657    11.69     987,793,613     222,035    
 20.  To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days’ notice                   961,865,830    97.38     25,912,820      2.62     987,778,650     234,137    

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 987,866,035 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share,
representing 81.74% 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 1,208,614,263
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 and 19 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18
and 20 as Special Resolutions.

The Board is pleased that shareholders voted in favour of all of the
resolutions put to today's meeting.  However, the Board notes the 77.28% vote
in favour of Resolution 3 (election of Richard Adam as a Director). The Board
takes seriously its responsibility to keep in touch with shareholder opinion
and as part of this continued dialogue will seek to engage with relevant
shareholders.  The Board is confident that Richard's commercial acumen and
experience from senior roles in large and complex international companies is
of benefit to the Company.

Enquiries:

Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor Relations
Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Media
Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Deputy Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7291 0505



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